Anthony Hayes

[Chris Monter]

I just talked to Anthony Hayes, a 6-foot-3, 293-pound nose tackle from St. Thomas Academy who committed to Stanford, about Harbaugh leaving the Cardinals to go to San Francisco. He is visiting Navy this weekend and will make his official visit toi Stanford next weekend.

He said that Minnesota is "really interested" depending on his ability to be get accepted to Stanford and the coaching change.

Chris Monter

 

[GopherSOB]

Thanks for the update Chris, it would be great if we could keep this kid in state. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

 

[dpodoll68]

I see he now has a Boston College offer as well. It would be great if we could land this kid so all the recruiting Chicken Littles would shut the f up.

 

[gophmeister]

I see he now has a Boston College offer as well. It would be great if we could land this kid so all the recruiting Chicken Littles would shut the f up.

Boston College is Notre Dame 2 and St Thomas Academy is a Cretin Durham Hall 2. He will go there because every Cretin kid dreams of playing football at Notre Dame, so since St Thomas Academy is Cretin High 2 their kids dream of attending Notre Dame 2 Boston College.

 

[Iceland12]

I just talked to Anthony Hayes, a 6-foot-3, 293-pound nose tackle from St. Thomas Academy who committed to Stanford, about Harbaugh leaving the Cardinals to go to San Francisco. He is visiting Navy this weekend and will make his official visit toi Stanford next weekend.

He said that Minnesota is "really interested" depending on his ability to be get accepted to Stanford and the coaching change.

Chris Monter

Thanks for the report.

 

[sonnygarcia]

He said that Minnesota is "really interested" depending on his ability to be get accepted to Stanford and the coaching change.

Anthony is really interested in MN, depending on his ability to get accepted at Stanford? So the coaching change appears to have no affect on him.

Am I interpreting this correct Chris? Thanks!

 

[MinneNoVA]

Boston College is Notre Dame 2 and St Thomas Academy is a Cretin Durham Hall 2. He will go there because every Cretin kid dreams of playing football at Notre Dame, so since St Thomas Academy is Cretin High 2 their kids dream of attending Notre Dame 2 Boston College.

False. We elect to go to colleges or universities that give us the best opportunity to succeed in whatever life dream we have. For me, that meant Cornell University. Would you like to try again?

 

[MGGopher]

Not sure how to interpret this news, as the quote doesn't necessarily demonstrate any interest in the Gophers. Too bad too, because this kid is a BEAST. I saw some film of STA this year and my jaw nearly hit the floor...he immediately stood out.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Boston College is Notre Dame 2 and St Thomas Academy is a Cretin Durham Hall 2. He will go there because every Cretin kid dreams of playing football at Notre Dame, so since St Thomas Academy is Cretin High 2 their kids dream of attending Notre Dame 2 Boston College.

I can't think of a St. Thomas kid who has gone to BC and played football who had an offer from the U.

This argument about Cretin kid's is stale. This happens to pretty much every school in MN that produces kids who are going to be recruited heavily...

Eden Praire: Blake Sorensen, Bryce McNaul, Willie Mobley and WLA all left MN...
Minnetonka: Allen and it sounds like Webb (next season) will be looking to leave the state
Wayzata: AJ Tarpley and the DT from last season all left MN....

 

[killcrew]

Tobi is not a DT, hes a DE. just thought i would let you know lol.

 

[Seany]

If you're accepted into Stanford, that's a very difficult possibility to pass up, and never mind who is or isn't coaching the football team. That's fricken Stanford, and being accepted there indicates that academically you are one of the best and the brightest, and a Stanford degree is extremely valuable for those reasons.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Tobi is not a DT, hes a DE. just thought i would let you know lol.

Oh ok, I guess I assumed he would be playing DT in college, maybe he will play DE.

 

[Iceland12]

If you're accepted into Stanford, that's a very difficult possibility to pass up, and never mind who is or isn't coaching the football team. That's fricken Stanford, and being accepted there indicates that academically you are one of the best and the brightest, and a Stanford degree is extremely valuable for those reasons.

This.

 

[mkAz]

Screw Stanford, stay home and play for the home town team!

 

[tap]

A stanford degree doesn't mean squat in Minnesota.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

A stanford degree doesn't mean squat in Minnesota.

Seriously?

 

[Tee09]

If you're accepted into Stanford, that's a very difficult possibility to pass up, and never mind who is or isn't coaching the football team. That's fricken Stanford, and being accepted there indicates that academically you are one of the best and the brightest, and a Stanford degree is extremely valuable for those reasons.

If you are in a field that takes the best and brightest students, like ChemE or EE, there is essentially no difference between Stanford and the U, Wisconsin, Illinois, etc. If you're going to school to play football, who cares where you get your communications degree?

 

[4four4]

Graduate degrees are more important than undergrad.

 

[nsmike]

A stanford degree doesn't mean squat in Minnesota.

Maybe! My cousin with his PhD from Stanford just might disagree with you, but then again, he's at Harvard now.

