Tuesday Recruitin' Preps For NSD
Your slightly adjusted who-is-announcing-when primer:
- 5 PM, today: KS S Isaiah Simmons. Michigan, Clemson, Nebraska.
- 8:10 AM, NSD: TN WR Nate Johnson. Michigan, Miami.
- 9 AM, NSD: MI CB Lavert Hill. Michigan, MSU.
- 11 AM, NSD: MI K Quinn Nordin. Michigan, USC.
- 1 PM, NSD: NJ DE Rashan Gary. Michigan, Ole Miss, USC, Clemson.
- 1 PM, NSD: FL WR Pie Young. Michigan, Louisville, USC.
- 2 PM, NSD: AZ DE Connor Murphy. Michigan, USC, Oregon, ASU.
- 3PM, NSD: CA TE Devin Asiasi. Michigan, USC, UCLA, UW, Bama.
- 3PM, NSD: CA DT Boss Tagaloa. Michigan, USC, UCLA, UW.
Left field: yup
this is a good picture
MI OL Alaric Jackson was set to announce his commitment at 3:30 yesterday. Instead:
Due to some difficulties going on in this process of recruiting I will be postponing my commitment to February 3rd, 2016 on Signing Day.
— Alaric Jackson (@Alaricj_32) February 1, 2016
A Michigan offer to Jackson caused that delay, and also caused a series of crystal balls to come in. He is "without question intrigued" according to Allen Trieu, but another dead period just started so Jackson cannot meet with the coaches on campus. He can talk to them all he wants, he just can't visit.
That and the exceedingly brief courtship period here might see Iowa—the heavy favorite if he in fact announced yesterday—ride it out here. But you gotta think that Jackson aborting a decision just hours or even minutes before his announcement bodes well for M. A bunch of crystal balls agree.
Not much else happened yesterday
Calm before the storm; I ended up putting the moves that did happen in…
This instant's best guess
Here's a change: nobody committed or decommitted since yesterday. NJ CB Jordan Fuller did commit to OSU. /shakes fist at Counterstrike guy
We project 6-7 spots left. As always, in order of confidence:
- NJ DE Rashan Gary. Gary officially announced he was down to two, with Michigan and Clemson the finalists. Still no ballz for Clemson, Wiltfong sticking with M, etc. Remember when the USC visit was a "game changer"? Yeah. Every time these visits happen you get a flurry of optimism because Gary and his mom are polite people.
- MI CB Lavert Hill. Has been wearing his finalists' gear past couple days, MSU yesterday, PSU today. No change in intel.
- MI K Quinn Nordin. USC picked up a PWO kicker yesterday, which may or may not indicate where they stand with Nordin.
- CA QB Vic Viramontes. Wiltfong says it's "back and forth" with Cal, which would (probably) contradict the Brandon Justice report that (probably) Viramontes was calling to commit. Webb says Viramontes is a Harbaugh special and "don't be surprised" if he makes it in.
- MI OL Alaric Jackson. Michigan's ability to stop Jackson's recruitment in its tracks probably presages a commitment.
- CA TE Devin Asiasi. M picked up significant ballz for Asiasi from Lorenz and West Coast analyst Ryan Bartow recently. Washington mods (who will fight you) say that the LA schools appear to be out for Asiasi, but their intel has been shaky since I've being paying attention.
- CA DT Boss Tagaloa. Confidence level with Boss is much lower since a lot of people believe he will stick closer to home. If the package is on that's increasingly good for Michigan.
And serious targets Michigan has who are not currently projected in the class:
- FL WR Pie Young. No change in status; seems headed elsewhere after Michigan was a leader for months. If Michigan misses on a couple guys they might re-initiate contact.
- AZ DE Connor Murphy. Murphy continues to trend to USC for… reasons. If Michigan is really putting up an academic roadblock to a guy who seems likely to sign with the Trojans that's frankly odd.
- KS S Isaiah Simmons. Simmons announces at 5 PM. Everyone is saying Clemson, with various relevant crystal balls coming in for the Tigers after his visit.
Etc.: Per Webb there's nothing to the Onwenu twitter bio change. He's set to announce on a podcast tonight but that seems to be a Nate Johnson kind of thing. He might be doing it to give his buddy some publicity.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:02 PM ^
"Not much else happened yesterday"
Uhhh, did Brian miss mgofish's break the internet youtube video?
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
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February 2nd, 2016 at 12:12 PM ^
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February 2nd, 2016 at 12:16 PM ^
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February 2nd, 2016 at 2:18 PM ^
Any of you have kids - Hell some of you are kids - who just run a mildly funny bit into the ground until it grinds on your nerves?
THAT'S the Nice job Ace bit to me...
Lawn, and all that......
