OT: Alabama offers long snapper

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June 11th, 2012 at 12:42 AM
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OT: Alabama offers long snapper

First of all, we have a 'Long Snappers' user tag at mgoblog, and that is just fantastic.

Second of all, Alabama offered a scholarship to Cole Mazza, a long snapper out of Bakersfield, CA. And while most of us loathe the Saban, if he's willing to add a long snapper to a class that is supposed to be relatively small for Saban standards, there may be some traction to this idea. So let's all take a deep breath and wait and see how Scott Sypniewski plays out for us, ehh?

 

https://twitter.com/LS_Problems/status/211939646777724928

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June 11th, 2012 at 12:51 AM | Class of 2013 (Score:5 Normal)
rainingmaize
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Year of the Long Snapper? 

June 11th, 2012 at 1:07 AM | I wonder how Alabama can (Score:3 Normal)
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I wonder how Alabama can afford to offer a LS since they are used to bringing in tons of kids in each class and only offering one year scholarships.  Now that they are offering 4 year scholliies you would think that they would be hurting on the number of kids that they could offer.

June 11th, 2012 at 1:20 AM | Saban will find some way (Score:5 Normal)
bluestan
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Saban will find some way around it. 

June 11th, 2012 at 12:31 PM | Yeah... (Score:2 Normal)
Section 1
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Yeah I thought that Saban was going to offer 12 long snappers this year, to replace the 10 long snappers who didn't work out and who are transferring to UAB or are going on medical grayshirts....

 

 

June 11th, 2012 at 1:16 AM | Fire! (Score:3 Normal)
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Nick Saban! This is unacceptable!

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June 11th, 2012 at 1:19 AM | Once again, just proving (Score:5 Normal)
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Once again, just proving Saban is one step behind Hoke at all time.  Should be a cakewalk in Dallas.

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June 11th, 2012 at 1:21 AM | Easier to justify recruiting (Score:5 Normal)
Farnn
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Easier to justify recruiting a long snapper when you get 120 recruits over 4 years instead of 90.

June 11th, 2012 at 1:34 AM | Should be noted that this kid (Score:5 Normal)
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Should be noted that this kid is the #1 snapper in the Class of 2013(Sypniewski is #2) and is already verbally committed to UCLA. Should be interesting to see if Saban can flip him.

June 11th, 2012 at 1:44 AM | Alabama? (Score:5 Normal)
MGoBrewMom
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Or Westwood??

Tough choice.

/s

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June 11th, 2012 at 2:03 AM | That's funny (Score:2 Normal)
San Diego Mick
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Yeah, if you take a drive through Westwood, the campus is nestled in-between 5-10 million dollar homes with opulent statues in there front yards. It still mystifies me as to how UCLA cannot seem to have a consistent football program with the beauty and richness of where their campus is, USC on the other hand is kinda like in the ghetto or close to it and yet they keep rolling in those recruits.

Funny thing is though, that having been exposed to both fanbases, USC fans are much more like U-M fans and show more class but UCLA has some low class gangster type fans quite too often.

 

Sidenote:

I read on other blogs that there were rumors that Jaron Dukes had been dropped by M Coaches and/or he de-committed and it appears to be false cause Dukes was interviewed and stated that he came home and heard these rumors and thinks they were started on an ohio blog, big effing surprise. We'll know more in the next couple days I'm sure.

June 11th, 2012 at 2:06 AM | http://mgoblog.com/diaries/bi (Score:5 Normal)
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http://mgoblog.com/diaries/big-ten-recruiting-rankings-6-10-12

Read in the comments.
June 11th, 2012 at 2:17 AM | UCLA's Biggest Problem (Score:5 Normal)
morepete
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Is the Rose Bowl. It's so far from Westwood they have no chance of getting enough students at games.

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June 11th, 2012 at 6:29 AM | USC on the other hand is (Score:3 Normal)
Lionsfan
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USC on the other hand is kinda like in the ghetto or close to it and yet they keep rolling in those recruits.

That was one of the problems for USC in the 90's. People said that they were done as a football power, and that one of those reasons was the school was located in a dangerous part of LA

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June 11th, 2012 at 12:36 PM | That was one of the problems for USC in the 90's. (Score:2)
Don
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The biggest problem for USC in the '90s was that its coaches were Ted Tollner, Larry Smith, and especially Paul Hackett.


June 11th, 2012 at 9:21 AM | I love UCLA (Score:5 Normal)
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But the Rosebowl being so far away does take away from the college football experience...and my perception is that the fan base is less than passionate. I find the USC fans ridiculously obnoxious. Off the charts. Therefore, I'm not fond of the comparison to M fans. They have passionate fans, but they are elitist beyond Michigan, and integrity is more important to the M fans/alum that I know, compared to SC. SC would choose winning at all costs, while making excuses for things like thuggery and Reggie Bush. Anyone who said what he and his family did "wasn't that bad", or "everybody does that stuff" hasn't read the report.

Anyhow...all that said, if I were an elite long snapper, I'd go to UCLA over the deep south...except, I think this kid is from Bakersfield, so maybe he'd feel more at home in the deep south.

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June 11th, 2012 at 9:35 AM | Three letters: N..F..L (Score:5 Normal)
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If UCLA had Pete Carroll, Ken Norton Jr, Ronnie Lott, etc patrolling the sidelines, then UCLA would have owned LA instead of USC.  After you get through all the cute talk about academics and campus lifestyle, these kids care about having a shot at the NFL.  USC can sell that much easier than UCLA.

