A weighty subject vis-a-vis our recruits.
If my math is correct, as of today, the average weight of our recruits is 201.5 pounds. As someone who has followed U of M football since the 1970s, this is hard for me to fathom.
Barwis may have his work cut out for him! I hope he can beef 'em up a bit while keeping them fleet of foot.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:36 AM ^
+1 for using vis-a-vis in a thread title.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:36 AM ^
hopefully soon we won't have to play so many froshs and they'll have time to get bigger, faster, stronger
November 14th, 2009 at 10:42 AM ^
Well as long as they're some of the strongest, fastest recruits, weight won't matter much. I'd rather have an athlete than some shlob who outweighs his other counterparts.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:46 AM ^
I agree with you about wanting a good athlete but if the average weight is only 201.5 pounds then that means we don't have many OL or DL recruits. Those big guys would be very helpful to get.
November 14th, 2009 at 11:37 AM ^
Weight won't matter as long as you have new laws of physics.
There are big men who are strong and fast and very athletic. RichRod hasn't recruited too many of them so far, although I thought he had a couple of last minute decommits who were big in his fist year.
Everything else being equal, the guy who is bigger will win. It is unrealistic to think you can take the average guy who enters college at 220 pounds and believe you can put 20 pounds a year for four years from working out. Might happen occasionally, but don't rely on that outcome. It is a lot easier to start with a guy who is 265 and build from there.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:46 AM ^
We only have one DT and one OL committed, which would obviously change the average.
November 14th, 2009 at 11:21 AM ^
Tom, I clicked on your twitter link. How serious is your last post there?
November 14th, 2009 at 3:15 PM ^
We need more help in the trenches and we're not getting it.
November 14th, 2009 at 11:03 AM ^
I was really hoping this "weighty" subject would be about Charlie Weis
November 14th, 2009 at 11:05 AM ^
I did a little math, and the 1997 Wolverines (the entire roster) averaged close to 222 lbs. per man.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team
November 14th, 2009 at 11:16 AM ^
But what was the average for the 1997 incoming class of recruits? That'd be more telling, if at all...
November 14th, 2009 at 11:16 AM ^
What's the average now? Obviously we have smaller, faster players now. Odoms, Gallon, etc wouldn't be on a LC team.
November 14th, 2009 at 11:21 AM ^
Let's get Misopogon to make pretty charts of our average roster weight over the last 20 years.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:04 PM ^
Maybe we should take an average of speed ladder times to get another obscure stat to balance out our feeling for the future.