Class of 2012: The New Numbers
The 2012 Football Media Guide was released last night. Like all media guides it has lots of information reporters will Google/Bentley anyway if they ever need it. This one also comes with an extensive section on 100-yard rushers and 100-yard rushing duos in case, you know, anyone needs to write an article this year about two guys rushing for over 100 yards in a game or something. It also has a roster. A ROSTER!!! OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD, OBSESSIVE ATTENTION TO ROSTER NUMBERS, GO!
Notable non-bullets:
NO position switches: Everybody who was a thing in spring is still that thing.
Baquer Sayed not on it again. This same thing happened last year and then he turned up back on the team so this could be nothing. (UPDATE: Confirmed he has left the team.) Baquer was in the Spring Game and caught one of those passes listed as "unknown" in the box score. He was a 2010 preferred walk-on, one of those tall, loping-type receivers who look like they're hunched over until they extend to unworldly lengths. He turned down MAC offers to walk on here. Tim Sullivan interviewed him on MGo a few years ago. Yes, that Fordson.
Devin Gardner a junior, not RS soph. You shouldn't expect him to be since they won't say until he applies following the 2013 season, but I always look anyway.
WDEs the Biggest Gainers. Brennan Beyer is now 252 lbs., up 27 from the Spring roster, meaning he has gained the mass of the world's biggest lobster. Space fact: it now takes as much extra energy for Beyer to jump as it takes an astronaut in his space suit to jump from the surface of the moon. Frank Clark is up 32 lbs. for a listed 260. In other guys moving down the line, Jibreel Black is up to 276 (+16) and Roh is listed at 278 (+9).
Holy Ondre! Ondre Pipkins, at 337 pounds, is the biggest dude on the entire roster. For reference, Will Campbell arrived at 309, Richard Ash was 320, and freshman Gabe Watson was 358.* Other freshmen arriving much larger than advertised are Willie Henry (6'3-302, from 6'2-270), Ben Braden (6'6-319, from 285), Erik Magnuson (6'6-290 from 275), Amara Darboh (6'2-218 from 190), A.J. Williams (6'6-282 from 270), The Funchess (6'4-225 from 6'5-205), and James Ross (6'1-225 from 6'0-209). Only RJS arrived smaller than sites said (6'2-206 from 215).
* "That's all?" —everyone my age who ever played against Southfield
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On to the fully digit-ed freshmen!
No. | Name | Pos. | Ht | Wt | Note |
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12 | Allen Gant | S | 6'2 | 196 | Nice compromise btw dad (14) and cousin (2) |
13 | Terry Richardson | CB | 5'9 | 154 | 154 pounds = 11 stone, $239 U.S., "small" |
15 | James Ross | LB | 6'1 | 225 | Much closer to LB size than as a recruit (209) |
19 | Devin Funchess | TE | 6'4 | 225 | Much closer to TE size than as a recruit (205) |
22 | Jarrod Wilson | S | 6'2 | 195 | Spring |
26 | Dennis Norfleet | RB | 5'7 | 161 | |
29 | Drake Johnson | RB | 6'1 | 203 | |
34 | Jeremy Clark | S | 6'4 | 191 | |
35 | Joe Bolden | LB | 6'3 | 224 | Spring |
39 | Sione Houma | FB | 6'0 | 221 | |
43 | Chris Wormley | DE | 6'5 | 268 | |
49 | Kaleb Ringer | LB | 6'1 | 230 | Spring - up 11 lbs. since |
50 | Tom Strobel | DE | 6'6 | 250 | |
52 | Royce Jenkins-Stone | LB | 6'2 | 206 | Winner of "I'm Ray Lewis" sweepstakes among Mattison LB recruits. Guessing redshirt. |
53 | Mario Ojemudia | DE | 6'2 | 223 | Wore 53 in high school |
56 | Ondre Pipkins | DT | 6'3 | 337 | He asked for 56 - for Woodley |
62 | Blake Bars | OL | 6'5 | 282 | |
67 | Kyle Kalis | OL | 6'5 | 292 | |
69 | Willie Henry | DT | 6'3 | 302 | How did they miss a kid that size at a program like Glenville? |
71 | Ben Braden | OL | 6'6 | 319 | Is this OT depth is see? Size: yes. Technique: unlikely. |
78 | Erik Magnuson | OL | 6'6 | 290 | Same as with Braden. |
82 | Amara Darboh | WR | 6'2 | 218 | I was so sure he'd take 15 |
84 | A.J. Williams | TE | 6'6 | 282 | Is it legal to make a guy that size an eligible receiver? |
86 | Jehu Chesson | WR | 6'3 | 183 | |
99 | Matthew Godin | DT | 6'6 | 270 |
You are welcome to see how wrong I was at guessing. Or you can burn that. You know what, burn that.
