Michigan would still take Pocic [UPDATED: apparently not]
[UPDATE: Tom's post has been updated to state that Michigan now says they're full.]
After reading some things over on WolverineNation, I came across Ethan Pocic. He called coach Funk, and asked him if there would still be a spot for him if he were to commit. Funk told him they would [accept] his commitment.
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[ED:BISB - Accept. Otherwise, this is fine]
If Funk will take him, then he must have a "mean streak." Would love for the whole line to have a mean streak.
We'd take either as a 6th OL...from what I understand. That's it.
Why reach out to see if there's a spot or not ... if you don't care?
Wow, now I can see why oversigning is so tempting.
The whole concept was only theoretical for us, up until now.
This class has put it in a different light for me. I still think its a scummy thing to do, and I absolutely do not want Michigan to do it. But I can see where the temptation lies. We have a number of blue chip prospects interested in us, however, we don't have enough scholarships to fit them all. I'd love to take 4 linebackers—Levenberry, Gedeon, McCray and O'Daniel (all of whom have expressed great interest in Michigan)—but we can only take 3. I'd also love to take Pocic, or another stud TE, but I'm not sure what we have room for. I can see how it seems very tempting to schools with...erm...different moral standards **cough**SEC**cough**.
That being said, oversigning can sacrafice a kids future just for the sake of getting more recruits, and it's just not the Michigan way.
I oversign like crazy in NCAA 12.
Yeah, but you got 15 less scholarships to work with on NCAA 2012
I see it updated, though I don't see a source...
Source is TVH (per the posts above, and aquaman confirms also a few above).
UPDATE IS WRONG. michigan will take a anouther OL if hes a great one look for 6 ols in the class by the end of the march 10 weekend
Shut up Meg..
We were going to take Caleb Stacey last year but that didn't happen. By the time these guys get here, we will have lost 4 more on the line. Of course we'd take Pocic. That's a no brainer. Off topic, one of my younger cousins is friends and goes to school with Ben Gedeon in Hudson and she says that the kid is an athletic freak of nature. This kid has been on my radar for well over a year now. Here's to hoping we get him! (and Levenberry)!