Michigan Wolverines football and recruiting news. Former contributing writer for @RivalsMichigan.
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Say what you want about Davis Warren, but the dude quarterbacked a Michigan Wolverines football team to wins over Ohio State and Michigan State.
He can tell those stories until he’s 85 years old.
Go Blue!
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Big Ten top five coach rankings:
1. Jim Harbaugh
2. Sherrone Moore
3. Kirk Ferentz
4. That one guy who took over at Northwestern
5. Ryan Day
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Jim Harbaugh went 12-1 at Stanford and took the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl. He won 10 games in three of his first four seasons after taking over a 5-7 Michigan team, and the 8-5 year was when Wilton Speight got hurt.
He didn't get good when Connor Stalions arrived.
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If a head coach is responsible for everything going on in his program, why wasn’t Mel Tucker suspended when his players attacked Michigan players in the tunnel? Why isn’t Kirby Smart suspended for his players’/staffers’ driving habits?
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I'm not saying they WILL, but the following #Michigan players could potentially use the COVID exemption to stay in college for one more season:
RB Blake Corum
RB Kalel Mullings
WR Roman Wilson
OG Zak Zinter
EDGE Jaylen Harrell
S Makari Paige
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"Ahhhh...if not for that one f***ing 23-point play we missed out on in 2022 and then that dropped 16-point conversion in 2021."
Ryan Day is one of the most delusional coaches in college football. Also a giant dork. This guy sucks.
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There are two players I’m going to root extra hard for because people are assholes to them:
Ronnie Bell
Shea Patterson
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Mitch McGary smoked weed and faced a 1-year suspension.
Report: Ohio State Buckeyes defender Chase Young is only facing a maximum suspension of two games from NCAA 247sports.com/college/ohio-s…
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This whole social media situation regarding Bryce Underwood is so funny to me.
#Michigan won a national championship while being "transformational, not transactional," even though there were some financial incentives involved, especially for keeping upperclassmen around. But generally it wasn't a pay-for-play situation.
Then a year later, Michigan finally jumps feet-first into the NIL universe and everyone is crying foul.
I'm not guaranteeing on-field success, but Michigan was a sleeping giant when it comes to the financial part of football. It's a huge fan and alumni base with the biggest stadium and a bunch of extremely successful business alums and partnerships.
WTF did you think was going to happen?
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Nyckoles Harbor has just 2 catches for 18 yards so far this year for South Carolina.
If he had come to Michigan, I bet he would have at least 3 catches for 30 yards.
SMH.
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LOL. It was definitely a perfect play call when McCarthy threw a hitch off his back foot before getting blasted, and then Cornelius Johnson broke two crappy tackle attempts.
Connor Stalions saw the "be shitty at tackling" signal and relayed it to the coaches just in time.
Ever wonder how Michigan had a perfectly dialed-up deep pass every single time Knowles brought a blitz last year?
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Somewhere, Urban Meyer, Zach Smith, and Chris Doyle are sitting together, hatching a plan.
It is a terrible plan involving a podcast, a consulting firm, and running an orphanage.
You've been warned.
This message has been brought to you by THE Ohio State Penitentiary.
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If “Jim Harbaugh knew” is a valid mantra, so is “Ryan Day is so soft that he hired a private investigator to go after Michigan.”
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You can tell by the way the second guy holds it that he has no idea how to throw a football. Excuses about camera equipment are just that - excuses.
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I just want to send a shout out to anyone who woke up, got dressed, and put in a good hard day’s work today.
Each and every one of you achieved something that Urban Meyer didn’t.
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Brian Kelly made his graduate assistants shovel snow and park cars at his holiday party.
Jim Harbaugh is donating his bonus money to athletic department employees who lost money during COVID.
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Perhaps we don't want a 41-year-old guy who likes to lay in bed and smoke weed all the time having kids. Maybe this is for the best. Procreation isn't a necessity.
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My buddy Connor hasn’t texted me all week, and I’m not sure what game we’re going to watch today.
Oh well, I’m visiting family in Wisconsin this weekend. Maybe I’ll just pop on over to Camp Randall with my fully charged iPhone.
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BREAKING: Urban Meyer said Michigan is on upset alert against Indiana this week.
Maybe.
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I’m not saying Jim Harbaugh didn’t know, but the fact that we’re three weeks into this…and even anonymous sources and private investigators can’t find a connection to Harbaugh…
Why are people going so hard at Harbaugh?
