Poggi Deciding Soon

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:01 PM
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Poggi Deciding Soon
Per Steve Wiltfong at 247sports:

"Michigan has been recruiting him very hard for a long time, as has Alabama," Biff Poggi, Henry's father and coach, told Steve Wiltfong of Wolverine247.com. "Those are the two schools recruiting him the hardest. He really respects both of the coaching staffs."

Poggi also listed Tennessee and Texas A&M among his final four. And, he is ready to commit.

"I think he'll make a decision soon," his father said. "Within the next 30 days."

http://michigan.247sports.com/Article/Alabama-and-Michigan-recruiting-Henry-Poggi-the-hardest-75757

 

Very interesting considering Hurst visits tomorrow.

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:05 PM | Please pick M (Score:5 Normal)
umjgheitma
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I love watching Saban lose

Has the whole world gone CRAZY!?!

June 1st, 2012 at 3:08 PM | Let's hope Poggi is the first (Score:5 Normal)
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Let's hope Poggi is the first part of a 1-2 Saban-losing punch that ends on September 1.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:28 PM | I also enjoy watching (Score:5 Normal)
evenyoubrutus
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I also enjoy watching Michigan win occasionally.

Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:07 PM | We really need him (Score:1)
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What are our chances, Ace?

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:08 PM | Has he ever visited? (Score:2)
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Has he ever visited?

June 1st, 2012 at 3:11 PM | It's been a while, but yes... (Score:2)
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It's been a while, but yes... at least once.  Visited Alabama most recently.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:11 PM | He's definitley visited. More (Score:1)
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He's definitley visited. More than once I believe. Magnus or someone else may be able to better fill you in.

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:16 PM | He has visited twice. (Score:3 Normal)
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He has visited twice.

Welllughhh. Yaknow.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:38 PM | He visited for Purdue last (Score:2 Normal)
Magnus
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He visited for Purdue last year and he visited in mid-March this year.

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:41 PM | What do you think of him? (Score:2)
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I can't remember if I've seen him on TTB or not. 

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:42 PM | http://touchthebanner.blogspo (Score:5 Normal)
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http://touchthebanner.blogspot.com/2012/03/scouting-report-henry-poggi.html

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:40 PM | He has been on campus three (Score:2)
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He has been on campus three times, once for a game (Purdue). Latest visit was in March

 

June 1st, 2012 at 3:10 PM | The next 30 days = June (Score:5 Normal)
RakeFight
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The next 30 days = June

Sam Webb predicts multiple good things will happen in Michigan recruiting in June.  

1+1 = Hurst and Poggi.

 

June 1st, 2012 at 4:51 PM | I think you have it partially (Score:2 Normal)
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I think you have it partially correct.

Hurst + Poggi + Treadwell.  Think big.  

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June 1st, 2012 at 5:02 PM | Oh yeah... Hurst + Poggi + (Score:2 Normal)
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Oh yeah... Hurst + Poggi + Treadwell + Green.... think REALLY big

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June 1st, 2012 at 5:05 PM | Treadwell (Score:1)
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I think Treadwell will decide at the end of the summer.  ...but I guess HS kids can change their minds quite easily, so we'll see!

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:12 PM | Bucke up? (Score:1 Normal)
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Someone needs to put "MGoLaw" in this PIC for us:

 

 

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:15 PM | Will you prosecute anyone who (Score:2)
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Will you prosecute anyone who does not buckle properly?

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:26 PM | Done (Score:5 Normal)
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June 1st, 2012 at 4:07 PM | +10,000 (Score:2 Normal)
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Good stuff.  +10,000 for the weekend as long as you grant me a license to repost this at will. 

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June 1st, 2012 at 4:31 PM | Can he go for 20,000 (Score:1)
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If he adds some Maize in there too?

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June 1st, 2012 at 4:40 PM | I actually drafted one up at (Score:5 Normal)
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I actually drafted one up at the same time I made the first one.

 

And of course I'm fine with these being used whenever you want.

