according to scout.com Matt Goudis flipped from Boise State to us and is now listed as a commit...Rivals however has not broken any such news....
Any further confirmation? Didnt see anything on the board.
http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=8&c=1&nid=4406828
You should actually leave
done
any neg bang is on you...but heres to lets hoping our kicking whoas are over.
Haha, I doubt there will be
Haha, I doubt there will be any negbanging on a hello post. Especially for such an extreme position of need. Here's some video.
I tried to negbang you
but my click was wide-right :(
Confirmed by TomVH on Twitter
Your first Christmas present is a kicker. Good morning, and K Matt Goudis has switched his commitment from Boise State to Michigan.
"I call that Communist football. I'm so tired of it. Good, red-blooded Americans snap the ball, hand it to the guy and have a normal run game or pass game."
—Steve Szabo, Michigan linebackers coach, November 2007
Love the 57 yarder at the
Love the 57 yarder at the end!!!
wow, you know his coach has
wow, you know his coach has confidence in him when he gave him 4 kicks outside the 50 his junior year. I can't say I had that type of confidence with extra points this year. Some of those kicks look like absolute bombs. I love we are finding the final pieces to the puzzle. Our time is coming!!!
Great mechanics
Compact leg swing and nice high launch angles. Not going to see many kicks blocked. Plenty of leg to get it into a d1 end zone too.
Those fake punt runs aren't going to work in the B1G though :) but he looks like a man among boys in his highlight reel.
Welcome Matt
Welcome Matt and Go Blue!
He's for real...Goudis
He's for real...Goudis switched his commitment from Boise to M....it broke late tonight so that's pry why rivals doesnt have it up yet.
Oh, so Christmas has come
Oh, so Christmas has come early!
Or......
Chanukah came late haha
"Maybe you can't count, but there's four of us and one of you."
"So get some more guys and it'll be a fair fight."
Not playing thread favorites
But my favorite part from Scout-
"He is the top field goal kicker in the nation in the Class of 2011".
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
man I hate rivals
man I hate rivals
Current Smug rating: "lethal"
I'm more interested
to see if Goudis can kick FG off the ground. Michigan had the top K in the nation in the past(Wright and Gibbons) yet they can't kick a FG to save their life.
His highlight video shows him
His highlight video shows him kicking off the ground at the end from 30-40-50 and 57 yards... obviously we don't see any misses in between the good kicks, but the ones that were good were pretty much amazing
Is
this true?i am drunk right now.He said that he wouldn't switch to us unless the coaching job was sucure
Is this a serious comment?
I mean, why on earth would it matter to the kicker who the coach is?
It's obvious
He wouldn't want to have to go from being a spread kicker to a pro-style kicker. The change is terrible
If he can't change, forget him
Everyone knows spread kicking can't work in the Big Ten.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
and
He looks SMALL, too. No surprise, since RichRod has recruited only SMALL players. If we only had a PRO-STYLE coach here like Hoke, we'd have BIG players. Woe is us.
"..."
After watching his highlights
After watching his highlights I almost believe he wanted to play in the spread. Fastest person I've ever seen run the fake funt.
I
just hope RICH ROD comes back thats all.GO BLUE!!!
I'd think it matters to every
I'd think it matters to every kid who the coach is. They have to listen to the guy almost every day for what , 6 months out of the year for 4,5 years?
Is yours a serious comment?
How about because he's a member of the team. Kickers can develop a relationship with a coach the same way any other player can. I would've thought this year had taught us that we need to take the kicking position seriously and can't take an attitude like this towards it
Nice!
If true, welcome to the family!! Go Blue!!
-BeanGoBlue
"Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
Great Day
to be a Wolverine.....OSU in trouble and we finally have a verbal committment from a solid Kicker. Wow. Go Blue!!
"Hey OSU, stop spelling O-H-I-O and try a 5-letter word...State!"
We had one two years ago
Unfortunately, Gibbons hasn't panned out. This may be one of the hardest positions to project as they can longer use the block they use in HS. I hope everything works out for Matt and he makes them when he gets a chance. Though I would always prefer 7 over 3. Go Blue!
