Under Armour All-American Game First Day Of Practice Reactions
#Michigan DT commit Bryan Mone is a BRICK. Beef is needed for Wolverines & he'll provide it along w/ quick twitch, relentless #UAAllAmerica
— Kyle Bogenschutz (@KyleBogie) December 29, 2013
Got to see #Michigan OT commit Juwann Bushell-Beatty in fall, remain impressed w/ his physical play & potential to tone body #UAAllAmerica
— Kyle Bogenschutz (@KyleBogie) December 29, 2013
A whole lot of folks left today's #UAALLAMERICA practice maybe as impressed by @JabrillPeppers as anyone #nolaprep @tylerbatisteTNJ
— Jerit Roser (@JeritRoser) December 30, 2013
2014 #Michigan commit Jabrill Peppers is fully grown. Coach said he's talented enough to play any position in secondary #UAAllAmerica
— Kyle Bogenschutz (@KyleBogie) December 29, 2013
First time seeing #Michigan QB commit Wilton Speight live: impressed. Young man is giant but moves well & throws with some zip #UAAllAmerica
— Kyle Bogenschutz (@KyleBogie) December 29, 2013
Green team O seemed tonlike @WiltonSpeight's ability to throw on the run. Lot of designed rollouts in practice today. #UAALLAMERICA
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) December 29, 2013
#Michigan commit @WiltonSpeight "looked pretty good today" according to Scout's @ScoutKennedy #UAALLAMERICA
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) December 29, 2013
STORY/VIDEO--UA Game: #Michigan OT commit Juwan Bushell-Beatty talks day 1, Jabrill Peppers, focus http://t.co/H4OR3H0bm4 #UAAllAmerica
— Kyle Bogenschutz (@KyleBogie) December 30, 2013
Lots of good stuff today from some of Michigan's recruits at UA game. Quite a few people were impressed with Peppers today.
December 29th, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
December 29th, 2013 at 11:05 PM ^
... but right now Michigan is an elephant's graveyard of wasted talent... I surely hope that turns around SHARPLY starting with these young men.
December 29th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
you never created an account. Should be a watch period before being allowed to post.
December 30th, 2013 at 6:25 AM ^
December 30th, 2013 at 7:44 AM ^
December 30th, 2013 at 8:41 AM ^
Amen brothera (godamnblue), they will only admitt there is an issue when the football program stinks like the bball program did for the last 20 years. O wait they have stunk for the past 10 years with one year exception
December 30th, 2013 at 11:06 AM ^
in a year or two. When we have a team with 5 or 6 contributors amongst the entire 4th and 5th year classes, I don't think we can make a fair assessment. Right GoDamn?
December 30th, 2013 at 1:45 PM ^
I'm critical of you. Not because I love you. I'm just critical.
December 30th, 2013 at 8:40 AM ^
I hope it turns around sharply with the guys that are already on the team. The 2014 class, while talented, isn't going to magically come in and lead us to an undefeated season. Basketball maybe, but not football, and especially not in the Big 14 East division.
December 29th, 2013 at 11:19 PM ^
December 29th, 2013 at 11:36 PM ^
I felt like a lot of those tweets were to be like "Hey come look at Scout! Pay! Pay! Pay!"
Regardless, it's still good to see good things about recruits. The future is bright!
December 30th, 2013 at 7:14 AM ^
No kidding -- I was wondering if "KyleBogie" is Fred Jackson's Twitter name.
December 30th, 2013 at 8:47 AM ^
Correct. Someone find these "scouts" takes from last years class and compare/contrast the "he could start from day one" comments to what actually transpired on the field this year.
I may still be in a Debbie Downer period but FML I'm tired about hearing how awesome X is (be it a recruit, underclassmen or upperclassmen) and then seeing them get blown up on the field.
December 30th, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^
These guys might disagree...quality recruits making meaningful contributions as true Freshmen.
Jake Butt, Kyle Bosch, Sione Houma, Eric Magnusson, Ben Gedeon, Derrick Green, Shane Morris, Deveon Smith, Dymonte Thomas, Channing Stribling
Ten contributing true Freshmen. That's crazy, or at least not conducive to winning.
Look at the 4th and 5th year depth players on the depth chart. Problematic imbalance.
Young players are going to make mistakes and are, often, not as physically prepared to play at the B1G level. Michigan had ten of those players making regular contributions this season. I don't think any "expert", regardless of upside seen on any player, would think that almost 50% of your true Freshmen should see the field.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:00 PM ^
Magnuson is not a true frosh, but you could include Jourdan Lewis in there too if you wanted.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
Naturally, I thought of this after the fact, as well but did not edit.
My mistake.
December 29th, 2013 at 11:41 PM ^
Is there a chance Peppers ends up playing safety at Michigan or is he expected to play exclusively at corner?
