PSU commit CJ Thorpe taking official to Michigan

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4-star Penn State OG commit C.J. Thorpe will take an official visit next week to #Michigan. No. 140 overall prospect, would fill void at OG.

 

from a tweet

 

 

Brandon Justice @LandOfJustice

 

 

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He has an in house tonight with Drev and Zordich...

 

 

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visit is 1/27, so we get last shot at him

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Losher

January 16th, 2017 at 11:37 PM ^

He is listed at that height but he is for sure bigger than that. My brother played against them in the State playoffs this year and I stand slightly over 6'3" and when he walked by he was at least 2-3 inches taller than me. Now i know cleats and what not but he was definitley bigger than a standard 6'3 guy. 

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Bigku22

January 16th, 2017 at 5:10 PM ^

If he's a realistic option to play DT in college that would be very nice insurance as the Soloman (no matter what optimism Webb has offered) and Tufele recruitments have not been trending well for some time. We probably miss on both, so flipping Thorpe would be nice. And even if he plays OG fuck PSU, would be nice to flip one of there's regardless. 

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Mr Miggle

January 16th, 2017 at 7:02 PM ^

Not long ago he wanted to play basketball and had WMU as one of his top schools. Suddenly he wants to play DT. His leaders have been changing by the week. Before UF it was Kentucky and now he's interested in Ole Miss. Then there are academics. He still hasn't taken an OV anywhere, 

Recruiting him must be an adventure. One you have no idea how it might end. I don't for a minute believe we lost interest because he wants to play defense.

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Sac Fly

January 16th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^

This is the same guy whose dad called Urban Meyer and told him to stop recruiting him.

 

“Urban Meyer called my dad and he told him he should stop recruiting me because it’s not going to happen,” Thorpe told ESPN. “After I got my Penn State offer Urban called my dad and then he fell off the face of the earth. I didn’t know what happened and thought Ohio State was just not offering me, but I talked to my dad a year after the call and he was like, ‘Yeah, I told him he can’t recruit you.’”

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1VaBlue1

January 16th, 2017 at 6:09 PM ^

Have to agree, going behind dad's back would be a shitastic thing to do and would piss off parents everywhere.  Not worth one player.  Meyer did right by not going back.

 

Granted that it was a shitty thing for dad to do...  If you hate the school/coach that much, make sure the kid knows why.  But let him make his own decision.

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Butch-dontcall…

January 16th, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^

that your dad never told you that you cant go/do something when you were 17/18.....   that your dad let you make all your own decisions ....  chris spielman's dad told him "no way" are you going to michigan, even though he was leaning to going to uofm....   you guys sound like "participation trophy kids" -- sometimes "because i said so" is explanation enough..

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gruden

January 16th, 2017 at 8:09 PM ^

Well, my wife would've attended UM if her father hadn't forbidden her to do so.  She had a scholarship offer, too.  So yeah, I think it's a pretty crappy thing to do.

The forbidding thing is ok when they're younger, but the college choice is part of the begining of their own lives.  At some point they need to start making decisions like an adult.  Too many helicopter parents out there.

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