 

[GopherNation5]

If you are in a field that takes the best and brightest students, like ChemE or EE, there is essentially no difference between Stanford and the U, Wisconsin, Illinois, etc. If you're going to school to play football, who cares where you get your communications degree?

I want to know your definition of "essentially no difference"... Frankly, Stanford and the U don't belong in the same sentence in terms of level of academics in my opinion, and that is no shot at the University of Minnesota at all.

 

[grunkiejr]

The people complaining that he doesn't have more interest in Minnesota are missing a crucial component of recruiting. He doesn't currently hold an offer from Minnesota.

 

[grunkiejr]

I want to know your definition of "essentially no difference"... Frankly, Stanford and the U don't belong in the same sentence in terms of level of academics in my opinion, and that is no shot at the University of Minnesota at all.

As a whole, yes. For certain programs, you'd be wrong. Think of it this way, Stanford may be a better school as a whole but that doesn't mean that everything they do is better than Minnesota.

 

[Ron Johnson Super Fan]

A stanford degree doesn't mean squat in Minnesota.

My close personal friend Sid told me the same thing.

 

[Dr. Lloyd Christmas]

False. We elect to go to colleges or universities that give us the best opportunity to succeed in whatever life dream we have. For me, that meant Cornell University. Would you like to try again?

Whatever you say, Andy Bernard.

 

[Governor Sibley]

For me, that meant Cornell University.

Andy?

 

[killcrew]

if he gets above a 3.0 GPA at both schools and plays football there and graduates in a legimate degree HE SHOULD HAVE NO PROMBLEM getting a JOB.

 

[Unregistered User]

I want to know your definition of "essentially no difference"... Frankly, Stanford and the U don't belong in the same sentence in terms of level of academics in my opinion, and that is no shot at the University of Minnesota at all.

Opinion vary on this, but Princeton did a study a few years back that essentially stated that if a student was bright enough, had enough on their resume, etc, to legitimately earn entrance to a school like Stanford (or Princeton in the study), it didn't really matter where that kid went to school. This peeved the Princeton alums and staff to no end. They based it on a variety of "success" measures, such as earning potential or acceptance to graduate programs.

There have been several studies showing that "premier" institutions can be a great aid to kids who need academic help, or kids who come from a financially disadvantaged background.

It's a whole different story if you're talking about getting an MBA, JD, etc. If you are interviewing at Goldman Sachs and you have an MBA from Kellogg, Wharton, Yale, et al., they will not really care that your undergraduate degree was from K-State vs. Stanford.

 

[50PoundHead]

If you're accepted into Stanford, that's a very difficult possibility to pass up, and never mind who is or isn't coaching the football team. That's fricken Stanford, and being accepted there indicates that academically you are one of the best and the brightest, and a Stanford degree is extremely valuable for those reasons.

I thought the same thing about Beau Allen though and he ended up at Wisconsin. I tend to agree with your basic argument. There are colleges and then there are COLLEGES. Stanford is in the latter category.

Unregistered User makes a great argument and at least anecdotally, I agree with it. In my work life, I've worked with folks from places like St. Cloud State and such that can out-think and out-work honors grads from places like Carleton (some of whom couldn't pour p*ss out of a shoe if the directions were written on the sole). If a kid is smart and motivated, he or she should be able to get what he needs at almost any 4-year college. That said, Stanford has cache and that doesn't come out of nowhere.

As for Hayes, he would be a wonderful addition to our recruiting class and I hope he ends up here.

 

[JackiO]

I would love to have Anthony on our team, but there is no way that he is 6' 3. I've seen him in person and stood next to him while he had none of his gear on and he maybe had an inch on me and I am 6'0. With that being said, I will still be somewhat shocked if he ends up at the u as institutions highly regarded for their academics come first to students and their parents at places like Breck/blake/STA. You don't pay 20 grand a year or whatever it is to attend high school and end up at the U if you are capable of getting into the upper tier colleges --even if you are a d1 caliber athlete. Nothing against the U academically, but a degree from Stanford has much more merit nationally. Plus you have the SoCal chicks at your disposal

 

[Mustang Mountain Man]

Academic Rankings World Universities - Math: Stanford 4th, UofM 28th
ARWU - Physics: Stanford 6th, UofM between 76-100th. (major drop from years past!!!)
ARWU - Chemistry: Stanford 4th, UofM 28th
ARWU - Computer Science: Stanford 1st, UofM 42nd
ARWU - Business/Economics: Stanford 4th, UofM 12th
ARWU - Life/Agricultural Sciences: Stanford 5th, UofM 35th
ARWU - Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy: Stanford 12th, UofM 15th
ARWU - Social Sciences: Stanford 3rd, UofM 12th.

Of all world Universities ranked in this research, the U of M consistently ranked in the top 20% of all Universities and were in the top 5th percentile in 5 different categories. Everyone should think Stanford is an elite university in every category of performance. The U is competitive in every academic area. Given a choice between the 2, I would have prefered Stanford. Given where I ended up, I am fine with the U. We rank in the top 30 of 500 overall.