This board is DEAD. I guess there are alot of EGRIZZERS at the recruiting banquet. I cannot wait of updates.
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Great time ~ good food, wonderful film clips, best recruiting class ever & Bobby only said we'll win the next FIVE conference Championships.
He also mentioned wishing the game in BozAlamoangeles would have lasted at least one more quarter so we could have just kept kicking the shit out of the poooooor kittens! (Just kidden)
"We are Montana, that other school down the road is State. They haven't earned the right to use the word Montana in their name." Just paraphrasing of course?
Great time ~ good food, wonderful film clips, best recruiting class ever & Bobby only said we'll win the next FIVE conference Championships.
He also mentioned wishing the game in BozAlamoangeles would have lasted at least one more quarter so we could have just kept kicking the shit out of the poooooor kittens! (Just kidden)
Sounds like a good time. I wish BH would have said the next 5 National Championships!
If you don't think very good, Don't think very much!!
The Griz now have one 3-star recruit listed on scout (the JC LB Bauer) and many others previously not listed have now been added to our commit list. But they are still missing Sam Gratton from our list. He is a 1-star recruit in their database.
How can anyone say this is not an excellent recruiting class? We have 10 2-star recruits and five that received a numbered ranking.
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interesting that those Colonial teams have gone up against multiple fbs offers for their recruits and got them... not like 10-20 kids... just 3-4, but still... some of them have 3-5 fbs offers and still chose fcs... jus interesting
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putter wrote:
Funny how Trumaine Johnson is rated a 1 star and Bobby said he was a great, last second, signee..
I'm not arguing whether the kid is 'great' or not... I do find it interesting that he's been recruited as a WR, yet he played QB his Sr. year... seems to say he's a better WR than QB and maybe most schools and recruiters/scouts saw him as a QB
"Don't come here and complain about what you get for free."
~ACG (eGrizzer)
"We can't come in and 'play a good game'. It's not acceptable. Only thing that's acceptable is, you gotta win."
~WSU coach, Ron McBride
I was looking over some recruiting stuff from this year and I noticed that ESPN is pretty high on a few of our recruits.
Like I mentioned before, Trumaine Johnson is ranked as the #3 WR recruit in FCS.
Lipski is the #1 OT recruit for FCS.
Brandon Beecher is the #2 CB recruit for FCS behind a Winston-Salem player.
Dan Moore is ranked as the #3 RB prospect behind a New Hampshire and Ga Southern player, rated HIGHER than Louis Bland.
It should be noted that Beecher and Johnson are barely on the scout/rivals radar. These might be a couple of our best signings and they aren't even factored into the "star-total" that so many use to compare classes.
I was looking over some recruiting stuff from this year and I noticed that ESPN is pretty high on a few of our recruits.
Like I mentioned before, Trumaine Johnson is ranked as the #3 WR recruit in FCS.
Lipski is the #1 OT recruit for FCS.
Brandon Beecher is the #2 CB recruit for FCS behind a Winston-Salem player.
Dan Moore is ranked as the #3 RB prospect behind a New Hampshire and Ga Southern player, rated HIGHER than Louis Bland.
It should be noted that Beecher and Johnson are barely on the scout/rivals radar. These might be a couple of our best signings and they aren't even factored into the "star-total" that so many use to compare classes.
UM signed some of the best prospects in the country, at the FCS level for sure.
I think you are kidding yourself if you think that these kids choose 1AA over 1A (or whatever they are trying to call it these days). Either they were an academic risk, never actually had an offer yet reported one to scout, or waited too long and fell through the cracks (which could happen to a few kids, but I doubt it is very few in the entire country).
I looked only a Georgia Southern and they have a kid with supposed offers from:
Florida
Va Tech
and about 5 other MAJOR programs.
No way these kids choose GS over these programs. You've got to be kidding yourself if you believe that...
I think you are kidding yourself if you think that these kids choose 1AA over 1A (or whatever they are trying to call it these days). Either they were an academic risk, never actually had an offer yet reported one to scout, or waited too long and fell through the cracks (which could happen to a few kids, but I doubt it is very few in the entire country).
I looked only a Georgia Southern and they have a kid with supposed offers from:
Florida
Va Tech
and about 5 other MAJOR programs.
No way these kids choose GS over these programs. You've got to be kidding yourself if you believe that...
I believe the particular player you are talking about was reported to have academic issues. And if you read the headlines on the left of the profile, he was evidently committed to UF at one point but then failed to qualify. I don't think a player can just say he has 7 offers and scout is going to print it without verification.
I can't speak for other schools, but there have been Griz players with no academic issues that have chose UM over legit offers from schools like CSU, Air Force, Wyoming, Idaho, etc . . . Mike Cummings, Shawn Lebsock, Bagley, Troxel, Fisher, etc . . .
I do believe that there are SOME kids who willingly choose I-AA over I-A ... because they know they will play rather than being bench warmers for four years ... because they like the atmosphere of a smaller school ... because for a thousand other reasons. NEVER, ever tell me no kid ever chose I-AA over I-A, because I know that NOT to be the case.
I do believe that there are SOME kids who willingly choose I-AA over I-A ... because they know they will play rather than being bench warmers for four years ... because they like the atmosphere of a smaller school ... because for a thousand other reasons. NEVER, ever tell me no kid ever chose I-AA over I-A, because I know that NOT to be the case.
Your correct in saying that. Kessman could have chosen ucla, fresno or nevada. He didn't want to sit another year and said he wouldn't even consider a 1a school.
I 100% disagree that a player would chose 1a over 1AA (FCS)all the time, and I have no idea of the percentage either way. One has to admit the better chance of playing sooner and playing for a true national championship on the field has to be appealing.
I know this does not make a difference, but will use it as an example. My nephew and his friends are all pretty good young athletes. His friends range from 7th to 9th grade. They are all die hard GRIZ fans, and getting to the age of knowing all the schools and the levels they play at.
Granted they are young, but of the 12 to 15 athletic friends he has. I can see 5 of them having a good shot at college football, if they stay healthy, committed, and good grades. They all talk about playing for the GRIZ one day. All their parents are GRIZ fans, and encouraging them to pursue this dream hard. I have talked to a few of the kids about college, and only one is saying he wants to get away from MT when he goes to college. Every other one wants to stay home to play in front of family and friends, if the opportunity is there.
I was watching the historic Oklahoma/ Boise State game with them. All us were pulling for BSU. When they pulled it out, I commented how they used to be at Montana's level, and how nice it would be to play at that level. A few of the boys, "yeah, but being a GRIZ is much better!" That my friends was music to my ears. I asked them if they would still think that way come their SR year in HS. They told me yes they would. Needless to say their parents were grinning ear to ear with pride. One mother told me "This is GRIZNATION!" She went on and on about what the GRIZ mean to this state, and todays kids.
I have only been in one state with that much pride about their program. That state is Nebraska. With some luck and continued success, Montana football will continue to grow stronger year after year.
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the poooooor kittens! (Just kidden)
The kid has skills...
