Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
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- talent, proven production, and exhibited big-play ability
- great rapport with our super-talented starting QB (who gets to have his first season of stability)
- a wide-open opportunity to replace all the departed seniors at WR
| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 10 hours 40 min ago | Leon McQuay and Braylon Edwards. |
While I generally support the approach towards numbers, I take issue with a couple of the arguments above. A lot of recruits act very impressed after a visit. What they SAY doesn't always mean much. I'd like to see an actual commit make a big deal about a number before we draw conclusions about it's potential impact. DB recruits have gotten excited about Woodson well before there was any talk of formally honoring #2 with a patch. I don't think it's 'the right thing to do' at all, to pull the #1 jersey away from any association with Braylon. A minority of fans who actually care and follow stuff like this don't like the guy's personality - that doesn't change what he accomplished at Michigan and the generosity he has shown on several fronts. In Braylon's eyes (and mine) the #1 already honors Carter, who was the original. It's okay for it to honor the other #1s that followed him AND coach Carr's interpretation/deployment of it as an 'honor' that needed to be earned. |
| 11 hours 31 min ago | No |
First of all, Norfleet hasn't hit campus yet. We have no idea if he's going to be an adequate 'scat' back, let alone a good one. Secondly, for all the talk of him taking a limited role a la Vincent Smith, we don't have any proven backs after Toussaint. It could easily end up being one of the smaller backs we're brining in. Third, Norfleet is likely to contribute in special teams right away. Meaning that if Edwards was to red-shirt, you'd have a 2 year gap between the two. Edwards has elite speed and quite obviously wants to come to Michigan. He's not the same player as his brother, but we already had one Edwards who worked out extremely well after having a ho-hum recruiting profile. This is a guy we should go after. Can probably afford to wait on him, but in the end, I hope he is a Michigan Wolverine. |
| 1 day 6 hours ago | Roundtree |
The negativity towards Roy is one of the most perplexing things I've seen in the online Michigan community. Yes, last year he struggled to produce nearly the same numbers as he did as a sophomore (900 yards and 7 TDs), but there were a slew of senior pass-catchers around (Hemingway, Odoms, Grady, Kroger...not to mention Gallon finally emerging) and a new offensive system installed. (The run game was similar, but the pass game was very changed.) Roundtree's recruiting profile, a 4-star with offers from Nebraska and Purdue, is at least as good as, but probably better than, most of the incoming commitments who people are VERY EXCITED about (Dukes, York, Chesson). Roundtree: I'd be a little surprised if he ISN'T on one of the all-conference teams. |
| 1 day 21 hours ago | thought the same thing |
like Friday Night Lights, it could add some epic drama to the festivities. And Michigan fans are generally dorky enough that the Zelda stuff would work with the under 40 crowd. |
| 2 days 10 hours ago | If Cravens commits |
It is an absolute certainity that he wins 4 Heismans while Michigan wins 4 national titles, for a start.
...still think it's impossible to overestimate how big of a get he'll be? |
| 2 days 12 hours ago | Agreed |
It appears possible that he's spreading himself too thin but perhaps not. It'll be interesting how it plays out. Thanks for the post. |
| 3 days 7 hours ago | Observed |
Some holidays get observed on Mondays, because it makes life better for everyone. It doesn't diminish the significance. We already messed with tradition by setting up a neutral site rematch and making it in MIchigan's interests for OSU to win half its games. The timing of The Game is a small change in comparison. |
| 3 days 8 hours ago | divisions |
Now, instead of competing against 10 teams, with varying degrees of advantage, you're putting the microscope on the 5 teams in your division. Furthermore, our main competition was OSU, who had the same disadvantage. Now, since MSU and Nebraska are our main competition with OSU in another division, the differences are more drastic. |
| 3 days 9 hours ago | Could have |
Put PSU and Wisconsin and Nebraska in one division, MSU and Michigan and Ohio State in another. The complaints about competitive balance would have been minimal. |
| 3 days 9 hours ago | It is not what we want |
It is what the conference wanted. What we wanted was for 'The Game' to be 'The Game', and now it's more likely to be' the game before the conference championship game'. Wheras The Game used to be a defacto title championship game fairly often, it's now impossible for it to be so. It's a game about bragging rights more than real consequences...kind of like MSU used to be. Michigan wanted to protect it's rivalaries but it was impossible to do that without putting MSU, OSU, and Minnesota in the same division, which screwed up things for schools that aren't Michigan. |
