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My iphone still has everything in English...

More importantly I'm worried about Lewan leaving early to, but I'm guessing Kali's might get a shot first.

Who cares how the O$U fans react, today is about a michigan win!  Lets appreciate that, not the meltdown of our oppenent.

Per TomVH, Dunn will be in Columbus Thursday or Friday and his Dad clarified he has not decommitted. 

I plan on spending today making plans for tomorrow...

I don't think many TE's were on Michigan's radar before Hoke.

I think Hemingway has great hands and understanding of positioning for deep balls...as far as a burner he's not that guy, but his shiftiness is suprising.  He's easily turning into one of my favorite receivers.

IMHO, what happened is that after Uconn and ND we had expectations...we thought our D was serviceable.  We forgot about the actual condition of the D, starting RS Freshman, a walk-on and converted WR's.  While this game wasn't our best showing, the sky isn't falling.  I am concerned that the more games we play the easier it will be for other teams to find our holes...which are numerous.

With D. Rob I think we can be competitive in most of our games...but until we gain experience and get a defensive team which is mainly led by Jr and Sr we will have this uneasiness...unfortunately I don't see that happening this year.

I'm hoping he becomes the next S. Brown, lost for a bit, but once they found the right position for him he turned into one of our better players on D.

Turner will start out as a CB and depending on how Avery, Talbott and Christian develop will determine where he will play.  He'll only be a RS freshman this year.  The main problem with our secondary is the lack of upperclassmen, as has already been pointed out.  I believe RR has been recruiting enough CB in hopes of improving the situation, in 2 years, but for now we can only hope that our current players 1 don't get injured and 2 improve from last year (Floyd and Woolfork).  

Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm sure someone will...but in the 3-3-5 cover skills aren't as important as diagnosing the play and being in the right position becuase of that a player such as Christian and Turner who may not have game changing speed can play CB and excel.

Why do people think there will be 4-5 changes. I think RR has made a point to recruit guys who won't waiver on their commitment like last year going as far as not letting them commit until they visit UofM. I'm not saying there won't be a decommit, I just don't think it will be as prominent as last year.

It has also been clarified to Hankins that there is only one more spot. It seems as if RR is willing to take the best player available at a position of need (MLB, DL or OL) as can be seen by his most recent recruiting (Taylor, Black, Donnal...etc.)

I also believe that RR has realized how much each move he does is scrutinized, so he will refrain from having a Peace situation. Overall I think there will only be one to two more players added that we don't expect, depending on what happenes with Parker. Hopefully he does choose UofM over USC.

I guess it somewhat of a moot point since he's looking to move on, but I where he is on the depth chart is expected because of the aformentioned reasons.

Mainly my disappointment comes from the fact that in the last year more than any that I've known, there has been a lot of emphasis put on the fact that we don't have junior or senior players on the field and have a lot of younger players starting, which leads to part of our inept defense. If we want to turn it around players such as B. Smith need to stick around and develop. If people continue to transfer because they aren't on the 2 deep then we will have the same conversation about young players in 2 years.

Did anyone notice that in 2009 USC recruiting 4 safteys, the #2, #4, #5 & #6 safeties overall...I know they can recruit, but sometimes its just sick. This year they have the #1 & #2 WR's (per scout)

I'm guessing thats why some guys are looking away, there's a difference between competition and trying to beat out 1st round NFL picks every years. Guys who could be NFL players will never get a chance to develop because they won't see the field.

I don't see how he doesn't fit into Gerg's D? Can someone please explain it to me? As far as his athletic traits go he seems to have the skills to fit in any D as long as he's willing to move to the best position to fit his skill set. I think thats the issue. He sees himself as a safety and the coaches see him as a LB or Hybrid LB/S.

As far as internet rumors go didn't Cam decid to move to D after seeing all the depth at WR?

I think I saw it on GBMW.

Isn't Talbott (DT) looking around still? If so that leaves another 2 openings (his brother also).

Point is that alot can happen before signing day and I think RR is doing a great job making sure he has the best class possible.

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we might not feel that great about some of the prospects we have left. I'm starting to notice that RR is a big bird in the hand guy...

This is exactly what I remember seeing, he was blown off the ball and was in on the long runs, I don't remember how much of an effect he had on that, but I do remember after about 3-4 plays they put Martin back in.

I just think Big Will has to learn the proper technique, he has the size. Martin seemed much better suited to play right away out of high school.

I'm in japan for work and I've already been denied by justintv, I'd rather not wait until the game starts to check to see if these sites work, does anyone know if some of these sites are blocked from out of country viewing?

If last season taught us nothing, it's that we can't look past anyone just yet...we still have a freshman starting QB.

while I think we win, I want to see UofM destroy them, reestablish themselves as a dominant team and leave now doubt that we are back.

A true freshman was bull rushing their offensive line...he isn't even known for his power, after seeing that you realize this guy has a chance to be special.

I doubt we're going after him, too many stars.

don't alot of players make a name for themselves at summer camps, but he's not attending them? This gives Scout and Rivals less of a chance to evaluate him, which will most likely leave him at a 3* rankings.

Ok, this is my last post since I probably have at least 10 in this thread and it seems redundant at this point.

Kansas could have argueable been 1 win away 2007
Louisville & Wisconsin in 2006
WVU in 2005
Louisville in 2004

This is only in the last 4 years and there are 5 teams who weren't a top tier team (For example USC, OSU, UofM, Florida) who were 1 win away. This is only 1 year that WVU was in the race.

