February 1st, 2021 at 7:05 PM ^
Prepare Uranus.
February 1st, 2021 at 7:06 PM ^
Denard in Space confused by meaningless board post.
Per me, Monday afternoon.
February 1st, 2021 at 7:11 PM ^
Believe it when I see it.
February 1st, 2021 at 7:13 PM ^
He's not coming. Transfer portal and 2022s.
https://247sports.com/Season/2022-Football/RecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=highschool&Position=DT
February 1st, 2021 at 7:19 PM ^
His Sparty brand is gonna pop!
February 1st, 2021 at 7:21 PM ^
MSU gets a high quality local athlete every few cycles. They go on to a mediocre college career, and fizzle out.
February 2nd, 2021 at 7:59 AM ^
MSU gets a high quality local athlete every few cycles. They go on to a mediocre college career, and fizzle out.
They may not always be perfect citizens, but guys like Charles Rodgers, William Gholston, Malik McDowell, Leveon Bell, Connor Cook, Jack Conklin, Jack Allen, Shalique Calhoun, Raequan Williams, Jerel Worthy, Max Bullough, Joe Bachie, Kurtis Drummond, Darqueze Dennard, Trae Waynes, Aaron Burbridge, etc. were quite productive.
February 2nd, 2021 at 8:57 AM ^
What’s your point? Half the guys you named aren’t local. He said local players
February 2nd, 2021 at 11:19 AM ^
And the other half? My point is I don't believe MSU's (in state) 4-stars are any less likely to be productive than other program's (in state) 4-stars like UM. I can list plenty of UM in state kids that didn't live up to their recruiting rankings.
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:09 PM ^
Never heard of most of those people.
February 1st, 2021 at 7:22 PM ^
The kid is talented and I'd LOVE if he flipped, don't get me wrong. But NG is far more valuable than another DT. We have a number of DTs and we literally have ONE true nose guard on the roster (Mazi Smith).
Give me a transfer NG over Benny and then give me another or the kid committed to Colorado that seems like a future NG.
February 1st, 2021 at 7:28 PM ^
msu basketball is a fucking joke.
An absolute fucking blowout is about to come against iowa.
So it's time for them to focus on this.
Definitely not gonna bash their POS sexual assault covering up coach.
February 2nd, 2021 at 8:36 AM ^
Bogeywon says Izzo is a cool guy. Sexual Assault be damned.
February 1st, 2021 at 7:38 PM ^
I feel bad for anyone who's excited to go to MSU
February 1st, 2021 at 7:51 PM ^
I would feel bad if i cared.
February 1st, 2021 at 7:38 PM ^
You promise?
February 1st, 2021 at 7:48 PM ^
Ike Iwunnah would be a great pick up. His film is really good. The kid has size and athleticism.
This could make a really good impact on the depth chart. That would give us two interior guys this cycle and we already have two for next year.
https://247sports.com/player/ikechukwu-iwunnah-46078805/
February 1st, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
Iwunnah 'nother interior DL.
February 1st, 2021 at 8:23 PM ^
Can't wait to be done with the constant discussion around this kid
February 2nd, 2021 at 9:14 AM ^
Umm, yeah... You have 4-5 more years of 'Benny should have gone Blue' type posts to deal with. Get used to it, buddy!
February 1st, 2021 at 8:40 PM ^
At this point, this topic doesn't even relate to Michigan. The posts where there was a thought he might come here, fine. But it's pretty well established that he's not coming here. I say let it go.
February 1st, 2021 at 9:30 PM ^
We’ll see once he’s there for a year and his “brand” doesn’t work out.
February 2nd, 2021 at 4:13 AM ^
Not that this bit of “news” is any more shocking than McCaffrey going to Northern Colorado, but if you’re going to reference a Det News article maybe you should post the link.
February 2nd, 2021 at 4:29 AM ^
The Detroit News is no longer free my friend. It is by subscription only. A link won't help you.
February 2nd, 2021 at 9:22 AM ^
There are no Detroit News subscribers among the MGoBlog faithful?
February 2nd, 2021 at 6:24 AM ^
I personally don't care whether Rayshaun Benny is excited to go to MSU or excited to go to the bathroom. He ain't coming here, so let's move along, shall we?
