Will Campbell is blue
In news paper it talked about the 4 early enrollments going to mich in january (forcier,smith, etc) Then said, there was another name with these 4 ( a fifth ).. And it was William Campbell.
So Campbell is already enrolling into MIch but doesnt officially announce til Jan 3.
December 26th, 2008 at 12:44 AM ^
Can you please provide the link?
December 26th, 2008 at 1:04 AM ^
He is enrolled because he applied early to Michigan. He also applied early to 4 different schools. The fact that he has a uniqname means only that UM remains a school he COULD go to. My fingers are crossed but we don't know anything yet.
December 26th, 2008 at 2:32 AM ^
If you go to the directories of the other school and search his name it does not show up.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:35 AM ^
they don't give uniqnames out to people not enrolled in the school, and Campbell cannot be enrolled in more than 1 school.
It's all but official!!! Ready for the 3-3-5 Will?
December 26th, 2008 at 4:30 AM ^
Not sure why everyone thinks RR is going to fully implement the 3-3-5. How many DC's/schools implement this type of D? The only one that did was WV and their DC that opted not to accompany RR to A2. So, unless Hopson gets the nod and decides to implement it (he never used it when he was a DC), the odds are against RR going back to it in full force. Besides, what right thinking candidate would throw out all of his experience to come to UM to be forced to implement a style of play he's never used before just because RR wants him to?
December 26th, 2008 at 10:56 AM ^
1. More schools than just WV ran the 3-3-5. One name in the mix is Rocky Long, former head coach of New Mexico, who ran a 3-3-5 there.
2. The 3-3-5 defense has a number of number of variations. Hopson did run a version of the 3-3-5 at least some of the time while at Southern Miss.
3. It appears that Rich Rod hired Shafer with the intention of making him run the 3-3-5 at least some of the time, despite a lack of experience with it. It is plausible that he's willing to hire a DC that has never run the 3-3-5 as long as the coach seems open to learning.
December 26th, 2008 at 12:16 PM ^
Everyone is freaking out about this defense but full versions would only be used against other spread teams like Purdue. Considering R.R. is an expert on "his" Spread Option, I'd like to think he also knows how to stop it. He's just trying to find an open minded coordinator, which should really pay off later.
December 26th, 2008 at 11:34 AM ^
My daughter has a uniqname and an M Card (albeit a blue one) because of a program she is involved in that is affiilated with the university.
December 26th, 2008 at 9:10 AM ^
nice, good work big will. now let's get a few LB's and another OL
December 26th, 2008 at 9:50 AM ^
...and some damn DB's. We're thin in the defensive backfield, especially if these freshmen "safeties" like Bell and Jones are going to move to LB.
December 26th, 2008 at 10:13 AM ^
saying Bill Will is BLUE is not be as what it seems, so don't count on it until the deal is done. For an applicant to get to the matriculated stage, they have to pay an enrollment deposit. I'm not sure this is an issue with an athlete on scholarship. Once they are matriculated, they create a U of M name and end up in the directory. This is what all the hub-bub is about. At this point, it is not a done deal! If they are not enrolled in any classes then the registrars office can cancel the matriculated student. It happens all the time. So while it does look promising, it could also be smoke and mirrors. So lets be careful and wait untill the deal is done.
December 26th, 2008 at 11:26 AM ^
From a brief search: Will Campbell, Tate Forcier, Brandin Hawthorne, Vincent Smith, Vlad Emilien. Their entries were all created on December 23rd. The only guy who expressed interest in early enrollment (that I know of) that I can't find in the directory was Anthony LaLota.
December 26th, 2008 at 11:29 AM ^
enroll at three schools at once.
just sayin'
December 26th, 2008 at 11:30 AM ^
That's literally not possible.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:25 PM ^
I think that would be extremely unlikely, but is it really not even possible? IIRC, the NCAA doesn't officially consider you a student (and your five-year clock to have started) until you've actually attended a class, so I would think that you could theoretically enroll at multiple schools - you just couldn't end up attending more than one.
December 26th, 2008 at 5:20 PM ^
No, it's not possible. I posted a link to the NCAA site on the other "Will Campbell is enrolled" thread. Once you have enrolled at one school, you would need to sit out a transfer year to attend a different school. Thus, enrolling at two schools is not an option.
December 27th, 2008 at 6:30 PM ^
Ah, OK.
December 28th, 2008 at 10:22 AM ^
HOWEVA, according to Rivals, getting a UniqueName isn't indicative of having enrolled. So, I don't know.
December 26th, 2008 at 12:35 PM ^
Let's now forget that the next big hurdle Will and all other incoming players need to do is get through NCAA CLEARING HOUSE. That's not always so easy as we saw with Witherspoon.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:23 PM ^
I thought that Witherspoon had other issues going on as he was ruled academically ineligible the moment he enrolled at Rutgers, if I remember correctly.
December 26th, 2008 at 3:07 PM ^
big will has the adequate grades and test scores already.
December 26th, 2008 at 4:30 PM ^
if you don't qualify
December 27th, 2008 at 6:16 PM ^
people are dumb.. 3-3-5, 4-3, 3-4.. whatever. There all gonna give u success if u run them right. So RR is gonna do what DEF is right and do it right.. Spread option, spread pass heavy, I-formation.. Etc are diff for OFFenses, if run correctly, ull be successful.