Crystal Balling: ACE balled Oliver Martin to ND?
What gives?
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Edited: link here http://247sports.com/Player/Oliver-Martin-83423
Edit#2: English is hard.
November 23rd, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^
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November 23rd, 2016 at 12:50 PM ^
Interesting that this Chris Dougherty guy has a 50.34% accuracy rate. He does this for a job?
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:04 PM ^
should be a weatherman
November 23rd, 2016 at 12:55 PM ^
Michigan can only take so many WR prospects. Looking excellent for DPJ and Nico. Looks pretty good for Tarik Black too. And it seems Brad Hawkins is going to end up in AA after all as well. Can't take EVERYONE (as much as we'd all like to)
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:15 PM ^
take 3 each year so things are balanced out
I would be happy with that
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:16 PM ^
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November 23rd, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
And it's not like they had any struggles against mediocre teams this year.
November 23rd, 2016 at 2:17 PM ^
1) It's not like you can know who will be ranked next season, a ton changes (Michigan 2014 to 2015, Colorado this year, Washington State, etc.)
2) Stanford is currently a Top 25 team and Notre Dame has to travel to Palo Alto next year.
3) Georgia, Miami and UNC are all better than Notre Dame is this year.
4) MSU and ND are equally bad currently, but the Irish must travel to East Lansing.
In conclusion, 2017 Notre Dame is not going 11-1 lol.
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^
Obviously wants playing time over a bunch of losers. They should spend more time in the film and weight room instead of confession. Crooked basterads.
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:19 PM ^
The only white receivers I want Michigan to recruit are the guys under 6' tall, so that I can make facile Drew Dileo comps.
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:43 PM ^
Hawkins is in the class. We don't think Michigan will take five WRs. We feel real real good about DPJ, Nico Collins, and Tarik Black. Martin just announced an official to ND, his only scheduled.
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
November 23rd, 2016 at 9:02 PM ^
Hawkins has always been a wide receiver to Michigan, and that's also the reason he's been playing WR at Suffield Academy this fall. I'm not saying he won't end up at safety sometime because you never know, but wide receiver is the plan.
November 23rd, 2016 at 4:22 PM ^
While I recognize that everyone is impressed with Martn I look at the commitments that we have and those on the board that we think will commit. Is Martin better than any of those? He also seems a bit small, at least compared to most of our other receivers, and his 40 time is not setting the world on fire.
I wish him the best wherever he ends up.
GO BLUE!
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:47 PM ^
November 23rd, 2016 at 2:33 PM ^
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November 23rd, 2016 at 2:38 PM ^
Thanks, but some of us can walk and chew gum at the same time. We're not actually playing in the game on Saturday so I think it will be okay.
November 23rd, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
He seems like kid who you will hate to play against but love to have on your team.
November 23rd, 2016 at 2:07 PM ^
Sometimes it's not even their choice. At the end of the day, it's their loss if they don't go to school at the best University in the country.
GO BLUE!!
November 23rd, 2016 at 2:34 PM ^
November 23rd, 2016 at 2:36 PM ^
We live 5 mins from Iowa City West High and my 2 older kids are students there (neither know Martin). It's a large public school--more or less like AA Pioneer. They started slowly this season but then came on and made the State finals before losing to multiple-time champs Dowling from Des Moines. Anyway I saw about half of Martin's games this year and he has really made himself into a player--the feature article linked to below came out less than a week ago and highlights his work ethic and level-headedness. I don't know the family but have no reason to believe he isn't the quality kid he's made out to be in the article.
Martin has been notably non-commital about his college decision. I haven't heard anything about early entry either--and I think that would probably be known by now. Iowa would LOVE to get him but most of the talk is that he'll be going out of state. From what I've seen he has incredible hands--catches everything near him--and that's what caught Dylan McCaffrey's eye last summer and led him to put the Michigan coaches onto Martin as a summer camp invitee and subsequently a kid who holds a Michigan offer. I have no idea where he'll end up and I know nothing about the other receivers we are recruiting but Martin would be a quality kid and a great on-field addition to our program. I hope he's not looking elsewhere--let alone ND!
http://www.press-citizen.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2016/11/…
November 23rd, 2016 at 4:13 PM ^
which is why I'll be disappointed if he ends up at ND, or any other place besides MIchigan.
November 23rd, 2016 at 4:32 PM ^
Odd man out.
November 23rd, 2016 at 9:05 PM ^
Oliver Martin would probably be a part of the class if he wanted to commit already. But now that the finish line is getting closer and Michigan is out front for some higher-profile kids, he's probably the odd man out.