Rashad Knight "blown away"
This was just a brief blurb mentioned over at rivals ($), but I figured it was important. From rivals -
[Rashad] but mentioned he was blown away with the trip to Michigan and just stated several times that the atmosphere at Michigan was second to none at both the basketball game and being around all the coaches.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:41 PM ^
Well, it's true. Michigan rocks.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
and depending on ones age... Michigan rox.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:58 PM ^
lol or
i was quite amused by your observation
January 17th, 2010 at 5:11 PM ^
I remember when "rox" was "the bomb."
January 18th, 2010 at 8:54 AM ^
what about that shit was dope!
January 17th, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
sounds like some of the ladies are taking after Tennessee.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
come on down. You are the next contestant on the Winged Helmet is Right.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
thanks for posting this. i just spotted the story on rivals and didn't know how big the news really was.
hope it turns out a little better than aramide olaniyan...
January 17th, 2010 at 4:45 PM ^
I think only good things can come out of the students rushing the court. An atmosphere like that is amazing. I've been to a few football games where I wish everyone would rush the field. The one that comes to mind for me is the Wisconsin game last year. It was a great comeback, in midst of a terrbile season. I can't remember what they were ranked, but I had a rocking good time.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:56 PM ^
they left at halftime. all the fun i had watching the game totally disappeared when we rushed the court. completely embarassed. fuck. rushing the court is for watershed moments like against a top 5 team or when we were on the rise last year. we are a tournament team. this is a game we should win!
January 17th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
we are a tournament team.NIT tournament?
January 17th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
Maybe when we can sustain winning for a few years this attitude would be correct. However, Michigan basketball has not been good for 15 years. Last I checked, we are 10-7 right now. Hardly a shoe in for the tournament. A win is a win and we should be happy with that and let the students celebrate. Who cares? Just be happy we won and quit being an arrogant ass.
January 17th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
Students, especially the younger ones, haven't had much to get excited about with sports. We beat a pretty damn good team after we've been struggling all season. Let them have their fun. I'm sure the team appreciates it.
Also, as I stated in an earlier thread, at least Rogers stayed for the entire game.
January 17th, 2010 at 5:02 PM ^
Then, they came back. Or were you too worried about kids enjoying themselves?
January 17th, 2010 at 5:12 PM ^
Last time I checked, enjoying yourself is one of the more important things one can get/experience out of sports.
January 17th, 2010 at 7:34 PM ^
soley for the purpose of online gambling.
Who knew? :p
January 17th, 2010 at 5:07 PM ^
I mean the students rushing. I REALLY can't believe how much flack we're taking for this. I'm glad that we can come up with stuff to complain about. I would rather not have won that game, because we didn't have ANY RIGHT AT ALL to rush that court. (I'm being sarcastic there.)
January 17th, 2010 at 7:05 PM ^
And you call yourself "All in?"
January 17th, 2010 at 7:26 PM ^
if we rushed the football field after the competitive loss to Michigan State. Ah, forget it. That was a road game anyway.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:05 PM ^
rushing the court with Brandon Graham would be terrible and no fun if you're a recruit
January 17th, 2010 at 8:06 PM ^
This picture is full of win.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:33 PM ^
great job capturing the moment!
January 18th, 2010 at 8:02 AM ^
This picture is victory incarnate.
(AKA: made of win, but more proper, don't you know.)
January 17th, 2010 at 4:47 PM ^
No surprise that he was blown away. Michigan is frickin awesome. Why do you think we all love it so much?
January 17th, 2010 at 4:47 PM ^
Great news. Let's see if his excitment changes after visits to Ole Miss and Rutgers.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:31 PM ^
How much of *that* (as pictured above) do they have at Ole Miss and Rutgers?
