is a 4-star on some services.
4* Rivals
3* 247
3* Scout
Unratred ESPN
April 16th, 2012 at 10:55 PM ^
April 17th, 2012 at 11:25 AM ^
Michigan 3* recruit = Underrated, Sparty 3* recruit = Overrated.
Good for them. Jones looks like a nice pick up.
He's a 4 star on rivals, but i said he was a 3 star because more services have him at that.
Since Dantonio is recruiting intergalactically and all.
Jones is no Gedeon, but he is a pretty good player.
Also no McCray, Ross, RJS, or Bolden if we're judging by rankings, and since he also doesn't have a Mattison I think I will judge that way. UM=LBU in the decade of Hoke.
Just my opinion of course but the MSU staff does do a solid job developing defenders, especially in the front seven. They develop them to be hateful monsters sometimes, but almost always into solid players if the kids can stay away from beating engineers in the offseason.
None of those guys have produced anything yet... puts the team a long way from being "LBU".
And Mattison is 0-1 so far against Dantonio and Narduzzi so I'd lay low on the one for awhile.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:26 PM ^
He's right, wait a few years before calling us LBU. QBU and WRU is good enough for right now. I certainly believe we will be, but these players have to make a career in the next level.
April 16th, 2012 at 10:53 PM ^
Getting tired of the Position U thing? It seems like every school that gets a few decent players at a position starts calling itself Position U. To be even close to calling yourself that, you need sustained success over a long period of time like PSU had with LBs and Miami had with RBs. Michigan, at one time, probably could have been called something like QB U, but not really at this point (won't have a QB drafted for 5 straight seasons, and when Michigan does he most likely won't stay at QB). Also, USC probably took that title recently if any school should have it (though I don't think any school should have it, because I find the whole thing moderately annoying).
April 16th, 2012 at 10:49 PM ^
not interested.
I just farted.
Austin Jackson just homer'd.
Can we get an update on the status of Spartan's punter Mike Sadler? I mean, I'm not interested in Spartan football at all, like not one bit, but I just want a quick update on a significant part of their game. Again, not at all preoccupied with State, at all. Unless someone knows something that might impact the game next year and/or recruiting, then they should say it. But I'm really NOT interested in Michigan State football, don't care one little bit at all....
I feel like this is a bit much. State getting a new QB and a LB with a Michigan offer(obviously not commitable anymore but still) is solid info. State gets a dual-threat QB, which is interesting since they haven't had one before and their fans talk smack about teams who do.
only knock dual threat QB's when their big brother needs them
then don't click on any State related threads and then comment on how you are not interested in State related threads?
April 16th, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
Um, I think that was his point... unless I'm giving him too much credit for satirizing people who complain about these threads?
Don't see why this is relevant, but none the less, if you insist upon bringing it up, atleast give the kid credit. Jones has some big time offers, and seemed to be on the rise before his commitment. I have watched a TON of film on the kid, as the varsity squad I coach for is traveling down to Cincy to face Moeller in Week 2. If there is any rhyme or reason to the "star" system, this kid is a 4 star. From a coaches standpoint, the kid is all over the film. OT?
Not OT. It's OG Bobby Johnson.
Yes....but did he receive an offer from Urban yet? If and when that happens, sayonara Sparty.
How is it OT if it is our rival and a fellow Big Ten member?
msu is not our rival
Read some nice comments on RCMB earlier, but my favorite was something along the lines of... " Coach D is turning Cincinnati Moeller into a Cass Tech.. except the players actually pan out!!!1!1!! lolz!1!" Oh Sparty..
Well, the only Cass Tech player in recent memory who didn't pan out was BooBoo. Teric Jones could qualify, but he wasn't rated very highly, and was simply passed by guys who were better (Fitz and Smith, mostly).
We'll have two Cass Tech starters this fall. Based on normal "pan out" percentages, that's solid.
name the last cass tech player that did anything for michigan
Oh BooBoo, oh Teric, oh Will Campbell..
April 16th, 2012 at 11:13 PM ^
In the recent past, there have been four Cass Tech guys at Michigan, not counting guys like Delonte Hollowell and the current class since they've either played one year or no years at Michigan. Those guys are Boubicar Cissoko, Teric Jones, Thomas Gordon and Will Campbell.
