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14 hours 18 min ago Lack of name that proves this is a bad All-Conf list

James Vandenberg.  Vandenberg is top 2 going into the season IMO, and top 4 all day.  He is going into his senior year, had over 3000 yards passing and a 25-7 TD/Int ratio last year.  He also has more pro potential at QB than any other QB in the Big Ten right now.  How he is behind some of the other guys is very questionable.  Most mom's that have never thrown a football can throw a football with their weak hand better than Martinez.  And Scheelhausseaf got benched fairly regularly last fall.
15 hours 20 min ago Link to the video that is heart of the article

15 hours 48 min ago My feelings

Do a patch for the current retired numbers and nation player of the years (be that Heisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Bednarik) and leave it at that and then probably the #1 jersey because of what it stands for.  This probably completely leaves out O-linemen, but it's just an example method.  If you want I guess you could add a lineman of the year winner too.  

Hart and Edwards and Long were all great, great players for Michigan, but then you start getting nit-picky through the years.  Before Hart it was the A-Train, before him Wheatley.  The point being that each generation has "their guys", and when you start looking at it like that, the numbers add up.  Keep it pretty exclusive IMO.
2 days 14 hours ago 100K depressed people

"Mad World" and "Hurt" are about as depressing as it gets, but you missed out on also including Elliot Smith (Anything by him really), Neil Young "Hey Hey, My My" (or the like), Nirvana, and "Kurt Kobain" by the rapper Proof.

 
2 days 14 hours ago If given the chance now, no way

But it's all about what they have on signing day and what their needs are.  They really need more linemen, but the talent that they are in on and the talent they already have committed is very good.  Not taking anything away from the Michigan commits, but USC is very solid at the skill positions on offense (#1 QB, #1 and #3 RB, 4 star WR that Michigan was high on).  Give them a chance to fill out their class and they will be top 3 most likely and with a small class. Both Michigan's and USC's will have very good and very different classes.
2 days 19 hours ago Embed

1 week 1 day ago I like Green more as a RB

But I think it comes down to what Michigan needs.  Green would be a great pickup, I think he's the best RB left that Michigan has offered, but he has similar qualities as other backs committed or on the roster already.  I think Wilkins offers something different than what Michigan currently has.  Michigan doesn't need another RB, but I think grabbing another would be good because I think there are guys out there that can still contribute in this class.

In conclusion at this point is probably: the best RB (IMO): Green;  the best RB for Michigan (IMO): Wilkins (I prefer Wilkins to Davis personally).
1 week 2 days ago Looks like a NT all the way to me

Needs to work on pad level a lot and initial punch.  Don't think he has developed great leg strength to this point, but none of those complaints are irregular for high school players.  Kid is a great athlete, and if he can develope those qualities at the college level he will be a great player.  His weight and what I see as "can develope more leg strength" indicate that he will easily reach 300 lbs in college.
2 weeks 15 hours ago I think it's pretty simple

Sometimes fans of teams where glasses colored similarily to the team colors.  In this case, some Michigan fans wore some color glasses between blinding highlighter yellow and kind of an orange-yellow color, and came to the conclusion that Michigan didn't have scholies available.  This then quickly spread, and other fans generally assumed (in no malevolent way) the other fans (sadly, usually the loudest fans are the most ignorant) saying this were correct.  This happens with all fan-bases, but probably at least half the time is more wishful thinking then reality.

I'm not sure if Michigan fully pursued Arnett or not.  But it appears pretty clear that there were scholarships available.  I think Arnett liked State more for whatever reason, regardless, and that's fine if that's where he feels comfortable.
2 weeks 15 hours ago Michigan, with the amount of people they signed

Would have had room for him in the Winter.  I'm not sure how much the coaching staff was really looking at him after getting an initial reaction on where he stood.  I think they inquired and determined they had bigger priorities.
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