ESPN Rumors: Burbridge More Comfortable with UM Coaches

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May 13th, 2011 at 3:11 PM
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ESPN Rumors: Burbridge More Comfortable with UM Coaches
ESPN Rumors had a post on Burbridge today indicating basically, that Ojemudia and Funchess are trying to sell him on Michigan (no real surprise), and that he's down to Michigan vs. MSU (also, no surprise).
What I found interesting was that he said this to SpartanMag's Paul Day:
Right now I feel kind of more comfortable with the [UM] coaches than I do at State.

Maybe not breaking news, but I think it goes back to what every recruit's been saying about the coaching staff, and the feeling of family in AA. They note that he still considers himself a Spartan fan, but it's clear that the coaches have made a great impression that could (hopefully) translate into a committment. After all, you can be a Spartan fan every other week of the year.

Denard has spent the offseason working really hard and smiling at people.

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May 13th, 2011 at 3:15 PM | Well, let's hope he can take (Score:3 Normal)
LumberJack
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Well, let's hope he can take care of things academically so that Michigan admissions is comfortable with him.  I'd love to see this kid in maize and blue.

May 13th, 2011 at 3:17 PM | He really is a good receiver (Score:1)
dennisblundon
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He really is a good receiver and the kind of outside vertical threat we need, howeva until I hear he is eligible, it will be hard to get too excited. 

May 13th, 2011 at 3:24 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:2 Normal)
UMfan21
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Even if he goes blue, I'd be worried every semester for him. Yes, he will have tutors and help at UofM, but many times those who struggle in high school struggle in college. His will need to remain focused for his entire career, not just the next few months.

May 13th, 2011 at 5:50 PM | Sometimes that true.. (Score:3 Normal)
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But for most that stuggle in high school, especially males, mature and do much better in college, especially when offered the kind of support the players get..

May 14th, 2011 at 1:03 AM | I will get excited even if (Score:1)
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I will get excited even if you don't hear.

May 13th, 2011 at 3:21 PM | Let the sparty blogosphere (Score:2 Normal)
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Let the sparty blogosphere meltdown continue...

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May 13th, 2011 at 3:24 PM | Even though I am a fan of all (Score:1 Normal)
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Even though I am a fan of all Michigan sports, until we put MSU back in their rightful place, i will only be rooting for their complete destruction on the football field for some time to come.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:15 PM | I root for MSU to lose at (Score:3 Normal)
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I root for MSU to lose at everything at all times. I'd struggle to root for them to get a government grant to conduct manure research. OK State would be a much better choice.

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:29 PM | Why would someone bestow a (Score:3 Normal)
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Why would someone bestow a grant to a Michigan State football analyst?

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May 13th, 2011 at 5:02 PM | Never root for MSU to lose (Score:2)
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when they play Ohio.

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May 13th, 2011 at 3:24 PM | Muah ha ha ha. (Score:5 Normal)
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Muah ha ha ha.

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May 13th, 2011 at 3:36 PM | I would have to assume (Score:1)
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If he's making these comments, then he must be pretty sure he'll qualify academically. Because if he weren't, turning off a school with lower academic standards would not be wise.

May 13th, 2011 at 3:53 PM | Our academic standards for (Score:5 Normal)
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Our academic standards for athletes are the same as MSU's: the NCAA minimum.

Galileo was also chastised.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:06 PM | Yes (Score:0 Overrated)
May 13th, 2011 at 4:10 PM | Stop making things up please. (Score:3 Normal)
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Stop making things up please.

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:18 PM | Huh? (Score:1)
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Are you prepared to tell me The University of Michigan wouldn't decline certain athletes, based upon their fears of their academic capabilities?

