Marvin Robinson wide open
ESPN:
......Despite the long list of suitors, Robinson did mention a few schools that stick out, "I like Michigan, Ohio State, South Florida and North Carolina. I like those four the most. They are all equal right now. But I'm still wide open to any college. I won't decide until after my senior season."
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:23 PM ^
Not really a credible source. With RM in his ear...I will beable sleep tonight comfortably.
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 PM ^
It's a quote from Robinson himself. I think Scout had a similar quote from him, too. It might have been the same one that ESPN used. I agree though, that its nothing to worry about. Signing Day '10 is much too far away to care at this point.
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:28 PM ^
How come when rivals/scout make a mistake noone hates them but when ESPN makes a mistake theyre terrible?
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 PM ^
I can't speak to the accuracy of Scout or Rivals, but ESPN is unequivocally terrible in pretty much every way possible.
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:39 PM ^
Yeah like 2 years ago when Kirk Herbstriet said that his sources said that Les Miles was going to take the job UM and then later had to go back and retract the statement. I guess that's what you get when you hire a Suckey for a job.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:39 AM ^
It was a year ago, and Kirk is probably the best college football guy ESPN has. You must have missed it when at the end of the season he was defending Rich Rodriguez and calling out the "Michigan has too much talent to be 3-9" meme. He pointed out no one could win with his quarterbacks and that RichRod would get the team ready to compete going forward. I feel bad for whomever hired YOU for a job though.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:49 AM ^
if it wasn't a slurp job of USC and it was aired on ESPN. Things like this alleged "defending of RR" don't happen on ESPN.
Also, I just heard A-Rod took steroids??? Did you guys hear that?
February 24th, 2009 at 7:15 PM ^
He did defend RR. It was on college gameday. He said Threet and Sheridan couldn't make it on any one's scout team. That's how bad there are.
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:25 PM ^
Now we know he isn't one of those committ, decommitt, recommitt, decommitt, committ to another school then switch to another on nation signing day.
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:07 PM ^
tthatt postt is ttottally hott.
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 PM ^
Hard to go party on the official visits if you are already committed.
MRobinson=Will Cmpbell
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:12 PM ^
Why are we concerned with this again? Still so far away and if the guy is not a 5 star, who really cares?
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 PM ^
So we should only concern ourselves with 5 star recruits? He's a highly touted prospect regardless, and he has shown some serious Michigan interest.
*Note: I am not "concerned" at this point -- just pointing out why Michigan fans frequently talk about him.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:59 PM ^
Well, just to obliterate your point, he's not a five star guy because neither Scout nor Rivals have doled out their official rankings yet. Rivals has nothing at all, and Scout has only the ten most obvious impact guys rated at five. By all accounts, Marvin Robinson is widely expected to be one of the top two safety commits in the country next year, and yes, a five-star to all of the major recruiting services.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:31 AM ^
Glad to have my point obliterated because people are starting to get so wrapped up into recruiting whenever rankings are not even out. Good waste of your life / time.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:48 AM ^
You're posting on a message board at 10:30 on a weekday. You're no better than anyone else here.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:16 PM ^
following High School and College Football, and you can waste your time following a 30 year old children's television show.
February 24th, 2009 at 1:23 PM ^
But please don't spend your time following children. Just their show.
Sincerely,
Pete Townshend
February 24th, 2009 at 1:32 PM ^
During the off-season (now) about 75% of this blog is devoted to recruiting (including the most recent main page post. In fact, the title of this post includes the name of a 2010 recruit. You decided to read it, doesn't that mean you're at least somewhat concerned?
I don't see it as a waste to concern yourself in that which you are interested. What I do think is a waste is telling someone else what they should be concerned about.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:59 PM ^
I'd much rather be wrapped up in recruiting than be so utterly ignorant on the matter than I say things like, "Who cares about a recruit if he's not a five-star guy, anyway?" You obviously care about recruiting enough to make such a statement (not to mention that you somehow accidentally wandered into a thread obviously about a recruit), but know little to nothing about it to place such importance on star ranking. Don't even try to play the "I don't really care" card.
February 24th, 2009 at 12:51 AM ^
But it is good to see early "commits" and hear top players mention Michigan. It can only help recruiting to have the Michigan "brand" in the mix for so many top prospects, even if many of the players don't end up here.
February 24th, 2009 at 2:23 PM ^
Concerned? No. Interested? Yes. Big difference. I am not going to lose sleep at night if any of these kids commit or not.
Don't get me wrong, recruiting is very interesting, but to get mad / stress out / whatever over some KID (emphasis on kid - remember when you were in high school?) wants to do approximately one year from now is insane.
If you take an even further step back, which recruits have we won that made a meaningful difference that were highly ranked? I can only think of four over the past five or six years: Braylon, Henne, Woodley, and Long. So those were guys we should have been worried about if we lost them.
Who is on the list that we lost out to that would have made a big difference? Pryor? Anyone else?
Come on people..
February 24th, 2009 at 2:34 PM ^
Here are the three definitions Webster gives for the verb "concern."
1. to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
2. to interest or engage (used reflexively or in the passive, often fol. by with or in): She concerns herself with every aspect of the business.
3. to trouble, worry, or disquiet: I am concerned about his health.
You seem to only use the third definition there. You can "concern" yourself with recruiting with out losing sleep. I don't think any of us do that. I don't want to argue semantics with you (maybe I already am) but to say that fans of a football team shouldn't concern themselves with the future of said team is silly.
In response to your question:
Braylon was not highly rated, either was Long, though he was higher than BE. Brandon Graham comes to mind as a highly rated contributor, how about Mouton or Warren?
As far as highly rated guys we've missed out on? That's a long list.
February 24th, 2009 at 3:58 PM ^
Thought about Graham immediately after I posted that. And I am definitely high on Mouton and Warren (more so than the average person on this board), but are we ready to crown them until they play a meaningful role on a winning team? I think they will be great, but let's not lump them into the Graham/Woodley/Hall/Marlin bucket JUST quite yet...
And I know a lot of people pass on us each year, but how many times has the guy been a top 20 guy that has made a decision late (e.g., signing day or later) that has had a terrible effect on our team over the last 5 years? Pryor and that's it in my book.
Tebow is a possibility, but did he string us along for awhile? I know he visited, but were we ever really in serious contention for him? I never thought so...
February 24th, 2009 at 6:47 PM ^
I'd say taking a visit is a sign of pretty high interest.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:36 PM ^
I never said anything about levels of interest - I'm talking about a solid chance to commit, like we're 1 of 3 or 1 of 4 and he has at one point in time mentioned us as his leader. Sorry if I did not make this clear earlier (although I know I didn't say anything explicit about levels of interest).
Anything less than top 3 or 4 with a quote on how much the recruit likes M, and I think the hit rate with said recruits is less than 10%. And I bet Tebow fits into this category.
(I could be wrong - i didn't follow Tebow in H.S., I am just playing the odds here)
February 24th, 2009 at 3:08 PM ^
Tim Tebow and Taylor Mays off the top of my head.