MOAR ESPN!!! UM "in the drivers seat" for Hand and Peppers...
Again, title says it pretty much says it all. Rundown of the 'top ten' recruiting battles.
A bit discouraging to see how many of the players have interest only in Southern schools. Pretty emblematic of why the B10 is a pretty weak conference right now.
OTOH, very nice to see Michigan feature prominently with two of the top guys in the country.
EDIT: Insider content
I'm taking with this a grain of salt, but the fact two high-profile recruits have UM in their top list is encouraging. I'd be very content with a 1-for-2 result.
April 22nd, 2013 at 10:03 AM ^
Even getting one of these guys would be terrific. It'll be tough to pry Hand away from VT and Bud Foster, but if we don't succeed with him, getting Malik McDowell (#2 strongside DE after Hand per Rivals) would be a nice "consolation" prize.
ESPN has Ferns in its 150 and not Berger.
Better to have people talking about Michigan and multiple highly ranked players than not.
Nice change from 2009's recruiting.
April 19th, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
There are a lot of really weird downvotes in this thread. It's like a Mongolian horde came through and shot everyone who said something suggesting Hand likes anyone but Michigan.
April 19th, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^
I've had just about enough of the vicious Mongolian-bashing on this board. Walk a mile in their horde and then judge.
Also, good BBQ.
That's hardly a new phenomenon around here. At any given time there's a healthy percentage of MGoBloggers who will instantly downvote any comment that doesn't say Michigan is the bestest most awesomest and purtiest school in the history of college athletics and that all elite players have UM as their first choice. It's like being in middle school, but unless Brian & Co. make some fundamental changes to this ridiculous comment rating system, nothing will change.
April 20th, 2013 at 10:01 AM ^
I don't know how to start a thread on the app, but if you look on the top left of your screen on either a mobile browser or on your computer, you'll see where it says "GoBluePhil". Under that is a tab that says "create content" and you select diary or forum topic as an original post.
April 19th, 2013 at 10:36 PM ^
It's still shocking to see that two top ten recruits are seriously considering us. I wonder what interest we will get after having stellar seasons the next three years.
April 19th, 2013 at 10:56 PM ^
April 19th, 2013 at 11:32 PM ^
We are starting to attract the top skilled players. Our RB last year and now a top WR. Once Hoke begins to win more games and we go to more BCS bowl games, top recruits will be knocking down the doors to play here!