Rocco Spindler's top 10
Clarkston (MI) Clarkston offensive guard/defensive tackle Rocco Spindler named Michigan to his top 10 today. It's a group that also includes Alabama, Arizona State, Florida, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, and Tennessee.
Spindler is a 4-star, the #2 offensive guard, and #42 overall. Six out of eight Crystal Ball picks are for U of M. I always wondered if Pitt would be a factor since his dad went there, but they offered and didn't make his top 10.
fire bakich
MSU strategy of lying in the weeds. Stay out of the top candidate list so no one sees you coming. Brilliant!
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- Dylan
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and - Dylan
You spit hot fire.
Nobody on your list is worthy of carrying Bob Dylan's jockstrap.
(for that matter, who is?)
Back on track: At some point---AND WHY NOT NOW?!?!?!! ---we need to stop even the occasion flow of talent from this state to Ohio St.! They seem to have become able to stop the flow north of nearly all Ohio talent from our Michigan football program, and until Tressel got well-established there, we never lacked a fairly substantial number of Ohio kids on our roster.
*Until the NCAA abdicated all enforcement responsibilities, and paying players huge sums became even more commonplace.
Who downvoted this...?
Fucking kids today.
Alabama, OSU, ND, and LSU? Assuming those are all commitable offers, it’s going to be a challenge for Harbaugh to keep him in state. It would be a big win and kudos for him if he does. If not, well....I’m sure some fellow posters will cover that topic shortly.
I will patiently wait for the "He didn't choose X school over us. Michigan stopped recruiting him so its OK he went elsewhere"
As an avid listener of the world's ONLY college football podcast, the Shutdown Fullcast, I am happy to see that Spindler is considering Arizona State. I just hope he doesn't consider it too much.
I'm not one of these that think that Michigan needs to land a bunch of in state players for the sake of keeping them here, but when you have 5 star talent and cant miss players in state you need to make sure you keep them home. We've missed a few of those lately and that needs to stop. Rocco would be a huge loss if he goes elsewhere. Ohio St keeps the in state players they want and let the rest go elsewhere.
We need THIS instate player. His dad was a monster and HOF player if didn't blow out knee.
Can we stop with the can't miss. Kids "miss' all the time. Let's keep him because he has been a lean for awhile and this is a banner year, where you don't have to spend an bunch of money and time staying on top of these recruits because they are local.
Pretty easy for OSU to keep all the top talent instate. They have no instate competition, their state is usually and inexplicably one of the 5-10 best states in the country for HS football, so the state is flush with top recruits who've grown up dreaming of playing for OSU and only OSU, and they've been winning at a high level, nonstop, for the past 20 years.
Michigan has considerably more barriers in its road to success. Granted, Michigan has to find a way to deal with that, but OSU has built-in advantages that Michigan will never have.
Herm doing work.
Anywhere but OSU. That also goes for Edwards & all the other top MI players.
We need them. OSU and Bama are going to get top notch recruits regardless, but we may not. These are the guys Michigan has to get if they are going to become elite.
I'd love to get them, but it adds insult to injury when they go to OSU.
He looks 25 years old like his dad did in high school
I never understood a kid releasing a top 10 but i think we have a great chance here.
It’s to give us an understanding of his top ten teams
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Offensive guard? Is there any other kind? It's kind of like when people say defensive secondary. Just makes me shake my head.
Oh, and with Alabama and OSU on that list, he gone.
noseguard, old school zero tech
Stick it to the man!
A question for you Magnus. What is your opinion on the top talent in the state this year? I am fortunate enough to have my sons to Lake Orion so I have watched both Edwards (crazy 48-45 4OT game) and Rocco (we FINALLY beat them) this past year.
I am certainly just a fan, but I like Rocco more than Edwards. What are your projections for these young men?
With a top 10 that includes Bama, LSU, Notre Dame, OSU, and Oklahoma Im just going to assume we have 1% chance even if he is crystal balled to us at the moment
Especially with the way this staff handles recruiting. They hired Bob Shoop who can't recruit.
Luckily McCarthy looks to be Michigan's best recruiter and he is all over the top OL recruits in his class...and Warinner seems to be very underrated here. But I do believe McCarthy is a real difference-maker.
Why Arizona State? Sun Devils have been irrelevant since the Mayan Empire faded away.
You've obviously never been on the ASU campus as a young man and enjoyed the stunning "scenery."
and now with the added bonus that the mayans/sun devils no longer sacrifice the 'scenery'. so they have that going for them.
They're head coach won't even say 'Devils'...
Does it help our chances if we tell him he kind of looks like Tim Riggins? I would think so.
With a name like Rocco I'm surprised Rutgers isn't on his list.