Ricky Town Decommits From Alabama
2015 QB RT @RickyTownQB Today I have de-committed from Alabama. It was an honor to get to know Coach Saban and the Alabama fans. Thank you
— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) January 25, 2014
We can has now?
If I'm not mistaken, Coach Nuss was the recruiter for this kid. This would be a major coup if we could land this kid.
Edit: NOT OT. HOPEFULLY REALLY, REALLY NOT OT.
January 25th, 2014 at 1:57 PM ^
ready
set
death threats
January 25th, 2014 at 2:18 PM ^
These guys seem rational though...
January 25th, 2014 at 2:57 PM ^
What's irrational about the lady on the bottom left? I find her highly rational and hoping you would forward me her phone # so I could discuss her fandom with her more in depth. TIA.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:16 PM ^
which may be the poster's point. (See pretty trees in Toomer's Corner.)
EDIT: Town is already visiting USC; Sarkisian was apparently in on him early.
January 25th, 2014 at 7:45 PM ^
It really shows how messed up recruiting is that this post of yours could be seen as hilarious or a horrorifying statement of fact.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:09 PM ^
I'd like to think that he was really impressed by the Mark Schlissel hire, and he wants to give Michigan a second look. Go Science!
January 25th, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
Agreed... "it's all about academics" after all.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:27 PM ^
The Schlissel Effect! It's a real thing. See!
Schlissel Effect!
January 25th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^
He was Nuss' choice for QB, so I am sure Lane wants his own guy. Who really knows though. Saban just visited him, so I wonder if he told Ricky they would like to go in a different direction? Or Ricky could just want to stay out west. Or Nuss really could pull him in to Michigan.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:31 PM ^
As if Saban would travel cross country to tell a kid he doesn't want him. Not a chance. Rare is the coach who does that. Saban definitely wouldn't. He'd do it by phone or he'd send an assistant to break the news.
January 25th, 2014 at 5:49 PM ^
He might even communicate through silence.
January 25th, 2014 at 3:44 PM ^
Word is Town has USC in mind. Which isn't all bad for Michigan since there are so many stud QBs in California this year, the sooner the in state schools fill up, the easier its going to be to get one of them to leave home.
January 25th, 2014 at 1:59 PM ^
thinks he stays out west.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:42 PM ^
He actually took an unofficial to USC last week.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:46 PM ^
I think I believe Sam more than Tom here. He wants to play for Nussmeier
January 25th, 2014 at 2:00 PM ^
So does this signal the downfall of the Alabama program, or is that only true when Michigan loses a big 2015 recruit?
January 25th, 2014 at 2:03 PM ^
2 big 2015 recruits and two more for 2014?
January 25th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
Well, you can't lose what you never had.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:08 PM ^
Then Alabama shouldn't be reeling from this, because they "never had" Ricky Town. AMIRITE?
But of course, it's a thread on a Michigan board.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:08 PM ^
Then Alabama shouldn't be reeling from this, because they "never had" Ricky Town. AMIRITE?
But of course, it's a thread on a Michigan board.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:23 PM ^
Hopefully their multiple national championships in recent years can soften the fall from grace. I wish we could rest our laurels on something of that magnitude. Instead we've got: "Remember when 9-3 and losing to OSU was awesome?"
January 25th, 2014 at 2:34 PM ^
Has never ever been awesome.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:12 PM ^
classic...
January 25th, 2014 at 5:03 PM ^
If over signing and paying Ha Ha Clinton-Dix gets swept under the rug I doubt this is the fall of Alabama.
January 25th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^
Michigan was lucky to get 1.
When Alabama loses a recruit, they replace him usually with someone else in the top 10 at their position. Michigan.. does not.
January 25th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
Funny thing about that, Fred Jackson says the exact same thing, the exact same way.
Sometimes when coach J gets up to speak, the entire team goes "sheeeeiiiiii!!!"
:)
January 25th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
will all the Alabama fans immediately start expressing concern that they will never again be able to recruit top players? Send death threats? On a sports talk show last night, I heard an Alabama fan bemoaning that young Alabama fans now have to start learning how to deal with 2 losses in a row for the first time in their lives and may need therapy.
January 25th, 2014 at 3:04 PM ^
first time in their lives? are they all 7 years old? I remember the 90's and early 2000's when bama was junk.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:58 PM ^
and raise you Jack Palance:
January 25th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
Rivals has him as a 5-star QB, #2 pro-style QB, #9 overall recruit.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
how the pants is this OT
January 25th, 2014 at 2:20 PM ^
I first thought the name was referring to Will Ferrell's new spin-off from Talladega Nights where he plays a down-on-his-luck 48-year-old former college QB who finds out he has one more year of eligibilty but has to leave the big school in Alabama because they have a hot new QB at the helm and instead has to sign up to play for Alabama Tech, under the watchful but wacky eye of Lou Diamond Philips. Hilarity ensues, the QB plays half a game without any pants, and in the end it is basically a remake of The Good Son except Kathy Ireland kicks the game-winning field goal while Ferrell saves Philips from being sucked into a Harrier Jet's intake as the championship game expires.
Also, I may have picked the wrong day to start huffing glue.
January 25th, 2014 at 3:30 PM ^
I'd watch that.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:17 PM ^
It's a litle blog where people are worried about "points" and "votes" instead of worrying about good writing and posting.
Sorry, it's your baby, Brian.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^
TomVH thinks he stays out west like someone already said and he thinks he decommitted more because of Kiffin and not Nuss. Intriguing situation either way.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:22 PM ^
It's funny that Kiffin may be a hinderance to some recruits, as I always thought that was the one thing he did well. Of course, he's been through a great deal since he was working with Carroll at USC, so maybe the bloom is off that rose.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
2 years ago was a lifetime ago in Kiffin years. His players and recruits very publicly hated him in his last season at USC. Other recruits know that. That's why his hire at Bama was so baffling to me.
January 26th, 2014 at 3:23 AM ^
He and "the process" will reform Kiffykins. Cracks in the dynasty...
January 25th, 2014 at 2:08 PM ^
How could he not like the prospects of working with both Saban AND Kiffin? That's a dream team. A rare combination of coaching smarts, warm personalities, and a long history of treating ALL players in their program with utmost respect and decency.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:10 PM ^
NSD 2015 is a long way off. Not getting overly excited or disappointed either way until at least next January. Just not worth it after the Campbell and Harris decommitments. I do find it interesting based on Sam Webb's repeated references this week to UM being in it for Town until he signs elsewhere, due to the relationship he built with Nuss.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:13 PM ^
Please. Would be a great pick up but not getting my hopes up seeing as he isn't even a senior in high school yet.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^
But no thanks, Saban.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
I bet he was afraid of getting a grayshirt.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:20 PM ^
He left because of Kiffin, it's been discussed on a lot of the premium boards out there.
Obviously he likes Nuss a lot. I'd be very surprised if we didn't make his top 3-5 after re-opening his recruitment.
I do feel like he stays out west, but I also think we have a great shot at landing him if we press all the right buttons so to speak.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
Cheerleader belly buttons and the Withdraw Cash button on the ATM?
I don't think we have those buttons to press at Michigan.
January 25th, 2014 at 3:44 PM ^
Haha so true!