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^
I'd love to see a recruit pull one of these from under the table and confuse the shit out of everyone.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
Bob Sacamano is selling those down at Battery Park, 40 bucks.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
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February 2nd, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^
The difference is negligible.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
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February 2nd, 2016 at 1:06 PM ^
"I'm humbled and blessed to announce that I will be attending the University of Moscow. Go Red Bears!"
February 2nd, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^
wearing a gortex coat too
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:06 PM ^
Sweet sweet recruiting update.
February 2nd, 2016 at 2:21 PM ^
That's tomorrow!
February 2nd, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
Awesome!
I got a hot date tonight.
[bzz]
A date.
[bzz]
Dinner with friends.
[bzz]
Dinner alone.
[bzz]
Watching TV alone.
[bzz]
All right. I’m going to sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalogue.
[bzz]
Sears Catalogue.
[DING]
Now would you unhook me, please? I don’t deserve this kind of shabby treatment.
[bzz]
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:07 PM ^
smh counterstrike guy
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
There are people on this site who will fight you if you do not buy into their sweathshirt / Twitter doom 'n gloom conspiracy theories.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
Reading the Twitter tea leaves is always silly. It's become clear that Hill is wearing his finalists gear, and after MSU and PSU, who does that leave for tomorrow on NSD? Hmm... And I like this theory that Onwenu is giving some spotlight to a friend who's announcing at the same time. But that wouldn't explain why he removed UM commit from his bio, but oh hell, there we go again down the rabbit hole.
February 2nd, 2016 at 1:09 PM ^
I am officially switching from Twitter tea leaves theory to sweatshirt theory.
February 2nd, 2016 at 1:19 PM ^
Are twitter tea leaves naturally decaf?
February 2nd, 2016 at 2:28 PM ^
We always gotta remember that while some kids are wavering and we all have seen recruiting for years and years, this is a lot of these guys one time at recruiting fame. Their one hat ceremony. The one time possibly ever that people are eating up their every word to try to figure out what they want. Some of these guys are probably just playing coy to enjoy the spotlight a little more - and I'm not saying that to call anyone a drama queen or anything, it's just their one time in the spotlight.
Enjoy it kids. A bunch of 30-60 year old men are letting their days be made or ruined by every word you tweet
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^
The panic in the Onwenu thread is honestly embarassing.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:15 PM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:27 PM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:54 PM ^
Thank you and agreed. The concept of Thomas Wilcher allowing a last minute flip from Michigan's recruiting class is absurd...he talks to Michigan recruiting insiders.
If Onwenu was going somewhere else, we would've known a long time ago. This is just to add some spice to the Cass Tech hat ceremony.
February 2nd, 2016 at 3:09 PM ^
If Thomas Wilcher had the power to "allow" or "disallow" recruiting decisions his players made, Mike Weber would be in Ann Arbor.
February 2nd, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
Mike weber's decision went down to signing day, and he was uncommitted the entire time. I'm talking about the prospect of a michigan commit at cass tech doing a last second flip without much warning. It's an unlikely scenario.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:41 PM ^
To be fair, I do think in most cases the scenario where a recruit removes his commitment info and announces a new decision date would be cause for some alarm. This is the rare case though where it means nothing. And I say that as one of the voices of reason on that thread.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^
sorry im blocking out recruiting till tmrw night
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^
Thanks for calming me down, Brian.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
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February 2nd, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^
Asiasi would be unexpected and great. Hoping he comes and brings Boss with him is...optimistic.
I must say this post reminded me of my kids. They wanted an Xbox One. We told them it wasn't in the cards. Obviously, they kept pressing, and when hell no turned stopped being "hell no" but still "probably not." They shifted to also needing and hoping for a bigger TV as well since they needed a quality TV in the worst way.
February 2nd, 2016 at 1:06 PM ^
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February 2nd, 2016 at 1:48 PM ^
I've seen more "still in it" for Asiasi and not as much "its happening" for him, but the CB from Wiltfong is nice.
As an aside...my kids got the XBox and the TV...just sayin'.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
I wonder if we have a backup plan in case we miss on both Murphy and Tagaloa.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^
Sam Webb seems to think Clemson is more of a legitimate threat for Gary than you do.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
I'm never playing Counterstrike again.
February 2nd, 2016 at 1:23 PM ^
Uh, just wondering, what is Counterstrike, again?
February 2nd, 2016 at 1:46 PM ^
... and a first person shooter video game created by Valve about 15 years ago now.
February 2nd, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
What? That's where I try to get all my intel, from a 12 year old that met the guys 2nd cousin once three years ago
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:25 PM ^
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:27 PM ^
I don't think so, but he tweeted a photo of him in Longhorns gear and everyone expects him to pick Texas tomorrow.
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