Official 2014 Recruiting Updates Thread: Links, Tweets, Videos, Stories, Rumors, etc.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We asked <a href="https://twitter.com/PuppyloveMayes">@PuppyloveMayes</a> if he had a lead on Ragnow's recruitment. BREAKING NEWS: "He's quitting football and becoming a figure skater."</p>— The Gopher Report (@TheGopherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGopherReport/statuses/429108007851421697">January 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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PhillyGopher said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We asked <a href="https://twitter.com/PuppyloveMayes">@PuppyloveMayes</a> if he had a lead on Ragnow's recruitment. BREAKING NEWS: "He's quitting football and becoming a figure skater.&quot;</p>— The Gopher Report (@TheGopherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGopherReport/statuses/429108007851421697">January 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>2014 B1G Recruiting <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Gophers&src=hash">#Gophers</a> Commit I. Gentry 6'4" 180 WR 3* Very good fit for Minn. play action pass O,very good ball tracking, physical</p>— Gerry DiNardo (@gerrydinardo) <a href="https://twitter.com/gerrydinardo/statuses/429282957853876224">January 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>2014 B1G Recruiting <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Gophers&src=hash">#Gophers</a> Commit M.Holland 6'3"190 3* 1 of best in Minn class,will play as fr,big physical impressive ath,other B1G RU,UW</p>— Gerry DiNardo (@gerrydinardo) <a href="https://twitter.com/gerrydinardo/statuses/429285875164262401">January 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>WR Conner Krizancic, currently on <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Gophers&src=hash">#Gophers</a> official visit => RT <a href="https://twitter.com/CjKrizancic_5">@cjkrizancic_5</a>: Minnesota official visit 〽️〽️〽️ <a href="http://t.co/OzF530qtnN">pic.twitter.com/OzF530qtnN</a></p>— GopherHole.com (@GopherHole) <a href="https://twitter.com/GopherHole/statuses/429346214686253056">January 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Chanhassen's Frank Ragnow has committed to <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Arkansas&src=hash">#Arkansas</a> over offers from <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Gophers&src=hash">#Gophers</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Noles&src=hash">#Noles</a>, his two other finalists. <a href="http://t.co/gpwiCbLekA">http://t.co/gpwiCbLekA</a></p>— GopherHole.com (@GopherHole) <a href="https://twitter.com/GopherHole/statuses/429363219862659072">January 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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More importantly this week: RB Josh Parks committed to the Gophers for their 8th PWO
P Logan McElfresh
QB Jaques Perra
FBs Miles Thomas and Riley Oharah (already enrolled)
LS Payton Jordahl
S Davis Anderson
K Emmit Carpenter

Seems like a pretty strong PWO class. Does anyone know how many PWOs they will take?
 

I just never felt he was coming here so I'm not particularly disappointed. We have a lot of OL kids on our team and as potential recruits who are solid candidates and potential difference makers. Bugs me more than a little that he called a press conference to announce Arkansas. I hope that if he were my kid I wouldn't allow that, but who knows. My dream scenerio is Nelson comes back to TCF and we knock his hair out of place all day and smoke Rutgers and that we then meet up with Arkansas in a bowl game and Stelter manhandles Ragnow all day.
 

Indi1006 said:
I just never felt he was coming here so I'm not particularly disappointed. We have a lot of OL kids on our team and as potential recruits who are solid candidates and potential difference makers. Bugs me more than a little that he called a press conference to announce Arkansas. I hope that if he were my kid I wouldn't allow that, but who knows. My dream scenerio is Nelson comes back to TCF and we knock his hair out of place all day and smoke Rutgers and that we then meet up with Arkansas in a bowl game and Stelter manhandles Ragnow all day.
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I'm not going to be that hard on him. Not often that a kid gets a free ride at an FBS school in Minnesota so in a sense he's doing this for his friends, the school, and the community.
 

50PoundHead said:
I'm not going to be that hard on him. Not often that a kid gets a free ride at an FBS school in Minnesota so in a sense he's doing this for his friends, the school, and the community.
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What? Holding a press conference for his community? Please.
 



Kids will be kids. Some just want to get get the heck out of here. Some will learn the grass is not always greener, but others will go and enjoy the experience of being away from home and experiencing life in another part of the country. Each and every individual is different and I would think I can speak for most people on this board when I say I have no idea what it would be like to be recruited from schools all over the country as a 17-18 year old kid.

Also, let's not forget a lot of high school kids really had no reason to grow up rooting for the Gophers besides them being their home state. Let's say for discussion, that the last "successful" Gophers team was Maroney's senior year. He graduated in 2005. If Ragnow is 18 right now, that would make him about 10 years old his senior year. So basically from the time he was 10-16 let's say, the Gophers were not that good (some could argue still aren't but improving obviously) and besides having an anomaly decent year here or there, for much of his life, they were in the bottom tier of the Big 10. What I think Kill is able to do is provide this program with something to be proud of, and something that will be competitive each year. Once that has been established for years, I believe more in state kids will stay home. No matter what, there are going to be some kids who want to move away, and there is nothing you can do about that. It happens with every program and every state. But if this program continues to improve and continue and progress in similiar ways that we have seen the past 3 years, I believe that when these younger kids who are 10-11 years old now, will grow up watching a more succesfull team, they will more likely stay home. These things take time, and event though as a state we have waited for 50+ years to get back to the Rose Bowl, we have to remember the current coaches/administration has not been here all that long. I hate Beilema but I wish Ragnow the best but what's done is done. Time to move ahead and hopefully Jones sticks and we can all be happy next Wednesday welcoming in the newest class of Gophers.
 