(This is a rhetorical question.)
NCAA shared latest Michigan investigation findings with the Big Ten as the conference considers a multi-game suspension of Jim Harbaugh - while the school gears up for legal action, sources tell @YahooSports.
Inside what could be an unprecedented fight - bit.ly/3QKqCpp
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I’m a Michigan guy and would love to hate on Day but she said he “declared war” on the Big Ten. That’s a huge embellishment. He said “why can’t we play?”
If that’s a declaration of war, every 3-year-old declares war multiple times a day.
Hyperbole is the worst human trait.
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My grandmother tested positive for COVID. Three days later she passed away. I hadn't visited her since March because she was at risk. Rest in peace.
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I mean, one reason - among many - I would never use it is that it doesn't look like anything else. If the QB starts to backpedal from under center, it's obviously a straight dropback pass.
The second reason is that the QB is not immediately ready to throw if under pressure.
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Ohio State had ZERO tackles for loss against Michigan today.
Ohio State averaged 7.27 tackles for loss in the first eleven games.
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In 20 years, #Michigan fans are going to be talking about Donovan Edwards's performance against #OhioState like they talk about Desmond Howard's, Charles Woodson's, and Tim Biakabutuka's.
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How good would #Michigan be if they didn't lose their #1 wide receiver for the past two seasons?
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I honestly don't mind Mel Tucker taking a slap at this guy's arm. Fans have no business touching coaches, players, etc.
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Here’s an emotional statement and I apologize:
Michigan has no f***ing idea what they’re doing on offense. I firmly believe if you can’t get lined up pre-snap, you certainly don’t know what you’re doing after the snap.
It’s game 10 and you don’t know how to line up. Yeesh.
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One was asked three years later if he bought a cheeseburger.
The other was asked how he happened to recruit his new starting quarterback from the team that beat him in the Big Ten Championship Game in 2021.
Hmmmm...
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LOL. The thing you, Bruce, and others have been peddling non-stop on The Athletic and The Audible for the past few weeks.
You’ll talk about it for clicks/downloads but then downplay it for likes.
This is to be expected for an Ohioan with a Northwestern degree.
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#OhioState fans: Jim Harbaugh knew how Connor Stalions was using a personal Venmo account!
Also Ohio State fans: Yeah, it seems totally plausible that one of our coaches didn't know they can't contact players who aren't in the portal, even though every fan knew that already.
NEWS: Ohio State has self-reported 4 minor recruiting violations that occurred over the last few months to the NCAA, @joeyrkaufman reports.
on3.com/college/ohio-state-b…
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Kenneth Walker's final 3 weeks: 66 carries, 306 yards, 3 TD
Hassan Haskins's final 3 weeks: 79 carries, 403 yards, 7 touchdowns
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#Michigan could legitimately start five 5th year seniors on the offensive line in 2023:
LT Karsen Barnhart
LG Trevor Keegan
C Drake Nugent
RG LaDarius Henderson
RT Trente Jones
And that doesn't include Zak Zinter or Myles Hinton, both of whom are in their fourth year.
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#Michigan fans are going to flip their s*** when the Wolverines land Dante Moore, Jalen Brown, and Collins Acheampong today.
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The two lowest ranked high school recruits in the modern era of recruiting for #Michigan are...
Olu Oluwatimi (#3300 overall in 2017)
Brad Robbins (#3914 overall in 2017)
Both were all-conference players while wearing the winged helmet.
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The offensive plan to start this game was highly questionable. Illinois gave up 239 rushing yards to its last two opponents and Michigan came in trying to use Tuttle and Edwards.
Also, how is Alex Orji “one of the best 11” but he doesn’t warrant an offensive package now?
You can still use him on +1 runs!!!
This offensive staff is just wildly inconsistent.
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If I'm #Michigan's coaching staff, I'm starting Davis Warren and giving Alex Orji every third series.
Warren didn't play as badly as a lot of people thought early in the year. He was f***ing up when other people f***ed up. He threw an INT when Edwards screwed up, when Loveland ran the wrong route, when Link got beat in pass pro, etc.
I'm not saying he was perfect otherwise, but Loveland and Edwards didn't get benched because they screwed up protections, routes, etc.
