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2012 TSUN football news

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Michigan's Big Weekend Sends Message

The implication here is fairly obvious- Michigan is back and competing with Ohio State for top players on the national stage- something that they were clearly (and hilariously) not doing under Rodriguez.


This is all noteworthy, but the really interesting stuff stems from the final two weekend commitments.


Those would be the Ohio players- DE/TE Jake Butt from Pickerington North and DE/TE Taco Charlton from Pickerington Central.


As an Ohio State fan, you hate to see Ohio high school players head north regardless of the circumstances- in this case, neither player had an Ohio State offer and wasn't likely to get one.


Offered or not, the defectors could turn into very good players for the maize and blue and come back to haunt the Buckeyes on the field.


It has happened numerous times before and it will certainly happen again.


Will that be the case with these two players?


Who knows, but it opens up a can of worms that fuels the greatest rivalry in sports.


The can of worms is this: taking talent from Ohio is the foundation of success for Michigan's football program.


From Bo Schembechler to Desmond Howard to Charles Woodson and hundreds more, the Wolverines would be nothing without constantly raiding the state of Ohio.


That is a fact.


Brady Hoke, who was born in Ohio, knows this fact all too well and is taking advantage accordingly.


Poaching Ohio talent is clearly one of the cornerstones of his recruiting strategy.


After a Rodriguez themed vacation, Michigan is back in Ohio forcing the Buckeye coaching staff to put a lot of thought into who they do- but more importantly who they don't extend early in-state scholarships to.
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Read More: http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2012/02/michigans-big-weekend-sends-message/
 
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jwinslow;2113800; said:
Sam Webb @SamWebb77
Columbus Marion-Franklin HS WR Jaron Dukes has pledged to#Michigan


6'4 200 lb WR, held offers from UM, ILL & Tol.


2013 Jaron Dukes - Marion Franklin - Jr yr - WR 8 - PROMO - YouTube
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Hopefully Hoke's plan to raid Ohio for under-the-radar/project kids backfires on him badly when he runs out of room in the class year after year after filling up on "disrespected" Ohio kids early.

Perhaps his strategy of blanketing the state is working a bit too well for his own good.

It will be poetic justice if that is, in fact, the case.
 
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I've read a story like this before.

First they depose the drunken and irresponsible farmer who had imposed harsh conditions...
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Then they install a pig as their leader...
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The pig comes up with a slogan...
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The whole while transforming the place into the very thing they claimed to be rebelling against.
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It was a better story when Orwell did it.
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jlb1705;2113817; said:
I've read a story like this before.

First they depose the drunken and irresponsible farmer who had imposed harsh conditions...
rich-rodriguez-1.jpg

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Then they install a pig as their leader...
brady-hoke.jpg

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The pig comes up with a slogan...
3187_49.jpg

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The whole while transforming the place into the very thing they claimed to be rebelling against.
images

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It was a better story when Orwell did it.
AnimalFarm_1stEd.jpg

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Michigan is off to a solid start to the '13 recruiting. However, are they going to be happy with the elite talent of this class?

They are really laying the hammer down on getting commitments, up to 14+ I believe. A few of those guys are "national talents" (e.g. LTT, D. Thomas, Morris [kind of], Bolsch) but a lot of them aren't. Is it beneficial for Hoke and staff to be pressing for commitments so early and before summer camp talent evaluations and SR years when they may not be contributing-type talents?

Possibly more specific, they have pressed for commitments from recruits that they weren't competing with other programs for which would have afforded time to do more evaluations and really get commitments from the right prospects. So, is Michigan going to be happy with the results?
 
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Diego-Bucks;2120876; said:
Michigan is off to a solid start to the '13 recruiting. However, are they going to be happy with the elite talent of this class?

They are really laying the hammer down on getting commitments, up to 14+ I believe. A few of those guys are "national talents" (e.g. LTT, D. Thomas, Morris [kind of], Bolsch) but a lot of them aren't. Is it beneficial for Hoke and staff to be pressing for commitments so early and before summer camp talent evaluations and SR years when they may not be contributing-type talents?
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Like it or not, they've put together a pretty good haul so far. Of their 14 commits, 12 are 4-stars, with the remaining two (Dukes and Hill) being yet unranked. Fat Boy is doing quite well so far, but the recruiting season has only begun and UFM has a lot of targets on the board...
 
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