Per Twitter Mike Weber Update
Per Twitter Mike Weber Update. Teddy Blanks a good Michigan insider tweeted that a meeting with Harbaugh was cancelled lastnight but will reschedule it this week (Good News).
Also Mike Weber tweeted a hour ago " Too young to be stressing like this". Obviously as a young man it must be a very stressful decision to make. Michigan is a serious player still. Most of us on here think hes long gone, not so fast. Let the rumors fly with about a week to go here. It will be a fun ride thats for sure. Go Blue!
Wanted to update for all my non twitter friends.
January 26th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
Wasn't Teddy Blanks the guy that kept insinuating he had an in with David Dunn, was dropping stupid shit like "Charles Woodson sent an M themed fruit basket to Dave's office" on twitter, and then it came out that Dunn was totally unaffiliated with Harbaugh's interactions with Michigan?
January 26th, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^
His twitter account is MaizeandBlue14. He broke some really good news about Jimmy before the likes of Sam, Tom and Crew. He apparently got in trouble from his source. Its a good follow on twitter. Whats the easiest way to tweet links from Twitter? Thanks for the help. Go Blue!
January 26th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
Ah to be young and gullible. Unless it is coming from a reputable source, I would be a bit skeptical about what you believe. Kid just pulls info from behind paywalls and tweets it out as his own.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^
It's pretty simple if you're looking to just embed tweets. Under the tweet you wish to post there should be an ellipsis, which is actually a drop-down menu. Select it, select "Embed Tweet" and then copy the code that appears. After that, come back here and switch your reply box to "plain text mode", then paste the code into the box and add whatever additional information / title you want and then hit "Save".
January 26th, 2015 at 3:52 PM ^
Thank you LSA.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:22 PM ^
was premium content from message boards with his own (ultimately very incorrect) spin added to it. This kid is full of bs and the results of the coaching search proved that. He is like an optimistic Ace Williams.
January 26th, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^
Just think of life at 17. Man if I could just stress like that again.
January 26th, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^
This is starting to feel a LOT like the Brionte Dunn recruiting saga. Hope this one turns out differently.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^
Well it's looking like Brionte is gonna be deep on that bench, so maybe he wishes he would have chosen differently
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January 26th, 2015 at 4:47 PM ^
Be buried on the bench or get buried in the backfield.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:35 PM ^
saga DID end up in our favor based on how Dunn's career has gone. In this case, I think Weber will be a good college back though, so I REALLY hope he flips. With the Hayes news, I'd feel a ton better if we had a RB in this class.
January 26th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
Maybe it's just a lot harder to beat out Carlos Hyde and Ezekiel Elliott than Derrick Green and whoever else played in the revolving door that was your backfield.
January 27th, 2015 at 12:37 AM ^
whomever*
January 26th, 2015 at 2:49 PM ^
Maybe Justice Hayes not coming back for a 5th year may help him flip back???
January 26th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
Highly doubt the transfer of a 3rd down, 5th year-senior RB by most accounts would be the major reason to reconsider us. I have to believe it's because of Harbaugh and we're his home state, childhood favorite.
January 26th, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
Maybe he has stressful things going on in his life that don't have to do with football. Either way, analyzing tweets of a high school kid is creepy and weird.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:08 PM ^
another thread. Would it be ok to watch him be interviewed by a reporter?
January 26th, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
I appreciate that we all assume that Weber's stress is deciding between Michigan and OSU, but remember that he is a high school kid. All this stress he is talking about could be what shoes to wear in the morning. We'd be wise to keep some perspective.
And doesn't riding out of state to a school-sanctioned rally with the parents of a current player sound like a recruiting violation or something?
January 26th, 2015 at 4:26 PM ^
No it's not. He knows them because of being in high school with their son. It's not like they are some fans/boosters who he barely knows. They already had a relationship.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
I'm sure he has known the Webb family for some time.
January 26th, 2015 at 2:54 PM ^
how someone goes from being a Michigan commit to an OSU commit. It just seems insane to me that someone could flip from one to the other, either way.
January 26th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
Said Kyle Kalis..
They're kids. They're seeing it through the eyes of a young man. Its not always going to make sense.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:02 PM ^
It could be worse... Michigan could get Boren'd again...
January 26th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
When a kid commits he isn't all of a sudden a super fan like us, he never bled blue, that takes some time
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January 26th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
it makes more sense when it's a kid from out of state. No loyalty to either school.
