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Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:49 am
by East Coast Mustang
Just checked Rivals, ESPN, and 247...none list an offer from either Florida or Michigan for Hicks
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:51 am
by Stallion
OK you're wrong
both were left in last minute scrambles for QBs-remember Hicks signed right before the December early signing deadline
Pony Pride reported both offers
http://ponyfans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76567
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:07 am
by lwjr
It's no secret.
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:51 am
by blackoutpony
East Coast Mustang wrote:Just checked Rivals, ESPN, and 247...none list an offer from either Florida or Michigan for Hicks
It is a well know fact to anyone who follows recruiting that he had those offers. His dad even talked about how shell shocked they were to talk to Harbaugh
This is why we Scout our Rivals. So we know things like how Joshua Shelmire has Memphis and Northwestern offers as well, even though they aren't listed anywhere.
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:00 pm
by mrydel
The WDNWHA Committee was aware of the offers and they were very instrumental in our decision to want him anyway.
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:07 pm
by East Coast Mustang
Yeah I find it odd that two of the most prominent programs in the country offered a player at the most important position on the field and no seemingly none of their sites or blogs picked up on it. Maybe that had to do with the early signing period time crunch though
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:15 pm
by Stallion
Here's is why Florida got involved. QB is the first position to fill up. When someone decommits late there are very few quality QB recruits available
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2291 ... rontrunner
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:44 pm
by ebrooks11
Junior wrote:malonish wrote:Moore, Hicks, and I share college level snap count.
and Severt.
Are you sure?
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:44 pm
by tristatecoog
So, John O'Korn (UH backup) is now at Michigan....in place of Hicks? Harbaugh loaded up with something like seven QBs. I doubt they're all on scholarship but he brought in a bunch like Gentry from New Mexico (former UT commit). U-M is a great place and JH is a great coach, but he's in a good spot to grab the starting spot. Just like he could have at Houston.
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:47 pm
by footballdad
tristatecoog wrote:So, John O'Korn (UH backup) is now at Michigan....in place of Hicks? Harbaugh loaded up with something like seven QBs. I doubt they're all on scholarship but he brought in a bunch like Gentry from New Mexico (former UT commit). U-M is a great place and JH is a great coach, but he's in a good spot to grab the starting spot. Just like he could have at Houston.
Hicks or O'Korn?
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:04 pm
by blackoutpony
East Coast Mustang wrote:Yeah I find it odd that two of the most prominent programs in the country offered a player at the most important position on the field and no seemingly none of their sites or blogs picked up on it. Maybe that had to do with the early signing period time crunch though
It was reported on both pay boards in separate threads. SOOOOO yeah it was reported.
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:15 pm
by footballdad
....and these offers/no-offers helped him beat out Davis already, as many expected. (or not)
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:26 pm
by East Coast Mustang
blackoutpony wrote:East Coast Mustang wrote:Yeah I find it odd that two of the most prominent programs in the country offered a player at the most important position on the field and no seemingly none of their sites or blogs picked up on it. Maybe that had to do with the early signing period time crunch though
It was reported on both pay boards in separate threads. SOOOOO yeah it was reported.
Our boards or UF/Michigan boards? Getting info from Hicks' coach or an SMU coaching staff member is different than getting it from a source at one of the other schools.
It doesn't really matter, I think hicks has all the tools to be a very effective QB in Chad's system. I just find it somewhat hard to believe that he committed to SMU without taking a visit and committable offers from Michigan and Florida also on the table.
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:37 pm
by Pony147
PonyPride wrote:Quarterback Ben Hicks, who already is enrolled at SMU for the spring semester, and his high school coach both confirmed this week that just before he enrolled at SMU, Hicks received late offers from Florida and Michigan. Hicks said it was extremely flattering to be offered by Florida, as a big SEC school, and that he was even more flattered by the offer from Michigan, largely because he was pursued by new UM head coach Jim Harbaugh, who is "a heck of a coach, and knows a few things about quarterbacks."
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76567&p=1097099#p1097099
Re: Roster Updated
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:03 pm
by Digetydog
blackoutpony wrote:East Coast Mustang wrote:Just checked Rivals, ESPN, and 247...none list an offer from either Florida or Michigan for Hicks
It is a well know fact to anyone who follows recruiting that he had those offers. His dad even talked about how shell shocked they were to talk to Harbaugh
This is why we Scout our Rivals. So we know things like how Joshua Shelmire has Memphis and Northwestern offers as well, even though they aren't listed anywhere.
After listening to Harbaugh talk to Collin Cowheard, anyone would be shocked after speaking to that nutjob.