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Scully60 · 02-11-2008, 11:12 AM

Scout.com: 2008 Big Ten Recruiting - What It All Means

9. Michigan State
The class is heavy on ... Wide receivers. Last year was about the lines, and this year is about boosting the passing game with five receivers brought in, led by Fred Smith. TE Tyler Hoover is a huge target at 6-8 and around 250 pounds, and he should eventually be a go-to target. The running game wasn't ignored with three good prospects led by the very, very fast twosome of Glenn Winston and Caulton Ray.
The player who'll someday be a really big deal ... LB Steve Gardiner
The player you might care about this year ...WR Fred Smith
What it all means to the real world of college football ... Head coach Mark Dantonio didn't have a full season to recruit last year and did better than he did this year. There weren't a ton of openings, but the defense was an afterthought without any sure-thing starters coming in. Finding a quarterback will be job one next year, and fortifying the defensive front seven will be part two. Basically, this needs to be a class to fit the system considering there's not a lot to get the rest of the Big Ten squirming.

I don't think this class is heavy on wide receivers. (Although I do think our roster is heavy on wide receivers.) We have 3 wide receivers by my count.

Hoover projects as a defensive end.

This class is better than last year's class.

02-11-2008, 11:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
Scully60 2,500+ posts Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Comstock Park Posts: 3,308 #25 Blair White	More bad recruiting analysis from College Footbal News. Scout.com: 2008 Big Ten Recruiting - What It All Means 9. Michigan State The class is heavy on ... Wide receivers. Last year was about the lines, and this year is about boosting the passing game with five receivers brought in, led by Fred Smith. TE Tyler Hoover is a huge target at 6-8 and around 250 pounds, and he should eventually be a go-to target. The running game wasn't ignored with three good prospects led by the very, very fast twosome of Glenn Winston and Caulton Ray. The player who'll someday be a really big deal ... LB Steve Gardiner The player you might care about this year ...WR Fred Smith What it all means to the real world of college football ... Head coach Mark Dantonio didn't have a full season to recruit last year and did better than he did this year. There weren't a ton of openings, but the defense was an afterthought without any sure-thing starters coming in. Finding a quarterback will be job one next year, and fortifying the defensive front seven will be part two. Basically, this needs to be a class to fit the system considering there's not a lot to get the rest of the Big Ten squirming. I don't think this class is heavy on wide receivers. (Although I do think our roster is heavy on wide receivers.) We have 3 wide receivers by my count. Hoover projects as a defensive end. This class is better than last year's class. __________________ http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ Progressives: Forward.Thinking. "We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead." -- Thomas Jefferson " ...be the change you wish to see in the world." -- Gandhi "...the fierce urgency of now." -- Dr. Martin Luther King Last edited by Scully60; 02-11-2008 at 11:14 AM.