April 25th, 2012 at 10:20 AM ^
Not really sure I completely buy the academics thing, maryland has the best criminal justice department in the country and never factored in his recruiting. I understand MD never had a shot because it is not a big time football school but that's the thing, he wanted a college fotoball atmosphere more than the best department still at D1 school so it clearly wasn't really about the academics.
April 24th, 2012 at 11:31 PM ^
April 25th, 2012 at 12:25 AM ^
No, I don't believe that was the reason he chose FSU. He said academics were important, not everything. Perhaps the lack of the major he wanted did factor into his overall decision. If this is the case, then academics were important to him to some degree. Your words are a nice testament to Michigan arrogance though, and laughable in many ways in their own right.
Disappointing but can't really blame him. Education obviously was more important for him and his family and we didn't have the major he wanted. I wish him the best.
Go Blue
I'd like to see us take an extra DL now.
FSU was the leader all the way here and they have what he wants to Major in (Criminal Justice) which we do not have. Best of luck to you young man!
All of this. We're stacked at this position, I'm really intrigued by the type of career he has for Jimbo. I think he was going to be a stud for either program.
Nipple fuck
Good luck to the kid.
Precisely.
So we are 1-for-2 out of Woodbridge, Virginia:
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He was a mainstay in the offense when I was a freshman at Michigan. Brings back memories.
I hate that Michigan didn't get him, but I'm excited to watch him play here in Tallahassee. For me it was win-win situation. Still wish he would've chose BLUE!!
Sour grapes aside, we have seven open scholarships and we have taken six excellent LBs in the last two classes. I'm not sure that I'd prefer to use one of those seven spots on a position that has been well addressed. I'd rather go with DTs and WRs if I had my choice. However, whatever the staff thinks is more likely to be correct, of course.
At any rate, he seems to be a fine young man, and I wish him the best at FSU. If football doesn't work out, he can always use that Criminal Justice degree and follow in his dad's footsteps, making the community a safer place.
If we're gonna take more than we need I'd rather it be at WR, RB, DL, DB.
Last 7 I want:
Treadwell
Allen
Larue
Isaac
Poggi
Gibbs
Fuller
Do you think we take 4 WR in this class? I wouldn't mind a spot going to a WR as long as it is someone like Larue or Allen.
Do I think we will, probably not. Would I like to see it happen, yes.
I wouldn't mind it either. Get Shane Morris a ton of weapons and give him all day to throw and good things will happen.
Leaves plenty of time for the coaches to decide what they want to do with the scholarship they were holding for him.
this is michigan . . . . . fergodsakes?
Oh well. Best of luck EJ. Hope ya like grits.
Watch him go there and major in General Studies.
Fuck you Mike Farrell
I'm sure he just exploded in his pants for finally getting something right
He still should of been a truck driver.
You can't insult someone like that and use "should of." This is MICHIGAN, fergodsakes!
O'Daniel and Anzalone...
Just because they are all LB's doesn't mean they were the same position as Levenberry. EJ would be a SAM at UM, those two are WILL's. Jake Ryan and Des Morgan should not be considered the same position and neither should Anazalone/O'Daniel and Levenberry. The coaches were willing to take an extra SAM, but not WILL.
At least he let us down easy and didn't drag his decision out any further. Seems like a nice kid and the best of luck to him.
kid is a future pro, I think. I think the writing was on the wall - no positive buzz on our side all week. Usually that does not bode well.
As you can tell, this really gets me riled up.
THIS IS THE WORST THING EVER.
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THERE GOES THE 2013 CLASS.
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HOKE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GIVE UP RECRUITING.
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YES?
We should keep this one around.
I think people got carried away on this one. Even some of the FSU sites were saying Levenberry was a bit overrated. We've got plenty of time to find Bolden's successor.
Bolden = MIKE
EJ = SAM
I thought that the word on the street was that McCray would play SAM and EJ would play MIKE.
I've heard that from some people on this board and others as well, but I don't know where that came from. If you look at the scouting reports for Levenberry and McCray they talk about how Levenberry is better closer to the line hitting a gap and not reacting as much while McCray seems to have a higher F-ball IQ and be better in coverage. While Levenberry is strong, McCray and Gedeon are more all-around natural athletes.
I think you are right about McCray. I'll have to find the article, but I think the coaches want him to play an ILB position (MIKE).
Criminoles
good luck E.J
I'm going to assume you're just referring to the fact that he want to be a Criminal Justice major, and not being a jackass.
Almost forgot what this feels like. Hopefully we can forget real soon
Can't blame him at all. He'll have a much better shot at early PT there than here. Naturally we all wanted him, but I think it's a stretch to say we needed him. Good luck to him
kid can't go wrong at fsu...they are are top 5 D and will play with some very talented defenders...wouldn't want to play behind that d-line?
mich recruited 6+ linebackers over 2years so it all came down to pt and what he will be playing with. That major thing helped too somewhat