Florida added two 4-star defensive linemen to pass us in ESPN's recruiting rankings.
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ESPN Recruiting Class Update: Michigan No. 3
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:27 AM
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ESPN Recruiting Class Update: Michigan No. 3
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:32 AM | 
So they passed us?
So they passed us?
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:43 AM |
Yeah Florida slid past us,
Yeah Florida slid past us,
Yeah Florida slid past us, dropping us to No. 3. Doesn't change the fact that we do have a stellar class!
HAIL.
August 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 PM |
Odds getting worse for LT and DG
Odds getting worse for LT and DG
The longer they draw out their recruiting, the worse the odds will get for landing them imho. Other schools will "offer" better "academic" and "financial" packages.
"The street legend is back, bitches!"
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:42 AM |
Still,
Still,
a great recruiting class so far.. It's not over yet..Fuck ohio!!! O, sorry just wanted to say that..
Go Blue !!
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:43 AM |
Ohio keeps creeping up too.
Ohio keeps creeping up too.
Ohio keeps creeping up too.
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:55 AM |
Screw Ohio
Screw Ohio
And the punk ass liar it rode in on. Sorry I haven't had my coffee yet
"We want the Big 10 championship. And we’re going to win it as a TEAM"
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:20 AM |
Unfortunately, there is a
Unfortunately, there is a
Unfortunately, there is a good chance they pass us in the rankings. It really won't matter until one can see the tangible efforts of recruiting. It will suck if it happens cause they will all talk about it.
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates.
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:53 AM |
I guess I'm confused on how
I guess I'm confused on how
I guess I'm confused on how they could pass us, because I thought their class was full...
“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler
August 3rd, 2012 at 1:42 PM |
First off, when urban meyer
First off, when urban meyer
First off, when urban meyer is your coach, you always get a five spot boost in team rankings on signing day. Second, the summer isn't even over yet and there's plenty of time for current non-staring OSU players to get arrested, fail classes, or get otherwise bumped to make room for more recruits, should God tell urban that X recruit should play for OSU.
August 3rd, 2012 at 6:57 PM |
That's a lot of speculation
That's a lot of speculation
That's a lot of speculation for there being a good chance at them passing us.
BEAT OHIO
August 3rd, 2012 at 3:32 PM |
the speculation is currently
the speculation is currently
the speculation is currently that we grab something like 4-5 more players, but I don't see our class passing yours this year.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:14 AM |
F Ohio
F Ohio
.
[Caved troll is caved. Sorry, Mobile app users.]
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:45 AM |
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Just curious but is this a move up or down for us on ESPN? I never check ESPN or I would assume down, but sometimes ESPN's rankings have been.....out of wack.
"Urban Meyer has really put a strong wall of recruitment around the state of Ohio. No leaks anywhere." -Nobody
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:53 AM |
It's a move down
It's a move down
But there is still a couple of elite recruits on our board with Green, LT, maybe Levenberry, and god knows who else out there. NSD is far away and I don't hear no fat lady singing.
"We want the Big 10 championship. And we’re going to win it as a TEAM"
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 AM |
Unless we lose a guy
Unless we lose a guy
Unless we lose a guy levenberry is out.
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates.
August 3rd, 2012 at 8:51 AM |
?
?
Can someone explain how we dropped behind them when we still have more ESPN 150 commits than they do.
Flying the Maize and Blue in the heart of Dixie
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:09 AM |
ESS EEE SEE!
ESS EEE SEE!
ESS EEE SEE!
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:54 AM |
Cause
Cause
Cause they base their class rankings on more than just the number of top 150 players a school has?
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:00 AM |
Thanks for update OP. You
Thanks for update OP. You
Thanks for update OP. You may wish to slightly edit the post however as I think you're one "pass us" too many at the present time.
And could we please chill with the "fuck Ohio" and "punk-ass Liar" comments re OSU? MLive is the place for that type of insightful and thoughtful commentary....not here.
August 3rd, 2012 at 3:50 PM |
Thank you. Punk-@$$ liar is
Thank you. Punk-@$$ liar is
Thank you. Punk-@$$ liar is much more appropriate.
