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Originally Posted by goblue8888
It should be interesting though because some insiders are real confident that we lead and others think we sit behind USC. Part of that could be the fact that some michigan insiders pretty much concede recruits to usc because of our past history recruiting against them.
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That's exactly right, which is mildly annoying, as Michigan has won its fair share of battles against USC just as they've lost them. They've taken Rojo and Nick Perry, we've taken Warren, Schilling and Mouton. Nobody remembers those though, because USC is on a different planet than everybody else and is barely phased when they lose star recruits, even from their own backyard.
There are some Michigan fans who legitimately hate USC more than Ohio State, all because of Ronald Johnson. He was a UM "lock" for more than a year, UM was the only school to stick with him when he tore his knee up, and he was a "silent" commitment before his senior year of HS, and then he mysteriously goes silent when he returns from USC. The mods at both The Fort and GBW essentially said (without directly saying it), "they paid his mom."
Which reminds me...that is a factor in Henderson's recruitment, too. If the NCAA brings the reaper to USC before NSD 2010 (yeah, like that'll ever happen), there is almost no chance 'Trel goes there. The Henderson camp is very concerned about the allegations surrounding that program.
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Originally Posted by jwinslow
JD doesn't have an offer though, AFAIK.
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This is also correct, and I doubt that changes at any point. Unless Pride shows great skill playing a different position (skill he has not shown up to this point), there won't be any room for him at Michigan, because we've got our two QBs for this class. Even if guys like Drake and Dileo get a slight...nudge...that directs them to other schools, it would be for more prominent recruits. UM has to be very selective from here on out...the only possible way I could see Pride getting a scholarship would be if some of the big guys UM is after now go off the board elsewhere and there are extra slots open around signing day. Even then, UM would probably bank the scholarship for next year. And these "package deals" almost never pan out. Michigan fans heard Jonas Gray and Kenny Demens say for months that they were a package deal, right up until the point that Gray committed to Nebraska and Demens to Michigan a month later.