Official 2017 Recruiting Updates Thread: Links, Tweets, Videos, Stories, Rumors, etc.

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Otis said:
We are the only team in the B1G without a 2017 commitment!
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They are pacing themselves. The concern about TC is his ability to recruit. Jerry had the hillbilly charm and a great story to sell.
 

There is new staff this year, I can understand a slow start to recruiting. There have been recruits at practices and there will be some at the spring game. I think we will get some commits after the spring game.
 

Athlon: Power Five Conference Teams Under-Performing on the 2017 Recruiting Trail

End of the Line Rutgers (2), Louisville (1), Purdue (1), Oregon State (1), Vanderbilt (0), and Minnesota (0) are each off to slow starts, especially when you compare them to Kansas. The Jayhawks, who have not had a winning season since Mark Mangino was stomping the sidelines in 2008, has four verbal commitments. Making matters worse, second-year head coach David Beaty went 0-12 in 2015. What’s the excuse for the other under-performers?

A pass can be given to Oregon State, Vanderbilt and Minnesota, to a certain extent, but the states of New Jersey and Kentucky produce a lot of great talent every year. Kentucky even borders seven states, which should make for an easier pitch to out-of-state kids. So what gives Bobby Petrino?

Minnesota has no other in-state rival, making this a bitter pill for Golden Gopher fans. Oregon State has big brother Oregon to compete against plus any other Pac-12 school that might want the upper-crust talent within the state. Vanderbilt had an easier time recruiting with James Franklin calling the shots. Recruiting under Derek Mason has dropped off, as he’s been unable to sell an academics-first program in the SEC the way he could at Stanford. For the fan bases of the affected, time will tell if the coaching staffs needing help can sell your team over a regional rival.

Great coaching is only great with the right players to run the system, making recruiting an all too important part of college football.

http://athlonsports.com/college-foo...-teams-under-performing-2017-recruiting-trail

Go Gophers!!
 

BleedGopher said:
Minnesota has no other in-state rival, making this a bitter pill for Golden Gopher fans.
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Am I missing something? Have the top 4 or 5 in state players committed elsewhere? Are we already out of the running or something? Just curious.
 

GopherinPhilly said:
Am I missing something? Have the top 4 or 5 in state players committed elsewhere? Are we already out of the running or something? Just curious.
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Not a single MN HS kid has committed anywhere yet.
 








Otis said:
We are the only team in the B1G without a 2017 commitment!
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Not even a @mn zombie in sight!!!

Oh for goodness sake. Tracey Claeys, drop everything and go beg on your knees to get live ones to satisfy your true fans at GH.
 







hungan1 said:
By this time last year, we've already had four commitments:

JoJo Garcia commits to the Gophers on November 14, 2014 (Not signed).
Carter Coughlin March 12, 2015.
Thomas Barber March 13, 2015.
Phillip Howard March 31, 2015.
Sam Schlueter April 11, 2015.
Sean Foster April 12, 2015 (Decommitted, signed w/ISU).
Connor Olson May 5, 2015.
Matt Kegel May 7, 2015 (Decommitted, signed w/OSU).
Tralund Webber July 21, 2015 (Decommitted, signed w/OSU).
Kamal Martin July 27, 2015.
Drew Hmielewski August 11, 2015.
Vincent Calhoun September 13, 2015.
Tyler Johnson October 10, 2015.
Kiondre Thomas November 12, 2015.
Merrick Jackson December 9, 2015.
Coney Durr December 12, 2015.
Taiyon Devers December 12, 2015.
Garrison Wright December 13, 2015.
Seth Green December 13, 2015.
Antoine Winfield December 13, 2015.
Ko Kieft December 16, 2015.
Kobe McCrary January 25, 2016.
TaMarion Johnson February 3, 2016.
DeMarcus WIlliams February 3, 2016.

Should we begin to worry about Tracey Claey's ability to secure early commitments?

It will be nice to have an early anchor commitment like Blais Andries and Grant Reyerse.

I am a bit worried because I don't see any visible signs of aggressive recruiting early not to say that it is happening in the background.
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What exactly would be visible signs "aggressive recruiting early"?
 


Noah Gindorff from Crosby-Ironton was offered today as a preferred walk-on by the Wisconsin Badgers as a TE/DE.


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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Go Gophers!!
 

per STrib:

The Gophers received some big news on the morning of Saturday's spring game, as a highly coveted recruit committed to Minnesota.

Blaise Andries, a 6-6, 290-pound offensive lineman from Marshall, Minn., announced on Twitter that he will stick with his in-state school.

Andries had reported offers from Michigan State, Oklahoma, Oregon, TCU, Nebraska, Missouri, Penn State, Arkansas, Florida among others.

http://www.startribune.com/top-line...mits-to-gophers-before-spring-game/375136181/

Go Gophers!!
 

Eric Abojei, we love to see you in a Gophers uniform.
 

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Go4 said:
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How can the average star rating be 2.0 if our only commit is a 4-star on Scout and 3-star on 247?
 

NCAA math. Like 20+ years of academic fraud at UNC = zero punishment so far.
 

dpodoll68 said:
How can the average star rating be 2.0 if our only commit is a 4-star on Scout and 3-star on 247?
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We're Minnesota, bro. Automatic deduction of 1.5 stars. Surprised you didn't know that.

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Who do they use besides Rivals, 247, Scout, and ESPN? They all rank him at 3 stars or better
 


Anyone else concerned we only have one commit and none for '18? What is TC doing?
 

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