January 27th, 2011 at 10:43 AM ^
He's not coming to Michigan.
January 27th, 2011 at 10:43 AM ^
I do. He's not coming here.
January 27th, 2011 at 10:52 AM ^
he's staying in california.
January 27th, 2011 at 10:53 AM ^
All signs point to a West Coast team. It's too bad because he is such a solid player, but with the commits we have at the DB position I'm not as depressed as I could be. The Countess recommit has really boosted my spirits. NSD can't come soon enough!!!
January 27th, 2011 at 10:54 AM ^
Since we've got a very limited number of slots left open, we're in much greater need of a top-end DL, IMHO.
January 27th, 2011 at 10:59 AM ^
I'm with you. We built plenty of DB depth from this class and desperately need a DT this year.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:30 AM ^
While it would have been nice to get Leon Hall 2.0, I would rather he go to Cal than SC or any school in the B10(+2).
Now its time to start Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.
January 27th, 2011 at 10:55 AM ^
Yeah, I'm not sure we would want him at this point. Our DB class is pretty big and we still have needs at O-line, D-line, TE and true S. Unless we get a stud true S I don't think we should add any more DB's.
January 27th, 2011 at 10:58 AM ^
I am positive we would want him at this point. Seriously...
January 27th, 2011 at 11:01 AM ^
Rescind his offer. We don't have room for the #4 CB in the country.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:07 AM ^
We don't have room for anymore CB's.
I don't think the new staff will pull anyone else's scholarship, even to get a player like McClure.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:17 AM ^
We need a couple more OL/DL pickups not DB's. Unless of course GM is a going to employ a 2-2-7.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:14 AM ^
to make room for #4. /s
January 27th, 2011 at 11:09 AM ^
Just heard he chose Cal.
January 27th, 2011 at 12:38 PM ^
January 27th, 2011 at 1:13 PM ^
You make it sound like the weather was the biggest aspect. I'm sure the weather didn't help, but I think distance was the biggest factor in his recruitment,
January 27th, 2011 at 2:21 PM ^
January 27th, 2011 at 11:10 AM ^
Unfortunately for us he told me after his trip to Michigan that he was likely to pick Cal. Looks like it just happened.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:17 AM ^
Have you talked to Darian Cooper at all lately? If so, is his interest genuine?
January 27th, 2011 at 11:22 AM ^
He is visiting this weekend, FWIW. This is according to Tom on his Twitter. It would be huge to get Cooper to commit to Michigan.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:14 AM ^
Great school. Berkley is like a west-coast Ann Arbor. Good for him.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:23 AM ^
Predictible.
Damn, it's like we all know what's going to happen. I love it.
Edit: And by "we" I mean, TomVH, who shares his knowledge generously on that site, and is therefore an extension of "us".
Does that make sense?
Oh well.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:26 AM ^
is bypassing a cold-weather school thousands of miles from his home in favor of one of the best public universities in the country—in a gorgeous area, no less—that's just a long drive from his home town. I spent a summer in Berkeley back when I was just out of high school, and it seemed like a pretty interesting place. Good luck to him.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:43 AM ^
head out here for a home and home with the Golden Bears - like the 1979-1980 series.
Michigan won both games. Berkeley in September is beautiful.
Not the Big House, but it's a nice stadium and location too.
January 27th, 2011 at 12:56 PM ^
It's so gorgeous there. If I were him I would have picked Michigan - because at Cal people care MUCH more about academics than football and thus the football players aren't quite the same types of celebrities they are in Ann Arbor. However, as far as quality of life is concerned - it doesn't get much better than Berkeley.
January 27th, 2011 at 1:15 PM ^
I haven't seen a Cal game since I went to visit a friend two years ago. Do they still fire the cannon?
January 27th, 2011 at 1:32 PM ^
Yes. At every Cal score and the end of the game.
Though they'll be playing in AT&T Park in 2011.
January 27th, 2011 at 1:17 PM ^
Oh well, we weren't likely to get Mcclure after he didn't like the cold. However, the idea that "we didn't need any more CBs, even Mcclure" is completely ridiculous. We are still pretty thin on DBs. We have 6 guys between FS and the 2 CB slots before freshmen. Brown and Carter are likely to RS, probably Taylor too unless we need the depth and ST play. Countess will probably contribute somewhat in year 1, at least enough to not RS and Hollowell can cover right now, but is tiny and can't help in base sets, maybe not on STs either. I'm not huge on Talbott and either Chritian or Floyd is going to play a lot of FS. That means Mcclure probably had a good shot to be a top 4 CB on this roster. Either he or Countess was going to be in there and I'd have liked to have the competition at least. Plus Woolfolk is gone after this year, so starting caliber CBs are a must..
I know we need DL, but any DL we get isn't going to play a ton. Roh,Martin and RVB are going to start and Black and Wilkins will back up at DE along with maybe Watson and one of the freshmen we already have. Ash,Washington,Campbell and Talbott are in front of them for PT at DT and those guys are mostly young too. Not that I mind stocking up on depth and sure, I'd like to add Cooper, but next year's class is going to be DL heavy and we have enough guys for this year(plus 2-3 of our freshman DL will redshirt,Heitzman,Rock and maybe Beyer). Long term depth is not the problem. We'll get our OLs, most likely Bryant and one more OT whether Nowicki or Fisher or maybe even Flavin.