The Official 2009 Football Recruiting Thread

[St8 Law]

Originally Posted by barberb6

How is it that we aren't even done with 08 and I am ALREADY excited about tracking 09?

Let' start fresh for this 09 year.

First thing is first: we have one HUGE commit at LB.

So baring the silent commitment, the biggest question is: What is our area of greatest needs? I would rank it in this order:

TE: We didn't pick up anyone in 08, and don't have a proven player yet
RB: Ringer will be leaving a huge hole in the backfield, and without seeing a viable person who will take his place, we need a STUD here. (Altough if we get Ingram this point may be moot)
QB: Hoyer will be gone, and either Foles or Cousins is looking to make the start. They will be Juniors assuming they don't redshirt during the 08-09 season.
WR: During the 08-09 season is going to be a crucible for our recieving core. The only reason they are this high on the need is due to the fact that we will have a pleathera of talent, but it's all unproven at this point.
OL: Quite frankly I know nothing about this position, other than they are the key to any team. So great guys here couldn't hurt.
DT: All of our proven talent will be gone at this point, but MD has done a good job of getting some good players in during the 08 era: Hoover, Worthy, and Jude (maybe more at this point)
DB: Would be an area of grave concern, however MD has went on a war path and stocked the cupboards with a great amount of talent. We will still have proven guys like Jenrette, Weaver, and Rucker, and then will have Adams, Trawick, Burrell, and Robinson coming in 08. Should be good here.
Finally LB: This would be higher if not for the commit by Norman already, who looks to be AT LEAST a 4* stud. His film is just so good. We have a few people coming in 08, which should help, but I would like another good LB just to solidify this position.

Well, these are my thoughts. I think the 09 recruiting class is going to be the marquee class for Dantonio, and I am really excited already. Anything thoughts, opinions, disagreements?

I thought Norman was the silent?

[Big M]

Originally Posted by St8 Law

I hear UM is his favorite.

I heard he wants to go out of state

[TeamCaptainJohn]

im not gonna have allusions of grandeur regarding the '09 class until we start winning some big games this fall. however theres a lot of people out there saying that kids LOVE , and its some external force that is making them pass up MSU......we need to win to get that to change

[Big M]

I've posted this before, but this seems to be proper place for it- Dantonio really has an opportunity here with in-state kids. He has some momentum from last year, and for the first time in forever, the MSU coach is the coach with the longer relationship with most of these guys. He has a headstart on RR. Dantonio should really try and nail down some commitments and get em to go public.

[StatsETC]

StatsETC

....and Big M's quest for two straight begins.

[DantonIzzo]

Originally Posted by Big M

I've posted this before, but this seems to be proper place for it- Dantonio really has an opportunity here with in-state kids. He has some momentum from last year, and for the first time in forever, the MSU coach is the coach with the longer relationship with most of these guys. He has a headstart on RR. Dantonio should really try and nail down some commitments and get em to go public.

Well said.

[StatsETC]

Originally Posted by St8 Law

I thought Norman was the silent?

He was, until last night. There's another silent commit, and I'm not sure what his timeline is to announce (sooner the better to create momentum), but it's widely rumored that it's Midland QB Andrew Maxwell, who I've read is the best QB to come out of this state since Drew Stanton (this according to a UM fan on their free football board on Rivals). Helluva start to the class!

[TeamCaptainJohn]

i think we'll have a good idea of the in-state 09 kids we are going hard after at the spring game...burrell commited back in april last year, so id look for a few other guys to follow suite

[State00]

Call me jaded. Norman does not excite me whatsoever. After the Nichol debacle, it takes a signature. I'll wait until USC, the U, Saban and Stoops have a crack at him post-verbal, until I consider our chances more than 30%.

[Big M]

Originally Posted by State00

Call me jaded. Norman does not excite me whatsoever. After the Nichol debacle, it takes a signature. I'll wait until USC, the U, Saban and Stoops have a crack at him post-verbal, until I consider our chances more than 30%.

Extremely early verbals are usually very solid. Nichol de-committed because the coaches that recruited him were fired.

[AASpartan]

Originally Posted by barberb6

QB: Hoyer will be gone, and either Foles or Cousins is looking to make the start. They will be Juniors assuming they don't redshirt during the 08-09 season.

Just to clarify, for the 2009 season, both Foles and Cousins will be Redshirt Sophomores. They redshirted this past year.

[Parrot Head]

Originally Posted by AASpartan

Just to clarify, for the 2009 season, both Foles and Cousins will be Redshirt Sophomores. They redshirted this past year.

yea put I think they can't get the redshirt until just before the senior season.

[AASpartan]

Originally Posted by MSU_Basketball08

yea put I think they can't get the redshirt until just before the senior season.

Uhhh.....what? They sat out. It's called a redshirt year.

[msusnee]

Originally Posted by AASpartan

Uhhh.....what? They sat out. It's called a redshirt year.

Cousins definitely got it, but it seems like there is more confusion on Foles. I thought I read on here that they were going to apply for a medical redshirt for Foles since he played and that they wouldn't find out for sure until after his fourth year here. It seemed like it was almost a sure thing that he would get it because of his shoulder but I thought I read on here that they still had to go through the process.

[barberb6]

Originally Posted by AASpartan

Uhhh.....what? They sat out. It's called a redshirt year.

Foles played for sure. He came in for a little during one of the preseason games. So they won't be able to determine if he gets a medical redshirt until his senior season.

[barberb6]

Originally Posted by State00

Call me jaded. Norman does not excite me whatsoever. After the Nichol debacle, it takes a signature. I'll wait until USC, the U, Saban and Stoops have a crack at him post-verbal, until I consider our chances more than 30%.

Well then you are jaded. Really early commits usually mean that they really do like the place. As was said before, the Nichol incident was because of a coaching change, not because he was courted by others

[TeamCaptainJohn]

Originally Posted by barberb6

Foles played for sure. He came in for a little during one of the preseason games. So they won't be able to determine if he gets a medical redshirt until his senior season.

[barberb6]

Originally Posted by fw190bvi

I meant "before the big ten."

Don't get your panties in a bunch

[msuferd]

Originally Posted by Big M

Extremely early verbals are usually very solid. Nichol de-committed because the coaches that recruited him were fired.

Yeah, I tend to agree with this.

Seems like they spend so much time recruiting on behalf of the school, they feel like they already have a vested interest in the program or something.

[TeamCaptainJohn]

Originally Posted by barberb6

I meant "before the big ten."

Don't get your panties in a bunch

ok then i meant that icon. dont get yours tangled up either.

just playin

back to the recruiting talk: when are the dead periods for the '09 cla