Is rivals now using USA today as a source??
Is rivals now using USA today as a source??
They listed us as NSD losers too? Am I missing something? I know we didn't scorch the earth, but we didn't exactly strike out either
February 5th, 2015 at 3:23 PM ^
WD?!?!?!?
February 5th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^
That's his senior picture.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^
I thought the same thing
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February 5th, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^
No, this is the Twitter flavor of the month phenomena known as Pajama Kid. This month's popular reaction photo is this-
February 5th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^
That's why he now makes the big MGoPoints.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
FIRE HARBORGES!!
February 5th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
I don't understand linking to an article you dislike. You're rewarding the author with pageviews he'd have not gotten otherwise.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:23 PM ^
I get your logic, but I would have had to type a lot more if I didn't link it. blame it on my laziness
February 5th, 2015 at 3:23 PM ^
I think that a lot of us find it interesting to see what our national perception is. It doesn't change our opinion of ourself - because this national stuff is so superficial - but it's interesting. Recruiting rankings are interesting. They don't mean diddly on the field, but they're interesting. There's nothing wrong with posting something interesting.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^
Let me illustrate how this works;
Writer needs pageviews and traffic
Writer knows fans can be really whiny about 'respect' and negative critcism
Writer decides to write blurb that will piss aforementioned stupid fans off, regardless of the veracity of the blurb
Stupid pissy fans get riled up, link the article, tell other fans, and go RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
Traffic to site increases
Writer: PROFIT
February 5th, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^
Wow.. you took it the whole nine yards.
It must be nice to live in a world where you don't have to listen to garbage from rival fans/co-workers who eat this stuff up. I figured it would be easier to discuss within our own fanbase... didn't mean to put my dick in your pint
February 5th, 2015 at 5:26 PM ^
If you want to discuss something that's actually worth reading, and isn't clickbait, go to a better source.
Like Grantland for example!
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/national-signing-day-2015-wrap-alabam…
February 5th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
Shut down the program. Clearly Harbaugh was overhyped and doesn't know what he's doing b/c he didn't win the Rivals' W/L of NSD Championship.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
or maybe we should have listened to RCMB or Bucknuts as they have been saying this since the hire...man those guys and gals (yeah, right) are smart!
February 5th, 2015 at 3:29 PM ^
Dude, let it go. It's obvious why -- we swung and missed on a large number of recruits. We (maybe unfairly so) were expected to land a number of players just because of the glitz of HARBAUGH. It's revisionist history to pretend we didn't strike out quite a bit on NSD.
Onto the future. Okay?
February 5th, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^
The only real miss we had was Chris Clark (guys like Marshall, Weber, etc. were already committed or it was well known they were going) and when he says he would have picked Michigan if it were only about football, there isn't much more you can do.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
I believe that you believe the only "real miss" we had was Chris Clark.
February 5th, 2015 at 5:53 PM ^
Who were the other misses that weren't already committed to other teams or pipe dreams?
February 5th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
I disagree with your assessment, or conclusion that we struck out quite a bit. That is your opinion, but I think we did what was expected we got some and some got away. In the end we did fairly well. When you say we struck out, please explain further what you mean exactly? What were you expecting?
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February 5th, 2015 at 5:22 PM ^
That is the biggest question to me... what the hell were people expecting?
In a few weeks, Jim Harbaugh recruited, flipped and signed the highest rated QB recruit in the B1G.
He managed to flip commited recruits from Cal, Nebraska, Iowa, Northwestern, Texas and Florida State. One of which never visited campus(Washington).
And to top it off, hired a RB coach whose highly recruited son was probably going to UCLA up until said hiring. But he went Blue.
I'm supposed to be disappointed with this? Wake me for the spring game.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^
I agree michigan is getting penalized for having a small recruiting class, but this is probably the least talented recruiting class Michigan has taken in the recruiting site era. The new coaches had limited time and unfortunately couldn't seal the deal with the big time recruits which is no fault of their own. Fortunately this wasn't a big class. They should be able to bounce back from fairly easy with the 2016 class.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^
What's ridiculous is caring about the opinions of outsiders. The most important thing is that the coaches got some players who they think will contribute. The OP sounds like a Sparty fan, desperate for validation.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^
going into the Utah game to now? Kinda. Yet, landing Harbaugh & him getting what he did in essentially 24 days is pretty good. Never thought for a second that we'd get any of the old class back anyway. Class is actually better than I thought it'd be the day we hired him. A trade I'll take every time.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
I completely agree with your last statement... All things considered I thought this was a delightfully average class given the constraints.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^
I love it.. What a great description. I too, am proud of the class and the last 24 days. It really was "Delightfully Average" , nobody expected good with a late December coaching change ... Delightfully Average- A tick up from Average, and a tick below "Sadly Good" , which to me is a school assuming they will be getting a "Great" class ala the yearly Bama classes, and only getting a "good" class...
February 5th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
Not only did they list us as winners, but they seemed to have a much better grasp - or appreciation - for the circumstances we were working with... I wasn't surprised to get the lazy, half-assed 'losers' tag from USA today, but I wasn't expecting it from rivals.
Clearly this means nothing in regard to the kids we signed or our prospects fo rthe future... I just hate giving the rivals more bullets when I already feel like swiss cheese
February 5th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
My response:
Who's got it better than us?
February 5th, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
NOBODY!!!
February 5th, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^
I hope we have a 3rd thread about this topic today. It deserves it.
#FreeUSAToday
February 5th, 2015 at 3:50 PM ^
Lots of dumb threads lately.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:52 PM ^
Rabble
February 5th, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^
Is this honestly the best use of your time today? Posting this crap on the message board that many of us visit to find legitimate news about Michigan? God, put the rankings crap to bed already. It means NOTHING.
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February 5th, 2015 at 4:37 PM ^
Ah, well then let me help you out... The front page is where you can find mostly "legitimate news about michigan"
This is the discussion board where you'll find a variety of things being talked about; like say the national opinion of how our recruiting class stacks up
February 5th, 2015 at 6:57 PM ^
Your post is still crap.
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February 5th, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^
Haters gon' hate. I ain't even mad
February 5th, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
Last I drove down State St. I did not see Harbaugh in a Statue of Liberty suite selling scholarships.
We will have 85 on scholarship this fall and 20 more suited up for the love of Michigan and most all of them will be successful in life. Sounds like a winner to me!
February 5th, 2015 at 5:13 PM ^
We missed on Iman Marshall and Chris Clark.
February 5th, 2015 at 6:04 PM ^
Inane comment.
February 5th, 2015 at 6:44 PM ^
Who gives a shit?
Harbaugh has assembled the most ridiculous coaching staff in college football. I mean, besides Harbaugh, the staff is littered with former head coaches, DCs, OCs at both the top college and pro levels. Frickin' Dennis Pitta is giving endorsements, as is Denard regarding his old OC.
This team will transform and it will transform quickly, so stop being so frickin' sensitive. And when we start winning again, be like Barry Sanders. Hand the ball to the refs like we've been there, and get ready for the next drive.