MichiganExile

July 28th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^

That's a really good point but I would guess that the vast majority of people that graduate early also have pretty good grades. A person driven to graduate early is probably also driven to perform pretty well in classes. If by chance Pittman is finishing early with subpar academics he is probably in the minority by a long shot. However, there is still that chance.

artds

July 28th, 2011 at 1:45 PM ^

"I would guess that the vast majority of people that graduate early also have pretty good grades"

 

Myabe, but it could work the other way too. A guy could load up on more credits than he could comfortably handle in an effort to graduate early, and finish with Ds across the board.

TomVH

July 28th, 2011 at 12:58 PM ^

He's obviously not coming to the BBQ now. I said this on Twitter, this is a good get for them, but Michigan has a chance to get a good one soon too.

Coastal Elite

July 28th, 2011 at 12:59 PM ^

Good get for Sparty, and best of luck to him in the future.

I was never as high on Burbridge as a lot of folks around here, mostly due to the grade situation. People can definitely change and get their acts together, but if he's struggling that much to qualify academically out of high school, it seems like he'd just be more attrition waiting to happen if we actually got him to Ann Arbor.

With that said, I foresee no academic complications for him at MSU.

Noahdb

July 28th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^

I hope he has a really good academic career, gets his degree, marries a nice girl and leads a happy life.

And that's pretty much the end of my good tidings.

ILwolverine

July 28th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^

Is this situation a possibiliy?

Michigan would not accept his committment until Februaryish when they knew for sure if his grades were in order.  MSU was willing to take him now so he commits there.  In Februaryish if his grades are in order, Michigan can now take his committment and he joins his teammates in Ann Arbor?

AZBlue

July 28th, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^

Per RCMB Hoke is lying to all recruits about playing time and then hard-selling them to commit early.

Maybe AB is too smart for Hoke's trickery.

Good Luck to you son....... now C'mon down Monty Madaris!!

MGoCooper

July 28th, 2011 at 1:04 PM ^

I like his upside a lot, tough break for the good guys. I agree with others though, if his grades were better, he would have probably committed months ago when Funchess did.

MGoCooper

July 28th, 2011 at 1:04 PM ^

I like his upside a lot, tough break for the good guys. I agree with others though, if his grades were better, he would have probably committed months ago when Funchess did.

blueblueblue

July 28th, 2011 at 1:06 PM ^

Not sure why this is a surprise - with the season MSU had, they should be getting some quality guys. I question why they are not getting more. The answer is perhaps that no matter what, it will always be difficult to convince a lot of quality guys to play for MSU. 

Boss

July 28th, 2011 at 1:40 PM ^

WIth the success MSU had this past year we all were expecting a major battle with MSU for the recruits in MIchigan.  Once Hoke started the smack down a couple months back it started to feel is if we would get any recruit we wanted.  I guess that is why i feel the disapointment.  Either way we lost a good one and we still need a good WR in this class.

Go Blue.

Hyphen

July 28th, 2011 at 1:10 PM ^

Darn, would have really liked the whole Harrison trio to go blue. Would have been a good way to put to rest some of this 'Spartan pipeline' talk. Best wishes to this guy (except when playing against us).

dahblue

July 28th, 2011 at 1:17 PM ^

Good work, Sparty...You now have commits from two highly rated players that weren't able to commit to Michigan because of academic concerns.  It's too bad AB couldn't get his grades in order, but I'm happy to see Michigan holding to a higher standard.

Lancer

July 28th, 2011 at 1:38 PM ^

we dont know the detials of either of those guys' cases, dont knock on them or MSU without knowing the full story. AB got his test scores in order and aced summer school, he was on pace to qualify. And we have taken a couple players the last few year that haven't qualified..... 

dahblue

July 28th, 2011 at 1:44 PM ^

Wait...hold on...

we dont know the detials of either of those guys' cases...AB got his test scores in order and aced summer school, he was on pace to qualify

Did you really say both of those things in the same post?  If "we don't know the details", how do we know that AB had his academics in order?  If we "don't know", then we don't know.  My source is a solid media source, so (and maybe he'll turn out to be wrong) it seems solid to me.

As for taking a couple of players in the last few years that didn't qualify...Umm, yeah...we also had a terrible stretch of Michigan football.  We're moving away from the last few years.

wlubd

July 28th, 2011 at 1:47 PM ^

"And we have taken a couple players the last few year that haven't qualified....."

Reliable sources have said this is not something the current regime wants to do. Before a kid commits, they want to be certain he's in good academic standing.