Everyone's Favorite 2009 Recruit

I am pretty much excited about all the skill recruits though. Last night I had a dream about a team full of Breaston's running wild. It was hot.

This time, against Ohio State.  Especially the part where he hurdles a frightened Buckeye DB.

about Michigan? how does his attitude suck? where does all that come from? he definitely does care about Michigan, he, from all the videos i've seen has a great attitude. he's probably the best player we have in this class.

...JT Turner. The fact that JT's father was so high on Michigan...while mom was solid for osu could have been disastrous for Michigan. The sweatervest wanted JT bad. But in the end..the good guys won out!

Which Jones would that be?

will campbell We need to get him a couple of bookends. Watching USC destroy us in the 200X rosebowl made me realize how far behind we were in DL recruiting. My only problem with pryor is that he SEEMED stupid, not because he didn't choose michigan, just his speech patterns don't make him sound very educated. But you could probably point out a lot of michigan players who aren't well spoken. But a QB? Usually that position radiates confidence since they're used to taking over the huddle. (awaiting the backlash from chitown about how talking in the huddle and speaking in front of TV cameras are two completely different things, and so I preempt that attack with, 'they're different, but not 'completely' different). And he didn't SEEM very honest either. It was pretty apparent that he had a strong leader in UoOS, but gave the impression that the other 4 schools in his top five had a real shot, long after he had narrowed his list to two, and after signing day. Seems a bit selfish and dishonest and stupid. I guess that's three problems I have with him. But yadda, yadda, yadda, he's young, people grow up, he's making the hardest decision in his life, blah blah, blow it out your arse. There's never a good reason for not dealing with people honestly that doesn't involve being polite. (whoa triple negative!)

There's a lot to be excited about so far in this class. Choosing one just doesn't seem fair so I chose three.

1. Toussaint - I haven't seen a UM running back with moves like that since Biakabatuka. After watching his video I find myself wondering what McGuffie would be like if he had the lateral quicks that Toussaint has.

2. Campbell - We've seen what a dominant DT can do for a defense: Gabe Watson every fourth or fifth play and Branch in '06 were really good. Is it possible that he plays OL? Or both?!?

3. Newsome - Reminds me of what someone once said about Tyrod Taylor from Va Tech "He runs like a gazelle, apparently he throws like one, too." Boy can he run. If he gets that whole throwing thingy down then he'll be a star.

While Newsome is the most *important* player in the class, being reminded about Newsome and Beaver arriving in 2009 serves primarily as a reminder that we're probably not going to be an elite team until 2011 or so. Unless Steve Threet is just REALLY good (say he has a Colt McCoy or Sam Bradford redshirt freshman season)...which would then lessen the importance of adding an elite quarterback. Convoluted? Yes. But you asked.

Chitown, In my opinion, the concern with Pryor was his behavior. He is a guy who got into fights during his basketball state tournament and seemed to be doing everything in his power to pull the spot light to him. These appears to be behaviors that may run counter to your quoted desire to have players that "don't do anything to embarrass the school." My belief (based upon his supposed high class ranking and desire to enroll in a college with real academic credentials) is that Newsome is less of a risk in the embarrassment category and possibly has more physical tools than Pryor. I have NO PROBLEM with the fact he chose OSU. I think most of us had assumed he was going there from the beginning.