Me too... But I was always
Me too... But I was always nervous about that 7th point.
i'm coming down
from a three day crack binge.
my pants are dirty.
and my front tooth is loose.
but okay. maybe mom will let me up from the basement when i tell her the good news.
she's a passionate fan.
and if I appeared first as an elderly man and not as a young one
3 days? Come on man I'm on
3 days? Come on man I'm on day 8 here.
Looks like it very true per
Looks like it very true per his facebook status
"taking my talents to Ann Arbor...thats michigan folks!"
looks like we have our kicker.
Facebook
Facebook stalking?
+1 to you sir. lol
lol i typed his name into
lol i typed his name into facebook and I didnt have to add him you could see his status and thats what I saw so I sent it back to you guys lol.
Odd. I tried to verify you,
Odd. I tried to verify you, but as a facebook police officer I looked him up and his facebook profile is private. His wall is not available for the mgopublic. Sir, you lied.
You're HIV-Aladeen.
I did not lie I typed his
I did not lie I typed his name in again and I came up with the same result as you, I have no idea how this fluke has happened but maybe the Michigan God's wanted us to see the truth. Very strange though. So I just added him and he accpeted within seconds lol. And added me to his list of nearly 1300 friends.
I daresay you lied, but it's
I daresay you lied, but it's okay. We're in the same boat because I was so frustrated that his account was set to private that I went ahead and sent him a friend request. I plan on being in that nearly 1300.
It's okay, I go to a therapist for Facebook stalking. I'm covered. By a doctor.
He probably just has rights
He probably just has rights sets to allow view by certain networks... who knows, maybe they are both from the same city/state or something like that...
I am just glad we got an awesome kicker
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I still feel we need at least
I still feel we need at least two more in this class. Yes, this year was THAT bad.
"He has an uncanny ability to get kids to believe in him and believe in themselves. He doesn't do it with smooth words. He's not smooth. He does it by being the same genuine person day after day." ~Jason Whitlock on Brady Hoke
"We're not going to cricize
"We're not going to cricize each other, we're not going to talk about each other, we're going to encourage each other" -Bo
So does this mean that Tate
So does this mean that Tate isn't the number two punter anymore?
The way he kicked this year
Something was very wrong with his leg, possibly a break. It's just not natural to short-shank everything.
"If they ever catch me, they can have 'em." -Denard Robinson
That's what she said.
That's what she said.
"Tequila on the reg, chicks on the reg, fashions on the reg. Living the life most men can only dream of" - Kenny Powers
Gibbons?
What happens to Gibbons? Wouldn't want to see them yank a scholarship from him, but I'm not sure if there's a precedent for that with kickers and whatnot that I'm unaware of. Feel free to enlighten.
Well hopefully he can get his
Well hopefully he can get his stuff together and start making kicks when they count. Coaches have repeatedly stated he does fine in practice but it hasn't translated to games.
option
This is the first time I've
This is the first time I've jumped on MGoBlog at 3am and actually learned something new instead of just putting off sleep! His film looks awesome. Smooth, consistent, and there are touchbacks. Not sure what that motion the refs keep making after he kicks fieldgoals is though. It's like they're trying to raise the roof, but lack the energy to continue making the motion after their arms are all the way up. I've never seen it before.
Merry Christmas Eve everyone!
Really great info
Chris Sailer has a really comprehensive website for kicking prospects. Here's his write up on Goudis:
Matt is simply an outstanding all around kicker. He has a huge leg, makes FG's with ease off the ground, and kickoffs with the best of them. Mentally he is very strong showing great maturity to kick at the next level. Can also punt. Has all the tools to dominate the D1 level.
The site ranks him number 2 in the class and has a lot more information.
Nice writeup on him...
The cool thing about his "resume" is he has been kicking in competitions since his HS freshman year and winning a ton of them. Looks like the kid has been kicking under pressure and executing for years.....
“Oh Yeah, what he said forgodsakes...” - -
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FWIW, there's this...
...as well:
Chris_Sailer Longtime CSK Student and "TOP 12" Member Matt Goudis has committed to Michigan!
LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe
You should actually leave this post up. Your original title was a lot more informative.