Number Changes:
Not as many as in years previous.
Name | Pos. | Was | Now | This is not the reason |
---|---|---|---|---|
Drew Dileo | WR | 26 | 9 | Step 1: Get assigned locker next to Gallon. Step 2: Steal cloaking device. |
Devin Gardner | QB | 7 | 12 | Bought a Gutierrez jersey in '04 before he got his Henne one. Recently discovered it in back of the closet. |
Paul Gyarmati | FB | 99 | 31 | Inaugural "Name Legends" jersey, will include patch honoring Herman Everhardus (1930-'33) |
Meet the Walk-Ons:
The new guys. Those listed were not on the spring roster.
No | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Elig | Hometown (H.S.) |
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3 | Bo Dever# | WR | 6'2 | 189 | FR | Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest) |
6 | Brian Cleary# | QB | 6'3 | 202 | FR | Detroit, Mich. (Detroit Jesuit) |
18 | Devon Micou | WR | 6'0 | 184 | RS FR | Ann Arbor, Mich. (Huron) |
31 | Andrew Offerdahl | S | 5'11 | 192 | FR | Fort Lauderdale, Fl. (Cardinal Gibbons) |
46 | Chris Maye# | DB | 5'11 | 178 | FR | Union City, Mich. (Union City) |
59 | Mark Lawson# | LB | 6'2 | 207 | FR | Ada, Mich. (Forest Hills Eastern) |
63 | Ben Pliska | OL | 6'3 | 267 | FR | Kirkland, Wa. (Lake Washington) |
79 | Dan Gibbs# | OL | 6'7 | 311 | FR | Birmingham, Mich. (Seaholm) |
91 | Kenneth Allen# | P | 6'3 | 205 | FR | Fenton, Mich. (Fenton) |
91 | David Mitropoulos-Rundus | TE | 6'2 | 242 | RS FR | Ann Arbor, Mich. (Pioneer) |
95 | Anthony Capatina | K | 5'9 | 181 | RS SO | Novi, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central) |
96 | Ryan Glasgow# | DL | 6'4 | 285 | FR | Aurora, Ill. (Marmion Academy) |
# = preferred walk-on. Interesting note: Glasgow is listed at DL, though the little chatter about him on the interwebs expected him to be an interior offensive lineman.
Counting Things on Scholarship
(note: Brink, Heininger and Kovacs counted as scholarship players)
31! Thirty-one scholarship players with junior (19) or senior (12) eligibility, ah ah ah! Last year was 18 juniors and 15 seniors; 2010 was 14 and 11. This year there are only 11 sophomores (since few redshirted in '10 and many did last season.
38! Thirty-eight players left from the '08-'10 classes, ah ah ah! This roster is already mostly Hoke's. Show? Show.
Class of: | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
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2005 | 6 | |||
2006 | 8 | 16 | ||
2007 | 9 | 11 | 12 | |
2008 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
2009 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
2010 | 15 | 18 | 22 | |
2011 | 15 | 19 | ||
2012 | 25 | |||
Total on Scholarship | 78 | 80 | 76 | 74 |
7! Seven receivers on last year's August roster who are now gone. Odoms, Grady and Hemingway by graduation, Stonum by action, Stokes and Williamson by volition, Terrence Robinson by unrenewsion. AHHHH!
14! Fourteen scholarship players at defensive back, ah ah ah! As opposed to nine on the roster in 2009.
44! Forty-four of the guys pictured in the Media Guide with facial hair, ah ah ah! This has to be a new record since the '70s.
Team 133 Photo Day
THE THREE STAGES OF BEARDLINESS:
They are Demens, Allspach, and Mealer.
TEAM DREAD-FLOW 133!:
(EDIT: Almost forgot:
They are Wolverines with lions' manes sticking out of their helmets, soaring through the air in much the same way Odre Pipkins doesn't. They are: J.T. Floyd, Chris Eddins, Gibbons U PUT IT THRU THE UPRITES, Denard with something on his upper lip that shouldn't be there, Roh's left eyebrow, Roh's right eyebrow, Hopkins, the Jake (love the Jake), and Bolden. Here's some dudes trying to get into the club:
T-Gordon, Gallon, Jarrod Wilson, Dennis Norfleet, Justice Hayes, Seth Broekhuizen.
