Michigan jumps into the ring with offer to 2023 Notre Dame commit, S Peyton Bowen
He lists @coachclink.
4 Star. And #76 overall in the Nation:
https://247sports.com/Player/Peyton-Bowen-46113794/
He has an amazing offer sheet:
https://247sports.com/Recruitment/Peyton-Bowen-145114/RecruitInterests/
He's a very good player. Can play great in all three phases of the game. Highlights at hudl:
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/13331457/61c033cd5b3d3b0810ccea01
He committed to Notre Dame on January 1, 2022, but is still entertaining offers. Maybe the extensive coaching changes at Notre Dame is making him open to offers.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:10 AM ^
Peyton Bowen sounds like a Waterboy character with Tennessee and FSU roots.
Yes, we want you Peyton.
February 17th, 2022 at 7:15 AM ^
I don't see how this merits a board post. Michigan offers hundreds of players every year. Many of those players react positively to Michigan offers and wind up going elsewhere.
February 17th, 2022 at 7:22 AM ^
i agree re: not necessary to post on the board in the absence of some indication (none here) that we might be actually snatching a kid up/away from another school.
i will only add that as part of the recruiting dance it is absolutely necessary for recruits to post about getting offers no matter how little interest they might have in a given school. we learned a lot with our older sons which we are now applying to the younger kids. building social media accounts. putting highlight videos together. 'tagging' schools and coaches of interest and recruiting services or AAU teams and coaches that will amplify the messages. we call mrs. XM the 'momager'. she has it down to a science.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:09 AM ^
HUMBLEBRAG!!!!! HUMBLEBRAG!!!
jk
February 17th, 2022 at 9:40 AM ^
taken in the good humor you meant it. i actually wrote some diaries here about the recruiting process, stuff about the camps, offers, signing day, etc.
February 17th, 2022 at 10:03 AM ^
I was recruited once.... wore the same clothes to work every day for the next 4 years. Got yelled at non stop for the first 12 weeks and an all expenses paid trip to the Middle East. It had its moments, but overall one of the best experiences of my life.
February 17th, 2022 at 10:10 AM ^
that's a fact, jack!
February 17th, 2022 at 2:58 PM ^
Amen, 20 years here!
February 17th, 2022 at 3:05 PM ^
damn... I could be ScottMI-PA
Thanks for your service.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
Note that he didn't mention the sport (spoiler: it's Badminton)
Congrats XM - big jump from high school to college. Hope your kids end up at a good school and enjoy playing. I was friends with a young lady that had tremendous success at the high school level - she won at national swimming meets. The 5 am practices killed her enthusiasm; especially the cold/wet-hair winter bus rides back to Bursley Hall.
February 17th, 2022 at 10:09 AM ^
kudos to any kid that gets any scholarship for the sport of their choosing. you are a baseball house, IIRC. we are a football (boys) and basketball (girls) house. oldest son got a healthy academic scholarship to go with a smallish athletic scholarship for football, which combined to make college affordable. he's done now. son #2 got a full-ride, and he loves football like most folks like breathing. next daughter, TBD re: basketball. loves it, good player, likely a small college player. then the twins, TBD also. just as athletic, maybe moreso, than their older brothers but they won't get as tall.
and for four of the middle kids in general, i kid you not, they are enthusiastic about getting up early for morning workouts. don't know how or why, and i wasn't like that at their ages, but i'm glad they have that fire.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:39 AM ^
Evidence seems to suggest that, along with the title 'The Momager', Mrs XM should have also gotten an upgrade in pay, benefits, and perks.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:41 AM ^
as you have met her, you know that i think my dear wife is just about capable of walking on water. what little she asks for, she is gladly given.
February 17th, 2022 at 1:19 PM ^
Yes indeed! I fully agree, after having met her, you and your family have a wife and mom to be thankful for. She's definitely deserving of what she asks for and then some, as no doubt you already know.
February 17th, 2022 at 10:02 AM ^
yea he posted the exact same tweet about his Cal and Nebraska offers and I'm pretty sure there is a zero percent going to either school.
