With Martin Commitment Michigan Moves Up To #3 In Scouts Recruiting Team Rankings
I know the compsite rankings are generally held in higher regard but I thought this was pretty cool. We're only 6 points behind Alabama. Strong finish may be able to take the #2 spot
1. Georgia (4,883)
2. Alabama (4,675)
3. Michigan (4,669)
4. Ohio State (4,490)
5. Oklahoma (4,464)
http://www.scout.com/college/football/recruiting/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2…
January 31st, 2017 at 2:10 AM ^
I'm pretty sure Scout already had us at #3. Obviously, they are the most accurate recruiting service!
January 31st, 2017 at 2:36 AM ^
Sam Webb just tweeted out that Michigan moved up to #3 due to martins commitment so Im pretty sure we were #4
January 31st, 2017 at 2:43 AM ^
Ok. I checked it earlier today (before the Martin announcement) and we were #3, so perhaps Scout jumped the gun. Still good stuff.
January 31st, 2017 at 8:58 AM ^
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January 31st, 2017 at 12:42 PM ^
South Carolina it is.
January 31st, 2017 at 2:11 AM ^
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January 31st, 2017 at 7:20 AM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 8:59 AM ^
The Michigan Difference(tm)
January 31st, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
Sounds legit.
As we all know:
- Recruits behave as both waves and particles simultaneously.
- The mere act of measuring a recruit's position and/or velocity results in a change in that recruit's position and/or velocity.
- Heisenberg's 'croot.
January 31st, 2017 at 8:24 AM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of over-emphasizing class size. It especially makes the year after a coaching change look better than it is because of typical attrition and lots of open recrutitng slots.
January 31st, 2017 at 9:56 AM ^
Absolutely. It's weird seeing how the top 4-5 classes are pretty stacked together and then you see a drop-off after the top 10. Also, Stanford apparently has as many 5* recruits as Alabam and OSU, according to 24/7. That's insanity.
January 31st, 2017 at 2:43 AM ^
Michigan is still pretty darn good but Bama and Ohio State are above the rest.
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January 31st, 2017 at 11:11 AM ^
You're correct that OSU and Bama are a step above the rest. However, it is easier to have a higher avg rating with a lower # of recruits. For instance the average of our current top 20 (size of OSU's class) is 92.77. Should we get Solomon and Collins as expected that jumps to 93.50. Obviously it is ideal to have both quantity and quality, but bringing in additional players doesn't diminish the talent of the top 20 either.
January 31st, 2017 at 11:15 AM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 2:47 AM ^
Completely agree that Bama and OSU are head and shoulders above the rest. With Georgia, I think we would have been higher if Isaiah Wilson had gone blue instead of to GA. SMH.
January 31st, 2017 at 2:53 AM ^
Given that his commitment date was within that whole month long commit fest, was that a total shock to our coaches when he choose elsewhere?
Our coaches fully expected him to commit to Michigan that day or did they not have 100% clarity?
January 31st, 2017 at 3:06 AM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 3:11 AM ^
Thanks for the information!
January 31st, 2017 at 3:03 AM ^
http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/collegefootball/866065475917/0/oh…
OSU has a historic class, cmon guy...
Their AVERAGE guy is a 95 which equates to the 100th best player in the country... Rashan Gary was a 100 for perspective, DPJ 99.
We average 91, and this is going to be up there with 2013 as our best class on paper in ranking classes era. They have 3 guys below 91... 1 being a kicker.
January 31st, 2017 at 3:45 AM ^
I uh.....didnt say anything about OSU's class
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January 31st, 2017 at 9:16 AM ^
Fake news
January 31st, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^
if you only take the top recruits for our class and compare that with OSU and Alabama. So, if OSU has 20 guys, we take the average of our top 20 guys and see where that lands us. I don't think we will be near the 95 number, but it should help better compare the two classes.
January 31st, 2017 at 3:06 AM ^
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January 31st, 2017 at 7:20 AM ^
January 31st, 2017 at 7:47 AM ^
To put in perspective how things could have or would have played out with Scout.....
- Soloman is their #11 recruit, which is higher than anyone Michigan has in their cass right now (DPJ = #22). Getting him would certainly boost us further.
- Willie Gay is their #51 recruit, which would be our highest ranked recruit besides DPJ or Soloman in the class. (Ambry Thomas = #56)
- Isaih Wilson is #42. I do think the Michigan coaches thought they had him up until the end when he surprised with the Georgia pick. For us he'd be one of our top 3 recruits. For Georgia he is also their 3rd as they hold the #25 and #28 guys also.
- Tedarell Slaton is #31 somewhat to my surprised. I never really thought he was ranked high enough to be one of our best recruits.
- Austin Jackson, who I wish we had a chance at, is #30.
- Jay Tufele is also way up there at #36.
While it does feel like a crawl to the finish at times, we still have a chance to get two recruits this week that would be our #1 and #3 ranked players in the class according to Scout. And as for catching some of the other big-boy classes, you can see with that list how close we came to being right there with them.
January 31st, 2017 at 8:06 AM ^
As long as they get good players they want to fill key positions. Class rankings don't mean that much, especially when in the top five. There is not much difference between each team's class.
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January 31st, 2017 at 8:32 AM ^
Beat florida
January 31st, 2017 at 8:21 AM ^
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January 31st, 2017 at 9:41 AM ^
They have four four-stars on the composite (WR Hunter Rison, G Kevin Jarvis, TE Matt Dotson, and LB Antjuan Simmons) and a bunch of three-stars. Jarvis, at #224, is the only player in the national top 250. Overall, their class is ranked 31st in the country and 6th in the B1G.
It's a definite step back from the 2016 class, when MSU was 17th in the country and 3rd in the B1G, with eight guys in the top 250 and ten four-stars. But it's more or less in line with their 2011-2015 classes.
January 31st, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
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January 31st, 2017 at 8:22 AM ^
I'm just so happy that we have coaches who can develop talent. This year will be a step back but not as big as a lot of folks think. Harbaugh and Co. are gonna get these kids ready to ball.
January 31st, 2017 at 8:29 AM ^
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