UM Football Recruiting - by WM Wolverine

[The Oracle]

He's a total homer and generally wildly optimistic. That's the lens you have to view his updates through. That said, I don't think he gets mileage out of being wrong.

I'm still not particularly sold that anyone knows anything, despite the reports.

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[The Oracle]

Sam Webb isn't going to help ratings by being a cold splash of water.

It wasn't just Sam Webb, nor just M "insiders".

[hack]

i think if you listen to him with Brian and others on that roundtable you may not see him as a wild optimist. Brian rants and Webb tends to be more of an "is what it is" type.

[AlabamAlum]

The insider I talked to still says M.

[Wellington_beefhouser]

[The Oracle]

M insider on Rivals says the same.

[AlabamAlum]

He's a 100% M lock according to my unnamed source.

[AlabamAlum]

All this Tua and flight stuff is just him having fun.


Congrats M, you got a good one.

[The Oracle]

Youre probably trolling, but.....

[AlabamAlum]

I'm not. I never troll.

[Kstat]

I love that the two most accurate recruiting analysts here are an OSU fan and an Alabama fan.

[hack]

You love that.

[Kstat]

I'm not obsessed with recruiting like everyone else seems to be, so I don't care who's doing the informing. Talent is almost never wrong and Alabama is right behind him. Everyone else is all over the place.

[WM Wolverine]

Georgia is recruiting closer to the level they always should've been, way too much in-state talent for them not to be top 10 every year...

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Everyone is calling Chuck Filiaga (4*, Texas) to M, a favorite of mine... Probably an offensive guard but quite college ready much like say Bredeson was a year ago... Kai-Leon Herbert OT (4*, Florida) is expected to flip to Florida or possibly Miami, this is nothing new and no surprise to M's coaches. M still wants him...

M has moved into Mekhi Becton's OL (3*, Virginia) top group once they decided he was a take. I believe he visited in November for the Maryland game so no officials left; competition is VT, Virginia, Sparty... I like Honigford & Stueber more than most so the OL class should still be strong even if it doesn't compare to Bama, the Buckeyes and Georgia.

Najee Harris RB (5*, California) doesn't really talk to much of anyone, really no idea where he's going but if we take him for his word, he was undecided about a week ago which is good news from M's perspective.

Nico Collins WR (4*, Alabama) is flirting pretty heavily with Georgia. Really like his talent level and never felt he was in the bag so I'm not shocked if he's landing elsewhere but still a significant loss... Pretty sure Oliver Martin WR (4*, Iowa) has moved on but M is attempting to get him to take an official in a couple weeks and take him away from ND/Sparty/Iowa.

Elijah Hicks CB (3*, California) looks to be trending back towards Notre Dame, where he's committed... M will only take a 5th DB if it's one they think is talented enough. Only name I've heard come up recently is Brandon Sebastian CB (3*, Connecticut) whose committed to Boston College. He's HS teammates with Tarik Black from Cheshire Academy.

No optimism from anyone on Willie Gay, Jay Tufele, Aubrey Solomon; tough to pull blue chip DT's that aren't in the B1G region. There has been no optimism for some time on Tederrell Slaton (he wasn't a take till he was eligible), looks like Florida will find a way to get him qualified academically or they'll take him regardless.

[Wellington_beefhouser]

Any shot at Austin Jackson?