And apparently I can't type an @ sign without in becoming a hyperlink anymore. Damn you, the future.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:03 AM |
If I want real recruit
If I want real recruit
If I want real recruit rankings for football I rely on rivals and scout. Everything I hear about espn rankings is that they're garbage.
It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:24 AM |
I rely on
I rely on
MGoBlog.
I'm kind of a big deal in Bolivia.
August 3rd, 2012 at 7:20 PM |
I rely on my own independent
I rely on my own independent
I rely on my own independent evaluation of talent which consists of the number of Kate Upton pics each commitment generates. That is all.
Michigan is and will always be every BIG schools' measuring stick.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:13 AM |
Top150Michigan 11Florida
Top150Michigan 11Florida
Top150
Michigan 11
Florida 8
Top 300
Michigan 15
Florida 13
5*
Florida 1
Michigan 0
4*
Florida 18
Michigan 17
Looks like we have more higher rated 4*. Seems pretty close to me
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:51 AM |
Like other people have
Like other people have
Like other people have said:
It's the ESS EEE SEE
HAIL.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:41 AM |
Well...
Well...
Sadly, until someone from another conference can break the SEC's stranglehold on the "national championship," they have a pretty good argument for being the number one conference.
I was really hoping that the "new, tough enforcement cop" wasn't just the PR ploy that it turned out to be, because it would be nice for the Big Ten to play on a level playing field against the SEC when it comes to "perks" for recruits and players.
To me, it's very encouraging that MIchigan is among a top six that includes three SEC schools and two that have spent more of the last three years being punished by the NCAA than not. That's very impressive for a clean program.
It's something of which to be very proud.
August 3rd, 2012 at 12:07 PM |
New enforcement levels seem a
New enforcement levels seem a
New enforcement levels seem a little overblown. What I'd like to see is strict limitations on signing. When SEC teams (e.g. Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Miss. State)are signing an extra class for every four other teams sign, that's a huge advantage. That, to me, is the #1 thing that needs to be fixed.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:17 AM |
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Spartan's Alphabet: ADEFGHIJKLMNOPQRTUVWXYZ.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:20 AM |
I'm not worried
I'm not worried
Half of Florida's class will probably get arrested in the years to come.
"I'm not a vegetarian b/c I love animals. I'm a vegetarian b/c I hate plants"
August 3rd, 2012 at 2:29 PM |
careful with those stones, ye throw
careful with those stones, ye throw
Be careful throwing those stones, we are living in a glass house here @ RB, DE, and BWC.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:42 AM |
ESPN blows
ESPN blows
Florida ESPN 150 - 8 ESPN 300 - 13
M ESPN 150 - 11 ESPN 300 - 15
Florida 21 commits M 23 commits
Florida 2 M 3, yeah that makes a lot of sense.
August 3rd, 2012 at 1:11 PM |
How the fuck...
How the fuck...
Is this trolling. You fuckers.
August 3rd, 2012 at 1:16 PM |
Yeah, I don't get it. Since
Yeah, I don't get it. Since
Yeah, I don't get it. Since someone else had posted almost the exact information about 30 minutes before you did, it may be redundant. It's not trolling, though.
Sometime people be neggin' just to be neggin', y'all.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:02 AM |
Page-views
Page-views
Shoot, both teams are so close it wouldn't make sense to switch them if FL had been 2 and we were 3. I'd put money this has more to do with page-views than either recruiting class being superior to the other. Page-views dolla bill, ya'll
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:41 AM |
You think UM is losing a popularity contest here?
You think UM is losing a popularity contest here?
I think that's a pretty aggressive interpretation of what's going on here. UM has as many fans as anyone, and they're as affluent as anyone.
It has more to do with the fact that they Florida has 19 4/5* commits to UM's 17, and of the top six recruits, Florida has five of them. I wouldn't trade UM's class for Florida's, but there's nothing wrong with this ranking.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:59 AM |
What's this logic
What's this logic
Logic and reasoning? Psssh! What's this doing in a topic about recuriting?
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:31 AM |
So what
So what
I don't fuck with espn anyway
GO BLUE!
