Signing day thread for NON-Gopher news, flips, commits

[El Amin Fan]

Any big signing day flips outside of Dinkytown?

 

[Unregistered User]

Michigan State DT Mark Scarpinato retiring from football to pursue dream of becoming a doctor
http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2014/02/michigan_state_dt_mark_scarpin.html

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Was driving the last few minutes, but yes, Chris Williams expected to sign with UCF tomorrow. Flipped from Alabama, just visited Orlando.</p>— Brandon Helwig (@UCFSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/UCFSports/statuses/430744163597164545">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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TCU Flips 4-Star RB Varshaun Nixon from Texas A&M
http://www.frogsowar.com/2014/2/4/5371556/tcu-flips-4-star-rb-varshaun-nixon-from-texas-a-m

Gant switches from UGA to Marshall
http://georgia.247sports.com/Articl...mmit-Kendall-Gant-switches-to-Marshall-175382

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Former <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Pitt&src=hash">#Pitt</a> QB commit Wade Freebeck will sign with Vanderbilt tomorrow, per his school.</p>— Chris Peak (@PantherLair) <a href="https://twitter.com/PantherLair/statuses/430796176859095040">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Not sure if this fits but:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Steven Parker commits to Oklahoma!</p>— TheFootballBrainiacs (@TheFbBrainiacs) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFbBrainiacs/statuses/430767036268937216">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Unregistered User]

Great idea for a thread.

Wherever did you come up with this idea?

 

[El Amin Fan]

Great idea for a thread.

Wherever did you come up with this idea?

A very wise poster in a different thread came up with the idea. Said poster is not a registered user, otherwise I'd tell you who's idea it was.

 

[GopherInPittsburgh]

Kendall Gant must have been an academic non-qualifier. The Gophers were recruiting him a while back.

 

[Unregistered User]

Kendall Gant must have been an academic non-qualifier. The Gophers were recruiting him a while back.

Ridiculous offer list.

 

[GopherInPittsburgh]

Ridiculous offer list.

Yeah Marshall got a good one.

 

[Unregistered User]

Malik Mcdowell To MSU against mom's wishes.

At least that is the scuttlebutt on tOSU insiders website, so sorry, no link, so call it speculation.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Malik McDowell’s mother: “Malik is not mature enough to make this decision.”</p>— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) <a href="https://twitter.com/Landgrant33/statuses/430809160184516608">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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For those not familiar with this saga: Link

 

[Unregistered User]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>OL Andrew Mike has flipped his commitment from <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Vanderbilt&src=hash">#Vanderbilt</a> to the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Gators&src=hash">#Gators</a>. (via 247sports)</p>— Daniel Thompson (@DK_Thompson) <a href="https://twitter.com/DK_Thompson/statuses/430907929957793792">February 5, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Unregistered User]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>BREAKING: Sabino OL Andrew Mike has de-committed from <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Vanderbilt&src=hash">#Vanderbilt</a> but is staying in the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SEC&src=hash">#SEC</a>. Will sign a NLI with <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Florida&src=hash">#Florida</a> tomorrow. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23azhs&src=hash">#azhs</a></p>— Daniel Gaona (@DanielGaona13) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielGaona13/statuses/430900158713192448">February 5, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Unregistered User]

Not a big name, but there must be something very interesting in this story: Link

 

[Unregistered User]

Pretty interesting:

Interactive Map of the 2014 Rivals 250 by Hometown Colored by Commitment Conference

http://aragorn.org/visualization/si...4/rivals_250/by_college_conference/v1/circle/

 

[coolhandgopher]

Malik Mcdowell To MSU against mom's wishes.

At least that is the scuttlebutt on tOSU insiders website, so sorry, no link, so call it speculation.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Malik McDowell’s mother: “Malik is not mature enough to make this decision.”</p>— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) <a href="https://twitter.com/Landgrant33/statuses/430809160184516608">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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For those not familiar with this saga: Link

From the link (my comments in parentheses):
Greg McDowell told 247Sports.com of his son's recruitment and Michigan State: "You have to be somewhere you have less distractions and be around people that do what you do, go to class(!), be football players, be a student(!)-athlete. That's the environment I want him to be around, and not be in close proximity to his friends (bad influences, perhaps). I want him out of Michigan (okay, fair enough). I don't care if that's Ohio State or Florida State(!!!!)."

