OT: Unique Brissett II's Unique Approach to Recruitment
The headlines still exist, but a lot of the stories posted by various sports blogs regarding Unique Brissett II's recruitment have since been deleted or locked, and with good reason: most, if not all, of the information about him seems to be fake. Here is one story about him that had not yet been deleted:
Michigan State recruiting has made the cut for top JUCO wide receiver transfer Unique Brissett II from Troy, N.Y.
There aren’t many spots to fill in Michigan State’s 2017 recruiting class, but there is one guy who could still be added. Unranked, surprisingly, JUCO transfer Unique Brissett II from New York recently named Michigan State in his trimmed list of schools.
Brissett has narrowed his list from 14 to five in the past few days and the Spartans have remained a constant. Michigan State made his most recent top five, released on Sunday.
Moreover, the speedy receiver/athlete is visiting Michigan State on Monday afternoon, which could give the Spartans a major leg up when he decides by June 9. He plans to visit rival Michigan on May 24. Miami, Maryland and Kentucky are also getting visits before his decision date.
The Spartans extended an offer on May 19 and instantly became one of the favorites to land the JUCO transfer from New York. He has been blowing up on the recruiting trail lately and was even offered by Alabama on Sunday.
It’s easy to see why he’s getting so many new looks. Just check out his highlights:
They've resorted to fake recruiting now. Feels like a cross between the movie Ladybugs and Weekend At Bernie's.
Sean Scherer, MSU's 247 guy, even gave a confirmation at one point that Brissett was on campus. Safe to say he's not the most respected guy on the network.
confirm that he was on campus...he has quotes from him about how MSU is a "good college" and Dantonio offered him.
Maybe he shouldn't be fired...i think it would be more humiliating to have to admit that he made it all up just to push content.
whoever it is pretending to be a recruit. Poor journalism, but I doubt the author is making things up.
The biggest problem that Crouton writers face is that like some outlets in non-sports news, they try to focus on being FIRST over being right. Prime example of that behind the Green Wall (TM) is Hondo spewing bullshit and hoping it sticks. I think Brissett is just another example of how maybe, just maybe, we focus a little too much on recruiting, and how in May, you really need to vet your sources for CFB news.
Maybe the Freep will hire him.
Just another example why everything on 247 needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Offers and visits are self reported by the recruits. Just because it says they have a Bama offer doesn't mean they do. It is an NCAA violation for the schools to publicly comment on a recruit. This isn't the first faux recruitment to occur.
Also, few things would make me happier than if this turned out to be the ultimate troll job on Dantonio by Scott Bell or Ant Wright.
Lorenz works his ass off to verify information from third parties and has legitimate sources. I believe he monitors closely who has offers. He called this out quickly.
Scherer on the other hand has no credibility with a RCMB board willing to buy and shred of positive news whether it's true or not.
The 247 boards operate independently. That leads to some good sites and some RCMB.
I meant no disrespect toward Lorenz. I think him and Steve Wiltfong are the best in the business, along with Sam Webb. All I meant was that if something seems fishy, it's worth a second look. Just because it's on their recruiting profile doesn't mean it's gospel. If one of those three confirm, it's fact.
Lorenz is the best. I only follow him for my recruiting news. The MSU 247 site though...Not very quality.
Everyone knows that Brissett is one of Lennay Kekua's cousins.
Unique Brissett the second? Why are there two of them?
I'm sure when he has a son he'll name him Snowflake.
...and no, he isn't.
LINK His Twitter account was deleted when people started questioning his existence.
Michigan may be getting all the top recruits in the state of Michigan, but MSU has a lock on the upstate New York fictional JUCO recruit market.
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fooled you twice.....
Fooled Sparty 3-9 times.
I heard from a pretty reliable source he was spotted on campus with Manti Te'o's ex-girlfriend last week... seems like some controversy brewing
sounds like a second attempt at doing a circumcision in a foofy ladies' hair salon.
scam back in 2008 where the guy held a fake commitment event at his high school and chose Cal despite having no offers. LINK
First time reading that story...that's insane
Congratulations, Internet. You've foiled MSU football's attempt to blame all their sex scandals on a player they helped invent.
they deleted the article lolol
Not surprised. That was why I copied as much of the article as I did. Several "news" stories about Unique Brissett II had already been deleted by time I started searching for more information.