BooBoo is a bust, but not a talent bust, that was a behavioral thing. Since none of the other CT guys have had behavioral problems, that's just something that happens. From a talent standpoint, though, he played a lot his first two years on campus, not amazingly well, but not bad for an underclassman.
Teric Jones is a bust? He was a generic 3-star, one of the lowest rated players in his class, and left because he wasn't seeing the field and had injury issues. Not every guy you recruit is going to be a star, especially the lower rated guys in a class. Teric Jones was in the same class with Fitz Toussaint and Vincent Smith. Those two ended up being good-to-great running backs, and Teric Jones was the odd man out.
Don't call Will Campbell a bust. He'll be a starter this fall. He might not be the 5-star world beater we all thought, but any guy who plays all four years and becomes a starter is not a bust. Do you wish you would have used one of your scholarships in that class on him? Then he's not a bust.
Plus Thomas Gordon, who will be a three year starter by the time he leaves. But honestly, the bulk of the Cass Tech talent isn't even here yet, so you're really jumping the gun. The aggregate ratings of those four don't touch the Richardson, RJS, Dawson, Lewis group we have coming over the next couple years.
Boo Boo wouldn't have been a "bust" at Michigan State. Instead, he would be another prould member of the "Jumpsuit Orange to Green and White" program that has been so successful in East Lansing.
Mark Dantonio would be gushing over what a "great kid" he is, and how he "deserves a second second second chance."
April 16th, 2012 at 11:13 PM ^
April 17th, 2012 at 10:22 AM ^
- Doug Williams – Lexington All-American and professional football NFL Houston Oilers offensive tackle
- Bob Crable (1978) – Notre Dame All-American and professional football linebacker
- Russ Huesman – head college football coach for the Chattanooga Mocs
- Greg Jones – linebacker, New York Giants; All-American at Michigan State; Super Bowl XLVI champion
- Mark Kamphaus – Arena Football League quarterback, Albany Firebirds
- Michael Muñoz – college football offensive lineman; son of Anthony Muñoz
- Rob Murphy – 2 time All-American, Ohio State professional football offensive lineman, NFL- 6 years CFL 6 years currently with Toronto Argonauts
- Doug Rosfeld – former University of Cincinnati and NFL football player for the Cleveland Browns; now a history teacher at Moeller[23][24][25]
- Matt Tennant – 2010 5th-round pick of the New Orleans Saints out of Boston College
- Tom Waddle – professional football player for the Chicago Bears. Radio personality on ESPN 1000 AM in Chicago
- Greg Hudson — Assistant Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach — Florida State University
- Rico Murray - Undrafted free agent signee by the Cincinnati Bengals.
also, Gerry Faust.
baseball has better, with Larkin (UM), griffey and the bell family.
Jones was one of the LB's we turned away along with O'Daniel and Anzalone. Posters on RCMB are apparently ignoring this though, and calling it a recruiting win over Hoke, even though we cancelled a visit of his over a month ago.
And Terry is a 3 star on 24/7 but unranked on Rivals and Scout, so he's not even a consensus 3 star at this point.
April 16th, 2012 at 11:01 PM ^
Holy Triple Post Batman
Holy Triple Post Batman (again)
These types of posts are going to vastly outnumber our hello posts for the next 8-10 months. The longer it goes on the more some 5 star mafia hooligans are likely to come out of the woodwork with their fearmongering, so I say we include a link to our Big10 recruiting rankings in all such posts, just to remind ourselves that this is Michigan fergodsakes, and as such we're already working on scouting 2017.
LOL Jones sucks
I mean I guess that fat ass Hoke decided to offer him as well as Stoops. You idiots always amaze me with your stupidity.
I don't know anything about that QB, but Shane Jones seems legit. I don't know how accurate it is (I would assume fairly accurate), but his offer list is quite impressive. Nebraska, Oklahoma, PSU, TAMU. It shows a Michigan offer too, but I highly doubt that. Either way, seems like a solid pick-up.
The QB, OTOH, looks very meh.