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'08 MI WR Fred Smith (MSU signee, transfer)

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Wow...I wonder if the staff is planning on taking 18 or so with all of these offers going out. I realize Smith is a good player but with Posey and Stoney in the bag and Scott inevitably in, I'm wondering how many 'ships we have to hand out come NLOID. Plus I think we are thinking that Stoney goes to TE and that we don't like our odds with Tate or Floyd.
 
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ol104;825669; said:
I should have clarified my point. It was not about the NFL, but rather about him receiving an OSU offer that may change things.

Comparing UM's NFL receivers to OSU's is not even a comparison....
Galloway, Glenn, Boston, Jenkins, Ginn, Gonzalez, Holmes vs
Terrell and Edwards
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I don't want to get into a debate about this, because I love the Bucks as much as the next guy, but Wad is right, Toomer would have to be in there, and Jason Avant is there. David Terrell also was the 8th pick in the draft...(but seems to be in the David Boston/Missing Persons category at this point) So TSUN puts some fellas out there too. We love to hate them, but they do alright as well...

...but I digress, back to Mr Smith, whom I hope sees things entirely like you do and thinks he needs to come to a real school. :)
 
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super_mario;754571; said:
This kid is a heck of an athlete. He could play quite a few different positions depending upon how he grows.

Michigan produces talent, they just don't produce it on a consistent basis and most of the talent is very raw. Overall there is just not great high school coaching or competition in the state. The Detroit PSL produces alot of great raw athletes. The problems with alot of the PSL kids though tend to be academics, off-field issues (gangs, crime, drugs, etc), and most of them think they are basketball players first and football is secondary. The inner-city schools are also terribly under-funded and as a result their facilities are a complete joke.

Lloyd has a recent trend of striking out on talent? Really? Seems to me like when there is a player in-state he wants, he usually gets. 2007 was the exception, not the rule, and look for 2008 to be normal again. Lloyd already locked up the #1 player in-state in Boubacar Cissoko, and he stands a pretty good chance of getting a verbal from the #2 and #3 players in-state in Jonas Gray and Dan O'Neill by the end of this weekend.
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" Overall there is just not great high school coaching or competition in the state". Now as a product of the OHSAA and Murray State University which is a haven for successful coaches(Frank Beamer,Ralph Freidgen,Houston Nutt,Mike Gottfried) I take offense to the statement about the coaches. I coach Denby Technical High School which is in the PSL. I pride myself on HARD WORK,DISCIPLINE,and GREAT TECHNIQUE. When you make a statement like that,you question my knowledge of the game. Now I know you probably didn't mean everyone but I suggest when making a statement like that in the future,make it based off facts,not speculation.

P.S If I were to bring my boys over to meet you,you would never know that they were from one of the worst neighborhoods in Detroit.
 
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We (Denby Tech) scrimmaged Southeastern last year in a four-way scrimmage, and this guy is an absolute animal,he's a good looking,explosive athlete,sleek build in the mold of a Braylon Edwards(pre-Browns). He was catching bombs on everybody and we had one of the,if not the best defense in the state.I would love for him to be a Buckeye
 
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BG $

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By BK...this article about who could receive the next offer indicates that Fred has not been officially offered by OSU.

A lot of varying info on this one so far...his Rivals profile no longer lists an offer.
 
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OWUBuckeye51;857010; said:
Shades of Aaron Johnson?
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Hardly...just a difference of opinion as to the validity (or the definition of verbal/official) of the OSU offer. No one is dispuating his offers from the other schools in his top 3 (UM and MSU).
 
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If OSU hasn't offered him soon, they will IMO.

Tress and staff took Taurian from Michigan last year, and Fred has got a much higher ceiling IMO. Smith has got big-time potential. He's still very raw, but he's got all of the tools and he's only going to get better.
 
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I realize Smith is a good player but with Posey and Stoney in the bag and Scott inevitably in, I'm wondering how many 'ships we have to hand out come NLOID. Plus I think we are thinking that Stoney goes to TE and that we don't like our odds with Tate or Floyd.

Hope you're right and stay away from Smith. He has a ton of potential and would be a great compliment to any offense. Supposed to be a Michigan lean, but could go to Osu or MSU. His close friend and teammate just committed there. Floyd may be ND after meeting with Weis. Hope that UM gets there two 3 prospects at WR and Osu gets theirs (Posey, Stoneburner, and Scott).

We went and got Mario and we gave you Taurian.:biggrin:
 
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