Dax Hill Flips to Bama
Respect it? pic.twitter.com/4jalHMrF50
— Dirty30 (@daxhill5) December 8, 2018
December 8th, 2018 at 7:13 PM ^
He did try to punch it in and one of his linemen got hurt because of it.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:41 PM ^
Exactly, Ubz was in all on scoring after the onside kick until it cost him an OLineman for the B10 championship game, then he backed off with a minute 10 to go.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:30 PM ^
Welp, the argument COULD be made that a true competitor says "I'll put a stop to THAT!"
Jus sayin
December 8th, 2018 at 7:11 PM ^
and he might have stayed on if we had just beat OSU, shown we were at that level. It's your move Jim
We'll live to see another day. But we gotta win that fuckin game.
December 8th, 2018 at 9:04 PM ^
For the first time this year I have started to have doubts about Jim Harbaugh. Pep Hamilton still being around is the main reason why. 62-39 in the second.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
Barf.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
That’s super lame. Competitive spirit is lacking in a lot of sports. Top players in leagues where players have the choice of where they want to go are stacking teams with so much talent that it really doesn’t matter what others do.
Who’s going to to compete with the top 4ish teams in CFB? Bama has an insurmountable advantage over every program except maybe Ohio State, Georgia, and Clemson. I don’t watch the SEC anymore. Other than the Bama vs Georgia game. It’s completely predictable. Alabama is going to win out, and Georgia will win out.
The NBA is pretty similar. People can enjoy the regular season, but no one truly has a chance against the Golden State Warriors lacking injury to Kevin Durant or Steph Curry. Even then they’re the favorite.
Alabama could lose their heisman QB (Tua) for the entire playoffs. Is anyone going to pick against them?
I don’t know. Maybe I’m old school, but I still enjoy parity and players not only being about the individual. The Team The Team The Team is dead in sports.
The NFL has forced parity based on how the owners have structured the league. And isn’t applicable
December 8th, 2018 at 7:26 PM ^
Sports has almost always been like this. Football just seems like there’s more parity because of sample sizes. Fewer games means the result of a single loss or win has an increased impact on a season. OSU and M dominated the B1G for a long time. There wasn’t any parity back then either. Schools/Teams with better money and resources do better. We will almost always be a top 15 program because we have a lot of money.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:48 PM ^
Theres no comparison to Nick Saban and Bama. I mentioned those other 3 teams on a recruiting basis, but really they are only a loose comparison. There’s nothing like Bama in the modern history of college football, you’d have to go back more than 50 years to find a similar run. Even then I’m not sure you could find a program this dominant. Nick Saban is a good coach strategically but not any better than Harbaugh or similar coaches. His recruiting is untouchable by any program. Until he retires no one is closing that gap. No one. And if you believe different your a fool. That teams stacks talent upon talent. I don’t know many other teams that could lose a heisman trophy candidate QB and still be an overwhelming favorite to win it all. There are no comparisons to this program. If Dax doesn’t win at least two titles in his three years at Bama that’s a disappointment, that’s lame and boring. No sports haven’t been like this. Not in my lifetime. 30 years of watching.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:58 PM ^
Nothing like Bama in all college football history? Really? Are you aware how dominant certain programs were 100+ years ago? Also, that Bama was basically an afterthought before ~10-15 years ago... around the same time USC appeared set for a decade-plus dynasty? Things change, sometimes gradually and sometimes suddenly. I'll hold off on penciling in Bama for the 2030 CFP championship just yet, thanks.
December 8th, 2018 at 8:02 PM ^
5 national titles in 9 years in the AP poll era (since 1936) is unprecedented.
December 9th, 2018 at 6:17 AM ^
AP isn't even 85 years yet, barely half the age of all college football. Also, most of those titles are recent. They were nothing special prior to the late 2000s.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:59 PM ^
Nobody adjusts, from a program prospective, quite like Saban. His program is so good right now, he's become the home of great offensive coordinators that have gone wayward (Kiffin, Sarkisian, Locksley) allowing them to rehabilitate their reputations while giving Bama great offensive coaching. "The Process" isn't just a plan for success, it's a living, breathing and ever-changing tool that allows him to stay a step ahead of everyone else.
December 8th, 2018 at 8:07 PM ^
Go read a book if you believe everything you’re saying
December 8th, 2018 at 8:52 PM ^
Name a program with this many true national titles over this period in modern college football. Read a history book? You want to compare this program to teams prior to the 1940s? That’s laughable.
There’s nothing like this. Saban is running the greatest program in modern college football at the very least. Name a compareable program after World War II. USC was falling apart by the end. Carroll left prior to USC going off the rails.
Who said anything about it lasting to 2030? Sure if Saban isn’t there it might be over, until then do you see it slowing down really? If he hangs on too long and is senile by the end. Other than that good luck.