June 11th, 2012 at 11:49 AM | Correct! (Score:2 Normal)
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You speak the truth as I know it from direct D1 recruiting experience.

June 11th, 2012 at 10:26 AM | I would amend your post only (Score:1)
bondjunkie
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I would amend your post only in saying that USC Alumni are much more like U-M Alumni. Fanbases are another story. USC home games at the Coliseum are a gauntlet for opposing fanbases, and a lot of the tailgaters don't mind getting in the face and taunting senior citizens who happen to wear the wrong colors. I've seen this firsthand, multiple times.

June 11th, 2012 at 11:30 AM | Fresh Prince of Bel Air (Score:2 Normal)
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June 11th, 2012 at 2:41 PM | That reminds me (Score:1)
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I was once offered a job in LA because in my interview the principals liked that I seemed like an "SC guy". I have a feeling that is not a compliment everywhere. Fortunately, I can make like Zelig.

June 11th, 2012 at 2:25 PM | I've heard that the UCLA AD (Score:1)
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I've heard that the UCLA AD is more of a basketball guy if that means anything.

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June 11th, 2012 at 8:47 AM | I understand he's looking for (Score:4 Normal)
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I understand he's looking for early playing time, good academics, and a feeling of comfortability, as if being at home. The criteria he's looking for separates him from most of the other longsnappers who desire ONLY beaches and girls.

Campaign manager--Hoke 2012.

June 11th, 2012 at 6:24 AM | Gaining Traction... (Score:3 Normal)
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The idea of offering long snappers is gaining traction, it seems. There was an article in the "Hello" thread for Scott Sypniewski which listed some of the programs that have offered scholarships at LS - a list which includes LSU, San Diego State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Arizona State and of course, MSU and now our program. 

Now that there are specialized camps and many teams have a specific list of things they look  for in a long snapper - mainly that that they can complete the deep snap in under a second - I suppose that it isn't completely off-the-wall that you would see some long snapper offers since teams strive to make even their special teams play  flowing and technically correct. 

That being said, if Miles has already done this, then part of me thinks Saban is in his office whistling "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better". 

 

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June 11th, 2012 at 7:12 AM | snap (Score:3 Normal)
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Running, for the moment, with the assumption that UM, Alabama, et al. will be gaining a measurable competitive advantage through their elite long snappers, is it not _amazing_ that this hasn't happened before? Doesn't everything get measured in football?

June 11th, 2012 at 7:45 AM | Mom always said... (Score:5 Normal)
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If Michigan jumped off a bridge, would you jump to?

 

....wait nobody answer that

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June 11th, 2012 at 7:55 AM | At least, personally... (Score:1 Overrated)
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...The precedent doesn't answer any of my questions. I mean, last year Northwestern, LSU, and Notre Dame all signed Long Snappers. The year before that, USC, UGA, and OSU all signed them as well. It happens, but that doesn't make me feel any better about it.

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June 11th, 2012 at 8:08 AM | If we want to become Long (Score:5 Normal)
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If we want to become Long Snapper U we are going to have to compete with the big boys. Period.

June 11th, 2012 at 8:42 AM | Every big-time program needs (Score:5 Normal)
DonAZ
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Every big-time program needs a shutdown long-snapper.

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June 11th, 2012 at 8:55 AM | I betcha... (Score:5 Funny)
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I can snap a football over them mountains...

June 11th, 2012 at 8:58 AM | Uncle Rico is awesome.  (Score:-1 Redundant)
June 11th, 2012 at 9:08 AM | Yeah, they offered. But on (Score:5 Normal)
nikj
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Yeah, they offered. But on national signing day, I'm guessing that it's suddenly more of a grayshirt than an actual scholarship. Boom, kid! Saban'd.

June 11th, 2012 at 10:37 AM | I'm almost positive that (Score:5 Normal)
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I'm almost positive that these coaches are all trolling us.

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June 11th, 2012 at 10:51 AM | I heard from Lloyd Carr (Score:1)
aratman
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I heard from Lloyd Carr at a football camp in one of his last years say if you want a spot on a D1 football team become a great Long Snapper.   Every team needs one and no one wants to do it. 

 

June 11th, 2012 at 11:29 AM | Lets not forget (Score:5 Normal)
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That college football owes Mark Dantonio a debt of gratitude.

If he hadn't been hidin in the weedz, stealin r walkonz, this year's Longsnapper-a-thon never would have started.

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June 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM | Hoke (Score:5 Normal)
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I think Hoke has changed the (Crimson) Tide on long snappers.  Hell Nick Saban is starting to offer them.  Never in a million years I would have thought that.  Offering a LS from Illinois is a good start.

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June 11th, 2012 at 12:56 PM | ... (Score:1)
rainingmaize
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Do you guys realize that you've started a thread on a long snapper recruit who Michigan didn't even offer?

June 11th, 2012 at 1:27 PM | Yes (Score:3 Normal)
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And it's been upvoted 6 times. Wrap your mind around that..

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June 11th, 2012 at 8:32 PM | -99569 mgopoints to be (Score:1)
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-99569 mgopoints to be precise.  What the hell did you do to get that deep in the hole?  Kill someone's dog?

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June 11th, 2012 at 9:15 PM | Can't argue with science. (Score:1)
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Can't argue with science. :-)

I admire your moxie.

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June 11th, 2012 at 7:41 PM | Has anyone considered (Score:1)
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that the LS could be a major problem we have had at Michigan for years? Hell Bo went years without giving a scholarship to a kicker and that cost us many games.

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