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Shane Morris throwing 62. No QB at the NFL Combine has ever topped 60 mph. nitter.app/mastrolepassing/status…
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STEW: “Guys, it’s not that he bought a cheeseburger for a recruit. It’s that he bought a cheeseburger…AT THE WRONG TIME OF THE YEAR!!!”
The first NCAA Harbaugh investigation went on so long that it just became accepted as him "buying a kid a cheeseburger."
But it was a dead period. The main violation was that he met w/ the recruits at all.
And he met with two.
And then lied about it over and over. (1/2)
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I like Santa Ono, but it’s honestly probably not a great look for Warde Manuel if the president has to come out and say he’s sticking his nose into the negotiations. It seems to show a lack of confidence in Manuel.
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Who was Jim Harbaugh's most trusted assistant at Michigan?
Sherrone Moore.
Who is Harbaugh leaving at Michigan to run things?
Sherrone Moore.
Some people are acting like Harbaugh is trying to sabotage Michigan, when he's actually leaving his right-hand man behind.
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I respect Rainer Sabin’s position on punt returners. Obviously, he’s influenced by the fact that his employer doesn’t always put the man out there who is best for the job at hand.
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It turns out Joe Krabbenhoft's lone punishment came in the form of getting shmushlapunched by Juwan Howard.
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Greg Skrepenak was really, really good at #Michigan and nobody really ever talks about him now.
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I see a lot of complaints about Michigan running the ball so much, and not so much recognition that Karsen Barnhart was getting beaten soundly on every pass play.
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In case you were wondering whether Haskins would return for a fifth year…
OFFICIAL! RB Hassan Haskins @H2_3125 from @UMichFB is heading to the 2022 @Reeses Senior Bowl!!! 👏👏👏 #GoBlue #TheDraftStartsInMOBILE™️
@JimNagy_SB @PaniniAmerica #RatedRookie
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“It wasn’t called on this cherry-picked play in the past so it shouldn’t have been called now” is a terrible argument.
Officer, I didn’t get pulled over for speeding back in 2016, so why are you pulling me over now when I’m speeding?
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Good. This is the energy you should have when opponents accuse you of cheating and then you beat them anyway when you obviously can't cheat.
#Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter waves goodbye to the Ohio State sideline 📽️
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My family and I could really use positive thoughts and prayers. These last 8 months have been brutal and bad news keeps coming.
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Urban Meyer harbored a bunch of criminals at Florida, covered for Zack Smith at Ohio State, quit on his team in Jacksonville, and got caught on camera cheating on his wife.
Why is he a mainstay on broadcast television at this point?
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Nick Stauskas with a nice crossover and dime - vine.co/v/53X9je6OMgP
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Warren isn’t J.J. McCarthy but he can manage a game if you work in other playmakers. Players around him didn’t screw up as much tonight, and good things can happen.
Also, thank you, Kirk Campbell, for figuring out some +1 run strategies with Orji! Yeesh. It shouldn’t take until game 8.
If I'm #Michigan's coaching staff, I'm starting Davis Warren and giving Alex Orji every third series.
Warren didn't play as badly as a lot of people thought early in the year. He was f***ing up when other people f***ed up. He threw an INT when Edwards screwed up, when Loveland ran the wrong route, when Link got beat in pass pro, etc.
I'm not saying he was perfect otherwise, but Loveland and Edwards didn't get benched because they screwed up protections, routes, etc.
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Wait...you mean the commissioner probably shouldn't act just because a bunch of other coaches are angry?
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Over the past three drafts, #Michigan has had at least one player drafted from every position:
QB: McCarthy
RB: Corum, Haskins
WR: Bell, Johnson, Wilson
TE: Barner, Schoonmaker
OT: Hayes, Stueber
OG: Henderson, Keegan, Zinter
C: Oluwatimi
DE: Harrell, Hutchinson, Morris, Ojabo
DT: Jenkins, Smith
LB: Barrett, Colson
CB: Sainristil, Turner
S: Hill
K: Moody
P: Robbins
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#Northwestern's top rated 2024 commit is West Bloomfield and former #Stanford commit Jamir Benjamin.
#Michigan needs cornerbacks in the 2024 class.
Jamir Benjamin is a cornerback.
I'm just sayin'...
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Hear me out, hear me out…
If Bo Schembechler disciple Jim Harbaugh doesn’t return to Michigan next year, is there any better replacement than…
…Jim…
…bo?
