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Has he shown very much interest in PSU? You think you guys could beat out Ohio for Smith if Michigan gets Isaac and is full? I've considered that as a bonus in landing Smith, we keep him from Ohio.

what are your chances with foster, could you guys sway him away from osu?

It's possible, though general consensus is that we're currently a bit behind OSU and/or Pitt. He is visiting for our spring game, so there's hope on that front. Foster is a tough cat to read - he's extremely quiet.

According to Sam Webb, he's "comfortably" saying, they will take Deveon Smith if he want's in this weekend.

Albeit I'd be more than happy with Isaacs commitment as well

Warren Ball and Brionte Dunn had no problems going together in the same recruiting class at the same position. No reason these two can't do the same...

Very true, but putting all our eggs in no basket isn't a good idea. Especially at a position we need to get a dynamic player at.

Yeah, he needs to stop dragging his feet.

You are 100% right. Yet the situation we have is another RB ,on par with Isaac for the most part, ready to commit. Do you say 'NO' to this RB or slow play him in the hopes that Isaac decides to come to Michigan? I for one am very nervous when a recruit wants to go see USC. Between Kiffin-Sr, Ed Ogeron , nice weather and a USC campus with all the amenities...Tough for any kid to say no to that. Those are some of the BEST recruiters in the country. If anything they will probably get Isaac to come back for an official during a game atmosphere setting. Then where are we? We sit around and wait for Isaac. We've probably already lost Smith by that point. Then what? Hoke and Co. are the ones pushing to get this class filled in MARCH. So no I don't blame Isaac. He is caught in Hoke-a-mania and his decision to stall his recruitment could cost us 2 very good RB's

I wasn't implying that they wait on Isaac - and I'd be shocked if they weren't up front with him about their offers and timelines. My only point was that fans shouldn't be upset about a recruit wanting to make certain that he's making the right choice for both him and his family. I know if that was MY son I'd want him to be certain as once he gives his pledge, I'd want him to honor it.

Of course you don't ask Smith to wait, given that they'd be happy to take either one.

On the other hand, I sincerely doubt they're trying to "get the class filled in March." It just so happens that they had some kids who knew where they wanted to go/they got a head start on identifying and recruiting them (for example, LTT had visited 7 times already). If they were pushing to fill the class by March, they wouldn't have told Levenberry that he has a scholarship available, whenever. Yet having knocked out some of their major needs, they can now leisurely target those high on their boards and recruit with a scoped rifle as opposed to a shotgun.

I know nothing about Isaac other than what I read on 247. However, I am not a big fan of the kid dictating that he is only coming if he is the single recruit in the class at his position. Look at the mess Georgia is in at RB. IF Isaac said this it makes me think he is afraid of competition.

I love Smith. I have seen him play, and think he could be a great back. I just don't think the Coaches can just blindly wait. They learned their lesson last year, when they waited on a couple big time OL, got burned at the last minute, and fell short of the 5 OL they wanted.

I think they do want one main back...but that doesn't mean they shouldn't recruit more than one. Many recruits don't work out. You take a stable of backs, and hope one of them works out. I am not sure Isaac ever made an ultimatum of one back only...but if he did, that does scare me a little. Like SDWolverine said above, that makes you think he is scared of competition, which is never a good thing.

I don't think we need to slow play anyone we shouldn't have to wait for a kid that is unsure if he is true blue when we have a kid that knows for sure that he want's to come to Michigan. Why should we gamble when we have a chance at losing both some where down the line. I say we take Smith if he wants to be a Wolverine and some where down the line Ty wants to commit then we take him as well. He shouldn't be afraid of the compition at his position if he is confident in himself. I feel that a kid that is telling a school he wants to be the only back and we tell him he is good to go then he decides to visit another school that there is not fair to us. So i think we need to explore our options.