January 17th, 2013 at 6:25 PM ^
Crete-Monee High School can now officially change its nickname to "The Fighting Nefarious Eduardos."
January 17th, 2013 at 6:27 PM ^
MICHIGAN WIFFED HOEK CANT CLOTHES THIS IS bULL!!!1!!1
Yeah, so everyone saw this coming. Good luck to him. Too bad he didn't choose the winged helmet, but we will be all right.
I do hope the color Green turns to Blue, however . . .
January 17th, 2013 at 6:28 PM ^
Great decision by Treadwell. I mean, they have a long and rich history of producing NFL recievers like Mike Wallace and......<crickets>.
I'm not sure there is a school in the country outside of the service academies that have produced fewer productive NFL recievers.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:36 PM ^
Academics.
Pretty sure the lure of attending a top shelf University like Ole Miss with its lofty academic reputation was too much for him to resist.
The man's gotta think about life after football you know.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:41 PM ^
Yeah, that's got to be it. It is a Top 151 University per the 2012 US News and World Report study.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
Wait, I don't get it, you guys seem to be implying that something other than Football and Academics went into his decision to attend Ole Miss. I mean what other facto.... Oh I get it.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:30 PM ^
going to ole miss makes no sense.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:31 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 6:39 PM ^
LT? That's a special nickname that can really be used by either Lawrence Taylor or Ladainian Tomlinson. Let's not call everyone whose initials are LT by that nickname cause...dang.
January 17th, 2013 at 7:12 PM ^
Lewan, Taylor.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:32 PM ^
At least he got a nice pay day for his decision
January 17th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
stay classy
January 17th, 2013 at 6:32 PM ^
has anyone met Treadwell?...I have a gut feeling he is a made up internet WR.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
I can see Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or a lot of other schools that are not Michigan. But I just have a hard time wrapping my brain around the idea that an elite Illinois receiver who could pick any school would choose Ole Miss. Yeah, Standifer goes there. Is he really basing a college/career decision on one high school friend? I cannot think of what possible criteria results in Ole Miss being the sensible choice.
Anyway, best of luck to him. Hopefully for him it takes Arkansas and Auburn a while to recover or else he'll be looking at fighting Mississippi State for the honor of finishing in 6th place in a 7 team division for the next 4 years.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:39 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 6:36 PM ^
Ole Miss could be a mid-tier SEC team in the next couple of years. They were alright this year. They're getting Treadwell and they are the favorites to get Nkemdiche. Freeze is doing...well it seems.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:44 PM ^
(Insert that picture from that movie here plz)
January 18th, 2013 at 10:22 AM ^
on stealing our recruits
January 17th, 2013 at 6:42 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
I disagree. I thought his film was dope and off the hizzle, but not quite fresh.
January 17th, 2013 at 7:01 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 7:21 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 7:22 PM ^
I enjoy the way you operated that.
January 17th, 2013 at 7:05 PM ^
Guess the identity of that user:
"Pennsylvania is the California of the East"
Uses "fresh" in their lingo
PA Baller is the username
I'm guessing you played BBall on the playgrounds of West Philadelphia before you got shipped to BelAir to live with your Aunt and Uncle.
Welcome to the blog Will Smith. Say hi to DJ Jazzy Jeff for me.
January 17th, 2013 at 6:47 PM ^
For what it's worth, I was ready to move on to "Random 2014 football prospect" who is
a) interested;
b) pursued heavily by the coaching staff;
c) at the "top of their board" then
d) planning to take visits and
e) potentially making his decision at the Under Armour game followed by
f) cooling on Michigan then
g) "so there is a chance" who then
f) enters a "vision quest" then
g) goes another direction while
f) Michigan's 2014 Recruiting Class finishes Top 5
The End.
January 17th, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^
well, ya ok. enjoy getting shit on by the rest of your conference
January 17th, 2013 at 7:12 PM ^
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January 17th, 2013 at 7:23 PM ^
There's a lot of hurt feelings in here.
Treadwell is a kid who wants the ball. Ole Miss threw the ball 411 times this year. Michigan threw it 318 times, and Michigan didn't even have a good running back to hand the ball to. I think we all feel that Michigan wants to run the ball a lot. Once Michigan gets its offensive line issues sorted out and (perhaps) gets Derrick Green on the field, this is going to be a run-heavy offense that throws to the tight end and uses play action to get its receivers deep. Treadwell could be the #1 guy at Michigan, but that's not the same as being the #1 guy at a place that throws the ball 418 times (Ole Miss), 495 times (Oklahoma State), or 571 times (Oklahoma).
