Commit Watch
@5thQuarterMatt The amazing #Michigan class of 2013 is about to get more amazinger. #youcanquotemeonthat
Before everyone goes to bed.... Be on watch alert. Hoke is out and pointing.
Edit: Mike McCray tweeted to Shane Morris "one of the top QB's in the nation"
February 29th, 2012 at 1:31 AM ^
My point isn't that this guy is an attention whore - or that people here can't figure out how to sort credible information from junk. I'm making a more general point that there's a structural incentive problem now that anyone gets to be a reporter/analyst.
Blogs are great in a lot of ways. There are downsides, though, to moving away from getting news from journalists whose editors work to protect their employers' reputations. If you don't have an established reputation, it's rational to blindly take some shots. Hell, I think Brian is a very responsible voice, but I was first drawn to MGoBlog by a report suggesting that Kirk Ferentz was about to be hired by Michigan.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:37 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 2:20 AM ^
How so? He's right. He'd rather have people build a reputation with solid work and information rather than random people creating blogs, making blind guesses, and gaining reputation, money, and credit from something that was a guess. He wants educationed opinions and admits to falling for an internet opinion, this time it happened to be a knowledge and credible source though, which isn't the usual (though I don't believe Brian has an "inside" sources in the AD, especially about a coaching search).
Really though, how does complaining about modern reporting and journalism, make him an attention whore?
February 29th, 2012 at 12:21 PM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 1:12 AM ^
always good to feel some sunshine on a miiiiiiiiiserable night of studying
February 29th, 2012 at 1:21 AM ^
Nice! I get to try out my new upgraded seat belt I got for this recruiting class!
FWIW, my money's on an Ace Williams scenario, but I'm forever the optimist, so i'm going to half buckle up.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:17 AM ^
I suggest we all buckle up. Put your tray table up, and your seatback in the full upright position.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:34 AM ^
Nothing is more amazinger than amazing. Thats like being more unique.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:38 AM ^
making his announcement on the 8th. He gave shout-outs to Dymonte Thomas and Shane Morris on twitter. Taco Charlton said the class is about to get even better, and he's good friends with McCray. Mike Farrel at Rivals also believes that McCray is a Michigan lock. I BKFinest it.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:52 AM ^
Is that your final answer? There's no going back from this...
February 29th, 2012 at 2:12 AM ^
Yeah, I agree McCray seems to be the most likely commit, but it would seem kind of asinine to say 'a commit is about to come' when the guy is going to commit in a week. This makes me think one of three things (I ranked them in order of what I believe is most likely):
- McCray is going to commit, but the guy is jumping the gun by a week by saying he's "about" to commit.
- The guy is just making stuff up.
- McCray is going to commit earlier than anticipated
- Someone else is going to commit.
- ?????
- Profit.
February 29th, 2012 at 6:54 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 1:43 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 1:56 AM ^
...TMI.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:53 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 8:14 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 9:00 AM ^
Not with an attitude like that he's not
February 29th, 2012 at 9:26 AM ^
Is this supposed to read like a Borat joke?
February 29th, 2012 at 9:43 AM ^
Cravens is coming to Michigan NOT!
February 29th, 2012 at 10:01 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 1:56 AM ^
Maybe their spiritual journey has also shown them the wolverine.
February 29th, 2012 at 2:25 AM ^
This broke at midnight, but on the west coast it would have only been 9. So it could be someone from out west.
If this is even real.
February 29th, 2012 at 2:25 AM ^
Would you like a little rancho cucamonga with that insightful point? We are in his top 3 and his idol is charles woodson... And with a name like that he has to be good.
February 29th, 2012 at 2:32 AM ^
but I was almost duped by this as well. It's Chris Hawkins, from Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Oh, what could have been.
February 29th, 2012 at 3:06 AM ^
This quote was included in Ace's recruiting post earlier ...
"Another player with U-M in his top three is Rancho Cucamonga (CA) CB Chris Hawkins, along with Stanford and Notre Dame ($, info in header); Hawkins said he grew up idolizing Charles Woodson, so he's obviously got good taste."
I think the poster above thought the player's name was Rancho Cucamonga, when it's actually Chris Hawkins. I'm not suggesting Hawkins is the commit.
February 29th, 2012 at 5:13 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^
Am I the only one that is a little creeped out by this comment?
February 29th, 2012 at 10:14 PM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 4:11 AM ^
I could perhaps tell you if they've been on the phone jumping up and down and hollering. But alas, I don't. I also don't watch SM's tweets. Good thing I've finally found a real sage.
February 29th, 2012 at 4:12 AM ^
is that this guy went and saw the ridiculous list of top prospects that have high interest in michigan and figured he couldn't be wrong in saying that. it's kind of like saying "I gaurantee with 100% accuracy that this class will end up being better than it is right now by signing day!!!"
ps. i always spell gaurantee(garauntee?) wrong. apologies to the grammar nazis.
February 29th, 2012 at 4:18 AM ^
Ceeryuslee dewd? It's gherunti.
February 29th, 2012 at 6:49 AM ^
Fuck 5th Quarter Matt. He is now on the same level as Bleacher Report.#youcanquotemeonthat
February 29th, 2012 at 8:01 AM ^
Bleacher Report? AKA the site that predicts how every team in every conference will win every game for a season? Or AKA the site that put Bo Schembechler, Woody Hayes and Rich Rodriguez on the same list as "overrated coaches" (along with a bunch of headscratchers)?
February 29th, 2012 at 8:16 AM ^
As much as we ridicule the B/R (and rightfully so), they are trying to make some changes and improve. They just brought over Adam Kramer of Kegs N Eggs, so at the very least, they're trying to improve their content/writing.
February 29th, 2012 at 7:49 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 8:41 AM ^
5th Quater Sports has a cool web page so they MUST be legit!!
February 29th, 2012 at 9:19 AM ^
OMG! Some random guy made a random out of the blue post about Michigan recruiting! Awesome!
February 29th, 2012 at 9:33 AM ^
Just to be clear, didn't we lose out on the commit(s) that we were supposed to be in on when TomVH first said "buckle up"?
February 29th, 2012 at 11:13 AM ^
Kyle Kalis is a Wolverine.
February 29th, 2012 at 9:33 AM ^
I'm thinking Treadwell or McCray.
February 29th, 2012 at 9:42 AM ^
February 29th, 2012 at 9:57 AM ^
bingo, he just visted last week
February 29th, 2012 at 11:11 AM ^
would be an awesome pickup
February 29th, 2012 at 9:59 AM ^
Rod Crayton i think thats the guy for this week. more commits next week
February 29th, 2012 at 11:42 AM ^
Is Yuri Wright visiting this week or something?
February 29th, 2012 at 3:04 PM ^
Here's what kind of player Michigan might be getting soon: bit.ly/yeo0cl #goblue #team134
learning crypticisms?
February 29th, 2012 at 3:40 PM ^
I doubt these things are connected, he just posted that today, so a title like that isn't really that cryptic. If he had made that post a month ago, and just linked to it today, then that might mean something.
February 29th, 2012 at 3:55 PM ^
I just haven't seen him write like that. I agree that it probably doesn't have anything to do with the player that this thread was refering to.
so you don't think he was dropping a hint today?