OT: 2019 in-state OT Anthony Bradford commits to LSU
Muskegon offensive tackle Anthony Bradford committed to LSU after an official visit to Baton Rouge. Michigan never offered him, but he's a 4-star, the #28 OT, and #276 overall. He's also the #7 player in the state.
https://247sports.com/Article/Southern-hospitality-leads-four-star-Midw…
I'm not trying to stir up the debate about in-state recruiting, but I just think it's noteworthy that a 4-star within the state was not offered and ended up committing to a big-time school like LSU.
It's not revisionist history. It is possible to be about where you're projected and expected to be while at the same time being disappointed in results. Things could always be better, but there were too many factors to overcome last season combined with some coaching ineptness IMO. Doesn't mean this year won't be better but still not good enough in the eyes of many.
Do YOU get that? Do you understand that one concept? It’s not that hard. Plus is it against the law to be a homer? Talking about Harbaugh everyday is tiresome. Never has anything positive to say and then just makes crap up! It’s nauseating. Double-tongued! He says I can’t remember the last time we’ve signed a top 100 recruit and then recalls exactly when they committed. Yeah he’s a great person here and an objective troll from never never land.
Until he read mgoblog because Bluey convinced him that we didn’t want him because he only likes warm bayou weather! #facts
Boo-fucking-hoo
Worst. Fanbase. Ever.
Please, go be a miserable putz elsewhere.
Ok let's fire Harbaugh.
Who do you want hired?
FYI: We have two top-100 commitments in the 2019 class.
I realize that, but both committed at last year's BBQ or immediately afterwards if I recall correctly, and UM hasn't landed a top 100 recruit since. Not sure how many commitments that spans but I'd bet it's quite a few. And I mean, who knows if we even hang onto Herron. He's saying all the right things, but is he doing so as to not burn any bridges in the event he doesn't get accepted to Stanford? He was also a 5 star recruit when he committed and his ranking has plummeted quite a bit since, and based on his recent camp performances, I wouldn't be shocked to see it slip even more.
We have two top 100 commits for now. We might be down to one soon.
Or we might be down to zero. Or we might be up to three. Or four! Or our program could be brought down by a terrible scandal. Or Jim Harbaugh could get hired by Oakland!
Right now we have 2. Full stop.
does ohio state have......
the horror
with that -- they had 13 top 100 in '18 and 12 top 100 in '17-- i am the biggest uofm fan in the world - but as magnus will attest stars DO result in victories...
the question you posed, not guessing the future
and we all know that as a whole stars matter
i am just a little testy about the last, say, 15 years of michigan football.... go blue
I hope the new site revision gives trollish posters the option to receive automatic push updates whenever the word "recruit" appears anywhere so they can show up and complain. Or just auto-inserts the same dumb, often-unrelated comments to every post about football.
than Rape University
his size makes him likely a guard, but not completely sure on that - we need tackles
I work with his mom and he had no desire to be in the north due to the cold. It was a battle between Bama and LSU all the way with LSU in the lead obviously.
Good luck to him.
>ends up good enough to play in the NFL
>gets drafted by Buffalo
To deal with the cold.
If he wants nice weather he should pick USC or UCLA. Louisiana is miserable most of the year having lived in that area.
It was a battle between Bama and LSU all the way with LSU in the lead obviously.
So, somewhere there's a Bama message board complaining that Saban can't recruit?
I guess I understand why some people hate cold. But why anyone wants to live in a blisteringingly hot, humid swamp - a climate that gets worse by the year - is beyond me.
As someone who grew up without air conditioning and heat that would take 90 minutes to melt an ice cube, it was always easier to get warmer than it was to get cooler.
I feel just the opposite. Easier to get cool than get warm. Guess we're all different, who knew?
I live in South Louisiana and only miss Michigan during football season, and I'll make a trip or two every year to visit family and go the the Big House.
I love the warm weather but always get a laugh when my aunts and uncles visit down here in the summer, listening to them complain endlessly. I'm the same when I visit Northville in the winter lol
Sounds like LSU got a good one, but as others have said, UM wasn’t the right fit and LSU sounds like it is. Hope he kicks some Crimson butt.
Hopefully he is fluent in Cookie Monster.
Heavy and slow, after two minutes I found myself watching #77, the LT.
I haven't watched his film recently, but I'm guessing that's Antwan Reed, the one-time Penn State commit who signed with Western Michigan.
Do you think he's better than Jones, Barnhart, or Stewart?
I think he's a better drive blocker right now than those guys, not necessarily a better overall player. I think he might struggle in pass protection.
Struggling with pass protection. We saw enough of that last year.
This player can have a nice life at LSU.
He saw how the co-eds look and that's the only type of hot he cares about, other than the college education and football part of it.
He is not a 5 star. Don't want.
We can always recruit him once Orgeron gets fired.
Congrats to him. Excellent program under Saban and Miles.
It's almost like people haven't picked up on the fact that Michigan recruits certain types of athletes, and if those students don't fit that player/person type, they don't offer them, regardless of where they are located or how good they are.
I mean, you would think that people would have picked up on this kind of thing by now. But some people are not very good at pattern recognition.
Pattern recognition - it's important.
How many tackles would people like to sign? We have one of the best tackles in the country committed and lead for 2 others but still we have room to bitch about every kid who signs elsewhere.
I'm curious.
Blah Blah Blah. Michigan has recruited top 5 classes before under Carr, Hoke, and early Harbaugh.
And we currently sit at sixth.
Thursday’s
People only care about Michigan being special and unique when it fits their argument. When it comes to recruiting they just want the highest rated guy.
the sky is falling.
I hadn't noticed when I was outside today.
Good thing I read some commenters in this thread.
Well if there is anyone to believe about the status of the sky, it would be you "SkyPanther." We should all be able to calm down now. Thank you for the update. I only hope it isn't too late!
It’s not noteworthy at all. This staff does their own evaluations. Obviously, they evaluated the kid and didn’t want him on the team. Where a recruiting site ranks a kid has absolutely zero impact on the staff evaluations and ultimately has zero say in how good the kid actually is. Now some teams/coaches recruit with rankings in mind. Others do their own scouting and evaluations.
Then immediately and I do mean immediately, pulled the trigger for LSU. Insiders say that kids hear stuff. We’ve been voted somewhere in an invisible poll and some posters have reported that kids feel that we’re too harsh. So when they go on their first road game at any university other than Michigan they’ll be treated like Royalty! Blueyd!
On a side note, it’s amazing the amount of football talent Muskegon High School puts out. I live near other “urban” high schools in Kalamazoo and they don’t produce jack squat for football.