URBAN OWNS OHIO? PROVE IT?

I know I have blogged on this topic recently but there are many uninformed ohio fans still spewing off about how coach meyer owns ohio in recruiting. Folks, this is false and couldn't be further from the truth. Please ohio fans, do some updated research before spilling this garbage to people who actually follow recruiting.

In 2012, 24 kids committed to Michigan and ohio. Meyer received 3 commitments and they were all flipped from other schools. He didn't recruit any of them, he sold his past success to them and they bought it. All the other ohio commits were Fickells and it shows. Hoke received 9 of them, the edge goes to Hoke and Michigan.

In the current 2013 recruiting class, 14 kids have committed to Michigan and ohio, Michigan has 8 of them. All of them are no less than four star recruits including the no.4 safety in the country Dymonthe Thomas who is actually a five star recruit. Six of the top 8 players in ohio are committed to Michigan including the NO.1 RB, NO.1 and 2 LB's, NO.1 TE, NO.2 CB and NO.1 edge rusher in Taco Charlton. Owning ohio would be more like 12-2 or 10-4 ohio, not 8-6 Michigan.

There is a rumor also that the NO.1 LB in ohio, Michael Ferns canceled his MSU visit after visiting Michigan over the weekend. Sounds like Michigan owns ohio to me. Michigan has a huge jump on 2014 and ohio is one of their top targets. All the top players in ohio for 2014 will be visiting Michigan. Hoke is not only selling Michigan but selling Michigan football to ohio players and making a huge impact on the HS football scene. Just to update all the uninformed ohio fans, Michigan is NO.1 in recruiting for 2013 by a landslide. Ohio is running out of options and they only have 11 commits and are almost 2,000 recruiting points behind Michigan. There seems to be no action going on by urban and his "dream team" staff in recruiting. Michigan owns ohio and actually the country as of now. Look for Michigan to close out their 2013 class with a few more blue chips before it's all over.

Bowman's Football Planet: DEPTH ISSUES, TAKEN CARE OF?

Bowman's Football Planet: DEPTH ISSUES, TAKEN CARE OF?: Listen folks, if a coach is only as good as his staff, then Michigan coach Brady Hoke is shining. When it comes to recruiting, Michigan's c...

DEPTH ISSUES, TAKEN CARE OF?

Listen folks, if a coach is only as good as his staff, then Michigan coach Brady Hoke is shining. When it comes to recruiting, Michigan's coaching staff is second to none, literally. Depth issues have been a concern for the team the last couple years and even the OL and DL are still not there yet. I believe that the OL, DL and LB's have received the most ridicule from fans as far as depth issues. I am convinced with what I have witnessed, as far as recruiting, that when the 2013 season kicks off, depth will only be a memory. Let me give a rundown to let you know where I am coming from.


Offensive Line starters for 2012
LT- Lewan
LG- Mealer
C - Barnum
RG- Omameh
RT- Schofield

Decent starting five but where is the depth?

Jack Miller
Glasgow

enter 2012 class
Kalis
Magnuson
Braden
Bars
O'neill

enter 2013 class
Kugler
Bosch
Dawson
Fox
Logan Tulley Tillman

When 2013 kicks off, Michigan is 2 deep at every OL position.

Lewan and Schofield return and Jack Miller should be at C with some experience. I believe Magnuson is the future LT and Kalis at RG. I also look for Bars, Braden and O'neill to become productive backups.

2013
Dawson is the only guy who looks to become a true tackle (right tackle). LTT is penciled as a tackle but seems too sloppy for the edge in my opinion.
Fox, Kugler and Bosch are All-Americans who are capable of backup roles immediately. So when 2013 kicks off, the questionable OL looks like this.

Lewan College All-American (if returns)
Miller
Schofield
Kalis HS All-American
Magnuson HS All-American
Braden
Bars
O'neill
Bosch HS All-American
Kugler HS All-American
Fox HS All-American
Dawson HS All - American
LTT

No issues there folks.


DL

2012 starters

Beyer
Campbell
Black
Roh

Depth?
Clark
Brink
Ash
Washington
Pipkins

decent starters and decent depth but not stable. Clark is a stud, nobody else is convincing.

2012 class
Tom Strobel
Wormley
Godin
Pipkins
Henry
Ojemudia

2013 class
Taco Charlton
Maurice Hurst
Henri Poggi

When 2013 kicks off, here it is

Beyer
Clark
Black
Brink
Pipkins
Godin
Strobel
Wormley
Ojemudia
Henry
Poggi
Hurst
Charlton

Depth issues? No more


LB's

This has become the deepest position immediately

2012 LB's

Ryan
Demens
Morgan
Hawthorne
Cam Gordon
Jones
Bolden HS All-American
Ross All-American
RJS All-American
Ringer

Throw in 2013 commits Gedeon and McCray and your 10-11 deep in 2013.

Michigan is loaded

Bowman's Football Planet: MICHIGAN GETS #19 WITH DT!

Bowman's Football Planet: MICHIGAN GETS #19 WITH DT!: http://youtu.be/NNm6tAZOK4M Yea, that's Hurst penetrating the OL, running down bubble screens, playing RB and blocking guys completely out...

MICHIGAN GETS #19 WITH DT!

http://youtu.be/NNm6tAZOK4M

Yea, that's Hurst penetrating the OL, running down bubble screens, playing RB and blocking guys completely out of the video. At 6'3" 285 LBS, Hurst is an athlete being compared to Marvin Austin. He has the ability to play the 3 tech or gain weight and defend at NT if necessary. His athletic ability leads me to believe a 3 tech would be more of a fit. Rumor has it that Michigan may be receiving another commitment in the next couple days or so also.

Michigan sets alone at the NO.1 spot in 2013 recruiting with nobody close to be honest. Michigan is absolutely loaded already for next years class with four of the top 6 players in Ohio and commitments from the top players in Michigan as well. There was this idea that when urban meyer arrived in ohio, that he would have the say so on who goes to Michigan and who doesn't. In the meantime, Michigan has received verbal commitments from the two top LB's, Ben Gedeon and Mike McCray. They also wrapped up ohio's top RB, Deveon Smith and the state's top and top 10 national Safety in Dymonthe Thomas. I think someone forgot to inform coach Hoke about Michigan not receiving ohio players anymore.

According to Scout.com rankings, here is some of Michigan's 2013 class. Position and national ranking.

RB - #7
QB - #3
LB - #10 and #17
OL - #1, #7, #5, #4, #16
Safety - #4
TE - #7, #16
FB - #2

There is also a breaking story in South Bend with the commitment of OLB Jaylon Smith to ND. If you have not seen Smith play, you are missing something special. Here he is in action. Smith could play any LB spot and CB if he wanted to.

http://youtu.be/E4T_9a7X6ZE

Bowman's Football Planet: PHIL STEELE'S ALL BIG-TEN TEAMS, WHAT I WOULD CHA...

Bowman's Football Planet: PHIL STEELE'S ALL BIG-TEN TEAMS, WHAT I WOULD CHA...: I'm having a problem sharing the link to Phil Steele's all Big-Ten selections, go check them out for yourself. After looking through them, ...

PHIL STEELE'S ALL BIG-TEN TEAMS, WHAT I WOULD CHANGE.

I'm having a problem sharing the link to Phil Steele's all Big-Ten selections, go check them out for yourself. After looking through them, I see a couple mishaps as he selects four teams. At a point, you just start to name popular players after the second team. I can't argue too much but here are the one's that stick out.


Not too many arguments on the first team but Roundtree WR and Stoneburner TE. Stoneburner only caught 14 balls last year and Jacob Pederson caught 30 and also had more TD's 8-7. Stoneburner also plays on a team that gave up more sacks than any other team in the conference last year and are trying to replace the top three OL. They were the 3rd worst passing team in the country, I don't see them turning the air attack around that much already. Roundtree caught 72 balls two yrs ago but took a huge step back last season with 19 receptions, his production should pickup some but not a ton. I would take Iowa's Keenan Davis (30 receptions last year) over Tree which brings me to MR. Steele's total neglect of Davis on all four teams.

Steele also neglects Iowa's QB James Vandenberg on all four teams as well. I personally think this is a total joke considering that Vandenberg threw for over 3,000 yds, 25td's and only 7int's. I'll take Vandenberg on my second team and ohio's Braxton Miller a fourth teamer behind Nebraska's Taylor Martinez. With WR Marvin McNutt leaving Iowa and Manley - Martin moving to the number one spot, Davis then move's to NO.2, that's the reason I'll take Keenan Davis as my other NO.1 WR over Roundtree.

On the second team is two ohio OL, Andrew Norwell and Jack Mewhort. Ohio had the worst OL in the conference last season as far as pass protection. I won't argue Norwell but Mewhort was a guard last season and is now transitioning to a LT, he makes second team? No way. There is an old saying that goes like this "you can make a tackle a guard but you can't make a guard a tackle". I also like Iowa's C James Ferentz over Illinois Pocic. Michigan's LB's Jake Ryan and Desmond Morgan, according to Phil Steele, are not in the top 16 LB's in the conference? Blake countess should be opposite Brad Roby on the fourth team.