January 18th, 2010 at 8:06 AM ^
Everyone always talks about the grove at Ole' Miss. How pretty it is. Now, I like nature, but I'd take that experience on the court at Michigan over a day at Banff National Park! I can't imagine anyone choosing a college over a bunch of trees.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:53 PM ^
Does everybody see Knight in the spot Woolfolk opened the season at if he was to go Blue ? or somewhere else ?
January 17th, 2010 at 4:57 PM ^
I hope Woolfolk gets moved back to/stays at safety and Knight can take his time learning the system and getting stronger.
January 17th, 2010 at 6:17 PM ^
Yeah, he's being recruiting as a strong safety.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:54 PM ^
FWIW, Sam Webb over at Scout said that Knight is only 5'8" and vinopal is a legit 5'11". Just a tidbit I thought I would share.
January 17th, 2010 at 5:13 PM ^
When did sam webb join scout?
January 17th, 2010 at 5:17 PM ^
he's always been at scout.
January 17th, 2010 at 5:20 PM ^
looks to be around October 2001.
January 17th, 2010 at 7:57 PM ^
And Rivals rates Vinopal a 2 star prospect.... our lowest rated prospect. And Rivals says that Vinopal is only 5'10".
Moreover, it is not so much that Vinopal is somewhat short for a safety.... it is his frame. He has short, stubby legs. Those limit athleticism. Thus, that is one of the reasons why he looks so stiff on film.... those short, stubby legs. He really has the legs of someone who is 5'7".
January 17th, 2010 at 8:20 PM ^
Tell us how you feel about his legs.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:36 PM ^
In response to the two/three star mafioso...I don't give a crap if he has the legs of Verne Troyer if he can make an appropriate zone read on 3rd and 24.
January 18th, 2010 at 11:24 AM ^
I know it's reserved for trolls or racists, but in this case I'll make an exception--especially for a guy who copy/pastes the exact same bit of idiocy in two different threads.
January 17th, 2010 at 5:14 PM ^
It would be a very nice get for us...
Him Davion Rogers and Dillon Baxter to close out the class.
January 17th, 2010 at 5:16 PM ^
i wonder if knight still has a "commitable" offer.
January 17th, 2010 at 6:11 PM ^
Most definitely. Kid's a player.
January 17th, 2010 at 6:19 PM ^
I don't think they would have brought him in for a visit at this point if he didn't.
January 17th, 2010 at 6:15 PM ^
Rich rod tends to pull off a couple steals, such as roundtree (from Purdue) and shaw (from Penn State). Knight might have missed the boat, because we are in the mix highly rated guys such as Parker, maybe Torrian Wilson, and other recruits (Baxter and the mysterious OL). We also got another commitment today, from Damion Rogers.
January 17th, 2010 at 6:21 PM ^
We also can't overlook the fact that we've been lucky so far that we haven't had any decommitments. Unfortunately, I'm expecting a couple negative surprises in the next couple weeks. I don't know who, but somebody always seems to waver. We had a bunch in 2009, a few in 2008, a couple in 2007, etc. This would be the first class in a while not to suffer a decommitment (Witty and Drake don't really count as "decommits" from my viewpoint, since they didn't qualify).
January 17th, 2010 at 6:50 PM ^
the two kids who ended up going to maryland whose names shall not be spoken were sort of "soft decommits"
January 18th, 2010 at 12:32 AM ^
They were never committed (unless they were silent commits), and only one (Murphy) has committed to Maryland. The other (Grimes) is still undecided.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
I hear Florida is going after that Gardner kid... Really hope we don't lose him...
January 17th, 2010 at 6:43 PM ^
There will probably be surprises both ways. Sometimes, though, I think "decommits" come after a heart-to-heart with RR as players of a higher talent level come in, something along the lines of, "We'll honor your scholarship offer, but the numbers really aren't looking good for you getting a lot of playing time. You may be happier taking that offer from [insert directional school name]."
January 17th, 2010 at 7:52 PM ^
Does Knight have any more visits? I hope not. If he makes his decision with Michigans awesomeness fresh in his mind that might make his decision in our favor.