May 13th, 2011 at 4:26 PM | For the most part, no.  We (Score:2)
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For the most part, no.  We took Jeremy Gallon and Thomas Rawls in back to back classes.  Those two barely satisfied the NCAA minimums.  And that's why we surround our athletes with a multi-million dollar academic support center.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:32 PM | Very true (Score:1)
MGoCooper
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As Demar Dorsey showed us however, Michigan officials can decline a student if they are worried about their academic capabilities. This is not to say Burbridge is in that category, because I believe that he'll qualify.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:34 PM | They were worried about more (Score:2)
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They were worried about more than his capabilities.  They were also worried about him being qualified at all (or, at least, how he tried to get qualified):

 

http://mgoblog.com/content/dorsey-qualification-status-scare-quotes

May 13th, 2011 at 4:39 PM | True enough (Score:1)
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I'm sure there have been other cases where we have rejected athletes because of academic concerns. We have the luxury of the internet these days, 20 years agom who's to say how many got rejected?

May 13th, 2011 at 4:36 PM | Dorsey didn't make the NCAA (Score:2 Normal)
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Dorsey didn't make the NCAA minimum (or did in a very strange, as in most likely not qualifying way). That's why neither us nor Louisville took him.

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:41 PM | I disagree, sir (Score:2 Normal)
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http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/michigan-wrong-to-deny-demar-dorseys-admittance/ 

 

 

May 13th, 2011 at 4:46 PM | I don't think that story is (Score:1)
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I don't think that story is correct about him qualifying, because I can't imagine that Louisville and FSU would have rejected him if he were.  

May 13th, 2011 at 4:49 PM | He was basically at a School (Score:2 Informative)
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He was basically at a School of Bright Promise kind of thing and no one seemed to want to accept the validity of the grades he got there. By no one, I mean the NCAA.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:47 PM | This article was written (Score:2)
Carcajous
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This article was written prematurely, in fairness.  Read Brian's summary of things written a little later after things came to light:

 

http://mgoblog.com/content/dorsey-qualification-status-scare-quotes

May 13th, 2011 at 4:09 PM | Really? (Score:2 Normal)
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I don't think that's right.

Sincerely,

Demar Dorsey

They no longer call me Bisbiño

May 13th, 2011 at 4:25 PM | Dorsey went to community (Score:4 Normal)
Carcajous
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Dorsey went to community college.  I don't think he cleared the NCAA clearinghouse.  The UM admissions people just saw it coming.

 

 

May 13th, 2011 at 4:26 PM | Hard to say... (Score:3 Normal)
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But at the time he was rejected, he was academically qualified and met all NCAA standards for a young man hoping to play football.

http://oversigning.com/testing/index.php/tag/edsall/

http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/michigan-wrong-to-deny-demar-dorseys-admittance/

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:34 PM | His case was a bit different (Score:2)
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His case was a bit different that run of the mill qualifying.  Recall, he went to a (how should I say it) unorthodox school to finish HS.  I remember at the time there was a good deal of suspicion about that and about his academic "turnaround" there.  

Here is Brian's take on it all:

http://mgoblog.com/content/dorsey-qualification-status-scare-quotes

May 13th, 2011 at 4:36 PM | I'm not saying there weren't good reasons (Score:4 Normal)
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I'm just saying that while Michigan admissions certainly gives "40-time" a hell of a lot of weight when it comes to admissions, they don't just rubberstamp anyone who can make a Derrick Rose-style case for being academically eligible.

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:47 PM | You need to find a better (Score:1)
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You need to find a better example than Dorsey, given that no school admitted him.

May 13th, 2011 at 10:34 PM | How about Witty?  Good (Score:1)
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How about Witty?  Good enough?

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:46 PM | Along with the academic (Score:1)
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Along with the academic issues being raised, Dorsey's criminal history wasn't helping him much either. I think this had a lot to do with him not getting in here or elsewhere.

May 13th, 2011 at 3:42 PM | I'm all for getting the top talent in the state, BUT (Score:-1 Offtopic)
May 13th, 2011 at 3:53 PM | My God. Look at the (Score:1)
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My God.

Look at the calendar. You're getting anxious 8 months before Signing Day. Ridiculous.

Have you heard of Day, Pipkins, Kiel, Morgan, Magnuson, Banner, Garmon and about 20 others?

