The Blue Board

What about that MSU fan who created a twitter account posing as a Michigan fan trying to get him to go to the SEC.

I guess. To each their own. Carry on, some kid is going to make a hat dance. A kid who hasn't tackled, blocked, thrown a ball or caught one. If Jimmy Joe Jones Harris Drake commits to MSU tomorrow, I'm all over the interwebs about how he's the final piece in our NC dreams. Forget about it.

Has everyone stopped for a second to realize how well both of our schools are doing on the recruiting trail? Regardless of rating, I think we can all agree that any offers accepted at this point are Plan A type guys, for both programs. I'm not sure how many more players UM is going to take in 2013, but I imagine they're almost done. I know MSU will only be taking 5'ish more, of which I would guess at least 2 or 3 will probably be 'wait till the end' types. That's pretty impressive this early in the process. It means both Hoke and Dantonio can get a solid start on 2014, and maybe even some 2015 schollies. Add in the near certainty that a highly touted 2014 player will kick off one of our teams' recruiting class with a bang tonight, and I think we've got a lot to be proud of, collectively. I commend both coaching staffs and cannot wait till September!!

And I think that's actually not a good thing, because football relies a lot more on physical development than basketball.

Again, it's UM fans trying to make it a big deal that Hoke is getting kids with MSU offers. We don't care.

Basketball is much easier to predict since all the top kids play each other all summer, easy to judge talent. For example, whoever gets Jabari Parker can feel pretty confident they'll have one of the top players in the country the year he is there.

Well a certain someone makes it a point to mention during his press conference that "we've got the #1 recruit in the state for the 3rd year in a row." So, yea.....someone cares.

Yes, Dantonio looks like he will have his class almost done by the time the season starts. Which proves what I said all along- the notion that Dantonio was intentionally waiting and taking his time was a bunch of crap.

Want a cookie?

I was making the point that Dantonio will wait for camps at least. And I wasn't wrong. We probably weren't going to take a TE this class but Chmura looked so good that Dantonio offered anyway. We have a few SS prospects we're in on but i'm thinking that all our trench guys will come from camp evaluations (Demetrious Cooper was offered after SMSB and his teammate Khairi Bailey may also get an offer if the staff feels he can project to the 3-tech).

I don't think anyone said that Dantonio was literally banking scholarships and would not accept commits just because he wanted to wait for later, but camp evaluation is one of the reasons we have been so successful in player development lately. Tape only tells you so much.

What if it was MSU who was taking in all these top recruits, and winning the vast majority of head to head battles? Would it be notable then?

See my extended response above. It would be, because it would be a departure from the norm. As it stands now, the Plan A guys don't choose MSU often. That more of them are going to UM is relatively immaterial; they were likely to end up somewhere other than MSU anyways. It's great for UM, but it's not like this is suddenly draining MSU of its talent. I'd be glad to break down the '11 class for you as well.

Take the OH guys this year, like Charlton. If UM doesn't get him, tOSU would scoop him up before MSU is even on the radar. Is that really a big deal that he chose UM over tOSU and MSU? Was his very next choice going to be MSU?

In the current class, the "Plan A" guys that committed are Holmes, Shelton, Powell, Hicks and Reschke. We'll see if someone like Augusta drops (unlikely), but it's on to Plan B and C, etc . . . . just like every other year. This isn't a new thing, so that's why I don't really care.

I think this has a lot to do with his hand being forced. For the most part, big ten territory is largely locked up with the exception of a few well known prospects here and there.