01-18-2016, 07:25 AM
That story was written by a Michigan writer. Few schools are as "homerific" in their reporting as: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, and UCLA. That is my feeling based on years of following this stuff. These are usually Stanford's biggest recruiting rivals also.
I'm pretty sure many people here were convinced Josh Garnett was going to Michigan when he was recruited, and if you read Michigan stories, who could blame you.
I'm not saying Stewart won't go to Michigan, but Stewart has been to Stanford three times, and he's from New Jersey! He also got admitted, and Stanford's WR depth chart is much less crowded than Michigan's. If the Michigan story included that tweet from Stewart about his visit, I'm sure the feeling would be a bit different.
That all said, I don't know what the point of hammering on academics is. Isn't that clear enough from the admissions process? It does sound like they are doing all they can to scare off recruits. Who needs to negative recruit against Stanford by saying how tough it is, when Stanford is doing so itself?
I'm pretty sure many people here were convinced Josh Garnett was going to Michigan when he was recruited, and if you read Michigan stories, who could blame you.
I'm not saying Stewart won't go to Michigan, but Stewart has been to Stanford three times, and he's from New Jersey! He also got admitted, and Stanford's WR depth chart is much less crowded than Michigan's. If the Michigan story included that tweet from Stewart about his visit, I'm sure the feeling would be a bit different.
That all said, I don't know what the point of hammering on academics is. Isn't that clear enough from the admissions process? It does sound like they are doing all they can to scare off recruits. Who needs to negative recruit against Stanford by saying how tough it is, when Stanford is doing so itself?