Magnus

December 19th, 2013 at 5:19 PM ^

I was a little bit disappointed that Michigan stopped recruiting him, because I thought the Wolverines had a chance. I still think Jarrod Wilson is going to be good down the road, but I'm not really high on anyone else except Dymonte Thomas. I would not be surprised to see Nicholson tear up in East Lansing.

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Hi Gang

December 19th, 2013 at 11:08 PM ^

Check out the youtube link.  Type in #6 Montae Nicholson s,cb,wr. Click on the top option.

Here's a sample of the film that scholarship offering schools (like FSU, Miami Fla, OSU, Penn St., Oregon, and other bowling teams) saw.

Spoiler alert - he has more than one tackle.

And if you care to watch, MSU told him he can play both Safety and WR.  May want to save him from playing K/P return, but he's clearly solid there too.

 

This is a bigtime pick up.   

 

Edit: Dangit. Thought I you were talking about Nicholson.

Point remains.  He's a big time player.

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Mr Miggle

December 20th, 2013 at 9:03 AM ^

Nicholson is ranked #193 in the 247 Composite

You could add Michigan to the list of schools that offered him. It's a nice list, but who knows how many of those offers were still out there for him? The 247 crystal ball picks were 53% MSU, 27% Pitt, 17% PSU, 3% Mich.

 

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Space Coyote

December 20th, 2013 at 9:15 AM ^

And most people thought he'd go there I think until very recently (I'm guessing you'll see a lot of people switched their crystal ball very recently). I assume with FSU being in the top 3 that they still had an offer on the table as well.

Recruiting in general is strange though. Just because the offer isn't on the table doesn't always mean that that player wouldn't have had that offer still under different circumstances. I think he was a Michigan caliber player and likely would have retained an offer if there were more available slots. There are certainly cases where there are "non-commitable offers", which makes this whole thing called recruiting from an outside perspective more difficult to judge, but as far as Nicholson, I don't think that was the case.

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Seth

December 21st, 2013 at 11:20 AM ^

I think in a year Michigan doesn't have Peppers as well as a glut of young DBs things are a little different with a Parker Westphal or Montae Nicholson. I know more about Parker because of Todd Howard. Basically the Michigan coaches felt he was on the same level with Brandon Watson and wanted him to make an early decision, which he wasn't ready to do and Watson was. The rankings don't show that; their play might.

Part of recruiting so far out in advance is they strategically don't wait around for guys unless they're major difference makers.

The biggest thing Todd stressed was how great of a kid Parker is. He seems like a great fit for Northwestern and considering their problems at DB the last few years it's a great pickup for them. It's too bad he couldn't fit in this class, but that's what you get with a non-oversigning program that has most of its 2015 recruiting done at this point.

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The Geek

December 19th, 2013 at 5:48 PM ^

Their football team hasn't seen such success since 1988 (IIRC), their head coach and defensive coordinator are mentioned with regard to vacant HC positions, and the MBB team is ranked 5th in the country. 

Of course, history tells us this will not last forever.

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PeterKlima

December 19th, 2013 at 6:43 PM ^

One Yahoo article names Dantonio as a candidate for a bigger job. He never gets contacted, but is asked about the job.

Not many people want a guy who is old, can't recruit and bases his system off playing older players (I.e. Long to set up).

I can't believe how much traction that Yahoo story has gotten with you guys.

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Tuebor

December 19th, 2013 at 11:06 PM ^

Not be a Dantonio apologist but Bo had a heart attack during his first season and coached successfully for 20 more years.  Dantonio is only 57 so he probably has 8 more seasons left in him. 

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Seth

December 20th, 2013 at 7:47 AM ^

I think his point is Dantonio takes a few years to get his system up, and at UT waiting 3 years means death. At MSU he lucked into his 2-4th years coinciding with the Rich Rod period, and those wins gave him the stability he needed to basically build another Wisconsin.

 

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Magnus

December 20th, 2013 at 10:02 PM ^

I really don't think they will. As long as they have the same coaching staff, they're just going to reload on defense. They might not have a First Team All-American ready to step in for Dennard, but there are going to be underclassmen from this year who improve to become stars. We said the same thing about MSU a couple years ago, and they've just plugged new guys in there.

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I dumped the Dope

December 19th, 2013 at 7:02 PM ^

one thing to miss out on a guy like that who I feel has good potential.  Another thing to let him go to a rival and get  4 reminders of that decision.  I feel like Good Coach Matttison has a plan and so I will trust in that.

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