The Matt & Seth Show 2022.07: History 623 with Prof. Michael Barrett
Matt Demorest of HomeSure Lending and Seth from the internet go back to school to talk about where linebackers come from, and where the way Michigan currently plays its linebackers comes from. If you're looking to buy or refi, Matt's the guy.
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November 15th, 2022 at 5:33 PM ^
Was it Courtney Morgan who was responsible us finding, getting in with, and ultimately landing Graham ? I vaguely recall hearing he had a contact who tipped him off on him.
November 15th, 2022 at 9:08 PM ^
You had lot of nerve cyan-ing Germany Shulz there Seth. . .
November 15th, 2022 at 9:36 PM ^
Did Seth just call JT Tuiimoloau the most expensive recruit in the history of recruiting? Why yes he did! Do we think Ohio did this legitimately, through true NIL, vs simply dropping bags of money on him? Of course not. Will any pundit ever point this out as our well coached 3 and 4 stars do battle with their assembly line of 5 star talent? Ha, we all know better. Everybody knows the dice are loaded. But every once in awhile the cheaters lose. Go Blue.
November 16th, 2022 at 5:54 AM ^
So I’m curious , what’s the advantage of having players better suited to be OTs play guard on the O Line?
November 16th, 2022 at 8:51 AM ^
As far as I know, just stockpiling talent. Tackles are difficult to find. Not that guards aren’t, but tackle requires lateral mobility, and 300-pound bodies that can move like ballerinas don’t grow on trees. Those qualities aren’t liabilities at guard, but they are wasted, so it’s a bizarre move that only makes sense when a program bafflingly has more tackles than they know what to do with.
It’s a symptom of obscene disparity in recruiting, that OSU is wasting tackles other programs would love to have, but for some reason “we’ll have you switch positions because we’re too loaded” doesn’t seem to hurt OSU’s recruiting pitch.
November 16th, 2022 at 11:43 AM ^
They're excellent pass protectors, which is a thing you want to emphasize if your offensive attack is based around a Heisman candidate QB slinging it to a receiver roster where 10 guys were composite top-150 recruits, and your 11th guy was 151st.
- Julian Fleming: #1 WR, #3 overall of 2020
(This year: 22 catches, 385 yards, 6 TDs) - Emeka Egbuka: #1 WR, #10 overall of 2021
(This year: 51 catches, 832 yards, 8 TDs) - Jaxon Smith-Njigba: #5 WR, #29 overall of 2020
(Last year: 95 catches, 1606 yards, 9 TDs) - Gee Scott Jr: #10 WR, #66 overall of 2020
- Kamryn Babb: #13 WR, #73 overall of 2018
- Marvin Harrison Jr.: #14 WR, #97 overall of 2021
(This year: 60 catches, 969 yards, 11 TDs) - Jayden Ballard: #15 WR, #99 overall of 2021
(This year: 8 catches, 155 yards, 1 TD) - Kaleb Brown: #13 WR, #79 overall of 2022
- Kyion Grayes: #14 WR, #88 overall of 2022
- Caleb Burton: #21 WR, #132 overall of 2022
- Kojo Antwi: #26 WR, #151 overall of 2022
November 16th, 2022 at 12:28 PM ^
Honestly, I wouldn't mind if these history lectures become the entirety of the M&S show.
The Neck Sharpies are cool, but for me, a lot of the baffling complexities of football are much easier to understand when told historically, because you can see how all those concepts were added, one piece at a time. Sometimes the most straightforward way to explain 100 years of back-and-forth arms race is to just walk through the actual arms race.
For example, I do get the advantage of pulling a lineman from the backside to add numbers at the point of attack, but I was mystified by whatever started that. Modern edge defenders are so fast, it didn't make sense to me that someone would invent that in a vacuum. Turns out, they didn't!
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