OT: Best insider site to sink money into

Submitted by NashvilleBLUE on

Last year at this time, the reason I joined mgblog was due to the juicy tidbits of info from fall camp, especially the QB battle. Living out of state, I had never heard of mgoblog prior to someone else recommending umbig11's posts.

With UM ,and nowUMBIG11, going into submarine mode this time of year, I'm left salivating at the opportunity to get some inside info on the camp battles, injuries, etc. So, to fill that need, it sounds like I may have to open up the wallet.

 

My question to the board: which site is worth the money? I don't want to buy into them all, but I do want to quench my thirst for the deets.

 

Thanks in advance.

Charmandar

August 4th, 2017 at 9:01 PM ^

As a former subscriber to scout and rival, I will go ahead and disagree with you. All of the insider information ends up on here. The longest period I have seen between insider info being posted on an insider site and on mgoblog, is around 30 minutes. 

evenyoubrutus

August 4th, 2017 at 6:27 PM ^

I'm a Scout member but I rarely use it outside of August-February. It's always good info, and slightly more than what you get here. OTOH the majority of it usually ends up on the board anyway. I would say, it is probably a matter of whose information you value more. Sam Webb or Steve Lorenz. Sam probably has way more connections since he's been doing this so long. Just my opinion.

MGoBrewMom

August 4th, 2017 at 6:52 PM ^

Because of Sam, but agree that you can get most everything here with a bit of a delay sometimes. But, I do enjoy just reading a bit of different stuff. I come to this site, then that one, and there's a bit of different content which feeds the hunger to read stuff. Sam is always super connected (duh!), and shares stuff, and the other writers are mostly good too.

NashvilleBLUE

August 4th, 2017 at 6:28 PM ^

In no way would that be a replacement of mgoblog, it would just be an additional piece of info. I have an unhealthy level of interest in michigan football and browse google, blogs, twitter, at intervals throughout the day trying to find that one nugget of good info.

Farnn

August 4th, 2017 at 6:35 PM ^

I believe michigan 247 has a free deal going now, so you can try it out.  Only thing to be careful of is that you need to call to cancel or you will be charged.  I will say Lorenz isn't for everyone.  He doesn't write content just to fill a quota, if he has something he shares, if he doesn't there are fewer updates.  From what I understand, Webb is great but not always around as much as subscribers want.

You may also be best to wait beause with Scout and 247 merging onto the same platform there may be a deal for both at a combined price.

Wee-Bey Brice

August 4th, 2017 at 11:59 PM ^

Yep. I've also noticed he gets asked about EVERY kid that has ever touched a football. There are kids every year I hardly pay attention to because they're obvious longshots but there'd be  "Steve anything new on obvious longshot" threads daily over there. 

Scout info was too slow for me. I think it's best for Sam's fall camp updates. Otherwise, eh. 247s message board isnt much better but I like it more overall.  

BeatOSU52

August 4th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^

It's too bad because I'd gladly pay out 10 bucks to have a subscription to one of those sites on the month of august just read stuff about practice , but I never then want to deal with calling and cancelling so I never do.

BuckNekked

August 4th, 2017 at 10:35 PM ^

Buy a gift card. For 3.95 plus thier 9.99 subscription fee you get 4 months of 24/7 right now. I can justify 14 bucks for 4 months of a service. This way you need not worry about cancelling.

I wouldnt do Scout I get everything Sam has on WTKA.

BernardC

August 4th, 2017 at 7:41 PM ^

Gotta help fill Sam's pockets and his info/connections are the deepest. He is a true friend of the program and rubs off positively to the recruits!

UM Fan from Sydney

August 4th, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^

I will never comprehend why some people are willing to pay for "insider" information. All you need to know about UM football is on this site. Why does anyone need to know a day prior to everyone else when a kid is going to visit a school?

NashvilleBLUE

August 4th, 2017 at 7:46 PM ^

There is joy to be found in the "inside info". Maybe you don't need it: good for you.

 

But technically, when you question people's hobbies, people can question yours. For instance, if a game is just about winning and losing, why do you need to watch the game? Can't you just check ESPN for the scores to know? Why waste your time watching a game when you can be outside building a compost pile and planning for zombie invasions.

 

Moral of the story: to each their own.

LSAClassOf2000

August 4th, 2017 at 8:06 PM ^

To be absolutely fair to the people who do enjoy having timely access to such things all the time, not absolutely everything shows up here immediately. It does end up here eventually because of some of the connections that exist as well as Twitter and other channels. I guess it comes down to those who really enjoy unfettered immediate access versus folks like myself who don't mind the wait for the inevitable leak.