Michael Barrett trending to Michigan!

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Crystal balls and twitter looking very Blue for committment tonight.

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jakerblue

January 23rd, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^

I thought Zingermans was the greatest thing is the world when I was in college and right after. But, now as a (ugh I hate using this word, makes me sound like a tool) foodie in Chicago, the deli is a bit overrated. All the stuff they sell (baked goods, condiments, meats, cheeses) are all top-notch but I'd call the sandwiches just good.

The Roadhouse though is still really damn good.

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DelhiWolverine

January 23rd, 2018 at 8:30 PM ^

Having just moved back to A2 from living in NJ/NY I can confidently say that Zingermans is a great thing in A2 but is just a better than average deli (food wise) when compared with most delis in northern NJ/NYC. Zingermans is a cool experience and all natural and blah blah blah but you haven’t been to a GREAT deli or tasted GREAT bread or eaten GREAT pizza until you have been to literally any mom and pop place in Brooklyn. I’m sorry and I may get downvotes for this but it is true. No offense to Zingermans - that’s just the way it is. I’m not hating on Zingermans but I know they aren’t the be all and end all when it comes to what they do.

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MGolem

January 23rd, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^

Is basically store bought meats and cheeses piled high on store bought bread; just because a sandwich is huge doesn't mean it is any good. If you were at the right gas station and in the mood for a sandwich you could basically create anything Maize and Blue offers.

Zingermans is expensive, for sure. That is because they pay their workers a living wage, make almost everything from scratch, and buy from specialty purveyors when they don't make something in house. There is a reason sandwiches at Zingermans are featured on Oprah.

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True Blue Grit

January 23rd, 2018 at 5:47 PM ^

Most restaurants and deli's don't use high-quality, fresh baked bread in their sandwiches.  That's one of the big things that sets Zingerman's apart from almost all the other ones I've tried.  And their ingredients are high quality.  Are they the best value?  Impossible for me to say.  They price their product for the reason you mentioned and because they can.  The place is always busy and they never discount and do little advertising.  Sounds like a great business model to me.  

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old98blue

January 23rd, 2018 at 2:08 PM ^

Not a knock on Georgia Tech I enjoy watching the triple option but if a kid aspires to play in the NFL being a quarterback in the triple option is probably not going to get you there

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Magnus

January 23rd, 2018 at 2:14 PM ^

Yep. If you're a triple option QB, you have virtually no shot to make it to the NFL. Even the really elite guys (Tommy Frazier, Scott Frost, Eric Crouch, etc.) don't do anything at the next level. 

You basically have to be a WR or dive-back at Georgia Tech if you want to play at the next level.

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ComputerEngineer

January 23rd, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^

It is official:  https://www.theopening.com/2017-atlanta-results

 

He finished 35th in his region for 40 time, and doesn't even make the national leaderboard (i.e: he's outside of the top 250).  People do get faster, but not significantly.  (For example, Jabrill Peppers ran a 4.50 as a recruit and a 4.46 at the combine).  With numbers like his and a position change in his future, it's hard to imagine he'll be a significant contributor any time soon.  

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ComputerEngineer

January 23rd, 2018 at 6:50 PM ^

What's your point?  Your original claim had n=0 data points supporting it.

 

Assuming he plays RB as people are saying, we currently have seven RBs on scholarship for next year, but only five OGs and fourteen OL in total.  Why are we taking 3 star RBs when we desperately need depth on the OL?

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XiX

January 23rd, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^

I was wondering why she kept saying she felt a little tickle down there sometimes. Must have been you working really hard to be noticed. Kind of like how you can't figure out how to turn the caps lock off?

Run along, little one...

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maize-blue

January 23rd, 2018 at 2:35 PM ^

Others have commented on this in the other thread too but it appears that numbers worked out sometime very recently and Barret is now a take. That could mean a number of things regarding the current roster or remaining recruiting targets.

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Maizen

January 23rd, 2018 at 3:55 PM ^

It means the coaches are going to take 3 RB's this cycle and zero DT's. They literally wiffed on every DT they offered this cycle (Friday, McNeil, Perkins, Sandidge, Thompson, Vincent, and Adimeola) and didn't bother recruiting guys like Christian Barmore, PJ Mustipher, and Austin Fontaine who are all in the B1G footprint.

I actually like Barrett's skill set more than the other two backs in this class. He reminds me of a poor man's Cam Akers who also played quarterback in high school. Josh Newkirk went and saw him play earlier this year and said he's the best player he's seen all year. He's seen guys like Willie Gay, Baron Browning, and Jabrill Peppers all live in the past so he knows what he's looking at talent wise. I'd put Barrett on a list with Schoonmaker, Gemon Green and VanSumeren as guys who I think will outperform their 3 star ranking. I'm intrigued.

All that said the 2018 class is what it is at this point, a class with the fewest number of composite top 100 recruits in 18 years. Compared with what OSU and PSU are putting together that really sucks, but it's not crippling as long as 2019 is a Top 5 class. Lots of work to be done.

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Maizen

January 23rd, 2018 at 5:07 PM ^

Lane Kiffin was on the Dan Patrick Show the day after the national title game and said (and I'm paraphrasing) the reason Nick Saban wins every year is not because he's a great coach it's because he has more talent than everyone else. He said their gameplan against UGA from an X and O's standpoint wasn't all that good but they were able to out talent them at the end of the day.

Harbaugh is a great coach but Michigan has a long way to go talent wise to even be in the same ballpark as an Alabama. That's why it's important to stack recruiting classes and let the players sort it out on the field. I cringe everytime I read "we'll be fine" when we miss on a top recruit. "Fine" hasn't won a B1G championship in 14 years, fine hasn't beaten OSU, and fine won't get us where we want to be: in the CFP.

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Maizen

January 23rd, 2018 at 5:26 PM ^

Not crazy at all, recruiting is the lifeblood of your program. Just look at Nick Saban, whose three most recent hires are all coaches in their mid 30's. He's done this for years now, whether it be with Tosh Lupoi, or Mike Locksley, or Mario Cristobal, or Jeremy Pruitt, he simply goes out and gets the best recruiters in the country.  There's a reason he went after Chris Partridge.

 

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StraightDave

January 23rd, 2018 at 6:17 PM ^

Would easily be a four star recruit if he played in Michigan. There’s just so much talent in Texas that not everyone is going to get that fourth star. Malzone is the perfect example - he wouldn’t have started for most of the elite school in Texas but is a four star recruit in Michigan.

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