Duffy Daugherty Forum

Can someone with actual knowledge give me some insight on what a typical recruiting weekend looks like at MSU (in detail)? What about compared to other schools(if you have actual knowledge)? How about a weekend like this when there is no basketball (ahem, Izzo - get with the program - no open dates in January, get a patsy in there). don't let the last point digress from my real questions.

The standard fare: chips, dips, chains, whips and if things REALLY heat up: midgets.

Good to see for Northwestern. They need to do well recruiting the "smart" kids in Chicago area and especially the catholic league kids. Keep them away from ND and even scuM for that matter.

Public school Proviso West has pretty good athletes year in and year out. I forgot if this is where Shannon Brown went?

Brown went to Proviso East.

Proviso West produced Spartan legends Flozell Adams and Hubert "Boo Boo" Thompson.

Fitz is building a good program. Landing that linebacker from Ohio was huge, and now this. They will be a team that can consistently win 9 games a year soon.

Fitzs also had the 4 star dt/de Faith Ekakatie sp? ready to commit but didn't get admitted academically to the school. Ended up at Iowa instead They would've had a pretty stellar dline class in the rankings.

I usually root for the other schools to sign talented players helping make the big ten stronger and also my theory is that we don't need scuM to have a cakewalk. The more landmines along the way the better. They are always going to get talent and better if other schools have players to help beat them.

Of course that also means we need to get better and play better every game.

I have a soft spot for Northwestern so it's cool that Pat Fitzgerald is starting to recruit well but hopefully not at MSU's expense.

At a 4.74 40 time he's not quick enough to be considered a "dual threat" but he's fast enough to get out of the pocket and the footage of him throwing on the run is amazing. Seems impossible to look good throwing across the body at 18 but he does it on the film. His senior highlight reel goes on forever. Kid is absolutely awesome. And we really hooked him up with receivers.
Consider he finished 13th at the Elite 11 competition. If you saw some of the footage that week there were some higher rated guys who they tought didn't look that good all week but still managed to suck up a spot in the final 11. Maybe it was based on their evaluation prior to the event.
Don't forget about Connor Cook who's in the class ahead of him either. He was invited to Elite 11 as well. That dude was really athletic. I don't know shit, just a fan but I feel like we're set for a while at QB.

Yeah I agree. he looks fast out of the pocket and throws darts on the run.

The Urban legend learned his recruiting tactics in the $EC.
He would find room for Cox or Dodson if it came down to the nitty gritty.

Victory4MSU25, I think you are right on target. Just reading Jackson's article points to that.

As for O$U, the Plaindealer article on Friday said they were out of scholarships taking into account all of the "attrition" they've experienced and the incoming commitments. Now, one of their commits is supposedly not going to qualify academically for the bucknuts. This opens a spot, so insert Reeves. Urban has to run off players now in order to get down to 82. Plus the B1G office is already looking closely at what is happening at O$U.