Channing Tindall Commits to Georgia (Relevant to Otis Reese)
Georgia just received a commitment from Channing Tindall - a 4* OLB (#91 overall and #5 OLB) from South Carolina. This is big news to Michigan fans because he plays the same position (OLB) as Otis Reese and convential wisdom is that if UGA took Tindall than there may not be room for Reese. That coupled with Pruitt and the LB coach going to TN and Reese sporting U-M gear in recent tweets could all be positive signs for the good guys.
https://247sports.com/player/channing-tindall-92060
December 20th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
UGA also signed Adam Anderson today who is a 5* OLB (#18 overall). Sure Georgia might figure out a way to fit Reese into their class but they have 2 top 100 guys at the same position. Reese is our Viper in this class and I think Don Brown's vision of playing him there is unique. I think he stays Blue.
December 21st, 2017 at 8:21 AM ^
I like the way you think.
December 20th, 2017 at 9:46 PM ^
Thanks to having an early signing period, I feel like we're in for a couple months of....
December 20th, 2017 at 9:47 PM ^
December 20th, 2017 at 9:58 PM ^
you must be able to fog a mirror. if so, you have met their academic standards.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
...to figure out how to do that? Is it a timed test? I wonder what the pass/fail rate is.
December 21st, 2017 at 5:31 AM ^
place it just right, and also take away the risk of having the wrong side facing the athletes nose and mouth area.
not everyone is a first time pass. some are afraid of seeing their image, worried that their soul has been stolen. still others unclutter their noses on it before the understand the significance of the intense 'exam' they are about to take. lastly, there are a few that see the mirror and start looking for white powder, distracted from taking the test altogether.
December 21st, 2017 at 8:22 AM ^
At Ohio State, they have someone do it for you.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:04 PM ^
If you have a pulse you can get into an SEC school. Whether we "price ourselves out of the market" for some kids who may not meet standards, maybe but it's probably not that many and they likely weren't gonna come here to play school anyway. Honestly, I don't care if it does turn off some high level kids. Michigan is an elite academic institution and it isn't for everyone.
Stanford has (supposedly) higher admissions standards for athletes but Harbaugh did pretty well there and David Shaw has done very well there as well.
December 20th, 2017 at 11:50 PM ^
December 21st, 2017 at 8:24 AM ^
My wife is from Atlanta. The Univ of Georgia is widely considered 13th and 14th grade.
It's gotten better, but not that much better.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:54 AM ^
My office is very close to the office of a Georgia fan. Never even knew he liked Georgia until last year. Now I can not go a single freaggn day without hearing something about this damn school. Hence earbuds and max volume
December 20th, 2017 at 9:47 PM ^
How can Georgia NOT be dirty? Did they ever recruit at the level they are now? The amount of talent they are getting is insane.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:03 PM ^
The amount of talent in the state of Georgia is insane too.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:06 PM ^
You still have to get that instate talent to go to Georgia over schools like Alabama or Clemson who everyone knows has a large network of bagmen.
December 21st, 2017 at 1:42 AM ^
December 21st, 2017 at 8:27 AM ^
This^
Even if you want to be clean, you are competing with programs that don't.
UGA is close to Clemson. A top level recruit that is considering UGA is likely considering Clemson.
There is pressure to keep up with Clemson's NC-level bagman.
December 21st, 2017 at 2:07 AM ^
December 20th, 2017 at 10:49 PM ^
But it helps that Georgia is one of the most talent-rich states in the country. Right up there with Texas, Florida and California.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:46 AM ^
I agree, but the Richt Georigia teams also had very bad timing. They had their best talent in 2008 w/ Stafford, Green and Moreno which was also the overlap between the Urban Meyer Florida teams and the Saban Alabama juggernaut.
December 21st, 2017 at 8:49 AM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 8:29 AM ^
May be an issue for Reese though.
They can make room for him on the roster, but will there be room on the field?
December 20th, 2017 at 9:53 PM ^
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December 20th, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
RichRod ran into this issue several times during his short tenure.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^
If you honestly believe that our standards are no different from Mississippi State, then I have a new cryptocurrency that you should invest in. It's called MGoCoin, and the returns are going to be spectacular.
December 21st, 2017 at 1:46 AM ^
But will they be real?
December 21st, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
December 21st, 2017 at 12:05 AM ^
Avg high school GPA of 3.9, avg SAT 1340-1500+, Avg. ACT, 29-34, 28% acceptance rate...those aren't high standards?
December 21st, 2017 at 12:42 AM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 9:00 AM ^
Of course I'm not talking general students. I'm talking about football players. We don't have special admissions for football players. If they meet the ncaa clearinghouse minimum qualifications they can get into UM and on the football team. I have heard that Admissions limits the number of kids that we let in at that bare minimum but I've also heard that is more of a guideline and not enforced. Can you think of anyone UM rejected for grades but was immediately eligible at Miss St? Or any other school?
December 22nd, 2017 at 5:53 AM ^
Tedarrell Slaton at Florida
December 21st, 2017 at 12:02 AM ^
December 21st, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
Van jefferson was a transfer. Everyone knows and agrees our transfer rules are different. Even that isn't really a "standard" as much as we don't except certain credits. It's not like he had a 3.0 but we demanded a 3.5. It's that he took Coaching Team Sports 101, 201, 301, 401 and we looked at it and said that's good for... 0 credits. it woudn't have mattered if he had an A or D- in those classes. The real issue is around the myth that UM applies higher standards to incoming freshman. For some reason this is a point of pride for certain people (I'd rather have pride in the exclusivity of the school which is directly applicable to my degree than pride in our football team is mildly smarter than yours which is nothing). The bottom line is that if we want a kid we will get him into UM as long as he is cleared by ncaa. I'd like to see a story like Van Jefferson but for an incoming freshman. I can't think of any.
Slight tangent, I just looked up the famous quote of Harbaugh dissing UM's admission standards to see if he said anything concrete (he doesn't, other than what I've said - we will get any kid in). What was interesting was reading the comments. Everyone hated Harbaugh and Stanford was a joke of a program. Things have changed a bit since May 2007.
December 21st, 2017 at 1:36 AM ^
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December 20th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
From what Sam Webb said last week, his brother is still at CMU and I think has gotten some playing time this year, which is a good thing for us.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 8:32 AM ^
They won't finish with the #1 class now.
Good for us.
December 21st, 2017 at 7:23 AM ^
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December 20th, 2017 at 11:53 PM ^
What I think of any time I hear "Otis"...If you haven't seen Frailty, then do so. Really good flick.
December 21st, 2017 at 12:21 AM ^
December 21st, 2017 at 6:05 AM ^
I'm old too. I'm thinking either Amos Otis from the Royals or Otis the drunk from Andy Griffith.