MSU coaches deny Funchess/Ojemudia access to game.

Stay classy, Sparty!

that nothing is set in stone til they sign.  guess MSU isn't keeping any hope.

Good, I hope it rubbed Burbridge the wrong way too. We'll gladly take Burbridge. Imagine him, Payton, and Morris together down the road. 

For real?  We allow this all the time, even when guys aren't coming.

Funchess and Ojemudia both attend Farmington Hills Harrison, a program that has been very good to Sparty over the years. The decision to treat two FHH players this way puzzles me, as it would seem like a likely way to alienate the players and coaches at a feeder program.

WHY IS MICHIGAN STATE IGNORING IN-STATE RECRUITS!! WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE RICH ROD?! RABBLE RABBLE NATIONAL RECRUITING RABBLE

the staff at Harrison too.  Close that pipe for good!

It's a little arrogant of Funchess and Ojemudia to expect to be hosted by a team when they're totally committed to that school's biggest rival.

You'd think they'd have let them come and given them a pro-MSU talk/tour/activities to try to change their minds.  Getting kids on campus is a huge part of recruiting them -- even if they're committed elsewhere.  We still let Dunn visit (I know he's a soft commit we're actively recruiting, but still).  Clearly they've given up hope on getting Funchess and Ojemudia to switch over.  It just seems calculated to piss them off and possibly put Burbridge off too -- if they were worried about our commits talking pro-UM at Burbridge, well, they can do that every day at school.  We'd definitely let him visit us here (and hopefully he elects to accompany them here for OSU or something).  Poor business practice, Sparty.

It doesn't win any favor but at the same time why would you give your rival program who you are playing that day a chance to let their recruits see their game at your own stadium. 

I seem to remember being ticked off Lloyd Carr and company didn't escort Mo C out of the stadium when he came in all osu gear and stayed on the osu sidelines for the game in 01! 

This is like what middle school kids do to each other. You know, MSU is a good team this year, but man as a program they just cannot put it all together. They continually make bad decisions that hold themselves back as a program. Sparty being Sparty, I guess.

make a new thread for this, but I was looking at the Scout profiles of Ojemudia and Funchess when I wandered over to the profile for Dymonte Thomas. He's wearing a Denard legacy jersey in his profile now. I like that.

http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=8&c=1&nid=4994813

I think the WR that got to go to the game has a qualifying problem with Michigan. If he get's his grades/ACT (or whatever it is) figured out, I'm sure he'd jump ships.

Already start the hate even before they put on the college uniforms

like "you can't wear Michigan gear or go to the Michigan sideline, and if that's not ok with you, then it's best you don't come" but flat-out saying they can't come is something else.

The only way this makes sense is that Sparty decided that Mario and Devin are more solid to M than Burbridge is to State, perhaps very decisively so.  They'd rather poison the FHH pipeline and piss off Burbridge than allow Mario and Devin a recruiting opportunity.  They fear losing Burbridge, and they might be on to something.

and they don't want Michigan recruits on the sideline hearing the direct instruction for "unecessary roughness" to opposing players.  Ha kind of kidding on that last bit but they are duches for sure

Even though 2 of the 3 are committed verbally to UM, it's still "open season". It's not official until February signing date.

So you never know. With the right sales pitch, a big win and Sunday stayover, you might be able to sway them over your way, right?  Maybe not. But maybe yes.

So why eliminate two potential prospects and possibly alienate a third one - especially the one that has already committed to you verbally?

Burbridge might have thought he could work hard during the visit to convince his friends about attending MSU. 

Well congratulations MSU! You deserve 4 stars and two enthusiastic thumbs up! for successfully undermining a verbal commit's street cred.

It just goes to show everyone that, among other things, manners and civility are part of the East Lansing way. Wait, wrong speech....*shuffles papers*

It doesn't strike me as odd that MSU wouldn't bother to host players at a game against the team those players are committed to.

This actually makes perfect sense.

sense to me

Wasn't it jusst a few weeks ago everyone was talking about how dumb Lloyd Carr was to allow Maurice Clarett to visit for the Ohio game in Ann Arbor and that he shouldn't have been shocked that Clarett went over to the sidelines?

I get that these kids were coming with a teammate, but, as gross as this makes me feel to say, I can kind of see where Dantonio is coming from.

I would not blame them at all...no reason to give access to other team's recruits.  The only problem is if this turns off Burbridge to Sparty.  But otherwise, they were fully within their rights. 

I seem to remember Burbridge coming with Funchess/Ojemudia to the BigHouse BBQ like the week after his sparty commit, and also a game later, without a problem. Then again, I guess sparty just reinforced what is said; that Burbridge would rather be UofM if his grades could improve and doesn't think he has options.

lol, also Sevon Pittman said he probably will take an official to ohio. Just  2 weeks after he said no one else is recruiting him. I hope states recruiting class falls apart.

state really does act like a bunch of bitches, like little children!

"You hurt my feelings, you can't come over!"

If they were smart they'd try to lure Funchess and Ojemudia away from Michigan, but then again, who wants to play for a dirtball program like state who allows thugs to play in their program anyways?