Just like I wouldn't want to be a running back at Texas Tech, I wouldn't be totally sold on getting the ball as a WR at Michigan.
January 17th, 2013 at 7:30 PM ^
Magnus - you're better than this. You are seriously buying into the manball meme? Ryan Lindley's SDSU stats in the Borges offense (below) would suggest they'll throw the ball as much or more than Ole Miss when the line and QB are in place.
| Passing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 2008 | San Diego State | MWC | FR | QB | 242 | 427 | 56.7 | 2653 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 16 | 9 | 117.0 |
| 2009 | San Diego State | MWC | SO | QB | 239 | 437 | 54.7 | 3054 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 23 | 16 | 123.4 |
| 2010 | San Diego State | MWC | JR | QB | 243 | 421 | 57.7 | 3830 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 28 | 14 | 149.4 |
| 2011 | San Diego State | MWC | SR | QB | 237 | 447 | 53.0 | 3153 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 23 | 8 | 125.7 |
| Career | |||||||||||||
January 17th, 2013 at 7:42 PM ^
a) I don't think Michigan's offense is going to be the same as SDSU's was.
b) Regardless of what might happen in the future, Michigan hasn't been effective at passing the ball for the last couple years under Hoke/Borges, except for just a couple games with Devin Gardner. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State both have a long track record of putting the ball in the air, and Ole Miss showed they wanted to do it last season. I don't expect the #1 receiver in the country to pursue a career based on what might happen in the future. From 2008-2012, Michigan hasn't had a great season from a receiver. Meanwhile, Hugh Freeze's teams have thrown the ball 436, 500, and 411 times over the past few seasons.
January 17th, 2013 at 8:03 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 8:14 PM ^
Yeah...and Gardner averaged 25.2 pass attempts per game. Multiply that by 13 (12 regular season games plus a bowl), and you get 327.6 pass attempts in a season. Still about 74 attempts short of Ole Miss.
January 17th, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^
You're kind of proving my point, though. The "five game stat window" where Michigan threw the ball 25.2 times/game isn't necessarily indicative of the future.
What *is* indicative of the future?
The past three seasons when Hugh Freeze (and Mike Gundy and Bob Stoops) have thrown the ball all over the field.
Again, if you're the #1 wide receiver in the country, you probably want to see some evidence that the coaches are going to put the ball in the air quite a bit.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:16 PM ^
January 18th, 2013 at 2:30 PM ^
Do you really think Michigan isn't going to be a run-heavy offense once they get their guys in place? I'm not saying they'll throw the ball only 10 times a game or anything, but if they were looking to throw the ball all over the place, they wouldn't be recruiting fullbacks (Houma) and numerous tight ends (Williams, Funchess, Butt, Hill, Smythe).
And Oklahoma/Oklahoma State ARE relevant because each of those teams passed up Michigan, which was the early leader. It's not a coincidence that all three teams throw the ball quite a bit. I'm also not making the argument that he's just going wherever they throw the ball most, because there's more to college than that. For example, Oklahoma State has 4 or 5 other wide receivers committed. He can easily go to Ole Miss and be "The Man."
January 17th, 2013 at 11:48 PM ^
I respect your opinions and evaluations but I think you are being a bit stubborn here. Whatever slight (if any) advantage on pass attempts might be there might be overcome by (a) the greater exposure of Michigan football (yes than Ole Miss) and (b) a relatively open depth chart at WR with two 5*-ish QBs on the roster, and (c) an OC that at least has a pretty good history of spreading the ball around.
January 17th, 2013 at 7:31 PM ^
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January 18th, 2013 at 7:17 AM ^
While I agree that the prospect of playing in a pass happy offense was probably a major draw for Treadwell (and adequately explains why he dropped UM), the stats you provided still don't explain why he chose Ole Miss over Oklahoma and Okie State who both threw the ball more than Ole Miss and are actually, you know, good at football.
January 18th, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^
I guess he really liked coaches at Ole Miss or really wanted to play with Standifer... I am not surprised that he didn't end up at Michigan, I never thought that he would, but I am surprised that he didn't end up at one of the Oklahoma Schools. I think either one of those 2 schools would have been a better fit for him.
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January 17th, 2013 at 7:33 PM ^
honestly, I'm mostly just glad it's over and, if he wasn't coming to AA, at least he didn't end up at OSU/ND/MSU. As it is now, I can just move on and not think about him anymore.
Besides, my mind is too full thinking of dead fake girlfriends and Derrick Green ... no, not at the same time.
January 17th, 2013 at 7:40 PM ^
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