"Who needs recruits when we DOMINATE scUM in (pre-season) All Big Ten players!!!"
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I would expect to see Junior Hemingway, Cam Gordon, and hopefully one of our defensive backs on that list at the end of the season.
Also no mention of Taylor Lewan.I'd be shocked if he's not on the list after the season.Just my opinion but if he was at Wisconsin he'd already be an overhyped 1st teamer.
Denard sat on the bench his first year. Denard was B1G player of the year his second year.
That demonstrates a tremendous rate of growth, development and maturity.
So I have no fear of Denard falering. If his demonstrated growth rate continues, he will make a lot of great and key plays, while spreading the ball around for more offensive productivity.
A better offense with an improving quarterback. An improving defense. Almost all the starters returning. There's a lot to like about this upcoming season.
that the reason Denard's passing was so effective was because teams were scared to death of him running. That threat will be diminished this year and he will have to read through his progressions which is something he hasn't show he can do well yet. Throw in the fact, that DRob doesn't throw a great deep ball and there is reason for concern.
As a three year starter in HS his completion percentage was 45.5% and that dropped to just over 43% as a senior. I have faith in Denard, but this offense isn't necessarily suited to skill set. I'm holding out hope until I see what the offense actually looks like in the fall.
Not from what we watched in the Spring game. I did read a Borges quote that made me optimistic that he learned form the spring some of the things they will simply not have the personell for...hoping they adapt before the ND game.
If I'm coaching an opposing team, I'll still be scaed to death of Denard running.
Martin over Worthy is quite the compliment
Excellent point, but Phil might have had to take some liberties so that we M fans wouldn't burn down his house.
I don't understand, are you complaining that its compliment he is ahead of Worthy? I don't think anything more of Martin or less of Worthy because of this list.
I would hazard a guess that steele believes he will be better because the coaching and scheme changes on the Dline. If you look at their stats, worthy is a bit better in total tackles, sacks and tackles for loss but Worthy was playing in a system which made much more sense for his skill set. Martin had comparable production in a system which didn't do him as many favors. So I do think its a compliment to his position coach, coach Hoke and Martin himself to be ranked ahead of Worthy
Really that impressed with worthy. He's not a bad at all but I just don't understand where the hype came from all of a sudden. The guy was all big ten honorable mention last year, and now he's a top 5 pick?
must not have watched too closely to what happened last year. He's giving sparty more credit than they deserve. They have some talented prospects but they lost their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th leading tacklers last year and their qb is behind 2 returning linemen. Wisco and ND will be out for revenge this year, sparty will sneak up on nobody this season. And Phil, NO michigan receiver in the top 1st or 2nd team?!
A) That picture of Captain Picard makes me LOL
and 2) Let them all overlook us and discount us based on underachieving the last 3 (or perhaps more) years. Fine by me. I always revert back to the 97 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP team that wasn't given much pre-season hype. As someone posted earlier, the only all-whatever recognition that matters is the one at the end.
Phil steele has a pretty accurate list, but every year he has a few very questionable picks. Like for instance last year the spring hype was enough for steele to rank keith nichol 3rd team all big ten, ahead of the better and more accomplished spartan wide receivers. Then he finished with 260 yards. He did the same thing this year, ranking max bullough 3rd team over chris norman despite norman having almost 3 times as many tackles in 2010.
what exactly has Craig Roh done as a defensive end that would warrant a spot on the all Big Ten Preseason list at that position?
I'm surprised as well but I guess Steele didn't put him on the list because he played linebacker last year? Only reason I can think other than him thinking he's just not good enough.
I was also surprised by Jonathon Hankins (and Isiah Crowell in the SEC picks). Some pretty bold picks for current freshmen/incoming recruits but I guess that's part of the guessing game.
If Hankins becomes a force for OSU, that's really going to hurt. He was our recruit to lose, and we (the previous staff) blew it, IMHO.
Two home state teams didn't offer him because he's lazy and out of shape. Sure he may have all of the ability in the world but if you don't have work ethics, it's a risky propsition. I don't blame RR for passing Hankins when he told Hankins to get in shape for camp, he didn't so he didn't get the offer, period.
Just because someone is out of shape for one camp doesn't mean he'll be lazy for ever. RR should have projected this kid 2 years down the line after he'd been in a D1 S&C program.
to get in shape for camp. He didn't and it shows the coaches that he's not willing to put in the work to be a D1 football player. I do not want players with no work ethics. It's crapshoot to think the kid will suddenly pick up his work ethics and a risky proposition to go after a kid who has never shown to have great work ethics.
Roh quite frankly did not produce last season. He had 5.5 TFLs and half a sack, and was generally a liability against the run. He's got a lot to prove IMO.
Jibreel Black came on at the end of spring practice and he will push Roh for playing time come fall, imho.
Yep, my thoughts exactly. I think he'll have a very strong year. I'm also in the "concerned about Denard" camp. I hope we keep the fake qb run, pass to roundtree up the middle for a TD.
I think Roh is going to be good, but keep in mind that he wasn't used properly last year. There's probably a good chance that Phil Steele (and others) don't know what to expect from Roh because he didn't really get a chance to show off his skills last season.
If Michigan's offensive line is as good as it should be this year then it will do exactly what Auburn's offensive line did last year, hide your quarterback's deficiencies.
So much of it comes down to if we can run power like we should be able to. Do that successfully and you have to deal with getting bruised up on the inside by the running back and then have to chase down Denard when he escapes or when they run a play for him. That combined with a solid passing game and the Michigan offense should still be scary.
But everyone is iffy and they should be. The offense has changed first of all and in the first time we got to see it in the spring game Denard looked eerily similar to freshman Denard having an excellent opening run followed by a lot of inconsistent passing and interceptions.
It was probably a deviation from the norm but I can't help from having my doubts about the system after seeing it that first time.
to get 800-1000 yards rushing. For one, the D won't be looking for him to run as much. Even more important is that good running QB's can rack up a LOT of yards on busted pass plays. He does need to learn when to tuck and go though.
With an improved D this year, he shouldn't feel as much pressure to score on every drive. This alone could reduce his INTs...throwing the ball away on 3rd down is more of an option if you can actually punt and stop somebody.
We play at least 12 games this year, and probably 13. To reach 1,000, he just needs to average 77 yards/game. If he has 3 games where he breaks 150 (e.g. non-conference cupcakes), then he just needs to average 55 yards/game for the rest.
It's just less likely that he'll get 1,700 in the new offense.
is Keven Koger, the kid is a stud...hopefully borges uses him more often
He might improve this year with a new coaching staff, but he hasn't put up great numbers in any season so far.
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