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With all these Commodore decommits, any chance Blasingame flips back to us?
 

zman said:
What? Holding a press conference for his community? Please.
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Well yeah. It's probably going to be another 20 years before the Eastern Carver district produces another one of these guys. Don't you think the people who cheered for Ragnow all these years weren't interested in this and, at least at some level, happy for him and what he's meant to the football program out there?
 

50PoundHead said:
Well yeah. It's probably going to be another 20 years before the Eastern Carver district produces another one of these guys. Don't you think the people who cheered for Ragnow all these years weren't interested in this and, at least at some level, happy for him and what he's meant to the football program out there?
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Agreed. But to say he did it for them is a bit of a stretch, don't you think?

What a selfless young man.
 


mkAz said:
I don't think Kill would take him back.
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Despite Ragnow, if JJ commits, this will be a strong class on offense but the DB projected depth situation is the one I'm a little worried about - after flips for Andrews and Godwin last year, and Blasingame this, I really hope we can pick up at least two good DBs (especially corners) with our remaining scholarships.

Does anyone have an update on Craig James?

Who else is in the reckoning as a potential secondary recruit?

grateful for any info.
 

What is the word of the wise on WR Conner Krizancic? Anyone heard a peep? He is an incredibly athletic looking athlete who will look good in a Gophers uni.
 

mkAz said:
I don't think Kill would take him back.
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Very strange occurrences going on. Vanderbilt has 9 recruits. Of the 9, FIVE (5) are DB's. Two are 4 stars and 3 are 3 stars including Khari. His decision couldn't have been with football in mind?

Then you got Frank. He can almost go anywhere he wants. Tons of offers and a legitimate prospect and he chooses Arkansas?

Those two choices are very strange to me.
 

Johnob2 said:
Despite Ragnow, if JJ commits, this will be a strong class on offense but the DB projected depth situation is the one I'm a little worried about - after flips for Andrews and Godwin last year, and Blasingame this, I really hope we can pick up at least two good DBs (especially corners) with our remaining scholarships.

Does anyone have an update on Craig James?

Who else is in the reckoning as a potential secondary recruit?

grateful for any info.
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Christian Campbell is visiting this weekend.
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yes! ESPN just evaluated Isaiah Gentry and gave him a grade of 78 and ranked him the #88 WR. he is now a top 90 receiver on both ESPN and scout and a top 70 WR on rivals. he is now our 3rd highest rated recruit according to both ESPN and rivals ahead of Connor Mayes who also is a 78 on ESPN. Holland is our second highest on EPN of course. Very convenient and a good job by our staff getting 2 of our 3 best recruits to our weakest position. Luke Rasmussen also just got an evaluation and got a 76 which is slightly above average for a 3 star (75 is the most middle grade a 3 star can get). Makes that easier to swallow the Ragnow news with them both being OTs. Weyler got an evaluation as well and is only a 2 star and our lowest rated recruit. That is probably a fair assessment and not a case of him being an under the radar. just a case of him being not that good. He was probably a reach by our staff. Overall very good evaluation by ESPN as i did feel that both Gentry and Rasmussen were diamonds in rough and had a lot of potential and i never really saw that with Weyler. Holland a few weeks ago didn't have an evaluation either and ended up a 4 star by them so once again a very nice job by ESPN.
 

die hard gopher said:
Overall very good evaluation by ESPN as i did feel that both Gentry and Rasmussen were diamonds in rough and had a lot of potential and i never really saw that with Weyler.
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I don't agree on Weyler. I don't think he starts before his fourth year (RS-JR), and I don't think he starts on the outside, but he has has wide hips and a low center so he can add 30 pounds and bulk up and be a very good guard or center or even DT. He is young and coachable and will 100% surely redshirt and I bet if need be, he would grey shirt...so lots of short term and long term flexibility with this kid.
 

GopherinPhilly said:
I don't agree on Weyler. I don't think he starts before his fourth year (RS-JR), and I don't think he starts on the outside, but he has has wide hips and a low center so he can add 30 pounds and bulk up and be a very good guard or center or even DT. He is young and coachable and will 100% surely redshirt and I bet if need be, he would grey shirt...so lots of short term and long term flexibility with this kid.
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yeah, i'm not saying he will never ever start and will be god awful but i don't see him being anything better then an average O-lineman in the big ten while i do feel Rasmussen and Gentry do have the potential to be all conference players, not that they will be but it could possibly happen.
 

nobody probably pays as much attention to the ESPN grading scale as much as i do but if you do i just realized that Rivals ranked Deniro Laster as the #35 OLB and on ESPN last year the #35 OLB had a grade of 81 and tho year has a grade of 80 so i you combine his rivals ranking with the ESPN grading system he is a 4 star. He is very similarly rated to Tegray Scales. A little late to the party on this one but i didn't pay as much to football recruiting last year as i did this year
 

Does anyone think the loss of Ragnow hurts us with Jones??
 

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