May 13th, 2011 at 3:57 PM | I'm all for getting the best (Score:1)
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I'm all for getting the best talent we can get, no matter where it's from.  This year, a lot of that talent is right here in MI and OH.  Not to mention that it is helping repair our image, whether real or perceived.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:18 PM | Not to mention that us (Score:2 Insightful)
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Not to mention that us getting these MI/OH recruits means that MSU, OSU, and ND AREN'T getting them.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:07 PM | National Recruiting (Score:1)
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I don't believe that we will get many recruits from outside Ohio and Michigan until we prove it on the field. Recruits from our pipeline states are excited to help bring UM back, but kids nationally are still a little skeptical. Once Hoke and Co. put out a good product, we will have plenty of national recruits waiting to sign-up 2x2.

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:36 PM | I wouldn't write off the other 48 states (Score:2)
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I think's that it premature to say that we're not going to get anyone or even a number of players from outside of Michigan and Ohio in this class just yet.   

If you look at the guys that we're still after (Tom VH's breakdown of the Rivals Top 250 is a great resource), there are definitely guys that are MI/OH like Wormley and Burbridge, but there are guys from other Midwest states (e.g. Sheldon Day, Jaleel Johnson, Jordan Diamond), as well as guys from outside the Midwest (Noah Spence, Greg Garmond, Kyle Murphy, Zach Banner, Armani Reeves, Ondre Pipkins [although he grew up in MI] Jordan Simmons, Paul Thurston, Wayne Morgan, JJ Denman, etc).

So, I agree that Michigan and Ohio have and will make up the bulk of this class, but we're still in it for a number of guys all over the country.   It'll get better when we win, but Hoke and Co. are still keeping a national profile.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:38 PM | You can write off Alaska if (Score:3 Funny)
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You can write off Alaska if you want. Nothing but a bunch of 2 stars, waiting to be coached up by Dantonio.

May 14th, 2011 at 12:58 AM | I will never write off those (Score:1)
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I will never write off those bad ass polar bears

May 13th, 2011 at 10:48 PM | Agree (Score:1)
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I just think that we saw all these early commits come from OH/MI because they are more familiar with the school. Hoke is growing on the recruits from around the country, but they are not ready to commit just yet. A winning product on the field would seal the deal for most of them.

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:11 PM | I know the feeling (Score:5 Funny)
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They no longer call me Bisbiño

May 13th, 2011 at 4:49 PM | I see what you did there (Score:-1 Offtopic)
May 13th, 2011 at 3:54 PM | It appears that Sparty's (Score:3 Normal)
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It appears that Sparty's argument that "everything you used to love about Michigan now resides in East Lansing" was prematue.

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May 13th, 2011 at 4:53 PM | Yeah. Like they didn't even (Score:2 Insightful)
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Yeah. Like they didn't even try to move Blimpy's.

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May 13th, 2011 at 3:55 PM | It would be incredible (Score:1)
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If Burbridge would come to Michigan. The one thing we are lacking in this class is skill players, so he'd be a nice get.

On another note, apparently Michigan State offered a 2012 class mate of mine a scholarship. He's the younger brother of former Penn ST DT and first round draft pick Jared Odrick, so he'll porbably go there, but next time I see him, I might drop a couple hints here and there for him to not go to MSU.

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May 13th, 2011 at 3:56 PM | I dont care WHERE they come (Score:1 Normal)
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I dont care WHERE they come from... As long as they keep coming here! A 4* from Mich/Ohio is a good as a 4* anywhere else in my book. Plus its alot harder getting commits anywhere but the midwest this early in the stage. All these commits are coming from Mich/Ohio because they can drive with their fam on UNOFFICIAL visits. Once some of these out of state kids start taking their OFFICIAL visits I'm sure we'll see a change.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:02 PM | This.  High school isn't out (Score:1)
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This.  High school isn't out yet, so these kids don't have time for officials.  We've already got some great players indicating they want to take officials over the summer to UM (Pipkins, Banner, Washington - I think, etc.), so we should see some out-of-state results come from that.

Denard has spent the offseason working really hard and smiling at people.

May 13th, 2011 at 4:03 PM | It is all about relationships... (Score:1)
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this comment says a ton about how Hoke does his business...Hokefully this translates outside Michigan and Ohio...there are huge targets that now I'm optimistic about for no other reason than this kind of info.  Recruiting is going on 24/7 in A squared with playing time front and center.

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