December 13th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 10:05 PM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
No one has ever had to "earn" the No. 2 jersey before. Only one guy - Braylon - "earned" the No. 1 jersey. All previous No. 1's came in from high school with it.
You don't even know your history and yet you are telling people what should and shouldn't be put on a pedestal.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:01 AM ^
“No, they gotta earn it,” Hoke said. “And they’re going to have to earn No. 2, after (Vincent Smith) is gone.”
December 14th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
Based on that, ask Countess if he wants it or wants to stick with 18. If he says no, Peppers signing the commitment papers is earning it enough for me. Look at the guy. He'll have earned it by the end of the first padded practice if "being really good" is the criteria.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:00 AM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 12:12 AM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 12:13 AM ^
half a dozen players between the time Woodson left and the time RR arrived.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:20 AM ^
I might be a little drunk, and I could very well be interpreting things wrong. If I did just get a little sensitive I apologize. I just felt a little hostility in the comment about my lack of knowledge in Michigan history. What I'm trying to say is that I personally believe that #1 and #2 should be earned and not given. I don't believe that they need to be a freak of nature athlete in order to achieve it, but I do like the idea of a player proving something on the field first. For example, I believe Gallon achieved #1 status heading into this year.
December 14th, 2013 at 6:10 AM ^
You might notice that RickAndScott has a -21 point total and just joined on December 6. I believe he might be one of the posters who was banhammered recently, but either way, he's been kind of a downer throughout his one week of posting on MGoBlog.
December 14th, 2013 at 9:48 AM ^
same thing. They don't even troll well, the original loss was probably for the better.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:04 PM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
Fantastic pic. On a side note, on the Moe Ways sleeper comments, I saw him play once this year when they played Escanaba, my alma mater. Escanaba is a town of 13K in the U.P. of Michigan. It's a team comprised entirely of slow, small, white kids. Ways looked sluggish and unmotivated. It was a close game, so he should have been getting targets, but he got maybe 6 all game. I couldn't tell if it was because his team just did a terrible job of working him into the game plan or he just didn't care to dominate. His QB, Tyler Wiegers, looked terrible. Other than great size and a tight spiral, I cannot see how that dude is getting quality D1 offers. Almost all of his passes sailed and consistently failed to find open receivers. I know, I know, small sample size.
Back to ways though, I'm hoping the game was just an outlier. It does worry me though. If you can't dominate and don't look explosive against a bunch of 5'8 kids that run 4.9, I'm not sure you're going to do much at Michigan.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:05 PM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 10:59 AM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 12:31 PM ^
Maybe CFL, since I'm from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 AM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 12:26 PM ^
DCD played a bad game. I've watched more football than I care to admit, and while I'm obviously just an armchair scout, I know talent when I see it. Wiegers is not a quality D1 recruit. I just do not see it. Do not tell me 11/16 162 and 2 TDs is somehow indicative of a quality game. They were playing against a terrible team and I was actually there to see those completions. I am not saying Ways won't pan out either. I'm simply saying that before that game I was high on him but after I was less so.
December 14th, 2013 at 6:21 AM ^
Ways had 5 catches for 105 yards and 1 touchdown in that game. Wiegers was 11/16 for 162 yards and 2 touchdowns. Detroit Country Day was up 28-7 at halftime (and won by a score of 34-7). Not every game is Michigan vs. Indiana where the QB throws for 500 yards and his #1 receiver gets 300 yards. It sounds to me like you're just bitter that DCD beat your alma mater.
EDIT: Also, Ways had 55 catches for 1,261 yards and 16 touchdowns on the year, including 180+ yards in three of his last four games.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:14 PM ^
The same goes for Wiegers. We were cracking jokes about how Rutgers was too good for him. I'm giving my observations, and just stating that based on them I am worried Ways may disappoint. Please, by all means everyone, continue with the unfunny snark.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 1:19 PM ^
They DID struggle to score. They scored with 3:33 to go in the 2nd off a turnover and had a pick-6 as time expired in the 2nd to go up 28-7. You take those two plays away and it's 16-7 not 28-7. The stats/score does not tell the whole story. Wiegers looked bad. Surely you can understand how a QB prospect could look bad while still going 11/16.
December 14th, 2013 at 2:05 PM ^
Ah yes, the good ol' "If you take away the good plays, they didn't have any good plays" argument. I don't really know why scoring with 3:33 to go in the second quarter is relevant. Does the fact that they scored off of turnovers reflect poorly upon Wiegers or Ways? Is it their fault that a DCD linebacker returned an interception 91 yards for a touchdown?
And actually, no, I don't really understand how a high school QB prospect looks bad while going 11/16 for 162 yards and 2 touchdowns. That's an NCAA passer efficiency rating of 195.05 and a completion percentage of 69%. I've been on coaching staffs that have sent quarterbacks on to play BCS and high-level Division II football (I'm not claiming responsibility for their coaching, but just saying that I saw them play weekly), and they would have killed to put up those numbers while looking "bad."
December 14th, 2013 at 2:08 PM ^
What stats should an FBS recruit have against Escanaba? 100% completions? 250 yards receiving? 400 yards passing? 5 touchdowns? 2 kick returns for touchdowns?
December 13th, 2013 at 9:36 PM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
has passed the 20k follower mark.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:17 PM ^
I guess TomVH is a stalker, too?
Since I found out about the photo when he RT'd it.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:18 PM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 12:09 AM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 6:23 AM ^
So if you get paid to do something, that makes it okay? Like...it's bad to have sex, but if you get paid to have sex, that's just fine. Gotcha.
December 14th, 2013 at 8:49 AM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 9:51 PM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 9:52 PM ^
I may be naive...but I believe.
2015. Can't wait.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:59 PM ^
Man. It's depressing enough we have become a "yeah, well wait 'til next year" program. I hope this doesn't become a "just wait until two years!" place.
December 14th, 2013 at 12:29 AM ^
With only the bowl gme to go I'm pretty resigned to waiting for next year after that. but there is no reason next season can't be great.
Optimism about the talent coming in isn't a bad thing.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:12 PM ^
Im so excited for this reciever core. Canteen, Ways and Harris. Be afraid
December 13th, 2013 at 10:29 PM ^
sorry
December 13th, 2013 at 10:37 PM ^
Not sure if puppy or really scary creature.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 11:37 PM ^
I know some recruiting gurus were saying that Jones was an absolute steal for UM, so I'm hoping with Jehu, Darboh (healthy), Jones, Funchess, and Butt we can create an absolute nightmare for opposing secondaries.
December 14th, 2013 at 6:24 AM ^
Dukes might lose to Quinton Washington in a foot race.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
Peppers looks huge. Do you even lift bro?!
December 13th, 2013 at 10:42 PM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
I really like Moe's senior highlight tape. One of those guys who are a long strider so he is deceptively fast. He also looks to really have grown into is frame. But, I don't think I hate anyone more than I hate the cowbell fan in his highlight film.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:58 PM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 9:56 AM ^
December 14th, 2013 at 10:02 AM ^
Agreed. Ways is along the lines (not necessarily as good as) of the great Michigan receivers of yesteryear, like David Terrell, Braylon Edwards, etc. He's not really the slot type, although Hemingway played in the slot sometimes, so that term is used a little loosely...
December 13th, 2013 at 11:34 PM ^
Rich Hewlett QB - got yanked eventually in 1980 season for John Wangler but played as a special teams guy and holder
Then...Charles...I was at the 1995 Virginia game with my dad and remember the guy nearly jumping a slant route for a pick. Then and there realized that our new #2 was something special.