OL target Thomas Cole commits to UCLA
UCLA great campus. Horrible team.
Biggest issue there is that nobody cares about UCLA football. Amazing that they can recruit at all with any empty stadium.
wont be a disadvantage this year...stadiums will all be empty or well below capacity this season....UCLA may have a top 3 class next cycle
I thought 30 players just said Chip Kelly was an untrustworthy asshole. And the next day this guy commits? And they might have a Top 3 class? Up is down. Black is white.
FWIW. The QB came out (1 or the 30 to sign) and specifically said that this wasn’t aimed at the coaches and apologized to them that it had been publicized as such.
I was honestly curious how it was meant.
I mean is a health issue something I would trust a coaching staff with? No. Would I be more comfortable with a health expert overseeing the procedures? Absolutely. I can absolutely see a large number of players at schools across the country feeling the same way.
Depending on how that survey is worded and interpreted, it’s understandable to have numerous players answer it the way it was answered.
UCLA getting a top 3 class is obviously a joke. Their class is ranked #45 at the moment. They'll move up a little.
While it probably won’t happen with UCLA, Alabama was ranked ~50th a week or two ago. I wouldn’t judge a class on where it’s ranked in June.
Yes and no. Ucla has a lot of things going for it aside from football, which also does have pretty good history, great uniforms, and the Rose Bowl. And LA produces a lot of talent.
Best in CFB cheerleaders.
Ehhhhh there’s probably a handful of school’s cheerleaders who are better. Hell UCLA might not even have the best in LA.
It's a tossup between USC, UCLA, and Oregon. PAC12 certainly rules the roost.
Attractive student body.
What is her name?
Diddy Reese alone would make me consider UCLA.
Fat Sal's is better
Those cookies are legalized crack. They are outrageously delicious.
Let's go rocco
It seems they want another for sure tackle in this class to go along with Bounds. I wonder if they just settle by taking 2 guards in Kendall and Spindler or go after a new target at OT like Diego Pounds. With that being said I also think Coles recruitment is far from over and if we don’t lock up one of those 2 guards mentioned above then expect a visit from Cole.
El_Hadi likely can play RT - we're in pretty good shape on the OL overall tbh
He’s not a for sure tackle like Cole or Bounds who are 6’8 monsters. El-Hadi has the versatility to move inside and play guard which is where I actually think he might end up. Warriner’s favorite characteristic for OL is versatility so while Gio might be a ranked as a tackle I think he plays all over the OL during his career. Which is why they may still target another pure tackle like Diego Pounds
perhaps, but he's the same size as Mayfield, who many are projecting as a first rounder, so I don't think his size is an issue
Why are they not already going after Diego Pounds? Great name. An OL with Bounds and Pounds? No way that can fail.
Any players named Leaps out there?
I see this as good news-much better prospects viewing the good guys with positive eyes...advised that his offer is not committable at this time.
Definitely looks like a lifestyle-over-program choice. I love me some Ann Arbor, but I've spent enough time in Westwood to know it's pretty, pretty, pretty good. Add in the weather and it's not a mystifying choice.
Funny because I've been to LA a few times and couldn't see what the fuss was about (love San Fran though). Having gone to school in Michigan, I'd gladly spend a few years in Ann Arbor over LA. It's an awesome college town. Then again, I grew up around girls wearing daisy dukes all summer so it's not like that factored into the decision.
I'm not a fan of LA. I lived there for 2.5 years and HATED it. (And annoyingly, many locals dismiss negative opinions of LA as the opinions of transplants.)
The city is deeply fractured and there's superficial human beings galore. It's quite easy to feel isolated, frustrated, alienated.
Re: ULCA
UCLA's campus is gorgeous. On one side is Beverly Hills and on the other side is Westwood.
But Westwood isn't very big. I recall walking 3-4 long blocks past Westwood and the surroundings changed dramatically (as in became sketchy). This was back around 2010.
Wonder if he read the story from a few days ago where the players sent the university a petition saying the program "has perpetually failed us" and there have been several "neglected and mismanaged injury cases." Not saying hey you gotta go to UM. Just saying take a really close look at UCLA.
LOL - so apparently he TRUSTS chip kelly???
Probably going there because his girlfriend is. Then she will dump him second semester. Chip Kelly is an afterthought.
Or confident that Kelly won't last much longer. Kind of a buy low thing maybe.
How many guys will Michigan take on the OL? I see four current commitments, and still going hard for Kendall, Spindler, and Dellinger. Could we take all three? Is Kendall a take, or does he have to wait on Spindler?
Also, I see Spindler at 6'4", and Dellinger at 6'5". Is that enough to make Spindler a guard and Dellinger an OT?
Why two centers in one class?
Right now we have El Hadi, Bounds, Anderson, and Crippen. El Hadi is a tackle who could maybe slide inside. Anderson is a pure center. Crippen is a center and guard. And Bounds is a high upside tackle. Since we have 2 or 3 interior guys in this class already and seem to be pretty heavy on interior guys the last few classes, it seems like the staff wants to take one more pure tackle with that main target being Dellinger. Not sure where that leaves Spindler and Kendall. Would they take a class of 6 OL guys? Not sure. Could Crippen get processed in favor of Spindler or Kendall? Maybe
It seems like we were pushing hard for him as alternative to Dellinger who it feels like we have also turned the heat up with. I think Kendall and Spindler are both takes, but it feels like both are not Michigan leans at this point and the staff would rather have another tackle in the class
Kendall feels.like he's waiting to see what Spindler does first. I think he has us first but not if we take 6 other OL.