Football recruiting - Class of 2010

[Zip Goshboots]

I agree diddy. buckdow has joined the "I hate whitey" parade, and it's nothing but a ruse.

[Timone]

I hate white people? That`s silly. All of my friends are white.

[Tahoe]

I have a friend who is white.

[Jethro34]

Back on track - DJ Williamson (the WR rumored about) did, in fact, commit this weekend. An OLB from Youngstown Liberty (same school as Isaiah Bell and Fitzgerald Touissant) named Antonio Kinard has commited as well.

What's uncertain is whether or not Gardner is commited, and if not, when he will be. There doesn't seem to be any concern whether he will be or not, just a timeline. The biggest factor there, really, is that if commited many assumed he would do a lot of recruiting around the state on his own and hopefully it might impact Austin White, Austin Gray, William Gholston, etc.

[Zip Goshboots]

I don't know where you get the "Big Concern" about Gardner. He said he's just shutting it down until basketball season is over. I'll bet you, though, 100Millions of Dollars that Tressel offers him a scholarship just to muddle things up. I'm not buying this Montana kid thing from that snakey pervert Tressel.

I have no doubts about Gardner's committment, Jethro. Don't be a Scout douchebag worry wart.

[Jethro34]

Did you even read my post? You put "Big Concern" in quotes as though I said it, but I never did. In fact, I spoke to the fact that it was more when than if.

Read, moron.

[Zip Goshboots]

^^^Yes, you are correct. I really must practice my reading skillz a bit.
But there is no need to call names, douchebag.

[Wilfredo Ledezma]

I don't know if I care for all these WR's.

I'm sure there are better places to which we could be allocating these scholarships.

Especially since we only have 2 WR's on the roster that will be gone after this year (Mathews & Savoy).

I'm assuming the plan is for a guy like Jerald Robinson to play corner or something instead. And James Jackson to play the TE flanker like Koger is doing.

[Zip Goshboots]

I think you mean JEREMY Jackson. And Wilfredo, you know everyone on Scout thinks that with a lil BARWIS and chocolate milk, these wide receivers can be instantly transformed into monster DB's and linebackers!

I think these guys are being brought in to actually PLAY the receiver position: Big, physical (all are 6'2 or better), and can block for the bubble screens and other flailings of the Spread Offense.

This may sound weird, but I would like to see the staff recruit players to positions they have, uh, actually played, and believe they will. I think all the sily machinations are more examples of Message Board Guy thinking too much.

[umichjenks]

Anyone know much about him????

Michigan has landed yet another Ohioan, and yet another Youngstown Liberty standout. Antonio Kinard, a 6-4, 210 pound outside linebacker, committed to the Wolverines over the weekend, he informed TheWolverine.com tonight.

"I committed [Friday], actually," he reported. "I told Coach [Rich] Rodriguez on the football field in the Big House. That's where I told him.


Cyle Nunemaker
"He was excited. He had a big smile on his face. He just told me 'welcome to the family,' and that he was looking forward to me coming up there and playing for him."

Kinard is the high school teammate of two members of the 2009 recruiting class, with running back Fitzgerald Toussaint and safety Isaiah Bell also hailing from Youngstown Liberty. He finished with 86 tackles, including six sacks, during his junior season.

"I just finished telling Isaiah Bell about an hour ago and I told Fitzgerald the day I committed," he noted. "Fitz was like 'oh man, I can't believe that you're actually coming up there.' He was saying welcome to the family and stuff like that. When I told Isaiah, he was screaming in my ear … they're happy for me."

Kinard's made the trip as part of the Michigan junior day, which included the Night of Champions event on Friday evening. The unique setting made a big impression with the young linebacker, who becomes the Wolverines' fifth commitment in his recruiting class.

"I enjoyed the experience. That was my first time visiting a Big Ten college and I enjoyed it. It was exciting," he said. "I got to sit down in Coach Rodriguez's office and have a one-on-one talk with him. I got to see the weight room, their practice field and talked with (Shari Acho) about the academics."

While Kinard hasn't made many unofficial visits to schools, he is happy with the decision that he has reached and does not plan to look back.

"It was just the school and the football program, and of course my friends too, because they're going," he explained of why he made his choice. "I'm happy with my choice. There's no second thought about my decision."