Moran to Illinois

Submitted by 1464 on
Title says it all. Kentrail Moran has committed to Illinois. I thought we were the prohibitive favorites. What gives? Cue the hilariously original plays on his last name... Now...

We'll be Champions

March 14th, 2015 at 5:45 PM ^

He clearly did not get a call from Harbaugh because he thought Moran was a moran. He also stated that Michigan was his leader, and if they got Harbaugh, they would jump in front by a lot. He just wasn;t called.

Magnus

March 14th, 2015 at 6:37 PM ^

According to 247's Composite rankings, he's the #4 player in Illinois behind Josh King (offered by Michigan), Erik Swenson (committed to Michigan), and Sean Foster (who has a fairly unimpressive offer list).

GoBLUinTX

March 14th, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^

That is "Stork" being portrayed by Douglas Kenny.  Kenny wrote Animal House and was the primary screenwriter of Caddyshack.  If that wasn't enough, he was also the co-founder of National Lampoon.  Kenny died after the filming of Caddyshack when he fell / jumped from a cliff in Hawaii.

LSAClassOf2000

March 14th, 2015 at 6:02 PM ^

In additional to Illinois, per 247Sports, we had also offered as well as Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Louisville, Northern Illinois and Syracuse. If the Crystal Ball predictions are any indication, most of the people submitting predictions had gone with Michigan, but even Steve Wiltfong and our own Ace have more recent updates / submissions which indicate Illinois, so between the bulk of the predictions from last summer and recently, something definitely changed. 

kb

March 14th, 2015 at 6:04 PM ^

is visiting soon. Dude is a beast for a three star. JH has his eyes on other specific players, that's all. It's not like Illinois is going to keep him committed until signing day anyway.

BlueCube

March 14th, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^

was looking to get him aboard quickly and I haven't seen that Harbaugh has offered at all. I think Michigan has several RB's in front of him.

Magnus

March 14th, 2015 at 6:18 PM ^

Greg Mattison told him that he would need to re-earn his offer from the new staff. Harbaugh never extended one, so Michigan wasn't an option.

Magnus

March 14th, 2015 at 6:39 PM ^

I was close to posting my scouting report on him when the news came out about the new staff basically pulling the offer. I wasn't very impressed by him. He's not very shifty and he's not very fast. He's a decent talent but nothing to get worked up over.

UofM626

March 14th, 2015 at 7:10 PM ^

Why don't you check out this OL Kid I've been watching in Cali the last year. He's blowing up out here on the camp circuit. The Opening in Redindo he owned everyone. Any way you can pass it along



Name: Cohl Cabral



CALIFORNIA RANK: #30 (overall)



NATIONAL RANK OL #20



Offers: Cal, Arizona St, Wash, Wash St, Oregon St

UTAH, Kansas, Vanderbilt,



I'm telling you this kid is gonna be a monster on the line and the offers are pouring in. He's shooting up the charts and Coach Harbaugh and Coach Drevino need to check this guy out!!!! Before its to late.



Everyone go to 24/7 and check him out!

UofM626

March 14th, 2015 at 8:39 PM ^

I just asked to check him out. He's been killing it here in Cali. Just watch!!! I was just saying is there anyway we could get some inside info.



I'm not saying anything that's not out there. I'm a guy by the way Whos main interest is baseball.

Magnus

March 15th, 2015 at 7:12 AM ^

There are different kinds of impressive. Sometimes I'm impressed by speed, sometimes I'm impressed by aggression, arm strength, size, etc. I'd say most of the recruits have SOMETHING impressive about them.

For example, I think Malzone is limited athletically, but he was in great command of Brother Rice's offense and seemed to know exactly where to go with the ball, how to get it there, his ball handling, etc.