IU is obviously aiming for MI recruits - 4th recruit this year
IU gets its fourth Michigan recruit this year - 3 star OG (again, no Michigan offer). After last year and this year, it's obvious IU is aiming for any kid from Michigan that is off UM and (usually) MSU's radar.
http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=8&toinid=681&yr=2011
has always recruited Michigan HS kids, as well as other big ten states.
tangentially, MSU is usually after the same kids even many of our out of state prospects.
the only exception would be Lousiana kids.
August 1st, 2010 at 12:11 PM ^
Your post doesn't really make sense,
All our [unwanted] recruits are belong to them?
...isn't that good. While there is one player (PK) on the roster, the last big INDY recruit that Michigan had for a short while before he rescinded his verbal was Jermimy "Fickle" Finch. We all know how he's turned out.
August 1st, 2010 at 12:17 AM ^
So Michigan fans understand how OSU fans feel about RRod's recruiting of Ohio now.
August 1st, 2010 at 12:59 AM ^
Justin Turner agrees. I hear Latwan Anderson, Jordan Hicks, and Spencer Ware really like OSU also.
On a side note, I don't think OSU fans are smart enough to......well, I was going to make a smartass comment about recruiting violations, but I don't think OSU fans are smart enough to tie their own shoes, so I will just leave it at that. Have fun pooping in coolers.
August 1st, 2010 at 12:46 AM ^
Not really considering IU is recruiting players that we don't want.
They're trying to get back at us for Beilein recruiting all of their bballers.
only gotten committments from 2 in 3 years so I don't know how successful they'll be following that strategy.
August 1st, 2010 at 12:31 PM ^
Michigan and Indiana have had a long "relationship" dating back to the days of Bo & Mallory and Cam Cameron. There have been more than a handful of our players who have gone on to be GAs at IU. Aside from bordering them, a few Michigan high schools have traveled down there to play Indiana teams (Brother Rice comes to mind--last year they played Cathedral).
* edit * except for that one dude from Kansas that I overlooked. Duh. * /edit * All 21 are from Indiana (7), Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, or Kentucky. It's pretty clear the coaches are strongly focusing on a regional strategy. While the class doesn't look particularly talented from a UofM perspective, it looks well above average for IU. Of course if any of these kids have a big fall, the Hoosiers could lose them to other programs, but IU has made it clear that starting - and finishing - recruiting early has been part of the plan to hold on to their targets.