May need to Buckle Up this weekend
Was just listening to TheWolverine.com podcast and they said that there is a good chance we may see commitments from Brandon Peters (4* QB) and David Reese (3* LB) this weekend. Peters could decide depending on if the visit goes well, and Reese may potentially flip from Louisville.
Scout also posted a story saying that Dez Fitzpatrick (4*WR, also HS teammates/Louisville commits with Reese) is waiting for a potential 'dominio effect' this weekend.
Can't link, at work.
Is Jaylen Brown also deciding this week? Man... that would be pretty cool, huh?
Would be sweet to see some commits this weekend. Good debate topic. If you could chose 1 guy to commit in April who would it be?
Jaylen Brown #1 High School Hoops star or Rashan Gary #1 Defensive player in the country?
Since Gary isn't deciding until the AA game...heres hoping!
Jaylen Brown, definitely. One superstar basketball commit is usually more effective than one football commit.
Couldn't agree more. I would love to see him in the Maize n Blue for 1 season.
Touche' Cali
Bown and it's not even close. Brown is do or die this month, Gary has a lot of time.
Guess that was confusing. I meant if you chose Jaylen Brown, Gary would commit elsewhere. Meaning you could only have 1 on campus.
That may be true but as the poster above stated a basketball player has much more of an impact than does a football player, save a quarterback. Brown would be 1 of 5 for the most part while Gary would be 1 of 22.
Elite bball players have a much greater impact on a five person bball team than any single player (even QBs) can have on a 22-man football team. But let's get them both!
I'd take 3 years of Gary over 1 year of Brown and it's not even close.
Top 10 bball players also have a much higher hit rate IMO than top 10 football players - with the football guys you tend to have either a NFL guy or a total flameout it seems from my perusal of the last 10 years of guys. Bball guys tend to at least be pretty darn solid as the floor.
Fussball uber alles!!
Gary because we would get him for a couple years instead of one for Brown. Although, watching Brown in AA would be special.
I have to agree with the football > bball comment.
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I guess some people just like basketball more than you.
I definitely would've chosen Kevin Durant's freshman year at in a UM uniform (probably the greatest display of individual talent I've ever seen out of a young college athlete) than Clowney's 3 years (the last year of which he was completely detached, btw).
It's not even about liking basketball better. How many games did Clowney decide for SC? But if you add a lottery pick to the 2012-13 or 13-14 MBB teams, we probably get a championship out of it. Even on a mediocre team - add a lottery pick to this year's team and we're definitely dancing, even with injuries to LeVert and Walton.
You don't even need to go outside Michigan teams for example players - who made a bigger impact at Michigan: Trey Burke, or Brandon Graham?
March 30th, 2015 at 11:25 PM ^
I don't think he is. Nevertheless, it will be an exciting weekend.
Sam advised an end of April decision was more likely for Brown.
Brown deciding end of April.
Would love to land Peters and Reese to get the HELLO ball rolling...
Hmm....play for scumbag Bobby Petrino, or play for Renaissance Man Jim Harbaugh?
I'd like to find out more about Peters. His high school stats haven't exactly set the world on fire. 56% completions, 21 TDs, 6 INTs, 1,876 yards. Perhaps he plays in a really though league though (does Indiana have many really competitive football leagues?)
http://247sports.com/Player/Brandon-Peters-32002
I can't speak specifically but on the whole Indiana is not known for its high school football.
I coach in Indiana, not football, and their conference is one of the tougher conferences in the state. All 5A & 6A (two biggest sizes) schools, which isn't very common. Also some of the wealthier schools in the state, so the kids have access to good coaching and facilities.
Per MaxPreps, his sophomore stats - take them for what they are worth, of course - were 1,405 yards, 13 TDs to 9 INTs and a 59.8% completion percentage in ten games, which is still good for an equivalent NCAA rating of 144.3. If you assume that he threw at close to the same clip as a junior (on a per completion basis) and even account for the slight decrease in completion percentage, it would be in the 160 range in his junior year. Not really that bad on a rating basis - probably top quartile of Division I most weeks. Of course, whether that actually would translate to the college game is a totally different matter.
You realize that your tagline, which is mocking a football player's view on the school's academics, could just as easily say Tate Forcier, right?
announcing his commitment to OSU. That's obviously what their staff pitched to him. You think our staffs have been selling recruits on the idea that they only need to put in minimal effort on academics?
Matt Barkley's stats his senior year of high school were 54% completion percentage with 23 TDs to 18 INTs. He did have a lot of yards because the threw the ball a ton. And those stats are significantly worse than his junior year stats. I say this because high school stats are very unreliable to evaluation a QB. Sure, they are a data point, but the talent in the leagues and on the team can vary so damn much that it makes it hard to validate.
His school is/was stacked at the QB position.
Hunter Johnson who is the #1 PRO QB for 2017 transferred from Avon to Brownsdburg to get more playing time.
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Same one who called a woman who filed sexual assault charges against a man a "bitch" too.
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You forgot to end your comment with:
"No matter what his HS stats, I know for a fact he is better than Morris!"