November 27th, 2012 at 12:20 AM ^
HUZZAH!!!
November 26th, 2012 at 1:20 PM ^
The only possible comment to this would be a picture of Devin Gardner doing his Mr. Burns celebration with the meme caption "eeeeexcellent."
...But I'm too lazy for that kind of thing.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:21 PM ^
If he's trolling me...
November 26th, 2012 at 1:21 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^
Bellomy beat out Gardner in spring practice, or was at least good enough that they felt comfortable with moving Gardner to receiver. I still think there were some injury issues with Bellomy and the change in playcalling from Devin to Bellomy won't be so massive as from Denard to Bellomy either. I suspect Bellomy will be the backup next year unless Morris is so good that he forces his way on the field as the starter.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:47 PM ^
Terrifies me. The kid pooped his pants versus Nebraska. Shane will red shirt as long as Gardner isn't injured. If he is, it with be Morris.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:54 PM ^
Yeah - the kid wasn't ready for primetime, on the road, against one of our toughest opponents, in a game he wasn't expecting to play. Maybe it's possible Shane would be the same way as a true frosh?
Keep in mind that Bellomy has the experience under his belt now. That, coupled with a ton of reps in spring practice might make him a quality back up.
November 26th, 2012 at 2:13 PM ^
Just think about how Brendan Gibbons has progressed since his freshman year. I understand QB is different than kicker, but I really think that Bellomy's problem is more mental than anything else.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:44 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 1:21 PM ^
Come on now..It's Michigan we are talking about. They have repeadly been denied in the past yet other schools get them everytime. The Suckeyes got 2 years for a kicker on some trumped up medical reason but the only reason was he couldn't beat out the two guys in front of him until his 6th year.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:27 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 2:01 PM ^
honestly every time you post I think it's one of mine
time to say farewell to pensive Sheridan methinks
November 26th, 2012 at 2:13 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 1:36 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 1:48 PM ^
Still doesn't mean that you still don't suck!
November 26th, 2012 at 1:55 PM ^
Agreed. I'm still not ready for cordial buckeye interaction.
November 27th, 2012 at 12:26 AM ^
Congrats on the win. But . . . too soon. Way too soon.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:22 PM ^
Good, this means endless threads asking if we've heard back or not. But if it is yes, then this is certainly great news.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:29 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 12:27 AM ^
I think I heard that UM can't apply until after next year. Don't know if that's true.
/s
November 26th, 2012 at 1:23 PM ^
LOL "Back Spasms" FTW
November 26th, 2012 at 1:24 PM ^
While I'm thrilled that Shane Morris is coming to Michigan, I think that there is great value in having an experienced Senior Quarterback. Assuming Devin would start the next two years, this means Shane would redshirt and not play at all next year, and for Shane to be a backup his redshirt Freshman year (Fall 2014.) He wouldn't have to start until Fall 2015, or after 3 full Fall practices, as well as 2 full Spring practices.
November 26th, 2012 at 2:11 PM ^
would be the thing to do. But, in reality we'll have to see how things play out in the spring practices and next fall with Bellomy and Morris to see who the best backup would be. I think Bellomy will bounce back well from the Nebraska debacle, but how far we'll need to see.
November 26th, 2012 at 3:20 PM ^
So we get Shane into the summer scrimmages, and give him a lot of reps in the fall camp, and after a few games and he gets into the swing of school as a freshman, we make Shane the starting quarterback and -- I love this part -- we move Devin Gardner to WR! How cool would that be? We'd be getting all of our best athletes on the field all at once.
November 27th, 2012 at 12:12 AM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 9:25 PM ^
As others have stated, one can be second on the depth chart for an entire season and still keep their redshirt, assuming they don't play a snap. Which is what would happen unless Gardner were to be injured.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:27 PM ^
Maybe Hokes way of trying influence the situation or maybe he believes this to be true. Either way I hope he is accurate.
November 26th, 2012 at 9:26 PM ^
Exactly.
What Hoke said is coachspeak and people are acting like it's a Sure Thing.
Do people really think Hoke would say anything other than what he said?
I mean, seriously, do people think Hoke is going to get up there in a press conference and be like, "Oh he'es probably not going to get it." or "How the hell should I know?"
Given the nature of press conference communications under Hoke I just don't take anything he says in a presser too seriously.
November 27th, 2012 at 12:32 AM ^
Couldn't he just say, "we'll need to let the process play out. We are focused on our bowl game, sending our seniors out with a win, and controlling the things we can control."? Seems like that would be more coachspeak in that it really doesn't tell you anything one way or the other.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:27 PM ^
I hope this isn't the same as how Hoke expected Denard back for the 2nd half of Nebraska...
November 26th, 2012 at 1:29 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^
Day to day.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:30 PM ^
We have 7 home games next season and our away games are UConn, PSU, MSU, Northwestern, Iowa. Depending on how the season goes, he may not even need the redshirt.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 1:43 PM ^
I'm saying that with a 11 or 12 win season, it's a distinct possibility.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:39 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 2:02 PM ^
Nebraska's the real challenge. They lose a lot on defense but almost the whole offense returns, including Martinez and Abdullah. Add in that Wisconsin and Ohio State rotate off their schedule and are replaced by Illinois and Purdue while we drop those teams for Wisconsin and Penn State and we begin the season at a scheduling disadvantage.
November 26th, 2012 at 2:10 PM ^
I agree with you, but (a) I like our D against their O (had we not given them incredible field position, we would have nearly shut them down this year), and (b) that game is back at our place.
Just like this year, the head to head win meant everything. If we beat them and still lose another Big Ten game, we're golden. Considering there's a decent chance they lose a second Big Ten game, we might be able to drop 2 non-Nebraska games and still go. But that game is the biggest game of the season next fall, and it's at home.
November 26th, 2012 at 3:16 PM ^
Beat Ohio.
November 26th, 2012 at 2:28 PM ^
until 2015.
November 26th, 2012 at 2:30 PM ^
it's PSU and IU that rotate on in 2013, with Purdue and Illinois rotating off.
November 26th, 2012 at 2:44 PM ^
My bad. I thought "We haven't played Wisconsin in forever, we must play them next year."
Stupid New Big Ten.
November 26th, 2012 at 2:48 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 4:25 PM ^
The fact that they don't play OSU is a disadvantage, but us adding Penn St. to the schedule isn't going to hurt us. Penn St. won't be anything close to what they were this year without McGloin and with the scholarship sanctions hitting.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^
November 26th, 2012 at 1:40 PM ^
He got his redshirt, but I have doubts about whether he'll return next year.
November 26th, 2012 at 4:15 PM ^
Remember that USA TODAY specifically mentioned Mike Jones as a key defensive contributor at LB this year. He'll get his redshirt if USA TODAY's sources are correct.