Harbaugh spotted in Oxford, MS recruiting S Deontay Anderson
Courtesy of @raseanreeves on Twitter (h/t Isaiah Hole):
Deontay Anderson having breakfast with the best Coach in the game! Should be a another great week for us!#goblue pic.twitter.com/2acG5rYvdQ
— Michigan Man Ray (@raseanreeves) December 5, 2017
UPDATE 1: Harbaugh also met with Patterson today (Tues Dec 5), according to Tom VanHaaren:
I was told Harbaugh is meeting with Shea Patterson right now. Of note with Shea, his parents were Michigan fans, his grandpa played for the Detroit Pistons and Shea was at one point committed to Arizona in HS, recruited by Matt Dudek, who is now at Michigan.
— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) December 5, 2017
UPDATE 2: Michigan pursuing OL Greg Little as well, though unclear whether or not the interest is reciprocated on his end (Sam Webb et al have more details).
December 5th, 2017 at 1:28 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 2:52 PM ^
Michissippi
December 5th, 2017 at 3:28 PM ^
December 6th, 2017 at 12:18 AM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 1:29 PM ^
Give us all your Rebels.
December 5th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^
Anderson confirmed with TMI that he will not be visiting Ann Arbor alone -- as Ole Miss QB Shea Patterson and WR Van Jefferson are expected to join him on the visit.https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Bolt/Ole-Miss-transfer-Deontay-A…
December 5th, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
Connection. Get the Rebels to the Wolves.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^
A Rebel raised by Wolves
December 5th, 2017 at 4:47 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 1:37 PM ^
Memories.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:45 PM ^
hold me!
December 5th, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
If we can grab a few of these dudes, it will make up for the backend of Hokes recruiting
Basically swapping out 5th years that did not play for guys that can play
December 5th, 2017 at 2:41 PM ^
I'd rather not think about Hoke's back end.
December 5th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
this made me laugh.
you have to admit, Hoke probably took some serious thunder-craps.
December 5th, 2017 at 5:42 PM ^
But the pork butt IS the juiciest cut.
Who are you to complain?
December 5th, 2017 at 5:46 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 5:51 PM ^
But can it clap as well as the front end?
December 5th, 2017 at 1:35 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^
It seems that Greg Little and Shea Patterson are best friends. Ole Miss blog sites worry that Little will go with him. That would be most helpful...
December 5th, 2017 at 2:01 PM ^
It would be awesome, but the chatter I'm hearing from other boards is that Little is currently telling Ole Miss people that he's staying. And that IF he did leave Oxford, it's most liklely that he'd end up at Oklahoma.
So bottom line it seems like IF the players got their immediate playing waiver from the NCAA, the likelihood of them playing for us next year, in order of likelihood would be:
Patterson > Anderson/VanJefferson >>>>>> Little
So it wouldn't likely directly help our OT & pass protection problems. That will have to come from internal growth from our own roster/recruits, which will take time. OTOH, if:
1) Peters/Patterson develop better scrambling/pocket awareness than JOK/Speight; and/or
2) if VanJefferson & 1 year older Black/DPJ can provide crisp route running; and/or
3) if Ruiz can step in & lock down the right line calls (speculating that Kugler may have been the culprit in some of those blown blitz/stunt pick-ups),
then it's entreily possible that our OT & pass protection issues can be significantly mitigated.
Plus shoring up the safety spot doesn't hurt either. Bottom line is even if we just get 1 out of the 4, let alone 2 or 3 out of the 4, it'd be a major coup for Michigan.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:36 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^
Is openly recruiting Ole Miss players in Oxford the same as crootin' PSU players in NAMBLA Valley? I would think so...
This make me grin.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:50 PM ^
Not the same. Harbaugh is there to meet players who have contacted him expressing interest, not hanging out hoping that someone notices him.
December 5th, 2017 at 3:11 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 3:28 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 3:57 PM ^
They were literally talking about this on ESPN 1000 in chicago this morning. The subject was hiring Harbaugh and firing the whole staff and GM again cause he would not work well with Pace.
December 5th, 2017 at 6:01 PM ^
Wow, I really feel bad for ESPN.
Would be a shame if there were an alternative, rapid, and open way for people to share information, bypassing ESPN's singular, monolithic information hub, rendering them irrelevant.
The only recourse would be to counter with higher-quality reporting, exclusive-access media, and engaging viewers more directly.
Hopefully for them the whole "internet"-thing is just a fad.
December 5th, 2017 at 7:33 PM ^
Joel Klatt is on his way to making this happen it seems! Calling out ref calls, (Being a Harbaugh Fan), etc...Fox looks like they will be giving ES(EC)PN a run for their money.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
Anderson sat out this season planning to transfer. Harbaugh recruited him out of HS. He's expressed interest in coming here. You'd be hard pressed to find any coach that wouldn't go down there for a recruiting visit.
Illinois was the only coaching staff in the country to camp out at PSU, trying to take anyone that would talk to them.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:38 PM ^
Bring them back with ya on the private, Coach!
OT... Wiltfong crystal ballz ***Michael Barrett ATH (Georgia) to the good guys.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:38 PM ^
This would be perfect poetic justice for Treadwell and that fuckface Hugh Freeze going on about his family and trashing satellite camps. If we get Patterson and/or any number of these guys...
December 5th, 2017 at 1:39 PM ^
Van Jefferson (class of '15) would be eligibile right away, but both Anderson and Patterson (class of '16) would need some intervention to play next year. Will definitely be interesting to see how it all shakes out.
Regardless, nice to see former high level recruits giving us a look as a transfer destination. This doesn't happen under RR or Hoke.
EDIT: Looks like Van redshirted his frosh year, making it seem like all three would need intervention to play immediately. Still take any or all of them.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh - a very busy man - is spending so much time chasing all these non-Senior Ole Miss guys that he must have a pretty good idea that they will get waivers to play right away.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:33 PM ^
Yep - Pretty sure UMBIG11 addressed this a few days back. Sounds like they are working on getting these boys immediate eligibility
December 6th, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
Hoping the NCAA does the 'right' thing and gives these kids immediate eligibility is not something I'd bank on. But I'd still take all three even if they had to sit, though it seems like Patterson only comes if he's eligible right away.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^
the lawyers are on it
I have faith they'll get a waiver based on Freeze lying to them about the extent of the penalties to be faced.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
The NCAA has a recent history of granting waivers for various things, especially after getting hit with some bad PR.
With all the players. lawyers and schools involved in this, and with Ole Miss already caving on transfer restrictions, I think it's close to a sure thing to happen very soon.
December 5th, 2017 at 3:26 PM ^
Might be a loose definition of a verbal agreement, but the NCAA is a loose definition of a governing body.
December 5th, 2017 at 4:33 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^
I know you're joking, but it's very possible that the NCAA cares about nothing more than bad PR.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:52 PM ^
Apparently Anderson sat out this year in order to increase his chances of getting out now.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:52 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 1:48 PM ^
get players out of Mississippi. The bagmen make it virtually impossible with any of the high school kids.
December 5th, 2017 at 1:51 PM ^
Might as well take the guys that have already been paid.
December 5th, 2017 at 2:59 PM ^
Yeah, don't know about that...this could be their chance to double dip and get paid again.
December 5th, 2017 at 4:56 PM ^
December 5th, 2017 at 1:48 PM ^
Hopefully Anderson gets the waiver.
Frankly, I'm more concerned about UM's safety play going into next season than QB.