Wheatley signed contract today per Sam Webb

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Will be in A2 starting Monday. Hope this means jr comes on board as well.

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m1817

January 9th, 2015 at 7:56 PM ^

Out of words to describe Wheatley?  You must be referring the Buffalo Bills running back, Fred Jackson.

U-M's Fred Jackson said Wheatley was "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap offensive lines in  single bound".

 

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Gr1mlock

January 9th, 2015 at 7:41 PM ^

This.  People forget Wheatley was a track star as well as being a football star (high school and college all american, and still holds a MHSAA long jump record).   The NFL saw him as a power back and bulked him up too much, but in HS and College, guy was lightning fast.  

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SeaWolve75

January 9th, 2015 at 7:32 PM ^

Gordie Bell was always fun to watch, but he was the most fun when he was a raw rookie Sophomore in 1973.  He only played in garbage time, but he approached it like it was the Super Duper Bowl.  He looked like he had come straight from Junior High--but he ripped off yardage in large chunks, bounced up, and went back for more.

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Cali Wolverine

January 9th, 2015 at 7:16 PM ^

As a football fan I don't think I have ever been excited for coaching news/updates until now. I don't really study the coaching staffs of other BIG and college teams, but doesn't the following have to be up there? I mean almost every single position coach has been a full blown coordinator somewhere or has NFL experience. I am really excited to see some of our players develop under these guys. Good thing about hitting rock bottom is the ride back up is a lot of fun! Offense HC/QB - Jim Harbaugh (49ers HC) OC/OL - Tim Drevno (USC OL) RB - Tyrone Wheatley (Bills RB) WR/Passing Game Coordinator - Jedd Fisch (Jaguars OC) TE - Jim Dougherty (San Jose St. OC/QB/Asst. HC) Defense DC/LB - DJ Durkin (Florida DC/LB/Interim HC) DL - Greg Mattison (Mich DC/former Ravens DC) OLB/DE - Roy Manning (Mich LB) - probable DB - Greg Jackson (49ers DB) - probable Special Teams -John Baxter (USC ST) S&C - Kevin Tolbert (49ers S&C)

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Hill Street Blue

January 10th, 2015 at 12:46 AM ^

With the coaching staff fairly complete, we now we move to the netherworld of off-field support football personnel.  This dark web of high-quality behind-the-scenes staff is the next level of competition about which to worry.  

This group works with players and generates mountains of data for the HC and 9 "official" assistants.  Nick Saban has been a the forefront of this trend with millions of dollars of the football budget going to support this effort.  The NC2A is trying to reign in this arms race.  Check out this story:

http://blog.al.com/solomon/2010/06/ncaa_proposes_capping_support.html
I recall another, better story (in Si?) on this with more detail on the gearheads and data-jumkies on Saban's staff, but couldn't locate it on the Interwebs.  Anyone?
Moar Searchbits plz?

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