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rexvol

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Michigan was the first official visit destination for a pair of South Carolina prospects. Four-star defensive end Sam Montgomery of Greenwood visited Michigan the weekend of Jan. 9, but has since taken official visits to North Carolina and LSU and has trips planned to Tennessee and Oregon later this week.

St. Stephen Timerbland offensive guard Quinton Washington made his official visit to Michigan in September. He has since taken trips to Clemson, South Carolina and Tennessee and will visit Miami later this week. Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez was in-home with both Montgomery and Washington last week and the Wolverines have their work cut out fending off other pursuers to land these two South Carolinians.

While Michigan waits word from the uncommitted targets they are pursuing, they also need to do some last minute recruiting to keep a pair of defensive tackles on their commitment list. Four-star DeQuinta Jones of Bastrop, La., and four-star Pearlie Graves of Tulsa, Okla., have been taking official visits to other schools since making verbal commitments to Michigan and could switch their allegiances on Signing Day.
After officially visiting Michigan this past weekend, the 6-4, 305-pound Jones said he does expect to sign with Michigan on Signing Day. Arkansas and Auburn are the other schools in contention for Jones. Graves is less likely to stick with his Michigan commitment. He has recently expressed a desire to stay closer to home and could end up at Oklahoma.
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If Oklahoma wants Graves they will have him easily.
 
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This would work out great for us and the Big 10... A mediocre receiver in a mediocre conference.. theres a reason why Urban, Saban and other top SEC schools arent going after him right now
 
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Oklahoma! I was really hoping Graves was a silent commit to UT since Kiffin turned away another DT recently. Maybe he is, but this doesn't sound good.
 
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Patrick Patterson's mom said he will be on the Hill this weekend. Rueben Randle is not coming in he is headed to Auburn, Trooper is working his magic.

the visitors:

Sam Montgomery
Tana Patrick
Marlon Brown
Marcus Hall
Orsen Charles
Eddie Lacy

possible, but dont get your hopes up:

Randall Carroll
Demontre Hurst
Bryce Brown
 
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rexvol said:
Patrick Patterson's mom said he will be on the Hill this weekend. Rueben Randle is not coming in he is headed to Auburn, Trooper is working his magic.

the visitors:

Sam Montgomery
Tana Patrick
Marlon Brown
Marcus Hall
Orsen Charles
Eddie Lacy

possible, but dont get your hopes up:

Randall Carroll
Demontre Hurst
Bryce Brown
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We had a 0% chance with Randle as does the chest bump specialist.
 
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Tennessee Jack said:
ummm....you might want to read his profile----

offers from UGA/UF/Oklahoma

Je'Ron Stokes - Football Recruiting
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forget the listed offer list on rivals, half the time its not accurate anyway... if he was that talented you would hear schools like Bama, Florida, USCw instead of, Michigan and Illinois, going after him right now since he's wavering especially given the uncertainty of their own receivers at this point
 
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rumor going around that Phillips, Oku, and are visiting Auburn
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getyopopcornready said:
forget the listed offer list on rivals, half the time its not accurate anyway... if he was that talented you would hear schools like Bama, Florida, USCw instead of, Michigan and Illinois, going after him right now since he's wavering especially given the uncertainty of their own receivers at this point
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yeah, ok buddy. and the web address for your recruiting site is...?

he has been contacted by Urban Meyer and if you had a subscription to Rivals, you would've read that multiple times already.
 
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Tennessee Jack said:
yeah, ok buddy. and the web address for your recruiting site is...?

he has been contacted by Urban Meyer and if you had a subscription to Rivals, you would've read that multiple times already.
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does it say Urban Meyer has shown up at his house or invited him on an official visit? NO.. why? because he's a fall back plan at receiver for any school worth noting.. and thats why Stokes is looking at mediocre big 10 schools because he wants to feel loved and the top priority and he's not going to get that down south
 
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If Stokes signed with any of the teams worth talking about in the sec it would be wise of him to transfer out of conference before his redshirt sophomore season
 
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his final 4 is Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and Tennessee.

Georgia finished higher in the SEC last year than we did and they played in the BCS the year before that.

Illinois has signed great talent since Zook took over, he's just not an elite coach that's going to get them to compete for national championships.

Michigan is on the rise and they're going to be better than any of Rodriguez's teams at West Virginia.

Stokes is not a laughable pickup like you're making him out to be. You're coming off as a sour homer with the reading comprehension of a 7-yr old.
 
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Tennessee Jack said:
his final 4 is Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and Tennessee.

Georgia finished higher in the SEC last year than we did and they played in the BCS the year before that.

Illinois has signed great talent since Zook took over, he's just not an elite coach that's going to get them to compete for national championships.

Michigan is on the rise and they're going to be better than any of Rodriguez's teams at West Virginia.

Stokes is not a laughable pickup like you're making him out to be. You're coming off as a sour homer with the reading comprehension of a 7-yr old.
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Ok, you're completely missing my point and i will have to retaliate and say that you obviously have no reading comprehension... enough of that...

I didnt say he didnt get offered a scholarship from any school i simply stated that he is nothing more than a backup option for any top school in the SEC, including UGA and UT.. he is not a priority for any SEC school on his offer list and will not be a major contributor to any of those schools either...

Michigan and Illinois both suck and that showed with the results from both of their seasons.. sure he would be a major contributor at Michigan but who wouldnt?
 
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you keep changing what you're saying.

first no one wanted him and we were better off without him.

next, Rivals was innaccurate and I was foolish for noting his offers.

now, he has offers but it is in no way a reflection of his talent.

he's a lifetime backup for UT, yet our staff has gone into his home multiple times to speak with him and his family. now Frank Wilson, our WR's coach is making his second visit in two weeks to Philadelphia, but you're right he's a lifelong backup.

if we send our WR's coach up there for a guy we don't want/need, how many times should our staff visit a guy we actually want?
 
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getyopopcornready said:
does it say Urban Meyer has shown up at his house or invited him on an official visit? NO.. why? because he's a fall back plan at receiver for any school worth noting.. and thats why Stokes is looking at mediocre big 10 schools because he wants to feel loved and the top priority and he's not going to get that down south
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Sounds like you have a man crush on CUM. Stokes is as good as any other receiver we are looking at bringing in, IMO. Stokes wants to play with his brother, this is why you see Illinois and Michigan in the hunt. He is an exceptional talent and would be a big loss if we lose him and don't get Jeffery or Brown. Stokes is a play maker and can be very successful anywhere he decides to go. I would hate to see him end up anywhere other than Knoxville.
 
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getyopopcornready said:
Ok, you're completely missing my point and i will have to retaliate and say that you obviously have no reading comprehension... enough of that...

I didnt say he didnt get offered a scholarship from any school i simply stated that he is nothing more than a backup option for any top school in the SEC, including UGA and UT.. he is not a priority for any SEC school on his offer list and will not be a major contributor to any of those schools either...

Michigan and Illinois both suck and that showed with the results from both of their seasons.. sure he would be a major contributor at Michigan but who wouldnt?
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How the hell is the 14th ranked receiver a backup plan. I could possibly see your point if you were talking about Green. You obviously don't know much about football. :crazy:
 
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I think we've got Pearlie. He's pissed at OU because they just got another DT commit and they've backed off on him.

I still really want to keep Stokes htough.
 
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