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Purdue now up to 18th nationally and 3rd in the B1G!

Granted, now we're starting to get into a "class size" boost. We have 17 commits, which is second-most of any team in the conference right now. 

3rd: Purdue - 17 commits - 247 average of 84.95

Below Purdue in the conference:

5th: Wisconsin - 12 commits - 87.88
6th: Penn State - 9 commits - 91.81
8th: MSU - 10 commits - 87.99
11th: Nebraska - 9 commits - 87.38

I think that if those teams fill out their classes with players even remotely near the same quality as those they have on their commit list, they'll all jump up the rankings quickly and pass Purdue unless their classes remain very small. 

Four star QB Dwan Mathis flips from MSU to OSU

Four star QB Dwan Mathis flips from MSU to OSU

No surprise.  Impressed Dantonio has done has much as he has with one hand tied behind his back.  Oh well.

CUM couldn't flip Mertz, but he did get Dwan Mathis to flip. Unfortunately, MSU is the victim this time around.

I would think the next logical QB target would be in state Sam Johnson, who just committed to BC last month.  He's a 3/4*, more traditional pocket passer.

MSU had been in on Mathis for so long, I'm not even sure if they've been kicking the tires on other QBs.  After Johnson it gets murky in a hurry.

On the flip side, a lot of buzz that Devontae Dobbs, who might be the top OT in the nation, might commit to MSU very soon.  Who knows.

Wow, and Dobbs commits to MSU.  Funny how the recruiting gods work.

I think he might be the highest rated MSU recruit in the 247 era.

DE Michael Fletcher and WR Tre Mosley both announcing on Friday.  With Dobbs (MSU) and Smith (UM) coming off the board in the past week, Fletcher and Mosley are probably the #1 and #4 uncommitted players on the board in the state.

Mosley himself claims to have grown up a huge UM fan, and while he has an offer, it seems pretty clearly uncommitable.  So did that change, or is he tired of them slow playing him?  He took officials in recent weeks to Missouri and Minnesota, but it seems like anything but UM or MSU would be a shock, and unless something has changed with that UM offer, it likely leaves only MSU.  The question is whether that sticks if UM comes around on him.

Fletcher is a guy who seems primed to shoot up the rankings, with offers coming in from Alabama and Georgia.  Georgia has been on him a while, and he visited down there, but like Mosley it seems like UM and MSU are his leaders.  The difference is there his UM offer is certainly commitable, and while going out of state would be a slight surprise, it certainly wouldn't be the shock that Mosley is.

Beyond those, LB Lance Dixon and RB Jaren Manham are the only big-ish targets left in the state.  Dixon seems destined for PSU.  Mangham is anyone's guess.  Seemed like an MSU commit was only a matter of time, but he lived in Texas as a small child (I think his mom played basketball or track or something at Texas A&M), and while Alabama, FSU and Florida offers didn't seem to move the needle for him, he seems quite enamored with the Texas schools.  My guess is MSU is still probably the leader, but barely, but the biggest threats would be Texas or Texas A&M.