readyourguard

April 8th, 2013 at 2:50 PM ^

Excellent pre-National Championship post.

Hey, what's going on in East Lansing?

 

Yea, I'm being that guy.  Sorry.  I really need to get out of the office and begin the pre-game festivities.

Gobgoblue

April 8th, 2013 at 2:57 PM ^

He seemed like a nice prospect for Michigan to nab, but one can't blame a kid for choosing where his heart and mind are at.  See you in November. 

sundaybluedysunday

April 8th, 2013 at 3:14 PM ^

Not necessarily a surprise, but it seems like he was the staff's top target at SLB.



It's so strange how the 2013 and 2014 classes have flip flopped for Michigan and Ohio State. They got Bell, Apple, Bosa, and a bunch of other national guys while we scooped up all of the Ohio guys and they couldn't stop talking about their "national focus" under Meyer. Well this year they're getting all of the Ohio guys while we're pulling in Cole from Florida, Mone from Utah, and we very well could land Peppers, Hand, and a whole bunch of other national guys. Just weird, very weird paradigm.

Gobgoblue

April 8th, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^

He seemed like a nice prospect for Michigan to nab, but one can't blame a kid for choosing where his heart and mind are at.  See you in November. 

Big_H

April 8th, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^

Man...even though we have a NATIONAL CHAMPIOSHIP to play tonight this still kinda stings. Berger was our top choice for the SAM linebacker position. We were also starting to give a long look at Hubbard. Now they are both going to ohio. Unbelievable. Awful. Does anyone know who else we are looking at for that position?

TrppWlbrnID

April 8th, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^

OSU grabbed 2 SAM LBs this weekend that UM was after, Magnus (sorry to steal your thunder, big guy) suspected that Berger might fall to UM after Hubbard committed to OSU this weekend.

guess not. methinks UM still wants some sort of SAM LB in the 2014 class to go along with Ferns

EvanstonBuckeye

April 8th, 2013 at 3:13 PM ^

Interesting that this seemed a clear case of Meyer going after a kid who seemed all Blue at various points. Wonder if the fact that he's from St. Ignatius is as important as his skill. He seemed like the odd man out for Buckeyes with the other guys we were eyeballing. As previous posts have noted, though, has to be hard to focus on this with a natty in the mix.

yoyo

April 8th, 2013 at 3:16 PM ^

As great as Berger is, we'll find another.  This hurts a bit extra because I fantasized he would be the 2nd coming of Jake Ryan, an unnatural combination of super strength and super speeds that explodes opposing ball carriers.  In reality, this person doesn't exist so all I can say about this is meh.

jaylee714

April 8th, 2013 at 3:24 PM ^

Cause that would make me a liar. I hope he has a terrible career there and doesn't play at all. Gets his degree and does something good with his life. Just hope he sucks at football.

GotBlueOnMyMind

April 8th, 2013 at 3:24 PM ^

Can there be a middle ground between being a jerk fan who wishes ill on a high schooler and wishing him good luck? Because although I would not wish harm to befall him, I also cannot wish any Buckeye good luck. In fact, I hope that every Buckeye recruit underperforms and has terrible luck when playing against Michigan especially.

AnthonyThomas

April 8th, 2013 at 3:25 PM ^

Already have Ferns in as a LB. The staff will find someone else. It's not like Berger was an irreplaceable type of player. Would've been nice to get him, but oh well.

Rusty Knuckles

April 8th, 2013 at 3:33 PM ^

When posting about players that commit to other schools, please include where he's from, rankings, Michigan offer/interest.  Don't assume everyone knows every uncommitted guy. 

I'm gathering that he is top 100, Michigan interest, from Ohio?

Thanks in advance for putting this information in the origial post.

WolvinLA2

April 8th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^

He has visited Michigan and was one of Michigan's biggest targets, so you should probably know him.  Some recruits get mentioned on here enough that the intro isn't necessary every time.  He's not an obscure recruit.  It has been mentioned for months that he was down to UM and OSU.

MGoStrength

April 8th, 2013 at 3:36 PM ^

I guess I was under the assumption that we were still neck and neck with him.  I haven't seen any indication that he was going to commit to OSU, epseically since he seemed to enjoy his visit to UM and wasn't committing to going the OSU's spring game.  Maybe he has just been silently leaning towards OSU the whole time and doing his due dilligence.  I thought we really had a chance to get him...oh well.  I will enjoy beating him & hope Ferns goes on to show he's the better college LB.

Elmer

April 8th, 2013 at 3:43 PM ^

We only need one more good linebacker to fill out this class.  Not a big concern, we'll land another 4* guy later this year.