December 30th, 2013 at 12:22 AM ^
There is a possibility that he could play safety at some point. However, I think the coaching staff really wants to keep him at CB.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:35 AM ^
I was thinking that was probably the case. There is going to be so much speed in the secondary with him and Dymonte Thomas back there.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:43 AM ^
Nice avatar. They're my favorite band.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:51 AM ^
Same here. i wasn't expecting anyone on here to recognize my avatar. That's awesome. Saw them in Royal Oak a few weeks back. They were amazing!
December 30th, 2013 at 12:44 AM ^
Yeah Lewis and Stribling are both great athletes as well. With them seeing playing time already in their freshman seasons, I'm sure we'll see more of them. You could see Countess, Peppers, Thomas, Lewis, and Stribling all making big contributions next year and 2015. 2015 could be an amazing year for that secondary. Peppers would be in his second year. Stribling, Lewis, and Dymonte in their 3rd years. Plus, Countess would be a 5th year Senior with a ton of experience.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:55 AM ^
The defense in 2015 should be fantastic and that does indeed sound like it could be quite an entertaining bunch when the time comes.
December 30th, 2013 at 8:26 AM ^
Pass rush. There is none now and all the elite DE's are going elsewhere. Michigan NEEDS some pass rush or is going to have to scrap Mattison's defense because bend don't break is all snap like a brittle piece of glass without some pass rush.
December 30th, 2013 at 11:20 AM ^
Who are Michigan's defensive line coaches?
December 30th, 2013 at 11:31 AM ^
Michigan finished #67 in the country with 1.92 sacks/game.
Of the 25 sacks, 11.5 came from defensive linemen, plus 2 from Brennen Beyer (who was a part-time linebacker, so I don't know where those 2 sacks fit in).
December 30th, 2013 at 11:41 AM ^
I see what you did there.
December 30th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
Pass rush does have something to do with it. I think Henry, Clark, Jake MF Ryan, and company should really improve the pass rush next year though. Michigan has a ton of young guys that they recruited for the d-line. Hopefully next year we start seeing some of them make an impact and get some good playing time.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:34 AM ^
December 30th, 2013 at 8:28 AM ^
when he's sitting in a soft zone and playing 10-12 yards off the receiver?
December 30th, 2013 at 8:36 AM ^
December 30th, 2013 at 9:03 AM ^
The only good play our secondary made Saturday night was when Stribling played tight coverage on Lockette and kncocked him off the line....
Too bad we only did it once....*sigh*
December 30th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
Ref got in his ear about that too, backed off the next snap.
December 30th, 2013 at 4:06 PM ^
Even the announcers commented on how that was the first time all game UM had jammed Lockette at the line of scrimmage.
December 30th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
No kidding, I am pretty tired of our "safe" defense. Towards the end of the year the D got burnt by long plays anyway. So I was saying, "What the hell, we're getting burnt anyway, so they might as well blitz and get after the QB".
December 30th, 2013 at 10:33 AM ^
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December 30th, 2013 at 12:28 AM ^
Well I know last year they reported on Morris' accuracy issues among other things. I'm sure they like sharing good stuff, because they are Michigan fans as well. And I'm sure good news is more clicks, but they do report honestly. It's nice to see some positive stuff. Especially the Speight tweet about him having zip on the ball. One of the knocks on him was he had a weak arm. Also, it's not like they tweet out that every player is the best they've seen, so it's good to see Peppers is so far living up to his billing.
December 30th, 2013 at 3:44 AM ^
December 29th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
This is directly from GBW.
December 29th, 2013 at 11:58 PM ^
look like a compilation of tweets.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:02 AM ^
Paywalled info? I posted this directly from the twitter accounts of Sam Webb and the other reporter. Click the dates that are in each quote box. You'll see that the stuff I posted goes directly to twitter. Do you honestly have no idea what twitter is?
December 30th, 2013 at 12:32 AM ^
Be right back, I think the police are at the door.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:09 AM ^
I'm sorry, but I just can't buy into anymore hype... I've done it the past two seasons and have been left bitterly disappointed. However, I'm really happy that these young men are looking good and are on their way to representing the University of Michigan.
December 30th, 2013 at 8:54 AM ^
There will be room when you want a seat.
December 30th, 2013 at 9:14 AM ^
Hi, I'm College Football. Have we met?
December 30th, 2013 at 11:24 AM ^
Are there ever Twitter posts about how bad someone looks? I'm guessing that there are, but by definition, everyone can't be good. It just seems different levels of smoke-blowing.
I'm glad we seem to have some talented young men coming in, but the only thing I care about is they avoid injury and we don't have any major defections. 2014 is the critical year, and it will be determined (except for perhaps Peppers) by the development of the "stud" recruits who have already been on campus for a year or two.
December 30th, 2013 at 12:19 AM ^