Crystal Ball Updates: Murphy, Nordin, Tagaloa, and Asiasi

Submitted by Indonacious on

Board of potential recuits may be thinning out a little bit based on how some of the crystal ball picks have been going.

Connor Murphy (DE): Last 3 picks were made for USC.
Quinn Nordin (K): Last pick made for USC.
Boss Tagaloa (DT): Last couple picks for UCLA
Devin Asiasi (TE): Last pick in for UCLA

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mgowake

January 31st, 2016 at 11:34 PM ^

Wait for a local guy and a national guy to both put in their CB before worrying. I just took a look at the last pick for Asiasi and Boss T. It was made by Justin Hopkins. He's got a pretty low CB accuracy rating: True Stats: 48 out of 70 (68.57 %).  

However, the 247 National JC Shurburtt editor likes Michigan for Asiasi, I'll take that. Not as great, JC likes UCLA for Boss T.

http://247sports.com/User/Justin%20Hopkins/Predictions?PlayerInstitutio…

 

 

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MgoViper

January 31st, 2016 at 11:36 PM ^

I had heard that Murphy had some academic concerns. I don't know if that's true or not. I had also heard that the west coast guys family wanted them to stay close to home. The we have Quinn, he's keeping it quiet. He may be one of our silent commits. Either way, I'm excited for Wednesday.

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Wolverine Devotee

January 31st, 2016 at 11:38 PM ^

Don't look at ballz.

I'm telling you. More often than not, recent follows on twitter by players shows their hand. 

Connor Murphy recently followed Rashan Gary and Kareem Walker.

Nordin has been following every Michigan commit--scholarship or PWO--as they have filed in.

Donald Stewart was followed two Stanford guys 3 hours before his announcement.

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Wolverine Devotee

January 31st, 2016 at 11:53 PM ^

One follow doesn't mean that much. If he started following multiple accounts, I'd be a little worried. 

He's followed other Michigan commits recently and no OSU ones. 

I don't think he's gonna be one that is easily readable. Sam basically said he's 50/50 right now. Which is positive as he was considered a lean in the other direction before his visit.

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schreibee

February 1st, 2016 at 8:40 AM ^

Whether Fuller goes Blue or not he's my favorite player this year.

He never "commits", rarely if ever puts out Top 5 lists, seldom gives interviews, hardly tips his hand.

In general he seems more like he's a young man trying to make an important decision than a kid seeking attention.

Hope we get him, but I salute him as a future "get off my lawner" either way.

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Wolverine Devotee

January 31st, 2016 at 11:54 PM ^

It's not always the case, but more often than not it is.

Tell ya what, since I discovered this little clue, every guy who has had Michigan-friendly twitter activity has committed. First did it with Devin Bush because he was a guy I felt like we desperately needed. 

Worked with Kareem Walker, Dylan Crawford, David Long, Eddie McDoom, Mbem-Bosse, Uche. Those were all the guys I was monitoring. I was so cocky we had Dwumfour, I didn't even bother checking. 

Meanwhile while all the chatter about Onwenu taking a visit to go see a big basketball game was going on, his twitter activity remained pro-Michigan. He followed the newest commit at the time in Spanellis.

Donald Stewart started following Stanford people a day before his announcement, actually.

 

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BoFan

January 31st, 2016 at 11:46 PM ^

This is dumb. Last three pics for Murphy, Asiasi, and Boss were made by the same guy. And that's really all the Ballz. At this point Ballz will be thrown every which way because a Ballz thrown on a recruit is worth more than keeping the Ballz in their hands. Unless you see a trend that includes Wiltfong and Lorenz I would ignore it.

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MaizeMN

January 31st, 2016 at 11:50 PM ^

...on some of these ballz. The Nordin ball is from a USC homer who's not exactly spot on with these: True Stats: 8 out of 21 (38.10 %) | AVG days Correct: 374.55 | Rank: 74

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BoFan

February 1st, 2016 at 12:01 AM ^

You can't take Ballz at face value. Here is a realistic POV

Fuller: no one really knows. The kid is exceptionally close to the vest on his preferences. He's told no one anything. The only people saying Ohio are Ohio homers. The better indication is probably his Twitter follows. Also he comes off as really smart. No one smart ever pics Ohio. It's 51% Michigan.
Gary: 100% Michigan
Murphy: He's really given no indication one way or the other. But he loves Harbaugh and his family has been close to Harbaugh for years. I say 60% Michigan.
Asiasi: His visit was awesome and all things point to Michigan. He's a Bay Area guy and loves Harbaugh from his days at Stanford and San Fran. A week ago I'd say all Michigan. But rumors are his family wants him close to home. Cal is close to home. UCLA is 5 hours. We'll see. 49% Michigan.
Boss: After Harbaugh took the job he went after Boss right away. It's clear they already had respect. Harbaugh tweeted Boss the prom date photo and that was hilarious. But the truth is the same as Asiasi. 48% Michigan.
Quinn Nordin: 50/50 USC vs Michigan.
The last spot is open. Surprise OT? Vicious Vic? We'll see.

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