Maybe I'm weird, but my superfandom was well established by my 17th birthday.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:50 PM ^
Has he ever admitted to being a fan of either school? If he isn't a lifelong fan, then switching schools is about opportunity and program. When he switched to OSU they had Meyer and we had... nobody. Since then, we've hired JH, but they won a national title. Doesn't surprise me that he's sticking with OSU. They're at the top, and there is no guarantee that we'll get there, at least until the team takes the field and starts winning again.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^
it was just assumed that he was a Michigan fan because he lives here. Which is a reasonable assumption.
I grew up in SE Michigan and pretty much everyone was a Michigan fan. OSU fans were all transplants and MSU fans had one or more parents that went to State.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^
First, they're just kids. Second, most people just don't take the rivalry as seriously as members of this blog. In the end, it is just a game despite being The Game to everyone on this blog.
January 26th, 2015 at 6:41 PM ^
It was all shits and giggles when Kalis committed to us.
January 26th, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
After looking at OSU's depth chart at running back, combined with the other highly-rated back they just signed...
I guess if I could be a sole member of a recruiting class where the first guy ahead of me is already a sophomore, i'd be looking for a pen. Especially if it was the school I'd always wanted to attend.
Best of luck to the young man whatever he decides.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
when you put it like that its really sad that we somehow find ourselves on the outside looking in at the moment. That said its not over yet, thats clear, notwithstanding who Teddy Blanks may or may not be.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^
there should be no stress. To me, the stress comes from how to tell Urban Meyer he is decommitting to go back home to UM.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
or stressing how to tell family and friends trying to push him to UM no. just saying.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
I feel bad for him. Kid wants to make the best decision for his future, but there have to be a ton of crazy fans giving him hell no matter what he does. I mean I know normal kids stress over which college to go to, but this is a whole new level.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
Best of luck to Mike Weber, and I'm glad he is learning valuable lessons he can apply to the rest of his life.
Almost all meaningful decisions in life have up sides and down sides.
Here's to hoping he decides to be a part of the beginning of a Michigan dynasty, and home town hero!
January 26th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
I don't believe Teddy Blanks is a reliable insider. He is a Michigan fan who coincidentally happened to have a family member who was long time friends with Harbaugh's former agent. I'm not even sure if this agent was very involved in the negotiations anyway since he had a personal interest in Harbaugh sticking with the NFL. He also made some very dubious claims about Harbaugh going on some sort of "soul searching" vision quest sometime around Christmas, which later proved to be false. why he would have insider info about Weber's recruitment?
January 26th, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^
Or at least not only. It's coming from the kids only Twitter account and other sources. It's real. Whether or not it amounts to anything, I would guess no, but who knows.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^
If there's one thing that bears repeating a thousand times a day, it's: if you're a fan and over 21 DON'T follow recruits OR players. And PLEASE DON'T EVER tweet at or message them. Leave them alone. Nothing good can come of it. My rule of thumb is to follow once their collegiate career is over...but that's just me.
January 26th, 2015 at 11:12 PM ^
Please tell us more..."
January 26th, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^
is for closers.
Harbaugh!
January 26th, 2015 at 6:22 PM ^
It takes brass balls.
January 26th, 2015 at 3:58 PM ^
Everything I've read the past couple days regarding Weber is that he likely DOES want to talk to Harbaugh and maybe some other staff members but he wants to do it very quietly without any twitter hoo-hah, b/c if he sticks with OSU he doesn't want the backlash. If he picks U of M, he'll get a ton of shit, once, but then it won't matter. He doesn't want to get trashed for meeting with U of M (by OSU fans) then have to go back to OSU. Respect his wishes and hopefully he can have a Hackett-like level of security when meeting with us again, and if he does, I think he'll change his mind.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^
Although I think he stays with OSU, if he was really 100% sold on going there, he would've said that by now, and he wouldn't be "stressed."
As long as he makes the best choice for himself....
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January 26th, 2015 at 5:00 PM ^
it sounds like it could change. We haven't flipped one of the big guys yet. I think this is the best shot this year.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:07 PM ^
go to your happy place.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:08 PM ^
I see we're in that part of the year where we're putting way too much thought into tweets from potential recruits. He could be talking about anything.
January 26th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
Just get him to the nearest Red Robin and close the deal!
January 26th, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^
Yum
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January 26th, 2015 at 4:23 PM ^
Tweet from Long Beach Press Telegram stating that USC may not be a heavy favorite after all for Iman Marshall. I believe Harbaugh had his in-home visit today.
@PTGazetteSports: “@InsideSoCalSpts: Iman Marshall Update http://t.co/aBUyRgI9lb #USC” Would not refer to USC as the "heavy favorite"...
https://twitter.com/ptgazettesports/status/559795520705527809
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