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It doesn't look like they updated the weight of the players, but a few of the players have changed numbers.

GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://mgoblue.com/roster.aspx?path=football

I thought I would throw this out there before April Fools Day. That way there is no confusion. Ole Miss will be fighting the "immediate eligibility" of those that are requesting transfers. Yes, that means Shea Patterson. Let's just say Ole Miss came out firing with their rebuttal to the NCAA. They are not going to admit any wrong doing or grant approvals for the players in question. 

Michigan could have been more aggressive and used more documentation that was made available to them from Shea's attorney. Furthermore, Michigan may submit additional documentation if they can (not guaranteed). They are going to need it. Shea's attorney is far less optimistic than he was a week ago. Hence the statement, he is referring all future inquiries to Michigan's David Ablauf. For the first time in weeks, I am starting to think this going to be a 50/50 decision at best.

Attorney's advising Michigan are adamant that they miscalculated the Ole Miss response. Brace yourselves for the worst and pray for the best. We know what the right thing to do is, but we are now dealing with a corrupt instituition (Mississippi) and an organization (NCAA) with a less than stellar track record in making the right decisions!

Great interview by Balas at Rivals and Jordan Poole. I will only quote a couple of sentences, but the key nugget is that Jackson (MSU) is also on his way to the NBA. IMO, Ward will likely depart too (coming from MSU sources). 

Poole is close to Jackson and conversations regarding the NBA: 

“I talk to him all the time,” Poole said."

“Yeah, for sure,” Poole said when asked if he thought Jackson was leaving. “I definitely think Jaren is going, ....

"We talked about it a little bit. We usually keep it pretty low, but I’m pretty sure I already know what his decision is.”

If this was already discussed Thursday or Friday I just flat out missed it. Anyway, Speight took an official visit to Wyoming this week. He took in one of their practices and talked to their staff for a couple of days. I haven't heard anything since, but that does not sound like a QB that is returning to Michigan. Missing our spring practice and attending others should be enough evidence to indicate he won't return. My initial opinion after Harbaugh's interview remains the same. It was just another awkward moment for Jim when answering questions. He is a tough interview. One other person close to it has said the same thing, "it was just Jim being Jim." Knowing how quickly things get posted here, I could have missed it, so delete if needed.

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"Days after the Michigan football team lost its Jan. 1 Outback Bowl game to South Carolina, Devin Bush, Jr.'s cell phone lit up.

It was a text message from an unfamiliar number with an uncomfortable question.

"Who is this?," the text read.

Bush, admittedly annoyed by this point that an unknown number reached out to him asking that question, soon found out who was on the other end.

It was Ben Herbert, Michigan's new strength and conditioning director. And he wasn't there to just introduce himself. He wanted Bush and his teammates in the gym.

"I'm like, 'Coach, we just got off a game,'" Bush said. "'We need rest.'

"He's like, 'Nah, there ain't no time for rest. You got a lot of things to accomplish with your team, (and) yourself. Let's get rolling.'"

"Everything that we did was completely new," said Bush, who enters his junior season at linebacker. "Lifts we had never done before, variations running-wise, field work that we had never done before. It was all new to us."

Three months in, the new staff seems to already be paying dividends. Earlier this week, defensive coordinator Don Brown, directly crediting Herbert and his staff, marveled at how fast his side of the ball has looked through three spring practices.

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2018/03/michigan_footballs_new_strengt_1.html

Credit: Mlive.com, 3/29/18, Aaron McCann

Interesting article about the changes made from last year to this year, according to Chase. Praises the S&C coach and changes made by Harbaugh, which he says helped make him decide to come back. He did not think our winter conditioning approach last year was good. 

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverine...