Sam Webb Det News Article: COL OT Dan Skipper

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December 20th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
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Sam Webb Det News Article: COL OT Dan Skipper

This guy is a MONSTER.  6'10" 295lb. 

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121220/OPINION03/212200436 

EDIT: Got rid of the potentially misleading "to Michigan?" addition to the title

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December 20th, 2012 at 2:54 PM | Need a title change. (Score:3 Insightful)
StateStreetBlue
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Otherwise this will not end well.

December 20th, 2012 at 2:59 PM | Suggestion? (Score:2 Normal)
Ron_Lippitt
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Like maybe get rid of the "..to Michigan?" part?

December 20th, 2012 at 3:14 PM | Sorry for the late reply. (Score:2)
StateStreetBlue
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Sorry, I should have been a bit more informative.  The original ending (with a ?) sort of suggested that there are beginning reports of his commitment.

Good link though.  Thanks for the post.

December 20th, 2012 at 2:56 PM | I think your current title (Score:2)
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I think your current title might be misleading (even with the ? at the end). Looks like this is basically a piece reveling in the fact that he's 6'10" and a soft commit to Tennessee.

Also, what's with Ole Miss being a player for so many recruits that we want? They must be recruiting pretty well or something.

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December 20th, 2012 at 3:29 PM | Yeah (Score:5 Normal)
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"recruiting"

So hot.  Milk was a bad choice.

December 21st, 2012 at 9:45 AM | iPhone (Score:1)
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I hear the new owner said he's willing to spend money to get top level talent. Oh wait we're talking college. Uh they have a quality academic institution that teaches sound football fundamentals.

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December 20th, 2012 at 2:57 PM | 6'10"  How tall is too tall?  (Score:3 Normal)
Hannibal.
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6'10"  How tall is too tall?  The guy might be a monster but I imagine that he would have to have perfect technique to avoid getting constantly out-leveraged. 

 

Edit:  kid's got a nice offer list.

December 20th, 2012 at 3:03 PM | 7'3" is too tall. (Score:4 Normal)
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7'3" is too tall.

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December 20th, 2012 at 3:12 PM | Even if you've got good pad level? (Score:5 Funny)
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.

Formerly 'mgoblaniel.'

December 20th, 2012 at 3:35 PM | 2TALL! (Score:1)
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(Terrible 2Chainz reference, I'm getting old..)

Bo' Money Bo' Problems

December 20th, 2012 at 7:19 PM | But I would guess Too Tall (Score:2 Normal)
quasioptimistic
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But I would guess Too Tall was playing against opponents that were a couple inches shorter than Skipper's opponents would be today.

That's what I like about these football players. They get taller, I stay the same height.

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December 20th, 2012 at 3:24 PM | Say It (Score:4 Normal)
CRex
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To my face.  

December 20th, 2012 at 3:46 PM | Andre is dead (Score:3 Normal)
pkatz
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so, uh, you can't say it to his face, ya know?

December 20th, 2012 at 3:10 PM | I read on another site that (Score:3 Normal)
YtownBlue
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I read on another site that OSU just offered Skipper. Urban piggy backing on another Michigan offer

December 20th, 2012 at 3:19 PM | There were rumors that he did (Score:2)
ken725
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There were rumors that he did this with defensive recruits that were offered by Saban.

Greetings from Bolivia.

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December 20th, 2012 at 3:41 PM | It's actually a pretty smart (Score:2)
denardogasm
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It's actually a pretty smart strategy considering these guys are clearly looking around in the Midwest and we don't have much/any room for them.

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December 20th, 2012 at 3:21 PM | How old is this guy?  He must (Score:5 Normal)
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How old is this guy?  He must be in his 40s if he's a Colonel ("COL") in the military.  Get it?  Laughs?  Anyone?

 

 

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December 20th, 2012 at 3:24 PM | cricketchirp.mp3 (Score:5 Normal)
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cricketchirp.mp3

Greetings from Bolivia.

"It's special how the real true people hang together. And if you don't support the program you're not a true Michigan guy. It's that simple."  - Gary Moeller

December 20th, 2012 at 3:31 PM | It's just honorary (Score:3 Normal)
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He's only a colonel in the way Colonel Sanders was a colonel. 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

December 20th, 2012 at 5:18 PM | The Curse of the Colnel (Score:5 Informative)
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"The Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball league has developed an urban legend of the "Curse of the Colonel". A statue of Colonel Sanders was thrown into the river and lost during a 1985 fan celebration, and (according to the legend) the "curse" has caused Japan's Hanshin Tigers to perform poorly since the incident."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders#cite_note-24

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December 20th, 2012 at 6:13 PM | wow (Score:2)
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I'm not sure what I like more:  that there was a Col. Sanders statute or that they threw it into a river. 

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December 21st, 2012 at 12:24 AM | Actually all of the KFC (Score:2 Normal)
1blockradius
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Actually all of the KFC restaurants in Japan have a lifesize col. Sanders statue at the door. True story bro.

December 21st, 2012 at 4:56 AM | Speaking of curses... (Score:1)
Tater
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Maybe Bobby Layne should have tossed WCF into a river on the way to Pittsburgh.

 

 

 

December 20th, 2012 at 3:27 PM | Damn that's a big teenager (Score:3 Normal)
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Damn that's a big teenager!  And in regards to Urban Meyer offering guys after Hoke does,  they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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December 20th, 2012 at 3:49 PM | That's what she said. (Score:3 Normal)
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Just before she went to jail.

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December 20th, 2012 at 3:33 PM | I know a guy here in Vegas (Score:2)
Bad MotherHoker
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I know a guy here in Vegas who played  OL at UNR, he's 6'10 and wound up on the Bills roster, but had a spinal injury in training camp and had to call it quits.  So 6'10 isn't unheard of for an OL.

"The goal, the expectation of this program is the Big Ten Championship"

December 20th, 2012 at 3:47 PM | Bender, perhaps?   (Score:1)
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Bender, perhaps?

 

December 20th, 2012 at 3:56 PM | Youre in Vegas?? (Score:1)
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I live in N Vegas. Are there any Michigan themed bars where i can watch the games amongst fellow Wolverines?

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December 20th, 2012 at 4:01 PM | Inn Zone (Score:2)
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On Rainbow.

December 20th, 2012 at 4:36 PM | If the non-stop radio (Score:2)
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If the non-stop radio commercials and billboards mean anything, I would assume that you might have luck at "The D" a brand new Detroit themed casino in downtown Las Vegas.

December 20th, 2012 at 4:40 PM | Jonathan Ogden (Score:1)
drewz05
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Jonathan Ogden is 6' 9" and he's a future hall of famer, so I'm not concerned about height as long as they can move well with quick feet.

December 20th, 2012 at 3:57 PM | UM is setting itself up for (Score:1)
Zoltanrules
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one heck of an O-line for years to come with or without the skipper.

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December 20th, 2012 at 5:43 PM | Does anyone else picture "Giant Skipper" and Gilligan? (Score:1)
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Just saying...  although two 6'10" bookend tackles could make for an interesting pocket to pass from...

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December 20th, 2012 at 5:49 PM | We might actually get that ^^^ (Score:2)
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I believe Denzel Ward is also 6'9" or 6'10"

Third generation Michigan alum

December 21st, 2012 at 1:33 AM | Fake, for now (Score:1)
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Fred Jackson: "Skipper is like Jake Long, only big"

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