Swim Lanes - The Final Episode 2016
Last go around before we begin the 2017 swim lanes Wednesday evening.
Michigan got counter struck for Fuller, Hamilton was snake oiled away in the cover of darkness Indy Colts style. I am assuming Onwenu is staying in the class and is just trying to build some buzz.
Based on crystall ballz incl our own Acian ballz it seems Murphy to USC and Simmons to Clemson. Boss is up in air but as of this moment it seems like a toss up and other than a tentative ballz by Acian and a UM basketball writer none of the usuals want to put their ballz out for him to UM so I am not counting him in. So do the 2 Cal guys split up after talking of being together for months on end?
This looks like the projected close:
| 25 | Rashan Gary | UM / Clemson |
| 26 | Victor Viramontes | Silently |
| 27 | Lavert Hill | UM / MSU |
| 28 | Quinn Nordin | UM |
| 29 | Alaric Jackson | Snake Oiled late |
| 30 | Devin Asiasi | Left Coast v UM |
This would eliminate any need for grayshirts as spot 31 would remain open and instead of going to another recruit would give everyone a scholarship. Unless of course we flip Greg Little.
If any of the above in chart are misses maybe UM tries to find a lower rated guy from the state of Michigan to flip at last moment. I don't see Harbaugh as a "bank a scholarship" type of guy.
This would still be a great close even as it puts immense emphasis on DT and OT in the 2017 class. Get the #1 player in country, land 2 other top 125 players in Hill/Asiasi, get a developmental but good ceiling OT a year ahead of hopefully 2 very high level 2017 OTs, get a "Harbaugh player" in Vic, and get your local high ranked kicker. Done and done.
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:39 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:39 AM ^
I'm happy with the class either way, but it would be nice to get 4-5 of the guys you mentioned.
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:48 AM ^
As long as two are Gary and Onwenu, I completely agree that 4-5 of this list would be just great.
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:39 AM ^
Tomorrow is either going to be really good, really bad, or somewhere in between. I'm calling it now.
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:42 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:59 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:12 AM ^
Is your name Mitch and did you ever play in a death metal band?
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:49 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:19 AM ^
I still do, but I used to, too
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
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February 2nd, 2016 at 9:39 AM ^
Why not bank? You can only have so many scholarship players total, which limits how many you can offer each year. It's not like Harbaugh will be able to take 30 each year.
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:42 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:55 AM ^
Banking scholarships is exactly what they do not want to do. They have taken 40ish commits to scale back to 30ish. They are trying to utilize all 85. They are adding PWO's to increase the number of players that have a chance to play. This is all brilliant and calculated.
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:23 AM ^
taking all the PWOs to increase the number of players with a chance to play. 1 or 2 of those guys may pan out. They are practice squad guys who aren't going to turn into pre-madonnas. I'm not sure why everyone thinks all the players are there to play. Even if you didn't play college football, have you seen Rudy?
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:14 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:43 AM ^
Maybe not a "bank" but scholarships left after signing day could be used on a grad transfer (LB, QB?)
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:12 AM ^
Or failing that, one more 5th year guy invited back.
February 2nd, 2016 at 1:04 PM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:26 AM ^
Yeah, Taysom Hill will need a scholarship.
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:41 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:45 AM ^
It's pretty much in the bag.
#CounterStruck
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:27 AM ^
Little claims to have picked Ole Miss over Alabama because of Freeze's "spirituality".
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:11 AM ^
that's the spirit
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:49 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:42 AM ^
Final Episode?
You will need to do one of these every hour, on the hour, until 9:00 AM tomorrow the way rumors fly around this place.
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:43 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:52 AM ^
I could have lived with him apologizing for overhyping his announcement at a time when most fans are on edge because of Signing Day, but doubling down by trying to lecture people on what "break the internet" means was when he lost all credibility for me. The dude was just trolling for hits & publicity and has shown zero remorse for playing with fans' emotions and wasting their time.
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
The hype video was pretty sweet - judge things for what they are, not for what they are not.
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
I think I was pretty clear in my post that this has nothing to do with the quality of the video at all. I don't think I even mentioned the video at all in my post.
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:48 AM ^
I think the original tweet could have been interpreted many ways but what sunk him to me was when asked specifically about it he wrote "it is a great break for Michigan".
A hype video is not a great break for Michigan. It was a silly remark.
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:30 AM ^
Now is the perfect time for an upstart MGoReadYourGuard recruiting site!
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:29 AM ^
If I have to judge things for what they are instead of what they are not .... but the thing I'm judging is not sweet then ... uhhh ... how do I judge it?
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:05 AM ^
He's dead to me.
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:47 AM ^
Awww, I always love optimistis who think MGoBlog will actually be up and running for more than 90 seconds at a time at any point between 10 AM and 3 PM tomorrow.
Unless I see 20 semis full of hamsters headed to Brian's house in the next 24 hours I will look forward to our shared 502s, 503s, and 504s.
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:00 AM ^
Lol, this is exactly the reason I opted for the text alerts from mgoblue. I know i'll be unable to check anything on this site. See you all on Thursday!
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:14 AM ^
With that gloomy prediction I guess I should text SIGN to 54815. Sorry mgoblog.
February 2nd, 2016 at 11:07 AM ^
Brian, fix your website. It is your livelihood, we are your livelihood. Don't play with our emotions.
Please.
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:42 AM ^
I thought I just saw something that said Asiasi would likely stay on the west coast as distance is a big factor and that it is likely USC. Is this true?
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:48 AM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 10:46 AM ^
boss's family does not want him that far away....
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:10 PM ^
Just so I can reply to both of you. I saw what I posted about Asiasi on Maize n Brew in their final predictions post. They said scout thinks distance is a factor and picked him for USC, fwiw.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:45 PM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 9:49 AM ^
He is certainly no sure thing but unlike a few other guys we have a lot of late momentum in the crystal ballz department. I think from the official visit forward the talk has been distance is much more of an issue for Boss than Asiasi. But its something to overcome for both - I believe it was the "hiccup" Webb hinted at a few days ago.