December 8th, 2009 at 12:30 PM ^
Even though Newsome and Beaver were "committed" at QB? It's not necessarily going to be a Peace/Barnes scenario - which I personally believe is unethical - it may be that some of our current commits aren't as committed as we all think.
December 8th, 2009 at 12:36 PM ^
I asked in a thread a few days ago but didn't get an answer, what can the Big 10 do if rich rod says screw the limit and signs over 25? Since it isn't a NCAA violation can they strip us of scholarships and post season play or just give us a wag of the finger?
December 8th, 2009 at 1:15 PM ^
to getting to the bottom of this. Is anything short of international arms dealing shadier than college football recruiting?
December 8th, 2009 at 1:18 PM ^
College basketball recruiting.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:18 PM ^
College basketball recruiting.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:50 PM ^
I think you two just shared a special moment...
December 8th, 2009 at 2:05 PM ^
Football recruiting: 1 shady out of 5 shadies (not very much);
Baseball recruiting: 2 shadies out 5 shadies (sort of shady);
Hockey recruiting: 3 shadies out of 5 shadies (kinda' shady)
SEC football recruting: 4 shadies out 5 shadies (pretty damn shady)
Basketball recruiting: 5 shadies out 5 shadies (wtf nonprofit AAU organizations etc. etc.)
December 8th, 2009 at 12:38 PM ^
If it's true, that is awesome news. Thanks for the post.
December 8th, 2009 at 12:48 PM ^
I think this might have legs.
December 8th, 2009 at 12:56 PM ^
That is all.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:19 PM ^
to use a Jack Handey quote as my sig.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:34 PM ^
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but decided to go home instead.
December 8th, 2009 at 2:37 PM ^
I love that Deep Thought. I think there's a line in there about "but it was getting late, so I decided to go home instead."
December 8th, 2009 at 2:40 PM ^
If you ever accidentally drop your keys in a river of molten lava, let em go, 'cause man, they're gone.
If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, 'cause hey, free dummy.
December 8th, 2009 at 3:32 PM ^
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:32 PM ^
I didn't mean to use the word "crap," but to me, that's what her dinner tasted like.
December 8th, 2009 at 10:31 PM ^
and I found a skeleton. I thought "Who was this man? What did he accomplish in his life? Did he leave behind loved ones? Why does he have antlers?"
December 8th, 2009 at 11:08 PM ^
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away, and you have their SHOES!
December 8th, 2009 at 4:19 PM ^
Go forth with great furor.
EDIT: This was supposed to be a reply to aawolve.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:03 PM ^
Braylon is never really given to this kind of open speculation. I'd trust it.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:27 PM ^
From his scout profile: "Ash reports a 2.5 core GPA and a 16 ACT, which he will retake."
I believe this puts him in the area of questionable qualifier. Over signing conspiracy theories live here. CONSPIRACY!!
December 8th, 2009 at 2:48 PM ^
Insurance check AND free demolition? I didn't even have to go Herbstreit.
Really though, I am in no way associated with the business. When trying to find a name that is associated with Ann Arbor, this one seemed right. I do have some very fond memories of street fighter, tekken, mortal combat and $0.25 sodas in that place from the late 90's.
December 8th, 2009 at 3:41 PM ^
The place you went to still exists. What burned down was the old PP location, which was abandoned around 15 years ago for the current one on the other side of South U.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:39 PM ^
This is complete speculation, but I think Carvin Johnson might be a softer commitment than we realize, and part of the reason we seem to be over-recruiting. Check out the Friday Night Lights post: "LSU is starting to show interest... more on that situation tomorrow..."
December 8th, 2009 at 1:59 PM ^
...the comments from Carvin's coach after the commit led one to believe that LSU really dropped the ball and may not be contenders even if they offer. Maybe Carvin feels disresepected? And Les' image has to have been tarnished as a coach in recent weeks with the end of this season.
December 8th, 2009 at 2:26 PM ^
the comments served as advertising for his player that if and when offered, he'd probably bite. I would not be surprised if we fail to land Jefferson, lose Johnson, and perhaps another yet. I'd think the coaches know what is going on, and there has to be a reason they wanted Vinopal and are still out there actively recruting dbs.
December 8th, 2009 at 3:37 PM ^
Good points but if it was advertising, why only posting on Michigan forums and boards?
