Good read on how Green ended up at Michigan.
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/02/how_michigan_with_an_assist_fr.html
Favorite quote:
He's a rock. Hit him, and you feel like you're hitting a rock.
Interesting Read...
I was thinking the same
I was thinking the same thing. Does anyone know why guys specifically from Fork Union (Military Academy) would have a high opinion of Fred Jackson? Especially a former Buckeye?
"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."
Chris Perry went to Fork
Chris Perry went to Fork Union.
I probably could have Googled
I probably could have Googled that. Notable alumni include Vinny Testaverde, Jacoby Ford, Gaines Adams, and Plaxico Burress. Pretty good school to have a good relationship with.
"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."
Recruits also know that Fred
Recruits also know that Fred Jackson is not going anywhere. If they fall in love with him, they know he will still be around when they show up.
M'Dog
iPhone
I can't wait to see who he compares him to.
If you see someone in an airport with Michigan logos on luggage and they are wearing a pilot uniform come say hello.
at the moment
He is built like Chris Perry. Oh, and a rock...but faster and more solid.
If you have to ask twice it means that you didn't get it the first time.
Bo Jackson
but more powerful with a higher ceiling
How can you kill that which has no life
And he's a better baseball
And he's a better baseball player.
marketing opportunity
The Fred Jackson quote generator would sell huge in corporate america. Imagine if you hit a button on your desk and Fred would say "You're like Bill Gates, only smarter." Huge boon to office productivity!
No radio. Nothing of value.
My Fred Jackson quote
My Fred Jackson quote generator would say "You're like Albert Einstein, only smarter. And with even more awesome hair."
Fred Jackson
Even displays his usual complimentary nature when talking about himself. Awesome.
Kid, I am like mike ditka, only thinner and mote focused on rung backs. I am like Vince lombardi only alive.
Oh thank you so very much.
I just wanted to be certain that I wasn't the only one thinking that.
Before I even finished the story, I was thinking, "Fred Jackson is doing a Fred Jackson on Fred Jackson!" How fantastic is that? It's like an acid trip, with Kate Upton. But better than that, because it is like a beautiful dream, of being on an acid trip, with Kate Upton.
Fred had better be careful. Recruting power like that, could rip a hole in the space-time continuum.
"Fred Jackson is doing a Fred Jackson on Fred Jackson!"
"Fred Jackson is doing a Fred Jackson on Fred Jackson!"
Whooooah. Dude.
M'Dog
Nice to hear about Fred
Nice to hear about Fred Jackson kicking ass on the recruiting trail. I love his confident approach that stops short of arrogance. With all the fun we have with his hyperbole, I sometimes forget what a great recruiter he is.
It's o.k.
Even if you do forget how great Fred Jackson is....He never forgets. His mind is like a stainless steel trap holding a genetically enhanced elephant and will remind you for you.
Fred Jackson is like
Vince Lombardi but smarter.
Warning: My imagination is inefficient.
Somehow Derrick Green's picture
didn't make it into Seth's signing day photo's thread:
"I promise you we would have walked to the University of Michigan." - Brady Hoke
But why is he in a
But why is he in a three-point stance?
This just in from Fort Schembechler: Derrick Green to LG, Devin Gardner to WR, and Dennis Norfleet to LB
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
Old Picture
Old picture from Green's OL days.
I heard that Hoke just cried
I heard that Hoke just cried and begged him to come here.
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The Team, The Team, The Team
C'mon, how can you not think
C'mon, how can you not think that that is funny?
Gosh, gee-willikers...
..because it sounds like something an ohio or sparty fan would say?
The Team, The Team, The Team
Why, because it didn't have a
Why, because it didn't have a "/s" at the end of it?
Hey, look pal...I didn't down
Hey, look pal...I didn't down vote you. So, apparently I'm not the only one who didn't get the joke. I just posted the picture because...well, I like to post pictures.
The Team, The Team, The Team
I really don't care about the
I really don't care about the picture or the downvoting. But I did find your sarcastic "gee wilikers" remark annoying because it seemed to imply that my original comment was sincere rather than intended as a joke. I thought it was blatantly obvious that Hoke didn't really cry and beg Green to come here and that my comment would be interpreted as a joke. Poeple that treat jokes literally are infuriating.
Okay, fair enough. I do tend
Okay, fair enough. I do tend to use sarcasm as a weapon, as you do also. I get it. But pick your battles is all I can say. The gee-willikers remark was intended to be quite sarcastic, just FYI, as if it would be completely obvious why the comment got negbombed.
The Team, The Team, The Team
Don't be an ass.
I upvote people with the fortitude to put it out there without that silly /s.
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
Reading comprehension
Pretty sure that was the point
big10football's voting history
Complaining about negging are we?
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
This is telling
"One notable person on that list: Former Ohio State tailback Eddie George, whose vouching for Jackson helped lure Green to the Buckeyes' fiercest rival."
George better hope this doesn't get wide circulation in the Buckeye circles or he'll be a marked man.
"The street legend is back, bitches!"
He'll have to move and be
He'll have to move and be neighbors with Herbie.
M'Dog
A big benefit with
a 5* recruit is the heightened sense of competition for the current guys.
Rawls, Fitz & co are surely working a little harder at S&C - they know Green has the ability to immediately take away carries.
"Everybody wants to be a hero, so to speak. But it takes everybody." - Charles Woodson
Very strange indeed
when you consider that Eddie George actually works for OSU now and helps Urban Meyer recruit.
I am sure Urban loves seeing in print that Eddie gave Freddy a thumbs up.
"Deserve to Win!"
Eddie George was Derrick's idol
growing up, according to his interview yesterday on WTKA. (It must have been with Sam Webb... Think he said he was an OSU fan growing up because of Eddie George. So it says a lot about Mr. George that he'd give Fred Jackson props even though he works for a rival.
Wait... So this isn't how you
Wait... So this isn't how you land big time recruits?
“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
No, but that is how I land
No, but that is how I land hookers.
Hold up... Impressive
Hold up... Impressive knowledge of football... Slightly irritating public personality... Writes with a lilting Southern accent...
CRAIG JAMES?????????!!!!!!!!
I get hookers to make fun of
I get hookers to make fun of them for being hookers
If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant
Do you hang out with Craig
Do you hang out with Craig James?
Hookers are the only women
Hookers are the only women you can get.
Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis.
Joke's on you:
I never said
Trannys are the best of both
Trannys are the best of both worlds.
Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis.
Depends...
Tell me if I'm recruiting to Michigan or Mississippi and I'll have your answer.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
Freddieisum for nerds
He's as powerful as the Death star and can make the Kessel run in 11 parsecs
Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling.
He can outrun a lot....
He's outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers, mind you. I'm talking about the big Corellian ships...
He's fast enough for you, old
He's fast enough for you, old man.
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"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"
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~I can put you in Queens on the night of the hijacking.
~Really? I live in Queens. Did you put that together yourself, Einstein?
"Everybody in the country was recruitin' the kid, and I think what happened in the long run -- and he'll tell you this -- what I sold Derrick on more than anything else was my ability to make him better -- take him somewhere where he can't take himself," - Fred Jackson, quoted in the article
Fred Jackson is probably in select company among RB coaches when it comes to being able to stake his resume on getting elite recruits like Green, but it is a definite strength if you can sell a recruit (or anyone really) on you personally as well as the program. This is something Jackson and the entire staff do extremely well, making it not just about Michigan but the people who facilitate the program. It was also kind of intriguing to read that among those who vouched for Jackson was one Eddie George.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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