Jibreel Black commits to Michigan!
As per scouts main page: http://michigan.scout.com/
IMO great get should be interesting to see how the the next few days pan out with limited to no scholarships left and Parker, Knight on the radar
January 24th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
No. If Seantrel said tomorrow, "I'm coming to Michigan" then I would guess the coaches would first try to fid a way to get him in without Barnsing someone and if they couldn't do that, then someone would get Barnsd.
January 24th, 2010 at 6:40 PM ^
It should really be "Peace'd" since the same thing happened with DeWayne Peace, and it sounds better IME.
January 24th, 2010 at 6:43 PM ^
Peace'd is being told your playing a dufferent position then you were originally told, Barns'd is when the coaches lose your number.
January 24th, 2010 at 6:46 PM ^
It ends with the same result, regardless. Just sounds better.
Now that I've typed out this reply, I'm wondering why I even care... I don't really, but I feel compelled to finish my reply. Barnes'd it is.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
Give him the wrong fax number.
January 24th, 2010 at 6:04 PM ^
Barnes did switch his commitment much earlier in the process, but if a kid can switch his commitment a week before signing day, a team can, too. I know it sounds harsh, but if you have a chance to get an immediate-impact type of guy in place of...uhh...just "Some Guy", you make it happen.
Anyway...there are still some qualifying issues, and if Terry Talbott wants to go elsewhere, perhaps his brother will follow him... There's still room for movement.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:49 PM ^
Sorry Butch, just because you go to a different state doesn't mean we're going to stop decimating your recruiting class.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:51 PM ^
his first name?
January 24th, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^
If you're literate enough to have typed this, you're literate enough to sound it out.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:34 PM ^
"Jib" as in "jib" and "reel" as in "reel"
January 24th, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
I prefer calling him "The Gerbil."
January 24th, 2010 at 2:48 PM ^
Jibreel/Jabreel is "Gabriel" in Arabic.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
"Lamarr Woodley."
January 24th, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^
Snake oil must be delicious.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:14 PM ^
I'm more excited about Black than I am about any other defensive recruit we have coming in. Forget rankings. Watch this kid's tape. It's like Brandon Graham deja-vu. He's going to play, right away, Roh-style.
...we needed defensive recruits, and we got them. well done rich-rod, well done (especially considering the 8-16 record).
NT: Talbott?
DT: Ash, Paskorz
DE: Black, Wilkins
Q: Rogers, Ryan
MLB: Kinard
WLB: Furman
SLB: Robinson
FS: Parker?, Johnson
SS: Knight?, Vinopal
CB: Christian, Talbott?
CB: Avery
QB: Gardner, Jones
SB: White, Hopkins
WR: Miller, Robinson
WR: Jackson
SR: Dileo, Williamson
SR: Drake?
LT:
LG:
C: Pace
RG:
RT:
January 24th, 2010 at 2:23 PM ^
Time for MgoIvanDrago to make an appearance....
January 24th, 2010 at 2:23 PM ^
if he plays right away you have major Dline problems
January 24th, 2010 at 2:42 PM ^
He's right. True freshman shouldn't be playing. Didn't you hear any of RR's comments this season about how it's not ideal to be playing freshman?
If you disagree that's perfectly acceptable, but use your words and write a few sentences; afterall, that is the point of this board.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:44 PM ^
Irish was negged because he misinterpreted em0s depth chart. Its a freshman chart, and not a full one.
(and I didnt neg him BTW)
January 24th, 2010 at 3:50 PM ^
Read the text above the chart, which says that he will "play, right away."
January 24th, 2010 at 3:58 PM ^
Im sorry, Im not used to reading em0s posts.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:48 PM ^
Don't worry, I got you! =)
January 24th, 2010 at 5:32 PM ^
We're pretty good at all DL positions except nose, and he's not a nose.
He will play against ND, though, b/c you have major Oline problems.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:39 PM ^
I feel like you have so many players out of position on defense this whole post becomes a sham.
Not a shamwow, a sham.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:07 PM ^
"Boycott shampoo, buy the real poo!" -Steven Wright
January 24th, 2010 at 2:54 PM ^
I think calling his tape BG deja vu is wishful thinking at best. Did you even watch BG in high school? These two kids didn't even play the same position so there is no comparison. BG played middle linebacker and was a top 20 recruit. He was an absolute monster who made every play for his team's defense. He was a fucking All-Detroit kicker for christ's sake.
From wikipedia:
"In one game, he posted twelve tackles, four sacks, four forced fumbles, two blocked punts and scored on a 78-yard fake punt."
"For his athletic excellence, Graham received many honors. Among the recognition he received are Parade Magazine All-American, EA Sports All-American, USA Today All-USA High School All-America first team (No. 14 player in the nation by USA Today), Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year, first player from the state of Michigan to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, 2005 Detroit News No. 1 Blue Chip prospect, and No. 2 on the Detroit Free Press Best of the Midwest rankings.[1] Additionally, he was recognized as one of ten top prep athletes in Michigan in 2005-2006, including men and women from all sports, as a 2006 McDonald's-Powerade Tomorrow's Winners honoree at the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame dinner."