That said, great point about RR still pursuing Vinopal...
December 8th, 2009 at 3:37 PM ^
They may have also taken a look at our defense this last year and thought, well, couldn't hurt to recruit every able bodied DB.
December 9th, 2009 at 6:08 AM ^
Tarnished, eh?
As opposed the what--the sterling image of our coach and program right now?
December 8th, 2009 at 2:32 PM ^
I really hope Carvin keeps to his word with RR.
I am really unreasonably high on him... something to do with him putting up great numbers, being the best player on one of the best teams in LA. I think he is terribly underrated by the "gurus" on scout/rivals. Just a good feeling about him.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:37 PM ^
If it were the case that he was just underrated by scouting sites, then he would have more offers. Unless, of course, you think that coaches recruit only based on what the scouting sites say? When in doubt, look at a prospect's offers list. The fact that he doesn't have very many offers is disconcerting to me. And the fact that the only other FBS offer he has is from the school in his own backyard doesn't make me feel much better.
December 8th, 2009 at 2:19 PM ^
I think Drake might be out. There's the qualifying thing, but he hasn't even taken an official visit yet and he committed back in March. If he ends up bolting, that would be another Hopson recruit who didn't make it in (Graves and Jones last year).
December 8th, 2009 at 2:49 PM ^
Drake probably has better offers now that he wasn't stuck behind another D1 prospect all year. He's also looking up 6 or 7 guys at the slot before he sets foot on campus
December 8th, 2009 at 2:27 PM ^
Is it possible that RR is encouraging kids who seem to marginally be in academically to go to JC for a semester anyways (a la Adrian Witty)? If he can convince 4 or 5 guys that this is the right move, then we could have a huge class.
Is that unethical? I think it could be a weird way of looking out for the kids' best interest: ease into college classes at JC before being thrown into the fire of UofM classes having barely passed the NCAA standards...
Thoughts?
December 8th, 2009 at 5:06 PM ^
I don't think our admissions department would like that. It doesn't accept many JUCO credits. What we might do instead (which Lloyd Carr also did a few times) is "grayshirt" a couple of players for next season. Of course, the downside of grayshirting is that it reduces the number of scholarships available for next year's class.
December 8th, 2009 at 2:34 PM ^
I would love Ash. It would make my day.
The 2.5 GPA scares me a bit though.
December 8th, 2009 at 2:41 PM ^
Is it signing day yet? What day in Feburary is it?
December 8th, 2009 at 3:25 PM ^
February 3rd.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:02 PM ^
look for up to two more kids to transfer out (Carr's recruits of the 08 class). Rumor has it one is a long snapper from Los Vegas, that is being beat out by a walk-on. The other is a slot wr from Texas. Also, Michigan is looking at maybe two kids not qualifing in this upcoming recruiting class and one kid may just decommit altogether. Hence is why they are going to 28
December 8th, 2009 at 4:24 PM ^
T-Rob and Morales? I'm sure this is someone's wild-ass guess. It's logical, but probably based on absolutely nothing.
If true, losing Morales would be devastating to the WLA.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:17 PM ^
Please God let this be true.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:30 PM ^
According to Rivals, we can still sign 28 players on February 3.
December 8th, 2009 at 4:41 PM ^
Guys, is it just me? Or does it seem like we have a lot of commits?
December 8th, 2009 at 6:39 PM ^
If indeed we do get Ash tomorrow that will make 24. It is expected that we will sign 28, 3 over the limit of 25 as it is expected that some of the recruits will fail to make grade. It is also possible that some will greyshirt.
December 8th, 2009 at 9:59 PM ^
Yes. And i hope everyone senses the sarcasm in my comment.
December 8th, 2009 at 5:28 PM ^
I hope these rumblings don't steal anyone's thunder.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:34 PM ^
Ash would be #24. There are 22 commits who are graduating this month or in June 2010, plus Adrian Witty from the 2009 graduating class.
December 9th, 2009 at 1:49 AM ^
And plenty of people have mentioned it but Michigan is recruiting a lot of uncomitted players hard for having so many current commits. I think this class potentially has some very interesting additions come signing day. One thing I thought about with DJ Williamson is would he be able to receive a track scholarship (he's the Ohio 100M State Champion) and then play football without it counting against the football team? Does anyone know if that was the case with Trindon Holiday or was he recruited for football?