With signing day wrapped up, what are your thoughts?

I think the class is super solid and am excited for Edokpayi to be a QB destroyer in a couple years. I am a bit disappoint that there wasn't a 5 star or four (thankfully there wasn't a 5 star RB) in the group. I had hoped that all the winning over the last couple of years would've helped there but the bag speaks louder, understandably so.

We've won three straight Big Ten championships and made three straight CFPs, so I finally have trust that what Jim Harbaugh thinks about his recruits is more important than what I think.

Ryan Day is so bitchmade soft.  He reacted to not losing their top WR recruit and a top DL recruit like a message board fan would.  Guy is unhinged and thinks he’s playing NCAA football on Xbox. 
 

OSU fans are completely delusional thinking all their commits are there for the amazing college experience, but players flipping to Miami, UGA, Bama are getting the bag.  Ie, all 5* OSU commits are only there because OSU good and honest, while other 5 stars just want money!

Michigan is not playing the up front $ / NIL game. It’s worked, for now, but not sure how sustainable this strategy is when other schools outbid UM in the portal as well.  If we can promise elite development AND a giant bag to transfers, it’s a good strategy- but I do think we need some more elite HS talent going forward.  UM isn’t this good rn without JJ and Will Johnson.  We develop incredibly well, and recruit to the trenches first… great formula -specifically as playoff goes to 12 teams.  That said, we will be very reliant on upper classmen sticking around and holding the current culture in place to be at the level of UGA and Bama. 

Michigan has found their stride in recruiting, developing, then filling holes in the portal. It's hard to complain about anything tbh

Good class, and it's in keeping with a strategy we're all familiar with, but I'm a little concerned.

Does Michigan win against Ohio State this year without a 5-star talent at the helm? JJ's incredible TD throw to Wilson and Will Johnson's critical interception and generally excellent work on MHJ during the first half comes to mind. 

Scheme can funnel big plays to these types of guys, and I'd like to see at least one or two in a given class (transfers included). On the other hand, the 'big-upside freshman class and use transfers to fill holes' strategy seems to be working out so far.

Michigan has won three straight Big Ten Championships by running the football and having an elite defense. This class doesn't seem to be changing that identity anytime soon.  

Offensively, they have a Top 100 composite QB and RB, two Top 250 TEs, two Top 250 OL with 3 others ranked around the 300-400 level. 

Defensively, they grabbed three very high ceiling D-Ends, loaded up with two 300-400 level DTs and another two that seem criminally underrated. Four extremely athletic LBs (again, 300-400 level). Finished off with 300ish level CB and Safety.  

The UM program has feasted on the 200-400 level of the 247 composite for a while now, getting kids into the program for a couple years and explode their 2nd/3rd years. The highest-ranked Harbaugh class (2017) came with massive expectations and immediate contributors and was maybe the most disappointing class in his tenure. The 2018 class was his worst star-ranking class he ever had, but was the catalyst behind changing the program's culture. 

The coaches are some of, if not the best at scouting and developing in the entire country. This class looks like it will continue to keep the machine going. 

It'd be nice to see Michigan toward the top of these rankings and get excited for incoming 5 stars, but as others have said, we've got every reason to trust in Harbaugh and way he recruits. Given the past few years, I'd rather let OSU enjoy "winning" NSD, while we get to enjoy winning The Game. 

I like the class itself. We need a couple of corners, a wide receiver and probably an ol or two from the portal and we would be set. 

Edokpayi will be fun to follow.

2 portal guys ?  What I miss? 

I think that Seth’s dad speaking Yoruba and thus knowing how to correctly pronounce “Edokpayi” is something that would only happen on a Michigan blog 

I think Harbaugh better return for 2024.  I know UM has a system for picking kids that fit what UM wants to do, but UM requires the entire coaching staff return, including Harbaugh to form this #16th ranked crew, with kids from 3 to 4 star HS players, into elite college football players.

#GoBlue

#Bet

Key here is Davis. If he is good Michigan will be good. If he isn’t…😬.

The linemen will be good.  The defense will be good. That alone is enough to get you to 8-10 wins annually. Key is the QB.

WR is the one area Michigan needs to pick up its game. Michigan hasn’t landed an elite WR recruit since DPJ.

Would also like to see them land a few more five stars.

Very happy with this class, which according to Rivals is one of the better classes we have had in years. Ranked #12 - OSU is #5. But we had 17 4-stars according to Rivals. OSU had only 13 4-stars, but the difference is they have 3 5-stars. We out-recruited them, again, on both the offensive and defensive lines. 

17th in the rankings is just not going to sustain this level of success. People don’t like to hear it, but it’s true. Alabama has nine five stars in their class. Ohio State has five. We have zero. That’s a huge obstacle to overcome.

I think Michigan class is good but holy cow OSU signed 5 5-stars