Misc Thursday non M recruiting musings..

Please be wary of liberal use of sarcasm.  Had some free time on a Thursday PM and thought would share some observations of recruiting  etc. elsewhere in the B16 and the MidWest.

What is going wrong with tOSU recruiting!!!  Is Ryan Day's job at risk!!

-- Jokes and clickbait title aside - OSU had a 4* TE ranked #141 overall  recruit flip to 'Bama this week and has dropped all the way to #4 in the recruiting rankings.  Guess they will have to settle for the #106 overall TE that remains a commit.... 

-- tOSU actually does appear to be whiffing recently on a few defensive commits.  Tackett Curtis -#92 overall LB (that M wanted but was never in it..)  picked USC after being thought a OSU lock/lean.  Dijon Johnson - CB at #93 overall CB - is getting ballz to UF (including the OSU folks) after also being assumed to be an OSU lock.  To take out their frustrations they are getting many ballz today for Jaden Bonsu a top 200 DB that they appear will land over Miami and...

MSU.

- Is "Tuck Coming" premature?  After a slew of high profile visits in June, MSU has been coming in 2nd for a number of out of region 4 and 5 star targets.  As M fans can attest - the first step is getting to the point to actually rate a visit but it can take time (or the right situation) to actually land some of these targets.  When they do come - hold on tightly and don't get too attached to any early out of state commit that may garner late attention from the "Big Boys" down south.

- The commit lull had been so deep that Michigan's "trainwreck/UNACCEPTABLE" 2023 class briefly passed MSU in the 247 Composite rankings earlier this week.  This caused a series of meltdowns by MSU twitter but order was restored after MSU finally landed one of the 96 OTs that their "insiders" had predicted to the Spartans.

- MSU is gaining momentum in state and in the 2024 class with the addition of former M target 4* WR Nick Marshall last weekend.  This makes a ton of sense as most young people in Michigan lived through RR and Hoke in their formative years while MSU was doing well under Mike D'Antoni.  A study on M live this week backs this up noting the MSU has markedly more fans than M among younger demographics.  This led me to a larger concern --- Who's responsibility is it to inform these people that they cannot be "fans" unless they attended MSU?  I guess maybe it should be M fans? - several MSU people have been happy to make sure I was an alum over the years...

PSU

- Breaking - Top kids continue to commit to James Franklin for some unknown reason.  2023 may be his best class ever and it actually includes OL recruits.  Now if PSU fans can be patient for just another 3-4 years...  At least M saved recent commit Evan Link from 4 years under "FG Franklin".  I for one look forward to the "Unsolved Mysteries" episode on PSU recruiting in the not-so-distant future.

ND -

- Marcus Freeman must be stopped.  Nothing to really joke about here.  While checking the 2024 state of Michigan rankings, I noticed that the top 2 players in the state are already committed to ND (including Carr).  While I doubt that ND faltering on the field this year will necessarily lead to 'flips" - this is a troubling trend.  As dirty as you will feel - you will want to root for tOSU to crush and humiliate ND in Week 1.  I suggest rationalizing that it will look better for M to beat an undefeated OSU in November.

Can't wait for the season to start.  Go Blue!