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die hard gopher said:
He will not be signing with Minnesota tomorrow unfortunately
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Dammit. I hold you, as the messenger, personally responsible for this. Off with your head! I liked Chambers! So now what for him?? I will spare your head until such time as you have answered the question. Then it's coming off.


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JTsolo612 said:
Dammit. I hold you, as the messenger, personally responsible for this. Off with your head! I liked Chambers! So now what for him?? I will spare your head until such time as you have answered the question. Then it's coming off.


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It will be interesting to see if he ends up being an NCAA qualifier and plays at Toledo or somewhere else in the FBS next year, signs with Toledo or somewhere else but ultimately doesn't qualify and goes the JC route or if he just goes straight to a JC.
 


Can they do something like what they did for Jeff Jones? Didn't admitted him to pre-qualify or something like that although he wasn't motivated enough academic-wise?
 




hungan1 said:
Can they do something like what they did for Jeff Jones? Didn't admitted him to pre-qualify or something like that although he wasn't motivated enough academic-wise?
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Yeah it was something weird, he was admitted, got eligible... then dorked up again.

Not a good sign...
 


hungan1 said:
Can they do something like what they did for Jeff Jones? Didn't admitted him to pre-qualify or something like that although he wasn't motivated enough academic-wise?
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Probably not special enough player to pull all the strings..
 

Deckergopher said:
Probably not special enough player to pull all the strings..
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Yep, it's one thing to admit a non qualifier who was MVP of the Under Armor AA game but completely different to make that type of an exception for a mid-low 3 star guy.
 



He is going to commit by faxing his LOI? To which school?
 





per Joe:

Fleck inherited a class that ranked 72nd in the 247Sports national composite, which blends the four major recruiting services into one. As of Tuesday, the Gophers sat 56th in that same composite, and tied for 27th nationally in Scout.com’s rankings.

“Even though there’s not a Jeff Jones or a Seth Green headliner in this class, there’s a lot of very good players,” said Josh Helmholdt, Midwest recruiting analyst for Rivals.com.

As of Tuesday, the Gophers had 28 players committed. NCAA bylaws say teams can assign up to 25 scholarships in each class, and players who enroll early can be counted toward the previous class. Minnesota had three early enrollees this year — Morgan, quarterback Neil McLaurin and linebacker Trenton Guthrie — after signing 21 players last February.

None of the current players committed to the Gophers ranks as a consensus four-star recruit, as Eden Prairie linebacker Carter Coughlin did last year. That class ranked 46th in the 247Sports Composite, the best of the Jerry Kill/Tracy Claeys era.

Fleck, 36, came to Minnesota with a reputation as a skilled recruiter. His Western Michigan classes ranked as the best in the Mid-American Conference each of the past three years.

“Even in an industry like college football coaching, where you have a lot of unique personalities, P.J. Fleck is at the very top of that heap in terms of uniqueness and charisma,” Helmholdt said. “He’s a very engaging individual. He gets kids to buy in.

“Considering the coaching change, he’s outpaced where a lot of coaches would be in a similar situation.”

http://www.startribune.com/p-j-fleck-pulled-off-a-signing-day-shuffle-for-gophers/412363593/

Go Gophers!!
 

per STrib:

Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin and Michigan finished last season as the highest-ranked Big Ten teams — all in the top 10 nationally — and only one of those teams is outside the top four in the Big Ten’s recruiting rankings: the 11th-ranked Badgers, who are hanging just ahead of the Gophers.

In national team rankings, Ohio State weighed in at No. 2 and Michigan placed No. 4.

The rest of the conference recruiting rankings offer little surprise. Maryland at No. 4 (using the 247sports composite rankings) is higher than you might have guessed, and the Badgers (11) and Northwestern (10th) are a little lower than expected. The Badgers’ lower ranking is in part because of a small class (a Big Ten-low 16 commits) and only one four-star recruit. Indiana and lowly Purdue are stuck at the bottom.

The Gophers’ Big Ten West rivals Nebraska and Iowa rank fifth and seventh, respectively, in conference rankings. Iowa is the only other team besides Ohio State and Michigan to land a five-star recruit in 6-5 defensive end A.J. Epenesa from Edwardsville, Ill. He had offers from all the big boys, but chose the Hawkeyes because of their work-hard reputation.

http://www.startribune.com/usual-suspects-at-the-top-of-the-big-ten-recruiting-rankings/412363583/

Go Gophers!!
 

per STrib:

How the class was built

The Gophers’ Class of 2017 will be a mix of longtime recruits and newcomers. Here’s a breakdown:

Holdovers from Tracy Claeys (6)

Eric Abojei, Blaise Andries, Nathan Bursch, Dominik London, Neil McLaurin, Grant Ryerse

Additions once P.J. Fleck was hired (22)

Players listed with former school in parentheses if he flipped from a previous commitment. Nine players were once committed to Western Michigan:

Chris Autman-Bell (Western Michigan), Adam Beck (Texas Tech)

Tyrone Chambers (WMU), Demetrius Douglas (Oregon)

Reyondous Estes (Missouri), Trenton Guthrie (WMU), Kendarian Handy-Holly, Justus Harris (Cincinnati), Noah Hickcox (WMU), Mohamed Ibrahim, Boye Mafe, Tanner Morgan (WMU), Esezi Otomewo (WMU), Jacob Paulson, Malcolm Robinson (Purdue), Kyle Sassack (WMU), Austin Schirck (Northern Iowa), John Schmitz (WMU), Royal Silver, Ihmir Smith-Marsette (Rutgers), Nate Umlor (WMC), Harry Van Dyne.

Note: Reyondous Estes flipped from WMU to Missouri then Minnesota

Decommits since Claeys was fired (9)

Players listed with new school in parathensis, if known:

Joshua Croslen, DT (undecided), Bryson Jackson, LB (Baylor), Trey Creamer, CB (Iowa), Raheem Layne, CB (Indiana), Javan Hawes, WR (Cincinnati), Claudin Cherelus, LB (Massachusetts), Brett Kitrell, OL (Ohio), Jimmie Terry, OL (undecided), Jakyle Holmes, athlete (undecided).

http://www.startribune.com/how-the-gophers-football-recruiting-class-of-2017-was-built/412360953/

Go Gophers!!
 

46Gophers said:
A "near-free education"? If he turned down a FCS school that would be the case but not Division II schools. Yes he may have turned down scholarship offers from Division II schools but their pool of scholarship funds would not allow them to give "a near free education" to a single player.
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DII football players (for the most part) get full rides....especially QB's. Baseball, track, wrestlers etc usually split the money up between all of the scholarship athletes.
 

cheeseheadgophfan said:
DII football players (for the most part) get full rides....especially QB's.
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Not really. The NSIC has a scholarship limit of 28. That's not per recruiting class, but for the whole team. Very few Division II players get full athletic scholarships.
 

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