Slight OT - Dillon Gabriel to Oregon
Dillon Gabriel has committed to Oregon, as the first of the tranfer QB dominos falls. Dante Moore, our rumored target, was rumored to be scheduled to visit them next week, and I imagine that isn't the case anymore. Will be interesting to see where the big names end up, and hopefully we get one.
December 9th, 2023 at 12:37 PM ^
Seems unlikely--would really be a step down for him. I agree with you that he would seem to be better off getting out of the B1G and getting a fresh start with a team that appreciates and can use his talents. Nebraska doesn't even throw much and also doesn't have great receivers.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:24 PM ^
Maybe they hire Brian Ferentz to work his magic in Lincoln???
December 9th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
Market is what it is. While I don’t think McCord is bad but he seems like a Shea Patterson kind of five star so far - good, but not elite in games. Will make some big throws and miss some. So it may be that he left for whatever reason he left only to find his star didn’t shine as brightly as it did coming out of HS? Not sure. Both he and Nebraska could certainly do worse.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:15 PM ^
This is surprising to me. Seems to me like McCord could do better than that. But maybe Rhule is attractive to him as a coach?
Or maybe it's just smoke, who knows.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:34 PM ^
That would mean that Nebraska's exciting return to option football is over. That would be a shame.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:39 PM ^
McCord to Iowa would be priceless.
December 9th, 2023 at 2:17 PM ^
Penn State is the only Big Ten team that would make any sense for McCord. I'm guessing he'll end up at a decent ACC school, but it would be pretty funny if he did show up in Happy Valley and finally get them over the OSU hump next year. They are close as it is now.
December 9th, 2023 at 2:33 PM ^
I doubt PSU would throw Drew Allar overboard for McCord.
December 9th, 2023 at 4:27 PM ^
Particularly since they are twins.
December 9th, 2023 at 7:37 PM ^
I’d be surprised if he isn’t back at OSU. He gets a bigger NIK deal and stays. Will depend on if OSU strikes out on the other choices.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:08 PM ^
as the first of the tranfer QB dominos falls
Riley Leonard had already committed to Notre Dame.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:21 PM ^
I don't think he has publicly, but it's been pretty clear he's been going to Tamper Dame since he entered into the portal
December 9th, 2023 at 1:18 PM ^
Dante Moore, our rumored target, was rumored to be scheduled to visit them next week, and I imagine that isn't the case anymore.
If everything we've heard about Dante Moore is true, this probably shouldn't change anything except for maybe that Oregon has shown they can't develop a QB and will always go to the portal
December 9th, 2023 at 2:04 PM ^
Hate Oregon. Hate Ohio a lot more. So all in all I think this is a largely positive outcome considering it's clear Ohio pushed McCord out the door and planned on bringing in a high value target.
Gabriel is by a significant margin the most dangerous QB in the portal for my money. And now Ohio won't get him. 😈
December 9th, 2023 at 2:36 PM ^
Gabriel is a great example of a guy taking advantage of the NIL market and making money because he doesn't have great pro prospects. The one issue is that it sort of eats into your own QB development and at some point the COVID year will wear out and a bunch of 23-24 year old guys won't be around anymore. Oregon has some talented guys on the roster and you'd think they'd want to give them a chance to start.
But a good move for him and I do think this will help UM with Moore, if both sides went that to happen.
December 9th, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^
I think Michigan is getting Moore. I also hope Orji is our QB next season.
December 9th, 2023 at 4:26 PM ^
You don’t want to win football games?
December 9th, 2023 at 5:03 PM ^
Unpopular opinion. Michigan beats PSU and OSU by more if they run the Orji package all game long.
Jmho but the QB we lost out to Utah is the player in the portal I'd like to see Michigan pursue. He has Denard lite explosiveness. Rotate him with Orji at QB like Rbs. BIG defenses haven't stopped our run game in 3 seasons without much a QB threat to run. Go all in.
Weiss was getting there but I think we are going in a different direction now.
December 9th, 2023 at 5:11 PM ^
Are you serious? 60 full minutes?
December 9th, 2023 at 5:14 PM ^
Very serious. Michigan ran at Ohio for 7 minutes to milk that game, without a threat at QB. Never threw a pass in the 2nd half vs Penn. Add the element of a qb run to our offense and woe to Big defenses.
December 9th, 2023 at 6:08 PM ^
Yeah - the forward pass is going the way of the Winged T
December 9th, 2023 at 6:31 PM ^
Can still throw to the tight ends and underneath to the slot dots. If anything they'd be more wide open. Do not need an NFL caliber QB to execute our passing tree.
December 9th, 2023 at 7:05 PM ^
Harbaugh has been at Michigan for nine seasons now. At this point in time even the last person out there should realize that there's certain things a Harbaugh-coached Michigan team won't be and one of them is a team with an offense built around a running QB.
December 9th, 2023 at 8:54 PM ^
We were on our way to be that under Weiss so this statement is patently false.
December 9th, 2023 at 7:21 PM ^
Michigan ran at Ohio for 7 minutes to milk that game, without a threat at QB
We threw, and completed, multiple passes on that drive.
As for PSU, not every called play in the second half was a run. A couple of pass plays turned into scrambles by JJ and another drew a pass interference penalty. In any event, we scored 10 points in the second half and both scores came on drives that started in PSU territory. We never had a drive of 50 yards that half.
December 9th, 2023 at 6:21 PM ^
if I’m Harbaugh, I’d look at Ty Thomson (former 5* who has been at Oregon for 3 years)
had been backing up and was the presumptive starter next year
dude can play
December 10th, 2023 at 5:24 PM ^
Is he in the portal? Last thing UM/Harbaugh needs is an accusation of tampering. Which, like sign stealing it seems everyone does but UM would of course be the one to get punished for it.