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Ki-Jana Evans
Minnesota has now offered our verbal Ki-Jana Evans a scholy. Second Big 10 school to do so. Will we be able to hold on?
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06-13-2012 06:39 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
Good question. I'm actually talking to him in about 15 minutes, so I may have a better grasp of the situation then.
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06-13-2012 06:41 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
Also I should note that Indiana has also offered him..
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06-13-2012 06:43 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
I actually think Indiana is a bigger threat to us than Minnesota because of the momentum they have now that Isaac Griffith just committed, but I could be wrong. Hopefully we can still hang on to him though, you're right.
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06-13-2012 06:59 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
Not able to get through at the moment. This is obviously a top priority call, though.
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06-13-2012 07:19 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
he has been quoted saying he didnt think he would blow up like he has with these BIG 10 offers. I think he will end up going BIG 10 just so he can tell his buddies he is going B1G
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06-13-2012 07:27 PM |
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BrianPersky
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
(06-13-2012 07:19 PM)wmubroncopilot Wrote: Not able to get through at the moment. This is obviously a top priority call, though.
Hate to speculate already, buuuut..... probably not a good sign, lol...
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06-13-2012 07:34 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
Nah, I wouldn't take it that way. I talked to him for a minute earlier and he wasn't home yet, probably just that something came up.
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06-13-2012 07:37 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
While I hate to see us lose a recruit to a bigger school, I'd rather be competing for low tier Big Ten talent than be like CMU and have 5 verbals and no one else interested.
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06-13-2012 07:57 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
Sked and 'cruit up Babe!
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06-13-2012 10:49 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
(06-13-2012 07:57 PM)Chipdip Wrote: While I hate to see us lose a recruit to a bigger school, I'd rather be competing for low tier Big Ten talent than be like CMU and have 5 verbals and no one else interested.
According to Rivals.com, Corey Willis, a 3* Ath from Holland had a WMU offer.
Darrien Boone, QB from Chicago, had offers from Tulane and No. Ill.
Joe Morrow, WR from the Chicago area had an offer from Buffalo.
By my count, 3 commits with other offers isn't "no one else is interested".
This early in the recruiting season, most schools are waiting out summer camp results or Senior tape, etc. Some schools think they have an idea of who fits their plans without waiting. Time will tell if one approach works better than the other. Enos has been able to hold onto the guys he gets commits from (lost nobody from last year's class), even a few who reportedly got later offers from bigger programs.
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06-15-2012 11:44 AM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
First off, when MI Preps ranks a kid 3 stars just assume he wouldn't be a top 400 player in Florida. They are notorious for blowing up players.
As for the rest they're simply early MAC offers with no BCS interest. The top Mac talent usually emerges later in the game, not early in the game.
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06-15-2012 12:18 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
First off, I am not debating the merits of a 3* rating by MI preps. You stated that the CMU commits had "no one else interested". Obviously, your assertion is false. End of story.
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06-15-2012 01:01 PM |
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BrianPersky
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
(06-15-2012 01:01 PM)chipfan Wrote: First off, I am not debating the merits of a 3* rating by MI preps. You stated that the CMU commits had "no one else interested". Obviously, your assertion is false. End of story.
Dan Enos was the worst hire in D1 college football in the last decade. Leave our message board.
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06-15-2012 01:39 PM |
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BrianPersky
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
And so was Keno Davis for that matter.
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06-15-2012 01:40 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
Willis was someone the WMU staff wanted, but he actually wasn't terribly high on their board. CMU could promise a WR spot and I think that was as much as anything the reason he chose them.
I don't think WMU would've offered any of the others.
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06-15-2012 07:49 PM |
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RE: Ki-Jana Evans
Chipfan has to come here, he's relatively sane, likes a spirited debate, and knows his sports. If you've read the chimp board, it's a collective consciousness of kool aid drinkers seeing who can one up each other more as to who is a bigger fan and not be critical.
I feel sorry for him, and like his presence here at the same time.
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06-15-2012 10:20 PM |
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