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I find myself saying this repeatedly on message boards:
It is NOT #Michigan's "running backs coach" deciding to rotate 4 running backs. The RB coach isn't that powerful. That's a program decision from the HC/OC.
Stop blaming Jay Harbaugh for doing what his bosses tell him.
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LOL. You might want to wait until the end of the game before you make these kinds of tweets.
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1. Syracuse Orange
2. Duke Blue Devils
3. Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
4. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
5. Minnesota Golden Gophers
6. Texas Tech Red Raiders
7. Alabama Crimson Tide
8. California Golden Bears
BONUS: Stanford Cardinal
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My short list for #Michigan's new defensive coordinator:
Wade Phillips
Greg Schiano
Jeff Hafley
Jack Del Rio
Ron Rivera
Mike Tomlin
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I just can't believe the epic poor judgment of Mel Tucker trying to get with Brenda Tracy. Aside from the status of his marriage and the he-said-she-said stuff, he had a ridiculous guaranteed contract that basically just required him not to be an idiot. Turns out, he's an idiot.
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For all the talk about Aubrey Solomon and how much he would be missed, he made 17 tackles and 1 QB hurry during the 2020 season.
For a reference point, Carlo Kemp made 21 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, and 1 QB hurry in four fewer games.
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Jack Sawyer’s lone contribution to this series in four years was an interception of a lollipop pass thrown directly to him by a walk-on quarterback.
Then he makes fun of Michigan for their season being over, even though both teams are only promised 1 more game.
0-4 in The Game.
Police finally broke up the fight with what I think was pepper spray (or something similar). Ohio State assistant coaches and staff were seen bloodied coming off the field
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Reading Brian Kelly's lips, it looked like he was yelling:
"Don't fucking walk away from me. You're not coachable. Who the fuck do you think you are?"
Classic Brian Kelly.
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I like Donovan Peoples-Jones, but Tee Higgins is the best WR in this class, IMO. Naturally, he's going to Clemson.
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Hot take: You can't be on the "best helmets" list if your color scheme is just one solid color.
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I keep searching Twitter to figure out how that wasn’t kick catch interference.
Also, Fox, no replay of whether Edwards got his foot down?
Not a fan of this production today.
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You can either brag about all-time record or you can brag about the most recent game.
Otherwise, it's just selectivity.
Unfortunately, Michigan is better all-time and better this year. No need to fight it.
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Why did Michigan’s receiver run so far downfield? And why did Michigan’s quarterback throw it to him?
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There’s some blame to go around with the fight at the end of the game, but dammit, MSU. You were 17 seconds away from not being absolute and total assholes and you just can’t avoid being you.
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When Michigan vs. Maryland gets canceled for this weekend, I will be offering a Zoom clinic as alternative programming, in which I will explain in great detail the QB sneak play and why it's not that f***ing hard to gain 1 foot.
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I am completely sane and do not want Urban Meyer anywhere near Ann Arbor. F*** that piece of trash human.
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I don't get it. Denard Robinson and Terrelle Pryor couldn't hack it at QB in the NFL, so they changed positions and had better careers.
Any player who needs to change positions to play in the NFL should change positions. Unless they want to sell real estate for a living.
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#Michigan QB Shea Patterson has more career passing yards than:
Jim Harbaugh
Tom Brady
Brian Griese
Scott Dreisbach
Drew Henson
in just two years in a winged helmet.
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Yep. Coach wins 9.4 games a year, builds up program, produces a bunch of NFL players, goes to the CFP three years in a row, wins it the third time.
Total fluke.
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I know some people are ecstatic that Kirk Campbell is on his way out the door, but I think he’s a better coach than what he showed this year. I think this was a poor fit for him and the personnel.
I would not at all be surprised to see him find success elsewhere.
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I had nothing to do with it, but we’re national champs. #GoBlue
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Jourdan Lewis is a great player, but he picked a bad time to have his worst game in the last two seasons.
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Some Michigan people are enjoying these Harbaugh struggles way too much.
I love Harbaugh, and I love Michigan. Harbaugh is a great man, and Michigan is my alma mater.
Go Blue 'til I die.
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Ohio State lost to a walk-on quarterback with these stats, no Will Johnson, and no Colston Loveland.
And then their fans cheered because Jack Sawyer destroyed a flag.
SMH.
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More bad news coming for #Michigan: According to a source, Jim Harbaugh is being blamed for Andrew Luck's denied application for immediate Medicare eligibility.
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