I don't know how long RR was at WVU, but from 2004 to 2007, in the Big East with his 3* players he only won the division outright once (2005) and lost 2 games on average for the other 3 years, let me reiterate in the Big East, not the Big Ten. No team in the Big East recruits on the level of OSU, PSU and UofM, but it seem RR is still recruiting on that same level as if he were in this Big East. So what makes you think that level of talent/recruits will make RR just as successful in the Big Ten against what should be considered a much more talented league?

Has Shaw proven anything yet? He hasn't even proven to be a top talent, he has showne flashes, but so did Butler.

As I already pointed out, RR did a great job of keeping the class together, but to say he's a great recruiter at this stage is a stretch.

Everyone keeps deceiving themselves into thinking that RR abilty to find the Slatons/Whites and develop talent will make all the difference in the world. When you need the top tier B. Graham type players to take you over the top.

I'd be very suprised if we ended up with a top 10 or 15 recruiting class this year. Only way this would happen is if we took a class of more than 25 because of attrition. Not because of getting the top talent.

As far as 2008 recruiting, IMHO, the top players from that class at this, still a long way to go, are

1. Martin (LC)
2. Odoms (RR)
3. Koger (LC)
4. Boo Boo (LC)
5. McGuffe (LC)
6. Stonum (LC)

Point is as you noticed only one of these players is a RR recruit and the only reason he excelled is the system, the rest of the players were LC. So he still has yet to prove he is a great recruiter. I'll give him credit for keeping the class together and getting a good class last year, but I'm not sold on him being a top recruiter at this point.

or they could be a Alex Mitchell, Chris Rogers, Keaston Cheatham, Pat Sharrow, Jeff Zuttah, Jeff Jansen, Mister Simpson, Chris Richards, Jason kates, Perry Dorrenstein, John Ferrera, David Cone.

I think you guys get the point.

For every Hart/Branch type player there are a slew of players who don't even make it to there senior year or barely contribute to the team. So the fact that we 9 3* or less per scout at this point and in 2009 we had 13 3* or less is a point of concern in my opinion.

Remember RR won in the Big East with 3* talent littering the field, not in the Big Ten. He may be able to develop talent better and LC did, but saying every 3* will build competent depth goes against history.

Why even post this if you're not going to say who, so another rumor can be started?

Heard he didn't make the BBQ, no loss I guess, always a MSU lock

Heard Olayian (spelling) also didn't come out, that one is disappointing since he looks like a top tier player from instate.

All you need to know about McFarlin is:

McFarlin once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now The Islands.

McFarlin's calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; no one fools McFarlin.

McFarlin can speak braille.

The reason newborn babies cry is because they know they have just entered a world with McFarlin.

He was just adolescent and didn't add anything constructive, but instead caused problems. As far as you being McFarlin, I can't say, but it does seem odd that you wanted to use your first post on this board to find out about him.

When I felt it necessary to join, instead of just reading free posts, it was because I wanted to comment about UofM football, not about a poster.

Is he a quality LB? At this point you can't say either way, but his offer list and his high school achievements wouldn't point to a quality D1 LB. He does have the athleticism, but that's all you can say right now.

So you named off 5 quality players, in your opinion, but UofM has 10 recruits, does that mean the other 5 we're just "hoping" contribute. This is what worries fans. We all understand that many recruits don't pan out, but the larger percent of top recruits you have the better chance you'll get players to pan out, look at USC, Florida and OSU. If half your players are top players and the other half are lower ranked "projects" then you most likely won't have enough talent on you team to compete at the same level as the top teams in the country. This is what worries UofM fans and why we second guess the staff when they bring in a Drake or Dileo.

The player I think could come out of nowhere and get drafted is C. Brown, we all know he has the speed, but if he can break some tackles and show some elusviness I could see him being a 2nd day pick.

If Mouton, Warren or Ezeh have a great year, they might come out early.

I think B. Graham will become a better DE at UofM than Woodley. He always showed up big in the big games, MSU in particular comes to mind, even though we lost, we all know it wasn't because of his effort.

Has Stokes gone to a #3 option behind Jones and Munchie?

I'd really like to see Michigan get another Tate type QB, very good passer who can scramble. While a player such as Denard would be exciting to watch I think for UofM to be nationally competitive they need a guy who can scamble just as well as he can pass. I know sheridan was that guy, honestly he was, he just sucked at both.

it's only made to be made into a big deal becuase IT'S ILLEGAL! Honestly I think it should be made legal, but until that time anyone who does it can go to jail. This reflects on a persons character, which would concern people during draft time. It doesn't mean they won't be successful in the NFL, it's just a red flag.

wasn't V. Smith a 3* last year and now he's the talk of camp. Vlad was a 3* on scout, can't remember the other sites and he could be a true freshman starter. Hawthorne was a 3* and is having a good camp.

Omameh (spelling), Roundtree were only a 3* in 2008

I really don't feel like breaking down all of last years class, but RR has proven that he can find players that are not only good, but fit his system and are only 3*. At this point and moving forward, it may be best to trust his judgement instead of only agreeing with Scouts perception of players.

can he play in the slot?

is he the next Z. Gibson? The next Jack Sikma (old school)?

Don't really know much about him

Little worried about Dior and Will talking about Miami, first thought was that Dior is recruiting for Miami. Has been a childhood favorite of his. Regardless it's an upward battle for 2 of the top guys in the state.

Got this off another free site:

From Scout. Latwan says the rumor that he is transfering to Glenville is not true. He also says that he will not accept an Ohio State offer on the spot and that they will get the same treatment as every other team. He may or may not be at Michigan this weekend.