NO LONGER PART OF TEAM DREAD-FLOW:
Josh Furman.
I KNEW THERE WAS A REASON I CHOSE HIM AS MY TOTALLY UNREASONABLE NAME ON NOBODY'S LIPS TO GET ALL EXCITED ABOUT
Delonte Hollowell. Somebody get this man a bow-tie.
I just... I don't know what to say.
Josh Furman, CPA.
False. Josh's All Star Spitter's Gap betrays hiim.
That looks like it was taken directly out of a 1977 Flint Northern year book. Seriously, I can open one of my parent's year books and probably show you that exact picture somewhere.
Perhaps he's been possessed by the spirit of the recently departed...
is magnificent.
That is all.
and Brawny will have found their next guy.
Alternately, Mealer can move to Bushwick and start manufacturing artisinal pickles.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 AM ^
I think Mealer is simply making a subtley predictive statement here:
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:04 AM ^
looks like a regular at a bear bar in Provincetown.
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:58 AM ^
from the Rudolph special.
EDIT: Sorry, I didn't scroll down to see someone already posted this.
Where are Jake Ryan and Joe Bolden?!?
I thought the same thing. WHAR JAKE FLOW? WHAR??!?!
Conan the Barbarian first came to my mind, but I'll roll with Thor.
Will Campbell is Thor. http://mgoblog.com/sites/mgoblog.com/files/campbell.jpg
There's even a tag for that: http://mgoblog.com/category/tags/will-campbell-thor
Ryan is pictured above. Doing his best Brienne from Game of Thrones impression. Probably my favorite Wolverine right now.
trying out for lead vocalist of some 80's cover band? .38 Special perhaps?
August 5th, 2012 at 10:17 PM ^
or did Brandon miss a chance to have some sort of release event? just to have this thing come out in the middle of the night rather than have reporters and people standing around listening to speeches about the michigan media guide way seems like a good way to promote the mission and capture latent synergies.
Yeah, he's slipping. You would have thought that he or one of the 25 Marketing Assistants on staff would have caught on to this. Send him your application. What's yet another Marketing Assistant when you're already up to a full signing class' worth of them already?
Brand-on, Dave.
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:26 AM ^
Is it available to non-media awesomeness-folk like myself? And if so, where? Thanks, kbai.
The awesomeness thing was meant for the media types, not myself FWIW.
False. It's publicly available: http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/fbl-guide-2012.html
I poked around Mgoblue for awhile but couldn't find it. Just my luck its probably right on the home page and now I look like a total douche . Not the first time, I assure you.
Please become awesome so we can see you in intro videos on the big house scoreboard. I feel like he is character from Remember the Titans.
And 1891 was our first year.
When we kick State's ass, he gets to hold the Paul Bunyan trophy for the media pictures.
Actually, he could be the Paul Bunyan trophy.
In case anyone was curious, Offerdahl is the former Dolphin LB's son. Maybe the coffee just hasn't kicked in yet, but that was not as simple to confirm as I thought it would be.
The world's biggest lobster is at least 36 pounds or over, since there is a giant 36 pounder mounted on the wall at the Lobster House in Cape May, NJ.
Looks like Brennan Beyer still has to gain more weight.
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:53 AM ^
I never would have thought that place would get a mention on this board. Aside from the 2 hour dinner waits, that place is fantastic.
Someday, God Willing, Elliot Mealer's hair will turn snow white, he will achieve a suitably friendly old-man paunch, and he will become the greatest Mall-Santa the world has ever seen.
For a second there, I thought we had Fabio on the team.
I wonder how they'll fit "Mitropoulos-Rundus" on the back of a jersey. We might be in for our first two-line name since Mark and Mike Hammerstein back in the day.
political controversy when it shows up on his jersey as:
"Mit-Run-US"
/no politics
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:02 AM ^
Yeah that is quite the name he has there. I hope he catches a pass sometime during his career, just so we can hear the commentators attempt to say his name.
Kenny Demens looks disturbingly like Jesse Jackson.
Easy there Mrs. Stiffler!
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:02 AM ^
If Mgomom wants to take the washer through an extra-spin cycle while thinking of Navy Seal commanders and studly young athletes, I don't see this as much different than one of us guys typing with one hand when Kate appears on "hello" posts.
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