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June 1st, 2012 at 4:44 PM | Speaking of MGoLaw . . . (Score:5 Normal)
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I hope the MGoColor Police don't get after you for your rendering of maize!

June 1st, 2012 at 4:46 PM | ZOMG, we are not Oregon. (Score:4 Normal)
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ZOMG, we are not Oregon.

Greetings from Bolivia.

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June 1st, 2012 at 4:48 PM | + another 10,000 anyway.  (Score:2 Normal)
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+ another 10,000 anyway.  Good suggestion, M-W.

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June 2nd, 2012 at 12:57 PM | Yeah, the other one was a little too Penn State for my taste. (Score:1)
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But far be it from me to critique more hard work and creativity than I was willing to put in.

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June 1st, 2012 at 4:55 PM | I tried to match it by using (Score:4 Normal)
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I tried to match it by using the color picker to match the color of the font on the site. It looks like the color picker failed me. Oh well, changing the color is as simple as using the paint bucket tool.

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June 1st, 2012 at 4:32 PM | Great Job!! (Score:1 Normal)
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Wonderful!  Great Job!!  Even got rid of that sickly looking green.  /s

                                          

June 1st, 2012 at 3:14 PM | How many more DL were we (Score:2)
ken725
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How many more DL were we expected to take?

Greetings from Bolivia.

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:17 PM | The number I've heard most is (Score:2)
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The number I've heard most is 4, including Taco.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:35 PM | Its pretty clear that this staff does not just take people (Score:1)
93Grad
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to fill holes.  We were all surprised that they turned away Tommy Schutt last year, only to offer a guy like Willie Henry late in the process.  And now they want to add 4 more DL to the depth chart.

Its not unlike when they turned away WR's Lucien and Flowers in one class when it seemed like we still needed more true WR's. 

Maybe the staff just miscalculated in turning those guys away but it sounds more like they prefer to target players they really want even if it is at the expense of highly rated guys that show us interest (ie. Schutt, Flowers, Lucien, etc). 

 

Either way, its hard to argue with the results so far.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:44 PM | Yeah, but every program does (Score:2 Normal)
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Yeah, but every program does that to a certain extent.  ND and OSU didn't offer Bolden last year, even though both teams later took lower rated LBs.  Maybe the staff felt Schutt was redundant with Pipkins, and wanted a true 3-tech guy instead. 

The Lucien thing makes me crazy (but not in the way it makes everyone else, it seems, crazy).  Everyone got so excited about him because he had four stars from Rivals and he liked us, then he though Hoke was crazy for turning him away.  HE HAD NO OTHER MAJOR OFFERS.  Hoke said no to Lucien because he wasn't good enough.  Same reason the big West Coast teams passed on him. 

June 1st, 2012 at 4:26 PM | No major offers? (Score:5 Normal)
Elmer
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He didn't have a ton of major offers, but Cal, UCLA, Nebraska, Miami, ASU, Texas A&M and Colorado are hardly nobody.

June 1st, 2012 at 6:28 PM | But who on there is elite?  (Score:3 Normal)
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But who on there is elite?  He is from LA, but no USC, Washington, Oregon or Stanford, the top recruiters on the west coast.  No Texas or Oklahoma, no ND, none of the major midwest or SEC schools. 

There are TONS of kids who have offers from those schools but not from Michigan - Lucien is hardly the first.  I'm not saying those offers are from nobody, but everyone makes Lucien out to be this can't miss prospect.  Well, the good half of the Pac-12 felt fine passing on him, so why is MICHIGAN getting worked up over it?

June 1st, 2012 at 6:41 PM | Why is Michigan getting (Score:5 Normal)
Magnus
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Why is Michigan getting worked up over it?  Because he wanted to come to Michigan.  And we need receivers, which is why we're taking 3 or 4 of them this year.  And regardless of what other people thought about offering him, he is reportedly in line to start for UCLA in 2012 as a redshirt freshman.  Not that UCLA is a great team or has a boatload of other elite guys at wide receiver, but he could turn out to be a pretty darn good receiver...and Michigan has 5'8" Jeremy Gallon starting at split end.