Sorry, but when I think about good influences, going to class, and the student aspect of student-athlete, those two universities are not the first to come to mind.

 

[ruppertflywheel]

Top recruit in Wisconsin ( Craig Evans DT) flips to MSU....hee....hee

 

[Unregistered User]

3* DE Blake McClain flips from Nebraska to South Carolina
http://southcarolina.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1605812&PT=4&PR=2#sthash.0Av24PdY.4d7FiFhD.dpbs

 

[Unregistered User]

Montclair DE Darius Slade will not sign with Michigan State on National Signing Day, plans Ohio State visit
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news...-national-signing-day-plans-ohio-state-visit/

 

[Unregistered User]

Former NC State player and JUCO 3* recruit Quincy McKinney de-commits from Louisville to commit to ECU.
http://www.cardchronicle.com/2014/2...2014-louisville-loses-quincy-mckinney-to-east

 

[Unregistered User]

Composite #21 Overall 2015 5* Maea Teuhema (OL) & Brother Decommit from Texas

 

[Goldy Gopher]

#7 Dual threat QB Treon Harris flips from Florida State to Florida.

 

[dlw4gophers]

Craig Evans #1 rated recruit in beckyville flips from becky to MSU on signing day. So much for there locked boarders.

 

[Golden Elephant]

Craig Evans #1 rated recruit in beckyville flips from becky to MSU on signing day. So much for there locked boarders.

That is a big switch. This should get more attention - Wisco's gotta be hurting on that one. He's from Sun Prairie too, which is just a few miles from Madison. He's gonna have a tough time showing his face around town after this.

 

[MadtownGopher]

That is a big switch. This should get more attention - Wisco's gotta be hurting on that one. He's from Sun Prairie too, which is just a few miles from Madison. He's gonna have a tough time showing his face around town after this.

Wisconsin fans are already claiming it was due to academic reasons (even though Evans stated it wasn't). It's their way of "cooling" on recruits.

 

[dlw4gophers]

and there way of cooling on Elmore is it's a TE and they can get those anywhere.

 

[jaymil]

and there way of cooling on Elmore is it's a TE and they can get those anywhere.

I loved it when Wisconsin fans claimed they cooled on Elmore only to have Elmore tweet his official offer letter from Wisconsin. That was hilarious.

 

[Maximus]

and there way of cooling on Elmore is it's a TE and they can get those anywhere.

Appears Minnesota gets them from everywhere. Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin, Minnesota....love it.

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

All of these decommits are just annoying. What good is a commitment if you're just going to flip flop on Signing Day? Just stay uncommitted if you don't know what you're doing.

 

[dpodoll68]

I love how McDowell signed with MSU in spite of what his parents wanted. Of course the parents should have input, but ultimately it's the player's decision and he's the one who has to put in the work and live with the consequences.

The Craig Evans flip happened two days ago.

 

[DMB123]

I love how McDowell signed with MSU in spite of what his parents wanted. Of course the parents should have input, but ultimately it's the player's decision and he's the one who has to put in the work and live with the consequences.

The Craig Evans flip happened two days ago.

Correct, and despite what Evans is saying it certainly sounds like it was 100% about academics. Sounds like he wanted to be a Badger.

 

[nsmike]

I love how McDowell signed with MSU in spite of what his parents wanted. Of course the parents should have input, but ultimately it's the player's decision and he's the one who has to put in the work and live with the consequences.

His parents wanted him to go out of state to be away from distractions and bad influences. It's important to remember that, instead of the knee jerk reaction, that a recruit is automatically lost every time an instate Helmet School offers one of our recruits. We still might lose the prospect but it's not automatic.

 

[gopher_alum_2005]

I love how McDowell signed with MSU in spite of what his parents wanted. Of course the parents should have input, but ultimately it's the player's decision and he's the one who has to put in the work and live with the consequences.

The Craig Evans flip happened two days ago.

He gave MSU a verbal commitment, but to this point, he has not signed yet.