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Topic: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Topic: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

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allen
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It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 9:58:34 AM

The raid should be on.

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes

Bcat2
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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 10:07:51 AM

Minnesota will have first dibs.

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK

allen
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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 10:11:06 AM

Bcat2 wrote:

Minnesota will have first dibs.

true

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 10:12:51 AM

Will be interesting to see how many schollies open up in Minny based on the current issues.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 10:22:51 AM

Let's go after MLB Dwayne Chapman....6'1"-215 and MVP of a Michigan HS championship game....offered by us and on my original wish list.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 10:31:02 AM

Doc Bobcat wrote:

Let's go after MLB Dwayne Chapman....6'1"-215 and MVP of a Michigan HS championship game....offered by us and on my original wish list.

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 10:41:18 AM

If you follow Twitter, you will see this to be the case. Tim Albin JUST followed two WMU recruits. And other coaches have been doing the same the last couple of days.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 10:59:30 AM

My guess is the cream of the crop ends up in Minnesota or goes to weaker Big Ten schools, a few might end up at Toledo or Miami. I just don't think that many MAC schools have the kind of cache that can steal the type of recruits he's been getting.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 11:05:14 AM

Toledo and Miami have "cache" for football talent?

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 11:06:54 AM

SBH wrote:

Toledo and Miami have "cache" for football talent?

Toledo-debatable

Miami-maybe if you like to kick it with Biff and Buffy?

Ohio-The State University

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 11:19:13 AM

How many of these recruits was Ohio battling WMU for originally? Anyone know?

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 11:54:26 AM

It still amazes me how Miami gets away with it, but they do. They are able to convince respectable college talent that their "name" will help them in their professional pursuits. The smart MAC football recruits realize that for most of them the only NFL stadium they are going to see is one where they are a paying ticket holder. Miami seems to convince them that the sheepskin with Redskin--Redhawk name on it is worth so much more than any other MAC school.

I got into a polite argument with a fellow alum and a OSU grad over Christmas break at a party. Both were signing the praises of some kid at their workplace who was a recent Miami grad. They both said, "we knew he was going to be good because he went to Miami." I reminded them that it was a state school just like our alma mater. They wouldn't hear of it, I even tried to sell the fellow alumnus on our claims to higher education fame. Miami has a way to sell their name well. Watch now that they are on the rise, they pull out all the stops. Roethlisberger might be persuaded to come back to Oxford for some sort of made up award that will be a weekend for all respective recruits to show up and dream about their futures.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 11:57:16 AM

Ted Thompson wrote:

If you follow Twitter, you will see this to be the case. Tim Albin JUST followed two WMU recruits. And other coaches have been doing the same the last couple of days.

As did Frank and OhioU Offensive Line.

There has to be some analytics service out there monitoring recruits/coaches Twitter/Instagram follows/unfollows.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 11:58:12 AM

The Optimist wrote:

Ted Thompson wrote:

If you follow Twitter, you will see this to be the case. Tim Albin JUST followed two WMU recruits. And other coaches have been doing the same the last couple of days.

As did Frank and OhioU Offensive Line.

There has to be some analytics service out there monitoring recruits/coaches Twitter/Instagram follows/unfollows.

Last person Frank followed before these two?

Shane Morris.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 12:17:07 PM

The Optimist wrote:

Ted Thompson wrote:

If you follow Twitter, you will see this to be the case. Tim Albin JUST followed two WMU recruits. And other coaches have been doing the same the last couple of days.

As did Frank and OhioU Offensive Line.

There has to be some analytics service out there monitoring recruits/coaches Twitter/Instagram follows/unfollows.

Last person Frank followed before these two?

Shane Morris.

Things that make you go....hmmmmmmm?

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 1:16:21 PM

allen wrote:

The raid should be on.

And do what with the kids we already have committed? Jettison them?

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 1:18:10 PM

[QUOTE=BillyTheCat] [QUOTE=allen] The raid should be on

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 1:31:48 PM

BillyTheCat wrote:

allen wrote:

The raid should be on.

And do what with the kids we already have committed? Jettison them?

I assume you're getting at the whole integrity thing Billy. Stuff like this just demonstrates that there is very little of it in big time sports recruiting. Sad lessons that we are teaching our youth. So much for committing to OU or Miami or Western - it's a commitment to the coach and his program.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 2:03:36 PM

Alan Swank wrote:

BillyTheCat wrote:

allen wrote:

The raid should be on.

And do what with the kids we already have committed? Jettison them?

I don't think anyone is getting jettisoned. Ohio has plenty of open scholarships.

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 2:34:21 PM

Ted Thompson wrote:

If you follow Twitter, you will see this to be the case. Tim Albin JUST followed two WMU recruits. And other coaches have been doing the same the last couple of days.

I would tweet at them a photo of rowboat in the Hocking outside of Peden.

Last Edited: 1/6/2017 2:34:56 PM by OhioStunter

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 2:40:47 PM

OhioStunter wrote:

Ted Thompson wrote:

If you follow Twitter, you will see this to be the case. Tim Albin JUST followed two WMU recruits. And other coaches have been doing the same the last couple of days.

I would tweet at them a photo of rowboat in the Hocking outside of Peden.

That river wouldn't have floated a boat most of this past year. And one point this fall it wasn't knee deep in many places.

allen
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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 3:32:31 PM

Alan Swank wrote:

OhioStunter wrote:

Ted Thompson wrote:

If you follow Twitter, you will see this to be the case. Tim Albin JUST followed two WMU recruits. And other coaches have been doing the same the last couple of days.

I would tweet at them a photo of rowboat in the Hocking outside of Peden.

That river wouldn't have floated a boat most of this past year. And one point this fall it wasn't knee deep in many places.

We need to be walking them home from school, lol

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 9:31:03 PM

Ted Thompson wrote:

I don't think anyone is getting jettisoned. Ohio has plenty of open scholarships.

Ohio has 12 known recruits so far, plus one mystery recruit. The class will end up about 21, by my estimate, so there are still about 8 openings, give or take. If one or two WMU recruits move to Ohio, that would be the max you might expect.

�We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.� ― Epictetus

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/6/2017 11:29:34 PM

Hustle Belt 'Crootin ‏@MAC_Crootin 9m9 minutes ago

Hustle Belt 'Crootin Retweeted Noah Hickcox

Hickcox is the 5th recruit to flip from WMU to Minnesota this evening.

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK

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RE: It is time to start plucking away some of those WMU verbals

Posted: 1/7/2017 12:21:27 AM

Fleck is turning Minnesota into a MAC team pretty quickly. But perhaps that's an upgrade for them.

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