the just released schedules were a flat-out statement that the B10 doesn't believe SOS will matter in playoff selection
Michigan football
Safety of Michigan's Winningest Program Record
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A previous post on the board (since deleted) got me thinking about the safety of Michigan's status as the all-time winningest team. Michigan has that title by either metric: by overall wins and by winning percentage.
We recently took the winning percentage title from ND (I think somewhere around 2003 if memory serves), but have had the all-time wins for as long as I've ever been aware (and probably as long as I've been alive since I'm in my 20s).
I thought I'd see what it would take to lose the records. The all-time wins is easiest: we have 50 more wins than Texas, who's in second place. If we never won again, and Texas won every single game, it'd still take over 3.33 seasons for Texas to surpass us, assuming they play a 12 game regular season, a conference championship game, and even with a plus-one playoff system
The percentage record is not nearly as durable, not surprisingly. If we lose the first seven games and ND wins their first seven, they would have earned back the record. It'd take a fair amount more before Oklahoma could catch up to us: we'd need to lose 23 straight games and they'd need to win 23 straight games for their percentage to pass us (Texas has a higher percentage currently but has also played more games so Oklahoma's percentage catches up more quickly).
It was pointed out in comments that Boise State has a more malleable win percentage having played so few games, so I ran those numbers as well: they can actually catch up in 13 games (again, we lose that many and they win that many).
(Updated to more accurate calculations--the originals were slightly off; the change actually increases the number of games needed to catch up)
Henne signs with Jacksonville
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Per Tania Ganguli's Twitter, Chad Henne has signed with the Jags for two years. Adam Schefter confirms. Not the greatest team in the world, but it does give him an awesome chance to start thanks to a very questionable Blaine Gabbert.
As Schefter reported earlier, the Jags also signed WR Laurent Robinson (Dallas) for five years/$32.5 million. That at least gives him someone decent to throw to downfield. It'll be sad not to see Jake Long pass protecting for Henne anymore, but maybe he can be reunited with a former WR teammate like Manningham or Braylon.
2014 Offer Board
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| Targets | Ht. | Wt. | 40 | High School | Scout Rank | 247 Rank | Rivals Rank | Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterbacks | ||||||||
| Running Backs | ||||||||
| Wide Receivers (1 Offer) | ||||||||
| Drake Harris | 6'4" | 180 | Grand Rapids Cristian HS, Grand Rapids, MI | NR | NR | NR | ||
| Tight Ends | ||||||||
| Offensive Linemen (3 Offers) | ||||||||
| Andy Bauer | 6'5" | 285 | DeSmet HS, St. Louis, MO | NR | NR | NR | ||
| Orlando Brown | 6'10" | 360 | Peachtree Ridge HS, Duluth, GA | NR | NR | NR | ||
| Damian Prince | 6'7" | 300 | Bishop McNamara, Forestville, MD | NR | NR | NR | ||
| Defensive Ends (2 Offers) | ||||||||
| Da'Shawn Hand | 6'5" | 245 | Woodbridge Sr HS, Woodbridge, VA | NR | NR | NR | ||
| Malik McDowell | 6'6" | 260 | Loyola HS, Detroit, MI | NR | NR | NR | ||
| Defensive Tackles (1 Offer) | ||||||||
| Bryan Mone | 6'3" | 255 | Highland HS, Salt Lake, UT | NR | NR | NR | ||
| Linebackers (0 Offers) | ||||||||
| Cornerbacks (1 Offer) | ||||||||
| Jalen Tabor | 6'1" | 170 | Friendship Collegiate HS, Washington, DC | NR | NR | NR | ||
| Safeties | ||||||||
Given that we've almost wrapped up the 2013 class - I'll start maintaining the 2014 offer board
This has been derived from the 2013 offer board, so credit to wlubd for creating the template.
Christian LaCouture Decommits from Texas A&M
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Texas SDE and Michigan offer Christian LaCouture (3*, has offers from LSU and Mizzou also) has decommitted from Texas A&M and plans on visiting Michigan sometime in the relatively near future. I'm at work now so can't go further into detail, but that's the important part.
Michigan Football All-Hype Team
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Slow time on the board, so I've decided to put together a short list of my personal All Time Michigan Hype Team. Players who were hyped to oblivion by one sector of the fanbase or media or the other, but never really turned into what was hoped. I refrain from including any current players as their books are not yet written so who knows what might happen. I don't write this list as a "man this guy sucked," but more of a "if only he had lived up to the hype." Many of these guys were just the unfortunate victim of injury or circumstance that never worked out. I encourage you to add your own.
QB: Drew Henson, Clayton Richard,
RB: Sam McGuffie, Kevin Grady, Justin Fargas, Pierre Rembert
WR: Antonio Bass (captain of the team and legend in our hearts), Darryl Stonum, Carl Tabb, Je'Ron Stokes
TE: Chris Barnett
OL: Marques Slocum (Fuck Lion), Corey Zirbel, Dann O'neill
DL: Shantee Orr, Larry Harrison, Eugene Germany, Anthony LaLota,
LB: Cobrani Mixon, Marcus Witherspoon, Taylor Hill, Kellen Jones
DB: Darnell Hood, Quiton McCoy, Boubacar Cissoko, Vlad Emilien, JT Turner, Cullen Christian, Demar Dorsey,
K/P: Nate DeLong (sentimental pick. my brother was his HS teammate and long snapper, incredible athlete and had a tremendous leg, just never worked out at M, sadly.)
WolverinNation Video: Funchess, Richardson, Ross and Jenkins Stone's Pee Wee Team
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WolverineNation uploaded a video of the Pee Wee (NTPW) team that Devin Funchess, Terry Richardson, James Ross and Royce Jenkins-Stone played on. It has Ross, Richardson and Jenkin's Stone talking and joking about their past Pee Wee team.
I personally think it's awesome that we have 4 guys coming to play for us who have played together for so long.