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June 1st, 2012 at 10:34 PM | And there are plenty of kids (Score:2)
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And there are plenty of kids offered by those schools who are offered by Michigan.  If Michigan restricted itself to offering only those players who are sought after by "elite" programs, we'd hardly have enough players to field a team of starters right now.  If that.

 

June 1st, 2012 at 3:15 PM | I know we have lost some of (Score:5 Normal)
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I know we have lost some of the more recent battles to other schools but honestly I am just glad we are in them. The kids are thinking about Michigan seriously, and it is a good thing. You can't win them all, but we are battling for them.

 

 

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June 1st, 2012 at 3:15 PM | Ill be just as surprised if (Score:-1 Overrated)
June 1st, 2012 at 3:16 PM | Show me whatcha got, whatcha (Score:5 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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Show me whatcha got, whatcha got, Poggi.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:17 PM | Crosses fingers (Score:2)
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Oh please, oh please, oh please. Not that this class isn't already insane, but this would fill one of our few remaining needs with, maybe, the top guy on the coaches board. 

June 1st, 2012 at 3:18 PM | Poggi and Hurst play completely different positions (Score:0 Normal)
June 1st, 2012 at 3:22 PM | All of the recent reports say (Score:2)
WolvinLA2
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All of the recent reports say Hurst is being recruited as a 3-tech, like Poggi. 

Not that those are set in stone, but what has been reported so far is that Hurst is also a 3-tech, not a NT.  This is not super surprising considering he's athletic and un-huge.

June 1st, 2012 at 4:10 PM | I remember an interview with (Score:3 Normal)
jbibiza
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I remember an interview with Hurst wherein he said that Mattison told him he was being recruited primarily as a 3 Tech, BUT that he would likely see time at NT as well spelling Pipkins.  Hurst is already 300 lbs. so plenty big enough to play NT and his quickness will  be an asset there a la Will Carr, Mike Martin and the like.  Really happy if he goes BLUE.

jbibiza

June 1st, 2012 at 4:31 PM | That's my impression also, (Score:5 Normal)
Elmer
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That's my impression also, that they view Hurst as a 3-tech/1-tech and Poggi as a 3-tech/5-tech.

Mattison likes to roll his DL during games, so we need 8-10 solid players who can contribute.  These two guys would really help.

June 1st, 2012 at 4:52 PM | 3-tech (Score:2 Normal)
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Hurst was quoted as being told by the coaches that he's being recruited as a 3-tech and he mentioned that it was because PeeWee would be playing NT.  He could play NT after PeeWee leaves.  Poggi is expected bo be a 3-tech, 5-tech.   It appears they would take both and probably still go after a top SDE.

...just one man's opinion.

 

June 1st, 2012 at 5:59 PM | The Rivals say that UM is recruiting Hurst as a NT (Score:1)
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They could be wrong, but Hurst is by no means small with plenty of time to add 20-30 pounds to get to 300+

June 1st, 2012 at 3:19 PM | lets try to keep the (Score:5 Normal)
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lets try to keep the expectation lid down on this one. After Garnett and Levenberry I tend to be more cautious about when people think we have the best chance. Just hurts my heart too much

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June 1st, 2012 at 5:02 PM | Keep the lid down (Score:2)
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always good advice. Keeps the rats out, too.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:24 PM | Please pick U-M (Score:2)
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I know we have a great class already, but it seems we have been losing these more public decisions lately.  Hopefully that trend ends with Poggi deciding in our favor.

June 1st, 2012 at 3:29 PM | The interesting thing is not (Score:3 Normal)
Carcajous
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The interesting thing is not that Hurst is visiting this weekend, it is that Hardreck Walker, another DT, is visiting late June.  If Poggi is feeling pressure it is that Hurst AND Walker will take spots, not just that Hurst will.  The Walker visit might be the one that is bringing Poggi forward.

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