February 17th, 2022 at 7:50 AM ^
I tend to agree but I also feel the same way about more than 50% of OPs. Most just scream "give me attention for my incredible take/sharing of information".
February 17th, 2022 at 10:07 AM ^
50% is about right in general, but for some people (as in this case), it's 100%. with very, very few exceptions, their posts consist entirely of retweets, with some sort of "would be good," or "we should look at this kid" commentary. i don't even need to open them to know who's posting.
February 17th, 2022 at 7:25 AM ^
Commit date is a long ways off, so anything can happen.
Expect to see many flips from juniors.
Notre Dame does have the #1 ranked 2023 class with 9 commits so far.
Marcus Freeman should have no trouble making ND a destination again.
Honestly, the coaching changes will likely bump them ahead of Kelly's level.
February 17th, 2022 at 8:08 AM ^
I was at Grand Valley when Kelly was there. The guys a great coach. Better than most give him credit for. Don’t count on ND being ahead of Kelly’s level.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:47 AM ^
Brilliant coach. Total douche.
February 17th, 2022 at 8:25 AM ^
ND has always been a destination, Freeman isn't changing that. ND, just like Michigan, and maybe to a greater degree, has admission problems that will be hard to overcome, no matter who the coach is.
Will Freeman get a few "splashy" recruits that Kelly couldn't get, probably, but he will also lose out on some too based on the fact that he is an unknown on offense that kids won't want to take a chance on either.
This being said, I hope we can get this kid as secondary recruits are getting more and more valuable with the way college football, and OSU, is trending.
February 17th, 2022 at 8:55 AM ^
Freeman can no doubt relate to players/recruits better than Kelly can, but the proof of whether the coaching changes will "bump them ahead of Kelly's level" will be in what his teams can do on the field.
His opening act in the Fiesta Bowl was not a great start. Granted, completely and totally unfair to judge a man's capabilities by what he does in one game, especially when its his first game as head coach and its in a NY6 game, but he still has plenty of questions to answer about what his teams can accomplish. Blowing a big lead is never a great look regardless of the circumstance.
We probably won't start knowing the answer to this until sometime in his second full season on the job.
February 17th, 2022 at 10:22 AM ^
His team was certainly happy to see him named as coach, although anyone would be more personable than ol’ purple face. How he does vis-a-vis recruiting at ND, at least in the shorter term, will be driven by how the school administration and booster community reconcile their 20th century self image issues in the reality of NIL. Michigan has the same challenge. It’s a new world out there.
February 17th, 2022 at 10:19 AM ^
ND is due for one of those Holtz recruiting classes where they arm-twist admissions to say "fuck it, we like beating good teams".
February 17th, 2022 at 7:28 AM ^
Also, Cole Cabana received a nice bump up to the #170 player on Rivals, and is now #242 on the 247 composite
February 17th, 2022 at 8:42 AM ^
Funky.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
his middle name better be "copa" or i'll be mad at his parents for a missed opportunity
February 17th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
I do think he was a bit underrated if his speed is what it seems to be on paper. I know there was some discussion of wind-aided times and such but he looks to be lightning quick. If he can keep that while bulking up a bit, he could be a dangerous weapon.
February 18th, 2022 at 9:11 AM ^
Hey, just because he was timed in a cyclotron shouldn't matter.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:53 AM ^
Committed, but entertaining offers, oxymoron?
February 17th, 2022 at 11:05 AM ^
Sounds like Scurvy Urban Meyer.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:59 AM ^
I thought all of the cool kids were using On3 now. 247sports is, like, so 2020.
https://www.on3.com/db/peyton-bowen-96273/industry-comparison/
February 17th, 2022 at 10:07 AM ^
If we Pey a Ton, maybe he'll be Bowen out of his committment.
February 17th, 2022 at 10:15 AM ^
Can he play DL/Edge?
February 17th, 2022 at 12:46 PM ^
Yes please!
February 17th, 2022 at 2:40 PM ^
It would appear our chance of flipping top recruits is UofM's version of the portal for getting them.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:09 PM ^
How about a McKinley sized DT.
February 17th, 2022 at 9:37 PM ^
I would welcome this young man as a member of the team.