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Michigan has the 22nd toughest schedule in college football this year while 1 thru 5 goes 1. Cal 2. LSU 3. Arkansas. 4. Stanford and 5. Utah. Purdue has the 8th strongest surprisingly and Illionois is 14th. Wow shocker! ND rounds out at 7th. http://www.collegefootballuniverseblog.com/1/post/2013/06/college-footba...

 

Article from when he was offered-

Isaac Nauta is a 6-4, 240-pound ninth grader out of Buford, Georgia who plays both tight end and defensive end.

Nauta recently received his 4th BCS offer yesterday from the University of Michigan, becoming the first freshman to do so. “It’s really humbling and it really is an honor to be shown interest from a school like Michigan this early in the game,” says Nauta.

Although Nauta plays tight end and defensive end, he says he wants to be a tight end on the next level. ”I’ll head to Georgia, then up to Tennessee and I’ll try to go up to Clemson soon,” Nauta said. “I also will seriously consider attending Michigan.”

 

Per the Core 6 (which Jones is a part of) twitter account from 45 minutes ago:

"Visits will still go as planned to Michigan State, Michigan and Ohio State. Announcement June 27th for All American OL Jamarco Jones."

This is obviously contradictory to his tweet that the visits won't happen. Hopefully they do happen and it helps Michigan land Jones in the end.

For those of you who enjoy the history of college football, I just stumbled onto this amazing archive of historic film:  www.historicfilms.com

A search for "Michigan" or "football" will keep you entertained for hours.  Most clips include highlights from a bunch of major programs of that era.  If you are only interested in Michigan you will either have to be patient and wait until the Michigan segments pop up, or you can use the text log tab to click on the "scene" from the particular newsreel that interests you. 

Here's Michigan's 1943 victory over OSU - notice the band is advertising the sale of War Bonds - eek, advertising in the Big House! /s http://historicfilms.com/search/?type=all&q=michigan#p6t4226 

Happy viewing!

From a Rich Eisen tweet - Henne to Denard. I love this pic!

Wow RT @ftblsickness: @richeisen enjoys this photo RT @ecstoner: Oh man... RT @bhugh215: @ecstoner Henne-To-Denard <3 twitter.com/BHugh215/statu…

— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) June 13, 2013

Admittedly, I don't know a whole lot about Athlon Sports, or their ability to credibly rank anything college football related. However, I find it hilarious that any reasonable sports magazine could compile a list of the top stadiums to watch a football game in the country -- let alone the B1G -- and position Michigan Stadium at Number Five, behind both Nebraska and Penn St. This cannot be serious.

http://btn.com/2013/06/13/athlon-where-does-your-big-ten-stadium-rank/

My unbiased ranking factoring in fan total experience is:

1. Michigan Stadium

2. Ohio Stadium

3. Camp Randall Stadium

4. Beaver Stadium

5. Kinnick Stadium

6. Spartan Stadium

7. Memorial Stadium (Nebraska)

8. Ross-Ade Stadium

9. TCF Bank Stadium

10. Memorial Stadium (Indiana)

11. Ryan Field

12. Memorial Stadium (Illinois)

Btw -- for those of you who have the opportunity to choose between attending a game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, or go with your wife to shop for linens at Bed, Bath & Beyond -- that's seriously a toss-up.