'14 OT FL Mason Cole (Michigan Verbal)

[beryirish]

lol Elijah has his arms crossed "don't touch me skunkbear."

 

[Luckylucci]

Mason looks very good for a HS junior Olineman. That makes me even more upset he's in that picture. No way he goes and blocks for that baby Morris.

 

[yankeeND]

That picture just grosses me out. Those jerseys are so damn ugly!

 

[ThePiombino]

That picture just grosses me out. Those jerseys are so damn ugly!

Truth, but remember- EV was donning troganwear not too long before he gave ND his written pledge.

 

[yankeeND]

Truth, but remember- EV was donning troganwear not too long before he gave ND his written pledge.

That is very true.

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

I guess Elijah was very interested.

 

[GoIrish399]

Well, at least he didn't commit

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Really enjoyed my time in AA! I love <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23WolverineNation">#WolverineNation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23GoBlue">#GoBlue</a></p>— Mason Cole (@MasonCole52) <a href="https://twitter.com/MasonCole52/status/305814201836900354">February 24, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[KyfightingIrish36]

Well, at least he didn't commit

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Really enjoyed my time in AA! I love <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23WolverineNation">#WolverineNation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23GoBlue">#GoBlue</a></p>— Mason Cole (@MasonCole52) <a href="https://twitter.com/MasonCole52/status/305814201836900354">February 24, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Yet.

 

[GBdomer]

Maybe Bradie will put him at WR

 

[rtrn2glory]

now just need to get him back up to south bend for a jr day or the spring game

 

[KyfightingIrish36]

Committed to Michigan.

 

[Pa Golden Tate Fan]

Committed to Michigan.

 

[EuropeanDomer]

Committed to Michigan

 

[clashmore_mike]

any timetable on a commitment?

 

[IrishLax]

Bummer

 

[ryno 24]

well at least he only has to lose to us one time in his career.

 

[rtrn2glory]

phyuck!!!!!!!!!

 

[md_bennett]

This seems a bit of a shock considering Hoke's no visit rule. I thought for sure he would come to a practice or spring game before deciding. Oh well....bring on Gibbons!

 

[rtrn2glory]

hoke is an elite recruiter...chalk another one up to hoke on the O line another nice start to their 2014 O line class

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Likely reduces our chances with Artavis Scott, too. Wonder what UM is doing that we're not.

 

[STLDomer]

Likely reduces our chances with Artavis Scott, too. Wonder what UM is doing that we're not.

Michael Ferns is one (small) thing, haven't seen anyone in the "golden army" recruiting

In other news ND just offered Cole's teammate George Campbell who just visited Michigan. Dont think thats just a coincidence

 

[NDPhilly]

Likely reduces our chances with Artavis Scott, too. Wonder what UM is doing that we're not.

Was thinking this to. Until a little over a week ago I thought we led for both.

 

[cyrano]

Likely reduces our chances with Artavis Scott, too. Wonder what UM is doing that we're not.

Didn't UM get after it really early last year? I know our junior day was very successful too, but I wonder if our staff will adapt next year and move our junior day up in order to make a really strong first impression. I think first impressions and last impressions are critical for recruiting.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Didn't UM get after it really early last year? I know our junior day was very successful too, but I wonder if our staff will adapt next year and move our junior day up in order to make a really strong first impression. I think first impressions and last impressions are critical for recruiting.

Might be true, but that doesn't seem to have been a factor for Cole or Hood. We allegedly led for both, and both had good visits to ND, but they were blown away by their time in Ann Arbor. That indicates there's some deficiency in our on-campus experience.

 

[LoveThee]

Is it a deficiency in our on-campus experience or a showing of how great UM is at their visits?

 

[rtrn2glory]

cole never saw the campus with students on it correct?

hood visited on his own with no other recruits and many players not there as well.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Is it a deficiency in our on-campus experience or a showing of how great UM is at their visits?

Recruiting is a (series of) zero-sum game(s), so it doesn't really matter. If one of your chief competitors is routinely eating your lunch, doesn't matter if he's beating you by an inch or a mile.

Maybe Cole and Hood were just naturally predisposed to prefer the big state school environment over ND. If that's the case, probably nothing to worry about here. But these were both kids for whom we initially led, and UM's sales pitch is pretty similar to ours.

 

[arrowryan]

Not going to get upset over a commitment when NSD is a year away

 

[STLDomer]

In his interview with 247 cited Ann Arbor as a city, Ferns and Speight, and the coaching staff on why he committed

 

[Rhode Irish]

I don't look at it as getting beat. I look at it as a kid that prefers Michigan having some sort of deficiency or abnormality that is difficult to account for.

Michigan? Ha....ok. Good luck, kid.