Let's not get carried away.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:58 PM ^
He may not be BG, but he certainly looks like. If you watch Black, he looks exactly like him, body type and everything. He wasnt comparing BG in highschool to Black, he was comparing UM BG to Black, which is a good comparison.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:16 PM ^
Replace Jack Kennedy with Brandon Graham.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:16 PM ^
He couldn't stay away forever.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:07 PM ^
This is where we need THE KNOWLEDGE to step up and tell us how Michigan can keep the Talbotts' and all the other recruits, plus get McKnight and Parker, plus a few other signing day surprises.
KNOWLEDGE WHERE ARE YOU?
January 24th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
When we have Apollo Creed... I mean, em0... I mean, Nick Saban... I mean...
Oh, hell, someone needs to update the depth chart.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:33 PM ^
em0 beacon?
January 24th, 2010 at 2:19 PM ^
Hopes Mr. Gholston sees that were putting together the best d line in this recruiting class and switches over to the only great team in Michigan. Lets go Blue, and finish this class off with Parker (please)!
January 24th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
after i rathar hav black then ryan, but now we dnt hav room for parker and knight,
ryan was not a smart offer
January 24th, 2010 at 3:00 PM ^
Way to just shit on a kid. What leads you to believe that Ryan was not a smart offer? Please explain yourself mister college football expert.
Ryan is a sleeper who will be a good player in a position of extreme need. His "stars" do not indicate the type of player he will be, as he was injured his junior year. Scouts are just ow starting to pick up on the fact that this kid is a player.
January 24th, 2010 at 3:47 PM ^
he's not a mod on the michigan rivals board or anything.
January 24th, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
He played his entire senior year and half his junior year. He was all-Ohio at one of Ohio's most visible schools. What about this gets you thinking scouts overlooked him and why would they only start to realize their mistake after football season had been over for months?
There's no reason to think Ryan's rating was the result of inadequate scouting. Let's just accept his rating and hope he outperforms it.
January 24th, 2010 at 6:28 PM ^
Question: "What about this gets you thinking scouts overlooked him and why would they only start to realize their mistake after football season had been over for months?"
Answer: Allen Trieu from Scout said so. So...you should probably rescind this entire post.
January 24th, 2010 at 7:02 PM ^
I can't read the Scout article you're referencing, but I really find what I'm told Trieu said hard to believe. How can you miss a dude who's all-Ohio playing for St. Ignatius? And it's not like he wasn't ranked. He was, so it's not like they never made an evaluation. It doesn't make sense.
January 24th, 2010 at 7:36 PM ^
Wouldn't it be MORE embarrassing for Trieu, who works for Scout, to say that they didn't even know about him? I mean, he could have said, "Yeah, Jake Ryan just isn't very good, so we gave him 3 stars and nobody paid much attention to him." Instead, he admitted kind of an embarrassing thing - the recruiting experts at Scout didn't know about him. I don't see why that would be a lie.
January 24th, 2010 at 7:44 PM ^
So you're saying that Trieu admitted that Scout ranked him despite not knowing who he was? Again, I can't see the article.
January 24th, 2010 at 7:53 PM ^
IIRC, he wasn't ranked at all until he visited/committed to Michigan.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^
So possibility #1: Ryan wasn't ranked by Scout before he visited and was only subsequently reviewed and given a ranking. In other words he would only have been ranked after scout had "learned" about him and so we'd have no reason to think their ranking was made out of ignorance.
Possibility #2: Ryan was ranked by Scout before the visit in which case they did know about him and what Trieu said is false.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:26 PM ^
How is any of this at all shocking to you?
January 24th, 2010 at 8:39 PM ^
I'm just making a point: if the rating was made after scout became familiar with him then there's no reason to think Trieu's comments mean he's underrated.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:41 PM ^
This kind of thing happens all the time. No need to "make a point".
January 24th, 2010 at 8:49 PM ^
You were the one hung up on him not getting the evaluation he deserved, I have no idea how you turned reconcile this,
"His "stars" do not indicate the type of player he will be, as he was injured his junior year."with my conclusion.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:34 PM ^
is EXACTLY what happened, he didn't even have a profile until he committed to Michigan. as for why scouts didn't know about him; he missed half of his junior year with a knee injury and didn't do any national camps or combine the following summer. on top of that his teammate mcvey committed so early and solidly to osu that no one had a reason to come by the school
January 24th, 2010 at 8:46 PM ^
St. Ignatius had 4 BCS commits this year including Ryan and McVey. The other guys committed to Pitt during and after the season. The services still should have been sending guys to evaluate.
January 24th, 2010 at 9:05 PM ^
Too many good players, so the scouting services went to scout those players. Ryan didn't emerge until later in the year and by that time the recruiting services were done scouting Ignatius.
There really wasn't any reason to keep scouting Ignatius over and over again and they probably felt that they had covered all their bases with that particular school.