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Chicago Tribune's Teddy Greenstein drops a flying elbow on Harbaugh

 

Ethics no obstacle to Michigan's Jim Harbaugh dumping verbal commits

 

We hear about the Jim Harbaugh slumber party at a recruit's house and make lame jokes about khaki pajamas. Harbaugh stalks a California kid, sits in on his World Religions Class and the photo gets thousands of looks on social media.

 

It's all a diversion.

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The real Harbaugh is the one who just told a left tackle from Downers Grove South who had been committed to Michigan orally for two-plus years to take a hike. Actually, Harbaugh didn't tell Erik Swenson. Apparently he was too busy posing for selfies. So he had his offensive line coach, Tim Drevno, do it.​

 

 

Don't feel bad, kid. It's how Harbaugh does business. It's called "over-recruiting." Or "Colter-ing."

 

When Harbaugh was at Stanford, he secured an oral commitment from Kain Colter. Even had Colter spend time with fellow quarterback Andrew Luck during a campus visit.

 

After Colter injured his throwing shoulder, Stanford coaches asked for MRIs and pretended they needed clearance from the admissions office, despite Colter's 4.2 grade-point average. Then they stopped calling altogether.

 

No wonder Colter thinks college football players should be considered employees. He got fired from Stanford before he even set foot on Northwestern's campus.

 

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said this in 2011: "We're going to honor our commitments. The coaches who punt on guys when they get hurt, it's pathetic. It's these kids' futures."

 

 

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A different point of view http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/report--ex-michigan-recruit-s-scholarship-rescission-wasn-t-sudden-172912639.html

 

I say that because two weeks ago, when we began dropping major hints in our Inside The Fort columns, we were told that Swenson was no longer a Michigan commitment. We have also been told by multiple sources (though admittedly one of those sources on the Michigan side) that the Swensons were told back in November that he should be looking around because he may not have a committable offer.

 

We were also told by a source out of Downers Grove that the Michigan coaches asked Swenson to camp at U-M over the summer so the staff could properly evaluate him (he refused) and we were told that it was understood that Swenson’s senior year would serve as an evaluation period because this coaching staff had never seen him in-person and wanted to know if he was a good fit for the program.

Response from Greenstein:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-harbaugh-michigan-recruiting-20160122-column.html

 

7. What’s interesting about The Wolverine piece is that it ignores stories that ran on its own website. From September to December, it ran two stories on Swenson.

Oct. 16: “Swenson is a Staple” … 743 words without a hint of any negative vibes from the coaching staff. Swenson said he enjoyed the role of recruiter: “I was giving all the guys a tour in the museum after the game. Everyone was really interested in the history of the program and I can tell them a lot about that. The coaches use every advantage that they can get and I've been able to be a part of that. They seem to be pretty thankful for me and I'm really thankful for them. We make a good team when it comes to this kind of stuff."

Nov. 13: “Swenson with the Scoop” … 401 words, again without a hint of any negative vibes from the coaching staff. A line from the story: “He is now working as a recruiter for Michigan and will have a huge task when he returns to Ann Arbor for the Ohio Stategame.”

Does this sound like a player who was informed by coaches over the summer that his offer was conditional, that he was subject to an “evaluation period?”

Awesome news! Welcome!!

But for spring, when the team needs to find out what are the best options for DE, it would seem to make sense to open up as many reps for young guys there as possible. This looks to help accomplish that goal.

Is there any chance that Nebraska tries to get back in with some of the local guys?

Damon Benning keeps hoping for an offer for Elijah Wilson from Central:

https://rivals.yahoo.com/nebraska/football/recruiting/player-Elijah-Wilson-170648

And I think Sam McKewon was impressed with David Englehaupt:

https://rivals.yahoo.com/nebraska/football/recruiting/player-David-Engelhaupt-167009

Both seem like developmental type prospects, could put on some weight and be strongside end/3-tech options.

Guessing not, as he said one of the highlights of being at YSU is that he could recruit all the players he needs from his car (paraphrasing).

And it didn't seem like he liked recruiting Nebraska from Nebraska very much, either.

Damon Benning (on Fullback Plays):

 

Pretty appreciative to be able to run both dive AND trap. I know a lot of times they look the same to fans, but you look at either the ability to "pen and pull" or to "base" --- that's pretty tough on a front seven.

 

Absolutely. Especially in this day and age, where people are wanting to get upfield so much, and create havoc, you trap a defensive tackle a couple of times and gash him. And Janovich has shown that he can break a tackle, or make a guy miss, and turn those into chunk plays.

 

I'll really go bonkers pretty soon if we --- D.B., what would you do if we ran "midline teeth" off of that?

 

 

I think he would score......the 3-technique can't win.... I think if they could incorporate those little wrinkles...

Midline Keep. As in QB keep.

From Twitter:

IF NU was so inclined, they could compliment this with the midline QB keep. Frost, Crouch and Lord made lots of hay on that play. #justsayin

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Being greedy, but will there be a 2015 version? Really enjoyed having this last year!

I wonder what fraud claims they were investigating when they found weed.

https://scsapps.unl.edu/policereports/IncidentDetails.aspx?id=15001089

 

 

A UNL student reported having his wallet lost/stolen at the Campus Rec center on 3-5-15. Upon viewing his on-line back account, the student realized a fraudulent purchase had been made on his account. Total loss $341.44. Investigation continues.

Didn't Tennessee just sign 3 QBs in the last cycle? Craziness.

 

I hope that we don't use that punt formation again. Let's stick 3 300lb guys on the punt coverage team! And as a trick play, lets have 1 of them run the ball!

 

I was very disappointed that we ran the same punt formation with the 3 linemen in the spring game as we did last season.

 

Maybe someone smarter than me can explain its advantages over other formations. I assume is has something to do with letting your other players get down field quicker and cover more area.

 

Evidently, the shield punt formation allows for better kick coverage (two fewer blockers) and better angles for pursuit. So says the web...

http://xandolabs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=902:12efficiency-of-the-shield-punt&catid=96&Itemid=165

http://mgoblog.com/content/hokepoints-what%E2%80%99s-spread-punt

I think that was K. Williams, not Kalu... IIRC.

I think we'll end up signing the full 20 as Lewis ends up at Rutgers after his visit so...

LB Hall

LB Barry

DE Daniels/Davis/Roberts

WR Alston/Lewis/Shorts

OT Paulo

So unfair... Georgia has 26 commits currently... 7 early enrollees, but still. Sheesh.

Florida seems more reasonable, but pretty late in the game.

Joe Burrow -- as a reply to Warrior10

I think the string was that Ole Miss hadn't offered yet. Them being at #4 without an offer is pretty strong, regardless. JMO.

Thank you very much huskeraddict!

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Ranks number 4 in Grantland's QB less NFL MVP listing.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/77502/the-quarterback-less-nfl-mvp-rankings

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