Josh Helmholdt: Big News For a Pair of B1G Teams Tomorrow
Rivals.com Midwestern recruiting expert Josh Helmholdt just had a TomVH level cryptic tweet go out;
Josh Helmholdt @JoshHelmholdt
Hearing there could be some big news for a pair of #B1G teams tomorrow...
He then also tweeted saying it was good news.
If the mods feel like this is too vague to be worthy of a thread, go ahead and delete, but considering all the recruiting buzz around us recently, I wouldn't be surprised if this had something to do with Michigan.
And even if it's not and has to nothing to do with Michigan, I think anything dealing with big news regarding B1G teams should be of interest to us.
ok, I'm not saying I would rather have mcquay over any of our other db recruits, but when a team has a large haul at 1 position, it seems like one of the lower rated guys sees the writing on the wall and decommits. Do you think that since we already have 4 cbs in the class that somebody might feel like he should look elsewhere for a team that doesnt have as many recuits at the same position as him. Unless were looking at mcquay at safety or one of our other cbs as a safety, i havent been following them that closely. I just really like our class and dont want to see anybody leave. Also, anybody see that 247 updated they ranking system? I like it.
IMO:
1) If it doesn’t have to do with a B1G team gaining, WITHOUT a loss to another B1G than it isn’t “good” news (for everyone), and
2) If it doesn’t involve a highly desirous recruit (4* or greater), and preferably going to one of the higher tier competitive teams (M, OH, PSU, MSU, NE, WI, IA, PU) then it really isn’t “big”
Well, if it is recruiting, I would imagine it would have to do with at least one of the Big 2, as those appear to be the only schools that have great chances with any bigtime prospects.
It's getting time for NCAA to rule on his eligibility. Could be that.
it is not related to MIchigan per Josh
I'm not seeing anything on his feed that says UM isn't involved.
He said it on the Rivals paid board
that's a pretty cryptic tweet per Josh. how did you ever break the code?
That wouldn't be GOOD news for the B10...
woot woot
that tweet has an 83% chance of having nothing to do with Michigan. Even if it happens to be about Michigan, I bet Hemboldt will tweet actual information worth bringing to the board instead of this worthless meta-tweet.
it has an 8.3% chance of being Michigan. But there are two teams, so its technically a 16.6% chance
Actually, if we know for a fact that it's two different teams, there's a 17.42% (1/12 + 1/11) chance one of them is Michigan. Except evidently it's been leaked that it has nothing to do with Michigan, so probability has nothing to do with it any more.
Ah right i forgot all about calculating probablity. Slept through my Stats class lol
JoshHelmholdt: Yep... RT @401kmaster: @JoshHelmholdt is it about recuritng
JoshHelmholdt: Aren't all teams in the Big Ten rivals? RT @Dave_Page_Jr:@JoshHelmholdt Are the two schools rivals?
Not sure how to embed tweets. The last one seemed kind of like a cop out way of saying yes. I know MSU is expecting a commit soon from Demetrius Cooper or maybe Zach Bradshaw flips.
I don't think either one of those two would qualify as BIG news no matter who they committed to.
Probably not Bradshaw, as that would be BAD news for one big ten team (penn state). Cooper will be a 4 star according to analysts whether he goes to MSU or ND, so it's pretty big.
What's up with all this recruting hyperventilation? (F5, F5)? I love the class that Hoke is putting together (F5), but when, and if, and of them play as freshman, the sense of euphoria is going to be replaced by the realization that they play like Freshman (F5). How many Freshman have come in and light it up?
- Rick Leach
- Anthony Carter
- Chan Henne/Mike Hart
- Charles Woodson
and probably a few others. This is out of, what, 800+ freshman who came in since 1975. (5? F5!) We would do well to remember that for every great play a rookie makes, you will see 10 instances of missed reads and confusion.
F5
Of all the players who have lit it up at Michigan since 1975, how many were not part of a recruiting class? I can only think of Jordan Kovacs, but there are probably several more. I don't see why our excitement at landing recruits should be based on what's expected of them as freshmen.
/maybeS
If big news were coming for Michigan, I feel like we would have heard it first from Sam Webb or TomVH. Helmholdt isn't exactly on the cutting edge anymore (if he ever was) when it comes to breaking Michigan news...
If you look up at a post at 1:04 AM you will notice that this does NOT involve Michigan. So, no need for that swipe at Helmholdt.
It's not a swipe when it's the truth.
While simultaneously bashing Tremendous at any chance you get. And I'm not the first to defend Tremendous either (I think some of his recruiting info is nice, beyond that I don't use him for much), but your insistance on supporting a paid recruiting site to the point of saying "no need to take a swipe at Helmholdt" for something that seems pretty valid while taking pot shots every chance you get at Tremendous is getting old. It's cool to have your opinion, but you're going about it a very odd and mostly irritating way.
/rant
Rager is Timmy S!
Come on. The guy's name is Steve Lorenz.
And if you notice, I said, "If this were about Michigan," which means that it's not about Michigan.
Thanks for trying to put me in my place, but you failed.
That's not your exact quote, and what you had said was written in a way that if big news did come to Michigan, you could easily backtrack. If you really knew the story you could have said, "it is not about Michigan" and been done with it.
Let me guess, your buddies did not die face-down in the muck so this fucking strumpet could run all over this board backtracking?
I'm not claiming to know the story. I'm claiming that we would likely have heard it elsewhere first if it were about Michigan, not from Josh Helmholdt.
I'm putting my money on Chance Stewart committing to Wisconsin today.
Not a bad guess at all.
Nah, good guess, but too soon. He will wait until after his season ends.
Nah, good guess, but too soon. He will wait until after his season ends.
Wow. The desparation for real football news has reached its climax.
To summarize: There's a 1 in 12 chance this vague tweet has anything to do with us.......yet it's thread worthy?
1 in 6? Both bits of good news are not for the same team. Therefore, 2 teams of the 12 will get good news. We are 1 of the 12, therefiore we have a 1 in 12 chance.
That said, I KNEW someone was going to debate me on the odds. I should have gone with my instincts and inserted a caveat in my original post.
1 in 6? Both bits of good news are not for the same team. Therefore, 2 teams of the 12 will get good news. We are 1 of the 12, therefiore we have a 1 in 12 chance.
Using this logic, if 12 teams were going to get good news, Michigan's shot is still 1 in 12? 1 in 6 is the correct number.
/nerd
One week until practice. One week until practice. One week until practice.
/pauses
Has it been a week yet?