February 2nd, 2021 at 6:40 AM ^
Yeah that ship set sail months ago. It’s a bummer but we got a similar prospect in Rooks. Everything will work out.
February 2nd, 2021 at 7:20 AM ^
He’s the enemy now!! Go blue!
February 2nd, 2021 at 7:32 AM ^
It's not over until it is over. Michigan has need for the talents of a player of Benny's abilities. I certainly hope that Macdonald and Linguist have made good effort to "flip" Rayshaun.
February 2nd, 2021 at 10:16 AM ^
Sadly, this is over and has been over for some time. The spartan buddies of mine feed me good information from their insiders. Apparently MSU insiders reached out to Holland to see where he is getting his info from that Benny was a 50/50 flip candidate. He never responded. So it seems he could be generating false buzz for subscriptions and clicks? Who knows.
February 3rd, 2021 at 8:43 AM ^
Their "insiders" got trolled.
February 3rd, 2021 at 10:44 AM ^
BluethroughNthrough,
your comment has aged amazingly well. Makes my day.
February 2nd, 2021 at 7:42 AM ^
There's some steam about flipping a Colorado commit, 3-star DT Ikechukwu Iwunnah, 6'4, 275 pound DT.
February 2nd, 2021 at 8:19 AM ^
I could be way off base, but just given reputation and demographics of the two universities I could see how a black football player from Oak Park would feel more comfortable at MSU than at UM. I don't know much about Benny beyond he's a high level DT recruit from MI that goes to Oak Park. I don't know anything about his family, their income, the neighborhood they live in, the education of his parents, etc. So, maybe his background is more like Grant Hill and less like Jabrill Peppers. But, I can see how many football players that don't fit the same academic mold as non-athletes might feel a bit more out of place at places like UM or ND than MSU.
February 2nd, 2021 at 8:59 AM ^
People still think football academics are the same as the school's academics. They aren't, the bulk of our football players are in general studies or undeclared majors. For many classes, they aren't even in a classroom with the rest of the student body.
As far as African American players, we have several black coaches too, but I guess MSU has a black head coach and several other black coaches. There's only a hand full of black head coaches in Power 5, that will probably pay some recruiting dividends for MSU.
All Big Ten schools save for Northwestern only require athletes to meet the NCAA Clearinghouse standard to be eligible. A great many threads have been spent on this, but no one can talk specifics because there aren't any, it's the NCAA clearinghouse unless someone can find real proof it's not.
That being said, all B1G schools have football players who aren't really able to do the school work, but they still remain eligible.
February 2nd, 2021 at 9:35 AM ^
I think you're being a bit unfair here. Yes, a lot of them are in general studies or sport management. But as a graduate in Sport Management myself, I can attest to several athletes who were fantastic and put in just as much effort if not more than than other students.
Mo Hurst was a freaking TA for one of my classes. Not many schools have star players who are TA's
February 2nd, 2021 at 11:25 AM ^
People still think football academics are the same as the school's academics.
I'm not making any assumptions about the academics of football players, but rather the socioeconomics of student bodies at each respective school.
February 2nd, 2021 at 10:20 AM ^
Some people are just different too. We obviously think UM is the better choice than MSU. He feels MSU is the better choice than UM. Will he second guess his decision one day? Maybe. But he has grown up watching MSU dominate the rivalry and be far more relevant in the perspective of winning bowl games and obtaining hardware. That is something that should not be forgotten. He doesn't remember the Carr years and winning big games. These recruits now remember a UM that fielded Rich Rod teams and Hoke teams. With Harbaugh bringing some spark back to the program. This is what they have seen and know.
February 2nd, 2021 at 8:23 AM ^
This fanbase is so funny...if the article stated that he was leaning Michigan, the same idiots here would be singing his praises. Fact is, Benny is a great prospect and we would be lucky to have him. Props to State for being able to keep him. This is a big head to head loss for us IMO.
February 2nd, 2021 at 9:30 AM ^
My neighbor just bought a new car.
February 3rd, 2021 at 1:23 AM ^
Some rumbles on 247 board that Bellamy’s connections have made this a real flip possibility.
February 3rd, 2021 at 9:16 AM ^
this aged well... lol
February 3rd, 2021 at 2:01 PM ^
Clown post!