Long before I actually made my account I followed this board pretty closely from afar. When Brady Hoke reeled in 6 recruits in one day, to see the whole board slowly meltdown one commit at a time was one of my more entertained moments on this site.
Thought he'd be drafted in the later rounds. I saw combine results which, at a quick glance, reflected him placing towards the bottom of draft eligible RBs in essentially every measurable but I still thought he showed potential, durability, and improvement over the course of his UM career. In my opinion, combine results don't tell the whole story.
He's one of the recruits I'm most excited about. I think he can be really good. He already has the build of a college RB as well as 4.4 speed. If he can grasp the offense and excell mentally in preparing for the next level there's no doubt that he has the skills.
In a similar situation, my coach went 4-5, 0-9, 1-8 in my 3 years of playing under him and he's still the head coach to this day if I'm not mistaken, still with little success. It was directly following a coaching change (albeit we didn't have a legendary coach to begin with). Seems like they did this guy wrong.
Personally, I like him every bit as much, if not more than Harris. I think Akers skills will translate really well to the college game. I'm not complaining though, having to pick between Harris and Akers is a good problem to have.
Realistically, I think that Illinois could be on the rise over the next 3-4 years. Lovie Smith is a pretty good coach and that area has a decent pool of talent to choose from. Like OP stated, I think the dynamic of the Big Ten has shifted and will negatively affect MSU moreso than any other program.
I really want audio of whatever Ash said to Coach Harbaugh after the game when they shook hands. He sort of pulled Harbaugh in close and you know he had to be whispering a little sweet-something after Michigan hung 78 on them.
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I definitely think it's a perception changing type of game. Considerable Big Ten opponent, top 10 matchup, and our toughest opponent yet. Wisconsin is in the top third of the most difficult teams we'll play this season along with MSU, Iowa, and OSU. If we don't win this our road to winning the Big Ten (and a Nat'l Championship if you wanna go that far) will only get that much more difficult.
Not to mention, you need to be top 4 to get playoff consideration and although a lot can happen, an loss midseason might not bode well for us even if we win out the rest of our games. Flip it the other way, we win, Louisville is on upset alert, and we still have OSU to go. With a depleted MSU defense, and Iowa team that hasn't lived up to the hype between us and them.
This could very well be the most difficult task until OSU. Plenty of reason to think it's a perception changer.
I would heep the praise on right now. There was a lot of missed throws today, and throughout the season that were off target or misplaced by him. Granted there were some drops as well. Hopefully he saves his best for last, but next week is going to be a pretty good test for him. As of right now I think hes performed as expected.
We're just taking the "slow and steady" method with bringing back players. When it comes to Wisconsin I expect them to play if they can play.
Unless they actually all end up playing today and we just got BAUGHed.
QB: Tyrod Taylor
RB: Adrian Peterson
RB: Spencer Ware
WR: Brandin Cooks
WR: TY Hilton (sorry Lions fans)
TE: Delanie Walker
FLEX: Eddie Lacy
Other bench players I could plug in are Phillip Rivers, Julian Edelman, Blount, and Christine Michael but I feel like I have my best lineup out there.
Yeah they outran us, and ran their QB into the ground in the process. Have fun nursing that hammy for the rest of the year.
They got hits in because they sold out against the run, that was known going into it, hence why Darboh and Chesson blew the top of their defense enroute to a 51-14 blowout.
Hey if you don't know how to lose then you don't know how to win. That explains why they lose so much.
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according to 24/7, you're off on the yards and average.
I knew i was forgetting someone, updated the post