Albuquerque Journal article on Zach Gentry's flip
The tug of war didn’t last long. It’s Michigan for Zach Gentry.
The lure of Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines flipped Gentry, as Eldorado High School’s senior quarterback — suddenly thrust in the middle of a heated recruiting battle between two of America’s most storied college football programs, Michigan and Texas — on Saturday night gave the new Wolverines coach a commitment to play for the maize and blue.
Read the rest at the link.
http://www.abqjournal.com/531152/sports/report-eldorados-gentry-switche…
January 25th, 2015 at 8:24 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 8:26 PM ^
But he did practice well all week.
January 25th, 2015 at 9:01 PM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 8:26 PM ^
We haven't had it in forever...since, what, Henne beat out an injured Gutierrez and Clayton Richard?
I may be mixed up. But minus Forcier/Robinson in which Forcier disqualified his own self, we haven't had true competition at that position since Henne's true freshman year.
That was going on 11 years ago.
Morris, Speight, Malzone, Gentry...all very talented guys. Lace em up and let's see who's best.
I'm looking forward to this. And looking forward to this over the next couple of years.
January 25th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 10:15 PM ^
We are talking Harbaugh here. Just 1 great QB?
At least 2.
January 26th, 2015 at 12:14 AM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 10:24 PM ^
But minus Forcier/Robinson in which Forcier disqualified his own self ...
I still shake my head at the shame of how that unfolded.
We know Robinson was a tough-as-nails competitor. Can you imagine if Forcier had his head screwed on straight and the two of them pushed each other to get better and better? It could have been something really special.
January 25th, 2015 at 10:33 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^
I just visualized some of those games. God love the threet run against Wiscy, but omg was that a terrible year.
Please refrain from bring it up any further.
January 26th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
to upvote this awesomeness.
January 25th, 2015 at 10:53 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 8:45 AM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 8:28 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 8:32 PM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 8:33 PM ^
I will read the whole thing.
January 25th, 2015 at 8:33 PM ^
Just wonder what Malzone is thinking about all the clamor for Gentry and him being "....Jim Harbaugh’s first quarterback recruit at Michigan." Wish them both well and hopefully it works well for the Team!
January 25th, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^
If Malzone is a true competitor, then he is thinking Gentry will bring out the best in him.
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January 25th, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^
Malzone is an early enrollee. He may not even redshirt, while Gentry almost certainly will. It is conveivable that he and Gentry would not even be in the same QB "class". I don't think he's any more worried about Gentry than he would be about Speight or a 2016 recruit.
Somewhere along the line if you want to be the starter at Michigan, you'll have to step up and prove it anyway.
January 25th, 2015 at 10:27 PM ^
If Malzone is a true competitor, then he is thinking Gentry will bring out the best in him.
Didn't Speight tweet something to that effect -- that Michigan was loading up and he (Speight) was eager to strap up and do battle?
It's going to be an interesting spring and fall camp. Can't wait to see how it all unfolds.
January 26th, 2015 at 12:23 AM ^
Ugh, triple post!
January 26th, 2015 at 12:23 AM ^
Ugh, double post!
January 26th, 2015 at 12:22 AM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 9:24 PM ^
"Those Who Stay Will Be Champions" ..."Those who don't will go on to be doctors, lawyers, and other successful professionals"
January 25th, 2015 at 8:35 PM ^
It is bad form to paste the entire article into the text box. Give us a summary and the link, or a select quote or two and the link to allow people to click through and give the original author reads if they so choose. As a courtesy to other journalists, do preserve their ability to get some views on their own pages and at their own newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc....
January 25th, 2015 at 8:39 PM ^
This was my first attempt at posting on this site.
January 25th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 9:51 PM ^
Here is the silver lining to the gut punch we all took on January 12th: I can't help but think that Ohio State winning the National Championship helps us with these kind of recruits . . . a New Mexico kid that had his eyes on Texas, but now winds up at Michigan.
He has no natural affinity for Michigan and the Big Ten. It has to help that Big Ten East is now an interesting, and dare I say, cool place to be. We don't have to spend the recruiting cycle apologizing for our conference and explaining why in the world a kid from the Southwest would want to come here.
January 25th, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^
But why not OSU? The seemingly logjam at OSU? Even if B. Miller transfers? Or MSU? Who is the air apparent at QB?
I'm just playing devils advocate. I get that Michigan has pull in a lot of ways that other schools cannot possess. But 5-7 says a lot.
January 25th, 2015 at 10:35 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 10:44 PM ^
OSU is clearly superior...and honestly, if you don't take academics into account, MSU is better on the football field too.
The SEC is more than solid also. So is the Big 12...
Does Harbaugh have THAT much pull? God, I hope so. And it seems that way...but objectively, Michigan is not that high on my list.
I bleed maize and blue...but if I had a top 5 recruit as a son, where do you advise him to go? ALA, OSU, FSU, etc?
Honest question...what do you think? Where would you 'push' for?
January 25th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
Listen bro, glad to hear you bleed Maize & Blue - but that was a real random lengthy list of disjointed poorly phrased questions.
If you're truly committed you can and must do better!
January 25th, 2015 at 11:39 PM ^
I think Harbaugh is the right guy. I am confident in the future. Just wondering what others would do with their kids.
I'm no literary scholar.
Thanks for your input. Good talk.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
Another thing to consider: there's also the allure of being one of the guys to help turn around one of the game's great historical programs, as opposed to being just another cog in a Alabama/USC juggernaut. That's one of the things that drew McGary to UM, IIRC.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
I gave you a +1 for the album cover alone.
So. Good.
January 25th, 2015 at 10:49 PM ^
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January 26th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
I agree that OSU's national champ will probably help. After watching the SEC West flail in bowl season, it's not a stretch for recruits to imagine the Big Ten East becoming the epicenter of college football in the next few years with Urbs vs. Harbaugh, plus MSU, plus improving Penn State.
In Gentry's case, he's got to be impressed with the Harbaugh-Luck connection.
January 25th, 2015 at 10:49 PM ^
Zach Gentry....Tower of Power
January 25th, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^
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January 26th, 2015 at 12:13 AM ^
Maybe you should have not been sold on that patch work of an o-line. Morris is the real deal.
January 26th, 2015 at 12:31 AM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 1:41 AM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
Keep in mind, for a long time Michigan has had great WRs who helped make the QBs look good. They really took a step backward last year, I think, after losing Gallon. Teams could focus on Funchess knowing there was no one else who could hurt them.
Darboh came around a little bit, but Harbaugh badly needs a couple of dangerous WRs to add to this QB group. Hopefully, Brian Cole can help right away.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:52 PM ^