I think it's been standard practice for Brian and now Ace to have at least a skeleton of a Hello post for guys who look like they might drop. I recall they had one for Josh Garnett ready to go before he flipped to Stanford last second
I think they've even sent those posts to other blogs if they wanted to use them
He should have one written. Ace picked Michigan on the "crystal ball" thing on 247sports.
http://247sports.com/User/Ace%20Anbender/PlayerInstitutionPredictions?P…
Also the CEO of 247sports has predicted Michigan for Malik McDowell and Jabrill Peppers.
Shannon Terry CEO 247Sports Follow on Twitter Predicted: 
MICH 5/15/13 11:38AM
That has to be a good thing right??
Go Blue, Jabrill!
This seems like a great and horrible spot at the same time for us. Logically, from everything we have heard the past two months, there is no way he chooses any school other than UM. However, as recruiting goes, you just never know. I cannot fathom what will happen if he chooses to go elsewhere, but I can imagine the euphoria that will ensue if he chooses the good guys.
Unfortunately there will be a certain portion of the Michigan fanbase that will abuse him on the twitters if that happens. Just look at the abuse that Wiggins has been subjected to after committing to Kansas.
other fanbases trolling. Why in the world would anyone give Watson crap for choosing Kansas when our coaches stopped recruiting him?
Oh and btw- Twitter is the Devil.
C'mon, it's a guarantee that whenever a high-profile recruit chooses another school over UM that at least one jackass on MGoBlog flames the kid, and MLive is radioactive. A portion of every fanbase is subhuman; we just hope/assume that our subhuman portion is smaller than other schools. It's still there, though, lurking.
will pull out all the stops to get him down south. Even though the signs seem to point to Michigan right now, nothing would surprise me. I've been watching recruiting too long to assume anything.
Seeing Peppers end up at Alabama or LSU or Stanford would be disappointing enough, but if he chose Rutgers over Michigan the meltdown around here would be entertaining as hell, in a masochistic sort of way.
Derrick Green, Drake Harris, now this (presumably)! I can't help but to be reminded of Dee Hart and Sammy Watkins slipping through RR's hands. While it would be nice to have Laquon Treadwell as a target this fall, Brady continues to amaze me in selling the family culture and tradition of excellence and closing out these recruits.
Now I'm going to have the nervous shakes for the next 11 days.
/sweatypalms...
Or did they find a faster guy out of Florida since only SEC speed will do for Meyer.
So, after that I have to find something else to obsess about. Like Hand.
I agree. We haven't harrassed him at school/home enough. After we lock up peppers he won't be able to sh*t without his phone ringing!
you don't have Peppers on it.
I think his references to Charles Woodson is an indicator...you want to beat Charles you need to do it with the same helmet and same turf son!!!
Championships here we come!
Will just be completely heart broken. I reserve meltdowns for when things shittier than expected or mean outcome occur. (Appy State being the most obvious)
Heart breaks occur when awesome thing almost happen, but I would be being greedy to expect them to happen. (Make Final Four but lose in championship game)
Peppers and Hand to me would make us legitimate national championship contenders over the next few years. They are game changers at positions where the SEC has seperated themselves from the rest of the country, DB and D-line. Add them to our amazin O-line hauls and 4 star recruiting across the board and this reads like the most complete 3 year recruiting haul in the country outside of Tuscaloosa. OSU is really, really good too, but have that glaring hole at O-line.
With Peppers and Hand I believe we will have national title level caliber and depth. Without them I think we are Big Ten Title caliber, but not ESS EEE SEE
You might not melt down, but don't pretend that a lot of the board would handle this gracefully
Why the announcement would be on a Sunday?
and I won't count on it until he makes the announcement, but it just seems like all signs are pointing to us right now. Think of Green, where he had taken tons of visits here, and hadn't really been focusing on other places. This feels similar. Peppers has been here multiple times, and can't even make it out to his presumed 2 (Stanford) to visit before he decides? With a second visit to a program that is close to him, but destroyed for the forseeable future (PSU)? And maybe casual interest in an SEC school that really has very few of the qualities that the other schools have (such as academics)? It would just feel surprising if he picked someplace else at this point, though stranger things have happened. Bottom line: It would be absolutely amazing if he picked us, and so people are excited. If he doesn't, oh well, we'll be fine.
This is like the fourth time I've heard you say this. Being different doesn't mean you're just out to troll people and do the opposite of what everyone thinks. If that were really true, he wouldn't be going to another school to play football, he weould be moving to Norway to become an olympic ski jumper. I think you're just calling this kid a troll. While it may be true, there is just zero evidence for this at this point.
If he moved to Sweden to be an Olympic ski jumper, you wouldn't think that was trolling.
Norway is stupid.
overthinking, and fear. Honestly though, to think that not only another team has passed us without a visit, but passed us enough to know he wants to go there? I mean i think if another team had been added to the frey do you really need to commit now? i mean he wouldnt want to take a first visit there? or a second visit here? Im feeling good!
It's a surprise.
I didn't see it in the thread, but 247Sports had a little bit about the rationale behind setting the date as he did (HERE).
According to his coach, he simply doesn't want his choice to be a distraction going into their summer practices and then into his senior year. In all the material that we've posted here, you get the sense that he's a very driven, focused kid, so that makes complete sense really.
Peppers would be a phenomenal get, of course, and for anyone who hasn't seen his highlight reel (that would be very few here, I am sure), it is highly recommended.