Friday, January 24, 2014

Michigan Friday: Recuriting Updates and A Trip To East Lansing

MSU is banged up and might be with out injured big men Adriean Payne and now Branden Dawson who broke his hand on a table after watching film.  Those two guys are/were a big advantage for Sparty over the smaller Michigan lineup.  If Michigan shoots well they should stay in this game.

  • Darn It Dad!  Nik backed off his dad's comment on the NBA“I apologize for my father’s comments,” he said Wednesday. “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I haven’t really thought anything about that yet. We’ll just address it after the season.”

  • Damien Harris mom's weighs in on his de-commitment (from Scouts through Mgoblog): “The reason he came to this decision is he felt like when he committed, at the time, we felt like it was the right decision even though it was early,” she explained.  “Months later he has been thinking and thinking, ‘I didn’t really go and look at other places probably like I should have.  I didn’t consider other places like I should have.’   Even though Michigan is #1, and that hasn’t changed, he just wants to make sure he doesn’t have any regrets when he gets ready to enroll.  He just wants to make sure that he didn’t leave any stone unturned and wants to make sure he didn’t miss out on anything, even though he knows Michigan is still his #1.  That’s all.  He is just making sure that if he was to visit other places, he wasn’t going to regret not taking the full experience.”  I guess there have been some "so called" Michigan fans giving him the business on Twitter.  I know every fan base has some crazies, but it's never a good idea to tweet at a high school player or any amateur athlete.  

  • Michael Schofield has played much better at Right Tackle then Right Guard at the Senior Bowl.  It seems he is much more comfortable at Tackle.

  • Michigan seems very focused on Cass Tech RB Mike Weber now that Harris has checked out of the class.  His top 5 are MSU, Tenn, Michigan, OSU and Wisconsin.  The Wolverines might have some catch up to do in his recruitment but I think Mike is very interested in U of M.  I like how involved Coach Nuss is in recruiting.  Big Al didn't hit the road too often even though he was the key recruiter for Damien Harris.

  • I don't have a good feeling on the McDowell recruitment.  He is heading up to MSU for an official visit this weekend after saying he wouldn't do an instate official.   He still may visit to LSU and cancel Ohio State.  Could he be visiting MSU this weekend to support the Wolverines in the basketball game?

  • BHB Loyal Reader Augusta J wanted an update on RB Jeff Jones and Michigan.  I honestly don't know, it seems the Michigan coaches knew Harris was "jumping ship" when they decided to stop recruiting RB's in the 2014 class.   Is Jeff still visiting?  I doubt it. 

7 comments:

umvictortoronto said...

Might want to edit your headline.

Scott K said...

oy vey.... really? don't you have some papers to grade.

uncle ron said...

For WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

uncle ron said...

Can anybody tell me who Mike Weber IS…...

Scott K said...

Uncle Ron,
Mike Weber is a Cass Tech RB. Likely the highest rated RB coming out of HS in the state of MI in the 2015 recruiting class.

uncle ron said...

Thanks bunches Scott K I appreciate that.

Scott K said...

Your welcom Uncle Ron.