Weekend Update

Submitted by TomVH on

I just talked to Travante Stallworth, and he was very excited about the visit. Terrence Robinson was his host, and thought he was a cool guy. Travante has seen snow before, and watched the snowball fight. He said the best part for him was how family oriented everyone was, especially the coaches. He felt very comfortable with all the players, and more importantly the coaches.

Rich Rodriguez talked to him about playing slot receiver and possibly some quarterback, which he liked. They got a chance to eat at Rich Rod's house, take a look at the academic centers, basketball practice, the usual tours, and the Big House.

He said that all the recruits that were there were all excited to be there, and they all had an awesome time. He said, "We all talked among ourselves about a few things," and he felt like the vibe was good.

Believe it or not Travante hasn't seen Auburn as in depth as he saw Michigan, so this will be the guage for the other visits. He's going to South Carolina next week, then Auburn the weekend after that.

TomVH

January 11th, 2009 at 6:54 PM ^

I'll keep posting on this thread as I hear more.

He sounded pretty excited, but he didn't want to give out too much yet. He's going to make sure he talks to his parents about everything, and make the right decision. I really like this kid though, good kid.

Promote RichRod

January 11th, 2009 at 9:39 PM ^

but I'm getting a pretty good vibe out of this weekend. You have the best insight Tom--do these looks like signs that are more encouraging than usual, or is this the standard "loved it" gushing that recruits tend to do right before committing to a rival school?

TomVH

January 11th, 2009 at 9:50 PM ^

Some of this is on par, but there's a lot that's really encouraging. I think Travante liked it more than he was leading on, because he still wants to see Auburn and hear what they have to say. The stuff about Marcus Hall is crazy, they have him quoted saying Michigan is his leader. I just don't think he would say that just to say it. The Florida kids kind of said the usual. I never thought we had a legit shot at Mingo, still don't. Sam Montgomery, I think was impressed, but it's still LSU.

If we came away with Stallworth and Hall I would be really happy. Then hope for Denard Robinson and Adrian Witty.

DStamper22

January 11th, 2009 at 11:41 PM ^

... he was quoted on palmettosports.com as saying "I was impressed by the bond of the players. They were all family. I loved them to death. There's no selfishness. They are all on the same page. They are ready to win some games. And playing opportunity is there. I'm high on Michigan right now. They are two steps ahead of everybody. But I'll wait and make my decision after all the visits."

baorao

January 11th, 2009 at 9:49 PM ^

Hearing that these targets enjoyed their visits is nice but I'd be comfortable knowing he had a good enough time to stay blue.

Nevermind. Someone on another board just told me he wasn't in this weekend, even though Rivals still listed him as a January 9er.

TomVH

January 11th, 2009 at 10:01 PM ^

Rich Rodriguez has focused on "teammate recruiting." If you haven't noticed we have a lot of teammate recruits. The Trotwood kids last year, the Liberty kids, Pahokee, Chaparral. There has also been more than didn't commit, I'm just getting tired. But, it's actually a really good idea and has been working well. If you can convince one of the two to really like Michigan, then you have an extra recruiter that has a lot of influence on the other. I really like it.

Sebie

January 11th, 2009 at 10:03 PM ^

Hearing that alot of recruits like Michigan is great especialy the part of Travente saying that he liked the family oreintation which is unlike some people we knoe Cough beaver and Boren. Also i am obviously biased but Brian posted that Witty missed his senior season so there is a possibility that he could be really good plus he is Denard Robinson's best friend. f it helps for some reason the random stat that the Louisiana state all purpose record holder in yards for a QB is also ranked the same as Witty. So unless there is something wrong with owning the state of Louisiana then rankings could end up being wrong.

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Sebie

January 11th, 2009 at 10:10 PM ^

i was saying that the rankings can sometimes be wrong because a person has the wrong size or got hurt or something i was using the kid in louisiana as an example of it.

MH20

January 11th, 2009 at 10:25 PM ^

I went to the game today, and my brother DVR'd it so we could see if anything insightful was said during the BTN broadcast. Anyways, I noticed they did a little spotlight on lil' Grady, and I couldn't help but laugh a little when he was talking about Kevin being someone to look up to or something like that. I know that little brothers generally look up to their big brother (Hi, Michigan State!), but I just hope he steers away from late-nite Mickey D runs.