Observation and a question about Gary regarding Crystal Balls

Submitted by Bones032 on

Was thinking about Rashan Gary this morning, and thought this was a decent thing to create my first ever thread about.

Kind of an observation and a question. 

Since August 2014, there have been 38 Crystal Ball predictions for Gary.

37 have been for Michigan, and 1 was for Auburn on 07/11/15. The 4 before August 2014 were for Alabama. So that means 0 have come in for Clemson, also means every pick since July has been for UM.

Has there ever been a player who has chosen a school that had 0 crystal balls before? Seems insane to me. I mean I am sure there has been some lower ranked guy who only had like 3 CBs total who picked a different school. But I wonder if any top 200ish guy who had a  good amount of predictions has ever choosen someone out of leftfield. 

That helped me feel more calm about him, 37 of the last 38, including the last 25 have all been for UM. Go Blue.

1464

February 2nd, 2016 at 12:02 PM ^

We are going to overanalyze every single thing we can, whether or not these snowflake posts are posted.  I guess I'm not as offended as most about the fact that there will be 6 Gary threads.  I'd rather have six 100 post threads than one 600 post thread.  Once a thread hits 3 pages, it is pretty hard to generate conversation towards the back end of it anyway.

ijohnb

February 2nd, 2016 at 12:15 PM ^

keep posting.  They settle down.  Everybody who has ever made a "first post" takes a lot of shit for it.  Someday you will get drunk and create a ridiculous thread you only vaguely remember creating the next morning, that is when the real fun begins.

Advice, just cut to the chase, don't need to preface with "first ever post" or "I was thinking", etc.

In reply to by ijohnb

ken725

February 2nd, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^

My claim to fame is a thread I titled "Eduardo Clements commits to U of M." People were not too happy when they clicked on the link to see that it YTM and not Michigan.

Don

February 2nd, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^

MGoBlog ain't for the faint of heart. Up until NSD it's a pack of wild dogs just itching to tear itself apart at the slightest provocation. It's a pile of scorpions stinging each other for no reason at all. It's a murderous motorcycle gang breaking the skulls of somebody trying to muscle in on their meth business. It's a vicious drug cartel sawing its competitors in half while they're still alive.

Then after the dust settles and Gary, Onwenu, and Hill are wearing Michigan hats it's hugs and kisses all around.

 

BoFan

February 2nd, 2016 at 12:38 PM ^

Consider it a learning process. You get knocked down, you got to get up and fight again. And more specifically:

1) come out with confidence. Avoid the use of "sorry" "this is my first post" "don't neg me" "mods feel free to delete" etc. you're asking for trouble.

2). Members want new info. Don't regurgitate what everyone already knows. Avoid " I was thinking". Go back and watch the movie "Wall Street" and listen to Michael Douglas if you don't know what new info is.

WolvinLA2

February 2nd, 2016 at 1:22 PM ^

Why does that make them clickbait? If a writer said the decision was 50/50, I would then expect that writer NOT to change his crystal ball. Let's say a week ago I thought Carolina was going to roll Denver in the Super Bowl and I put a $50 bet down on it, but because of new info I now think it will go right down to the wire. Does it make me a hypocrite if I don't switch my bet?

The writers weren't saying they thought Clemson was the new heavy favorite, just that it was a tight race. Not moving their crystal ball actually backs up that assertion.

LSAClassOf2000

February 2nd, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^

I guess the trouble I have with it all is that predicting the a decision of this magnitude with regards to anyone, especially a teenager, is a contrivance to get traffic / circulation / etc...and it forgets to treat the person making the decision like a person sometimes. So, yeah, I could stand to see them go, but rumor is you have to get past this dude:

Magnus

February 2nd, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^

There have been several players who picked teams with zero Crystal Ball choices. However, they're not usually ones who are so high-profile and have so many Crystal Ball choices in. More often, it's a player who commits early and has 2 Crystal Ball picks total. Or a low-profile player that nobody cares enough about to pick a school for.

Magnus

February 2nd, 2016 at 1:06 PM ^

I don't feel confident about anything when it comes to 17- and 18-year-olds making decisions. However, I do have my fake "Crystal Ball" on Michigan.