Unverified Voracity, Concerned

"Because I am a modern person............."

Haha, I didn't know this was the image of a modern person.........

Either way, congrats on getting hitched. 

Could Jackson be referring to the likliehood, in this situation, of not getting a 5th year, given that he does explicitly mention it?

I know that lots of football players, due to the time commitment, have some difficulty graduating by the end of their fourth years, do the dearth of classes offered in the spring and summer terms at most schools.

Michigan's athletic department again has an inexplicable, meaninglessly small amount of university support. I wonder what that is.

IIRC from previous years doesn't this have something to do with the accounting quirks of tutors techincally being employees of the university at large and not the athletic department?

explain the scholarship math for 2012?  Maybe he could put us all at ease.

Congrats on getting married, Brian!

Also, I'm really having trouble writing to Hatch. Everything that comes out sounds pretty trite and stupid.

I'm starting to think that what goes on at OSU is really no worse than the SEC, but OSU seems to just really suck at hiding it.  Clearly they aren't the only team with people selling memorabilia for cash, but they got caught big.  And plenty of SEC teams push players out, but when interviewed the players all say it was their choice to go.  I'm guessing the SEC schools just have experts at hypnosis on call for when they have to clean out the roster a bit.

...general fund support is from reimbursements from the Univesity to the Athletic Dept for things like use of facilities. It's likely just an accounting coding thing.

Edit: wile_e8 had essentially the same idea as me but probably has the more correct line item.

I think that we're gonna have to get used to selective trimming of the roster for next few years plus large recruiting classes in order for Hoke to get Michigan back to the top. Rich Rod only got 3 years (and yes, there were plenty of off-the-field distractions and issues), so Hoke knows he can't slowly get Michigan back to the top. This year and next year talent in Midwest is very strong, and there's just too much talent to pass up. I expect us to take 23-25 recruits per class for at least next 2-3 years until Hoke has roster where he wants it to be. I think we need to brace ourselves for selective trimming of the roster ala SEC style, but hopefully not as drastic or dirty. Just leads back to the big question: what are Michigan fans willing to accept in order to returning to its winning ways?

All those hours were taken out of the bowl game practices, weren't they!

Setting the cap at 25 would never work.  Too many external factors like transfers, going pro, going to prison (if you're an SEC or TOSU team), etc...

Any chance James Jackson makes it to A2 after a season at Wayne State? He was a 4-star guy whom we offered out of HS, he supposedly runs a 4.31, and would be able to help with some depth issues at WR that we'll have in 2012 and especially 2013.

Brian could you clarify what you mean here:

"Words fail me in these instances; I'm not supposed to say the one thing everyone else says but here there's not another option."

Glad to have you back btw 

So let me see if I understand this.  Neither Gene Smith, in his prepared statement, nor anyone in tosu PR corps who reviewed that statement, nor his assistant who likely typed it, understands that "between" is a preposition and requires the objective case, as in "between him and former coach" etc.  Nice university you got down there in Columbus.

I'm uneasy with the grad rule exception for all kinds of reasons. Mainly, though, it comes down to the fact that some grad program at Wisconsin is being used purely as a one-semester way station (I assume) so that Wilson can play football. Notably absent in any discussion of Wilson going to Wisconsin is what course of study he will be pursuing, but that's the first thing about graduate study: students aren't admitted into a general college, they're admitted into a specific program that aims to train its students, collectively and individually, toward a professional degree. Admitting a student who has seemingly little possibility or interest in completing the degree in a reasonable time (I'm assuming that Wilson will be gone after one semester to prepare for the NFL draft or to attend spring training) seems a bad precedent, and one that would not be extended to any other applicant.

I don't naively think that all athletes are warrior-poets, but this seems a particular perversion of the core academic goals of the university to abet athletic success. How does this impact the other students in Wilson's program, who either see less faculty time, have an uninterested or severly time limited participant in their classes (and much of the learning in grad programs should and does occur from the work that fellow students put in)?

Congrats Brian and welcome back.

As for the potential oversigning issue with Hoke's class, I'm not going to worry until NSD and the numbers actually shake out. A great deal can happen between now and then, and there is no need to get worked up until then. Also, Hoke seems to buy into the "you come to UM, we honor that commitment" school that guys like Carr and RR came from. Kids will transfer with playing time issues, so I don't expect any shenanigans.

of Brady Hoke's pointing abilities.  If he pointed to a doorway, most mortal men would simply walk out.  There's no need to talk about hollendaise sauce.

Honestly, I'm very concerned about the disparity in numbers.  The God-fearing and good part of me hopes that it's numerical in nature and behind the walls at Ft Shembechler, like perhaps Hoke already has been given information about some kids' grades or something to that effect.

The more realistic part of me wonders if he's just looking over Rodriguez's roster and has already pegged the fat he's willing to shave off.  (Insert not-so-random-long-snapper-name-here-even-though-the-fat-joke-no-longer-plays-thanks-to-Barwis).  Either way, we all can only hope that this doesn't involve some compromise of Lloyd Carr values, because up until now Hoke has certainly silenced the ethical critics of the program that surfaced during practicegate.

I'm sure the staff knows about the criticism regarding the potential oversigning, and the fact that the camp remains silent on the matter is not so silent.  If it was something minor, I fear they would have already addressed it on some official level.

I know the OSU player just piles things on the programs woes, and I'm not complaining about the bad press to recruits, bbbbbbuuuuutttttttt.... the way the whole story plays out, something doesn't pass the smell test. This has a lot of the flavor of, say, a player saying a program has no family values, and he doesn't want to associate with it any more....as he's actually failing out of school. (Not that THAT would ever happen). It just sounds like OSU may have a reason for him being gone, but just won't/can't comment on it, and there's some sour grapes. Maybe he was wronged...there's enough "wrong" down in Columbus going around right now.  But something doesn't seem right.

I've got a 16 year old and home and can't imagine him being all alone in the world. Austin Hatch has all the prayers, good Karma and positive vibrations I can send.