NFL.com: U-M No. 6 Among Teams With Most NFL Talent
NFL.com is ranking the 25 college teams with the most NFL talent. They just released Nos. 6-10, and we check in at No. 6 - one spot ahead of Ohio State. Michigan State is No. 11. Our other rival, Rutgers, is not ranked (so I guess we can assume they'll be in the top 5). /s
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000677789/article/top-25-cfb-teams…
We must raise that number to 85.
That's fair. Besides, it's very hard for them to practice with other teams sleeping everywhere on and around their athletic facilities. It's quite distracting and creates abnormally long bathroom lines during points in the day you would expect lower usage. I can see why they get annoyed from time to time.
At least he's mentioned in the blurb. Still a little odd. Also mentioning Kalis over Braden at OG is a swing and a miss.
Preseason Coaches Poll ranking in parenthesis
- Alabama (1)
- LSU (6)
- Florida State (4)
- Clemson (2)
- USC (17)
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/football/polls/coaches-poll/2016/1…
Another guy who just assumes O'Korn is the starter and doesn't mind talking like it's set in stone. He'd fit in good around here
I think the biggest test for Coach Harbaugh this year will be to integrate the talented incoming freshman class into the rest of the team. This will not be easy as the freshmen know how talented they are, and have high expectations on their ability to contribute immediately.
Coach Harbaugh's challenge (along with the upper class-men) will be to quickly impress the freshmen that they are not just competing during practices on the field. They need to understand and act upon the necessity of competing in the classroom as well in their off-field behavior.
Depth is everything, especially at the backend of the schedule. Getting the best players of the talented freshman class onto the field early in the season may be the second most important contribution to the season's success than any other coaching challenge this year. (The first is obviously selecting a championship-caliber QB.)
is all of the departing talent at the end of this year.
At the very least, as a carrot, Harbaugh can point to the opportunities which will open next year. And likely, to prepare some to step in next year, methinks Harbaugh will look for opportunities to give likely 2017 contributors spot duty.
Based on merit, of course, but with building experience for 2017 something that gets considered in the overall optimization.
August 4th, 2016 at 11:56 PM ^
August 5th, 2016 at 12:31 AM ^
That our coaching staff might be able to handle this.
What a change from this time last year
staff and the work they've done in the past year, that the SAME guys/team wouldn't even be listed in the top 50.
Without a doubt. I'd be interested in reading evaluations of these guys from the Hoke years. Incredible what coaching can do.
August 5th, 2016 at 12:28 AM ^
Coach Hoke.
osu lost all that talent last year to the draft and they're still listed at #7.
Fuck that whole program. Straight to hell, I say.
How has he looked compared to Thomas Rawls, Michael Cox, and Fitzgerald Toussaint?
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Productive college RBs at bigtime programs [and Smith will be that this year as long as the OL gets it's act together] will get a shot in the NFL. The only thing Smith lacks is speed, just like Hart and Gerhart.
Guys this list is sleeping on:
Thomas, Hill, Stribling, Gedeon, Mone, Hurst, Braden, and Wheatley.
I would not be surprised by any of these guys getting drafted.
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So I wasn't sure about the parameters. I'm sure a bunch of freshman and sophomores will get NFL attention eventually, but I was assuming the list was limited to guys that would play significant downs in 2016.
We sholdn't be talented until we beat MSU and OSU
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The last time we beat both OSU and MSU in the same season: 2003.
In 2003, we lost to Oregon (#22) (away), Iowa (#23) (away), and in the Rose Bowl against Co-National Champ USC (#1).
That year, we beat 5 ranked teams:
#15 ND
#17 Minnesota
#10 Purdue
#9 MSU
#4 OSU
August 4th, 2016 at 10:15 PM ^
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Good point. Peppers would have never known about the NFL if not for this list.
HAS PEPPERS BECOME SELF AWARE?
August 5th, 2016 at 10:13 AM ^
WE'VE REACHED THE 5INGULARITY
Sounds about right
August 4th, 2016 at 10:17 PM ^
lol Lewis and Clark!
August 5th, 2016 at 10:15 AM ^
Thanks to Coach Hoke. We all know his flaws as a head coach, but one thing he did is recruit a lot of guys who not only had a lot of athletic potential, but were solid citizens as well.