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Malik has said LSU and Bama. Me personally probably i would want an offer from Stanford/FSU/Oregon.

I think you would consider all of those, plus Stanford, but it seems you would really need to have a good reason to pass up UM and go somewhere else. Maybe you just click with another coaching staff. Or maybe you get into Stanford and decide a diploma from Stanford is worth it to go so far away. But other than that, what is the rationale of picking any other school than UM? We are no longer running a 3-3-5 base defense or a spread offense, which scared off many kids. And we now have one of the best staffs in the country on both sides of the ball. The only school I could really see being a threat is Alabama. Two MNCs and a Heisman in the last three years is hard to argue against. But Bama doesn't come close to UM on the academic side and Kirby Smart has one foot out the door, so you might not even know who your DC or position coach will be by the time you walk on campus. In comparison, neither Hoke or Mattison are going anywhere. IMO, Michigan is in the best situation recruiting-wise we have been in a decade.

Texas, Oklahoma & FSU may be in the tier 2 conversation

KC Crosby with an offer. Doubt we even sniff interest he already has offers from every major school

http://247sports.com/Player/KC-Crosby--10252

Check out this video of '14 LB Clifton Garrett from Illinois. Michigan has showed initial interest. With 6 (7 with Levenberry) LB commits the past 2 recruiting cycles, the limited LB spots we have available for '14 will be for elite LB prospects. I think this kid will help us forget about Dorian O'Daniel. The first couple highlights remind me of Adam Sandler in Waterboy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsCqVgXVmaA

Wow. Great find.

He seems to have Su'a Cravens-like anticipation ability.

But frankly, I just don't understand what the coaches will do with so many LBs. Mattison has supposedly come out and said that we're not going to run the 3-4 (at least not as the primary base defense).

ETA: I just learned that he works out at Core 6. I know people talk about pipelines to high schools...but what do posters here think about Michigan developing a strong connection with a developmental football program?

^ I really like Levenberry and I don't care that 247Sports dropped him precipitously. I liked his tape. (Admittedly, I do have a few concerns but none of which are major.)

But at the same time, I recognize that recruiting is (in raw terms) a numbers game that forces coaches to balance things in both the short-term and long-term.

Given the connections our coaches have made in the 2014 class, I just don't see Levenberry as a priority in the 2013 class. Still, it's clear to me that our coaches are quite fond of Levenberry and perceive in him something intangibly special. And in this case, I'm inclined to trust the coaches.

Whoa! The dude is a missile.

The mods on this site work quickly. Props.

Thank you for getting rid of Manassas_Bell and his useless posts.

Longer highlight tapes: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/633053/clifton-garrett

Malik McDowell now has an Oregon offer (from Trieu's twitter). That gives him two from the Pac12, IIRC. Certainly looks like he is going to blow up; hopefully the coaches can get him to make an early decision in our favor.

Since the coaches are also interested in Nyles Morgan and Clifton Garrett, I just don't see the coaches taking all the LBs from Cass Tech.

Good problem to have I suppose.

(And it would be nice the Michigan coaches could turn Illinois into a recruiting base...especially since the Core 6 program has taken off.)