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:01 AM |
When it is all said and done,
When it is all said and done,
When it is all said and done, we will be ahead of Florida. USC just amazes me with their class. The effects from the sanctions cant come fast enough.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
August 3rd, 2012 at 2:51 PM |
What sanctions?
What sanctions?
All USC had to do was stop signing 3 stars. Sure they'll burn redshirts more, and may be critically thin here and there, but with Harbaugh moved on, the recruit rich state of California belongs to USC. All those 4 and 5 stars still see USC, and now they see more playing time too.
A sanction like USCs would kill a program like say Oregon State, but because every kid in California grows up dreaming USC football, it is not going to do much there. Especially since they are through their bowl ban already. The same goes for Ohio.
Now UNC, they are going to Bolivia for a while.
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:05 AM |
Any spot in the Top 5 is excellent
Any spot in the Top 5 is excellent
Beyond that what makes the difference is how you develop players. I think Michigan will do really well in that area going forward, so I'm not worried at all if some team like FLA is placed above us.
"You owe it to every man, woman, and child in the State of Michigan to beat the Buckeyes and silence their fans! Now go out there and make it happen!"
- Bo Schembechler (Result: U-M 22 OSU 0)
August 3rd, 2012 at 2:21 PM |
I love this class! (and last
I love this class! (and last
I love this class! (and last for that matter) I think we addressed all our needs not just well, but with A+ recruits. We have an excellent shot at primo receiver, running back, and/or DB, (not to mention a 4-5* LB just hoping for a open slot to develop for a way in.) They are a tight group already and haven’t even started training together.
I am sorry, but right now I just don’t care about whether we have the top class. Keep getting those top5 classes each year works just fine. IMO we are improving and recruiting top-flight classes again. The earth has been righted back on its axis, we have a coach that shoots straight, means what he says, and bleeds blue, NOW BRING ON THE FIELD AND LETS PLAY SOME FOOTBALL!
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:30 AM |
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Special Teams means special times!
August 3rd, 2012 at 12:21 PM |
SEC
SEC
We'll see if the Gators hold on to all their guys though, their recruiting coordinator Audrey Hill just resigned. Interesting. http://m.espn.go.com/ncf/story?storyId=8229459
August 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 PM |
Yes it may have some
Yes it may have some
Yes it may have some influence, but he’s resigning, not as if he was moving to a different program. He has to leave due to fallout of association with the Miami investigation, so if it doesn’t involve future infractions against UF probably minimal effect on this class.
August 3rd, 2012 at 1:10 PM |
ESPN blows
ESPN blows
They suck
August 3rd, 2012 at 1:29 PM |
Will it last?
Will it last?
The good news for UF is that he left now. They still have about 6 months to keep their recruiting class together, but Aubrey Hill just resigned as UF's WR Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. Apparently, he resigned to deal with circumstances surrounding his time at Miami.
This is Charles Robinson's article from July 20th 2012:
Much of the story is based on former Equipment Manager, Sean Allen's testimony during Nevin Shapiro's bankruptcy trial -
But according to Allen's federal testimony and the former Hurricanes staffer, Allen's recruiting infractions occurred almost immediately after Golden's tenure began and took place with the participation of at least two other former or current coaches – former assistant Aubrey Hill, who left Miami's staff three weeks into Golden's tenure, and current assistant coach Micheal Barrow.
Based on this article, it's unclear what Aubrey Hill may have done prior to Golden's arrival at Miami. However, it's unlikely that he could have done so much in just 3 weeks with Golden to warrant resigning his current post.
The best news in this is if these kids were choosing UF because of the WR Coach / Recruiting Coord., they still have 6 months to decide if UF is definitely the best fit for them.
August 3rd, 2012 at 4:21 PM |
It was only a matter of
It was only a matter of
It was only a matter of time. ESPN has always been anti-Michigan and it would be over their dead bodies to have us stay at the top. But, it doesn't matter because I think we still have the best class in the country. No one can come close to our OL!
August 3rd, 2012 at 4:41 PM |
ESSSSSSSEEEEEEECCCCCCC
ESSSSSSSEEEEEEECCCCCCC
Espn sec network
Thanks for the info though. This looks about right. I want LT and DG, but if we get no one else this is a great class.
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