No Michigan depth chart for Utah (updated)
So much Harbaugh:
Breaking news from UM ---- Utah game notes are out and......NO depth chart!!!!!
— angelique (@chengelis) August 27, 2015
Similar stuff happened at his previous stops, like at the beginning of the 49ers 2013 season:
Are we going to see a lot of ‘or's' on the depth chart?
"The depth chart is not a painstaking thing that I go fill out. That's, [director of public relations] Bob Lange fills out the depth chart. So I wouldn't read, nothing against Bob, it's not. Understand I wouldn't read too much into it. It's not a painstaking process to fill out the depth chart."
UPDATE: Depth chart will be released Monday, when Utah releases theirs:
Harbaugh says Utah will be sending official depth chart Monday, we will send our official depth chart on Monday
— angelique (@chengelis) August 27, 2015August 27th, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
August 27th, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
They move him to SDE and let him play the Alan Branch role and use him on offense in a JJ Watt TE role.
August 27th, 2015 at 10:23 PM ^
Are almost identical in size. I'm going to double down on that prediction in terms of usage (not talent or production).
SDE who plays some TE.
August 27th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^
All weight change is good change (those actually do sound like better numbers, but obligatory comment is obligatory)
August 27th, 2015 at 4:02 PM ^
"Gentry is huge"
August 27th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
How shocking. Almost like not holding any press conferences during fall camp, not allowing the coordinators to comment on anything specific and claiming every job is still up for grabs. Based on that, why would you expect anything else?
We return to yesteryear when you discover all you need to know when you need to know it. In other words, moments before kickoff.
I think Jim Harbaugh's approach is all based on growing up in Fort Schembechler.
I can just imagine the questioning at today's game week presser:
Media: You've chosen not to release a depth chart to start the season. Can you project who the starters are on both sides of the ball?
Harbaugh: Actually, I don't have that list in front of me. And because we are still nailing down positions with ongoing competition, we haven't settled on our projected starters.
Media: But is there a time when you will release this information? Well, yes, when it goes to the printer.
If Harbaugh didn't have PR requirements, I think he would be fully satisfied to keep the program's entire status in the dark, except when it suits him to make something public.
August 27th, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^
Probably figures he has nothing to gain releasing that info
August 27th, 2015 at 4:45 PM ^
HOT TAKES! GET YA HOT TAKE HEEERE!!!
August 27th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
August 27th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
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August 27th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
Gut feeling, I think Bunting is going to contribute significantly in the passing game.
August 27th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
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August 27th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
SLC is at 4,300', not going to be as much a factor as people make it out to be. There are probably a couple climbers on here that could clarify.
August 27th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
Elevation 4,657 feet, per Wikipedia.
So not quite like playing in Denver...or in La Paz.
August 27th, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
August 27th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
August 27th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
I know the media won't like it because it makes their jobs tougher, but in the case of Harbaugh, he already provides TONS of content for potential stories. If you ask a journalist if they'd rather cover Michigan and Harbaugh with no depth chart or, say, Purdue with a depth chart, I guarantee you the former is the much better source of content. If Harbaugh were a boring beat then I could see the complaints. But on balance this is still a dream assignment for college football sports writers.
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August 27th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
chart, it will become apparent through play. Utah needs no edge, not even the slightest (thanks Popular Mechanics), as they are a very good team, at home, looking to spoil this team's debut. Silent submarine approaching the mountains, interesting thought.
August 27th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
The Michigan roster has been updated with new weights. Here's the first page: pic.twitter.com/etjWJC8kHf
— Adam Schnepp (@aeschnepp) August 27, 2015And the second: pic.twitter.com/HRNAHYMeFE
— Adam Schnepp (@aeschnepp) August 27, 2015August 27th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
August 27th, 2015 at 12:54 PM ^
but damn there are some significant weight changes there. Just the ones that jumped out at me
Bars 281 --> 290 (after the dude was incapable of gaining weight)
Bolden 232 --> 237
Braden 331 --> 322
Charlton 273 --> 285
Mason Cole 287 -->305
Gedeon 241 --> 248
Dawson 309 --> 316
Delano Hill 204 --> 212
RJS 240 --> 245
Kalis 292 --> 305
Magnuson 296 --> 305
Morgan 236 --> 244
Ross 232 --> 241
August 27th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
August 27th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
It's underneath a coffee cup on a desk in the deepest, darkest corner of the submarine.
August 27th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^
So, based on that - which is not at all shocking - I do get the sense that the depth chart may not really be the depth chart much at all this year, which is fine and especially so against our first opponent so no one gets an advance idea of what they plan to roll out there. I was assuming that, after all this time in the submarine, that we would simply end up being pleasantly surprised anyway, and it sounds like that's the case now.
August 27th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
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August 27th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
Hope the depth chart is released at 11:59 PM on Monday with more ors than a fleet of Roman galleys.
August 27th, 2015 at 5:07 PM ^
Sean Connery Harrison Ford Clark Gable Curt Jurgens
Jurgen Prochnow Denzel Washington Van Johnson Noel Coward
James Mason James Garner Rock Hudson
August 27th, 2015 at 4:12 PM ^
August 27th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
As someone who worked as an SID for football, I hate this from an SID standpoint. As a fan, I love not letting it out there.
August 27th, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^