I'm anticipating ESPN will be the most generous of the 4 recruiting sites because of how many of our commits have already committed to the UA AA Game (Presented by ESPN).
April 16th, 2012 at 10:22 PM ^
will rate our the class the highest!
April 17th, 2012 at 11:05 AM ^
I disagree, Scout is a very good raking service, but I think Rivals is the best ranking service ever.
At least one player who we believe belongs on the ESPN 150 will not make the list. Someone will ask, "WHY DOES ESPN HAVE IT OUT FOR US???"
Not going out on much of a limb with that one.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:04 PM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 10:17 PM ^
Or Blue in South Bend? You really should be more specific, someone might get confused.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:25 PM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 10:43 PM ^
I don't know what you heard about me
But you can't get a dolla outta me
No points, no trolls, no flamebait 'round me
Because I'm motherf*cking BiSB
April 16th, 2012 at 11:07 PM ^
I'm guessing you are about as close to 50 Cent as you are to South Bend.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:17 PM ^
But I do enjoy a candy shop as much as the next man
April 16th, 2012 at 11:39 PM ^
You've been waiting a long time to use that, haven't you?
April 16th, 2012 at 10:26 PM ^
No love for my alma mater: British International School of Bratislava?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:09 PM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^
have you been smoking? Shane will be in the top 10!
April 16th, 2012 at 11:25 PM ^
You're pretty close to the number. I tweeted with an ESPN recruiting board member that told me that my guess of 8-9 woundn't be unreasonable. So i am going with the 8-9 of the 13 on the watch list.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
I will say 7or 8, Morris the highest.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:02 PM ^
Shane Morris will be the highest rated prospect and Gareon Conley will be the biggest surprise.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:02 PM ^
If you guys click each of our commits profiles Only Dawson, Morris, Thomas, Mccray have "traits" next to their profile explaining what they're best at. All of the other commits don't have any "traits." ESPN is only doing the top 150 so they will want those guys profiles complete.
Just my guess?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:25 PM ^
This would indicate 6 players. So if we make some assumptions that number may be close.
If you assume that we will have a top 5 class and take the trends from the last 4 ESPN 150's, 6 might be the starting number (which I know will make everyone angry).
The average top 5 class over the last 4 years averages 40% of their players in the 150. The average top 3 class over the last 4 years averages 45%. So that comes out to 7 or 8 guys out of 17 if you take the percentages.
So I would guess 10-11 when recruiting is final.
at the moment there are 8 recruits with traits and Morris doesn' thave any. Dymonte and LTT have the most.
If you go with what's revealed when you select the scouting report tab, we have 10/13 with Shallman, Gedeon, and Butt not making the list. Not surprising with Gedeon and Shallman playing as many different positons as they do, sometines that's just too much for the espn machine to handle...
April 16th, 2012 at 10:07 PM ^
Kugler and morris will be in the top 20...Some tweets from Tom Luginbill about the ESPN 150 also points out that some illinois linemen will be highly rated..
The state of Illinois is having a rare year for prospects, especially offensive lineman. #espn150
There is a center in top 20 of #espn150 and he is that good.
This is the best group of pocket passers in the QB class of 2013 we have seen in awhile. The dual-threats are down in numbers. #espn150
April 16th, 2012 at 10:06 PM ^
TomVH has said we'll be happy with the list and he knows the fanbase well, so I'm remaining cautiously optimistic. If it sucks, we'll know he has been lost to the dark side forever.
Tom VH may be required to be objective now, but he will never be "lost to the dark side."
April 16th, 2012 at 10:07 PM ^
I fully expect no one to be happy with it....thought on that note i expect Shane to have his highest ranking on ESPN.
If I'm not mistaken Luginbill loves Shane.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:17 PM ^
will be shocked if Shane is not a 5 star!!! My guess is any where from 6 to 13 players in the ESPN 150. ESPN has not like MICHIGAN the last couple years,I think this year we get some respect!!! We have alot of talent in this class. GO BLUE!!!
April 16th, 2012 at 10:20 PM ^
I predict that I will personally outraged by at least one thing on the list
April 17th, 2012 at 11:42 AM ^
I'm outraged about your prediction that someone will be outraged.
April 17th, 2012 at 11:53 AM ^
I'm offended that you're outraged.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 11:44 PM ^
KugleyBear ? Did I miss something?
April 17th, 2012 at 12:07 AM ^
April 17th, 2012 at 11:17 AM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^
I'm going to say 14-15 in the espn 150.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:31 PM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^
To be clear, we're going to wait to see these before deciding whether the ESPN rankings are complete garbage or a wonderful complement to the other sites' rankings, right?
April 16th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
I didn't want salmon. I said it four times! These rankings are horse shit!
April 16th, 2012 at 10:44 PM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 10:56 PM ^
April 16th, 2012 at 10:59 PM ^
I predict all of our prospects will be tied for the number #1 ranked prospect. Also everyone we are going after will be tied for 18th. But, if they end up signing with us, they will move up to a tie for #1 as well.
I think Morris is the highest ranked at #9, a four star (since ESPN has the lowest number of 5 stars). I think there are 9 players in the 150, including the whole o-line, Thomas, Morris, McCray and Lewis (a surprise until that last camp)
April 16th, 2012 at 11:20 PM ^
I'll be that guy... 1 because we are in the midwest and we're not Ohio.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
My guess is that we'll have somewhere in the neighborhood of 17 in the ESPN150, with 23-24 by signing day. I also understand they're adjusting our class of 2012 to have roughly 28 recruits in the 150.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:56 PM ^
This will change... EVERYTHING!
April 16th, 2012 at 11:57 PM ^
April 17th, 2012 at 12:27 AM ^
...assure that Chunkums will be consensus 5* and most coveted recruit in the internet. Good thing he's a Michigan lock.
Top ranked recruit: Shane Morris