December 8th, 2018 at 9:26 PM ^
I’m talking specifically about how “sports have never been like this.” There’s dominance like this in a lot of sports. Hell, look at Stanford. They win the Directors Cup every fucking year. UConn WBB. UCLA B-ball. Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, then the Oilers. Steelers won four SB in six years. GB had 5 NFL titles in 7 years. Penn St wrestling is in the midst of dominance - 7 NCAA titles in 8 years. Between 1982-2012, UNC women’s soccer won 21 national titles, including a stretch of 9 in a row. Yankees won 3 of 4 titles and went to two more WS in the next 3 seasons. Yankees won 20 titles over 42 years in the 20s-60s. Obviously Saban is probably the best coach of all time. But that doesn’t mean parity is the norm
December 9th, 2018 at 2:08 AM ^
I have not once compared Alabama to any sport besides the NBA. I have classified everyone of my statements with modern college football. So I don’t know why people keep bringing up 100 years ago, or women’s cricket (joking). If you pull one quote out of all of my comments with no context I guess you could get there. Yes the Steelers and Packers won that often early in the NFL’s history, but unless you have Bill Bellicheck and Tom Brady no ones going on a run like that. Even the Patrots can’t win as often as that. The NFL has made their league such that parity will almost always win out.
College Football and the NBA, where players have the choice of what team they want to go to, there is less and less parity. Alabma is on another level from everyone else because they have such a talent advantage. Saban is a great X’s and O’s guy, but no better than Harbaugh or a handful of other coaches. Where he’s killing everyone else is in recruiting. There are only a handful of programs that can compete with that level of talent; Clemson, Georgia, and previously Ohio State. I have my doubts about Ryan Day.
My greater point on this is,I respect the hell out of George Karlaftis (please flip to Michigan!) for going to Purdue. More and more players seem to take the path of least resistance I miss competitive drive in players to slay the dragon. Dax Hill could go to any program and if he lives up to the hype will leave a legacy on that program. Going to Bama, he’s just another dude. It’s lame. If he’d have flipped to Oklahoma State or even OU I’d be disappointed, but really, Bama?
December 9th, 2018 at 8:44 AM ^
It wasn’t one quite it was the entire fucking premise of your whining.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:32 PM ^
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff#College_Football_Playoff_appearances_by_team
Bama, Clemson, OU, and tOSU have taken 14 of the 20 spots to date. Georgia seems to be joining this club of teams that are perennially in the mix come November.
Florida State, Oregon, and Michigan State have fallen. Notre Dame's in the CFP this year, but two years ago they were 4-8.I'd place ND in the next group along with Michigan, and maybe Washington & LSU. I think USC & Penn St fell out of this second tier bunch this year.
And as a tangent, IMO, anyone suggesting that Michigan should replace Harbaugh is making a foolish statement. Remember when RichRod, Charlie Strong, Ty Willingham, etc were rising stars? I'm sure there are others. When you take a chance on a rising star, you're more likely to fall out of the top ten than to improve. You don't get better by getting worse.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:56 PM ^
Agreed. Any fan trying to compare their team to Bama is a fool. You can’t catch them. Success is relative. Bama is on another level. Michigan is back in terms of wins and losses. The only thing we’re not seeing is Big Ten titles. With Urban gone, I think those might start coming. For any program in college football to expect to be on Bama’s level is delusional. Week to week I enjoy watching Michigan play. On the Championship stage college football, like the NBA is boring.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:13 PM ^
yay .... negative recruiting at its finest
can we get Trevor? Can we get Zach? Can we flip Kalen?
December 8th, 2018 at 9:08 PM ^
Rashan Gary was not a shining example of why DEs would want to come to Michigan. He did not pan out to be what many thought he would be.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:13 PM ^
We have had a couple of disappointing recruiting classes if this holds with a number of decommits. Harbaugh needs to address it. The program is too good not to finish with top 10 classes.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:47 PM ^
A couple? Or one?
Harbaugh was hired ~Dec 28 2014, so you can't put the #37 2015 class (by 247) on him. 2016 & 2017 were 8th & 5th. The 22nd 2018 class was not at the collective level we need. We can't afford another one of those.
We're sitting at 11th right now, so the sky has yet to start falling.
https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/
December 8th, 2018 at 7:13 PM ^
Seems like he just wants to be handed a championship ring like most of the high level recruits that go to Bama. Sadly I think College Football is changing to the point where the top teams stay dominant for long periods of time with huge gaps between them and the rest of the schools in the country. Teams like Bama, Clemson, Ohio State, and now Georgia will have a strangle hold on college football for quite a while now. It makes for boring seasons like this one.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:20 PM ^
Lol handed a championship? Have you seen Bama players? They work their asses off and are so prepared every week. They are a product of their own success, they win all the time and when they don’t they get the benefit of the doubt. I wouldn’t hold it against any elite high school kid to commit to Bama. All business and winning, sounds like fun to me.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:50 PM ^
Not saying they don't work hard. Kevin Durant works hard yet it's no secret he went to GS to basically be guaranteed a championship game. If Dax sticks around for 3 years he will have a ring, there's barely any question about it. While I understand wanting to go to Bama, I always admire the guy who decides to go to a program where he can be much more of a game changer to that team. On a fan level, its frustrating watching a situation where the rich keep getting richer.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:57 PM ^
I don’t blame Dax atall. Michigan’s defense look so out of place and terrible against the only offense with a pulse that they faced. He would have been great for Michigan, absolutely. But why not be great and win championship after championship? Bama churns our top NFL DBs year after year, I just wish he would have committed there first so this didn’t hurt so much.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:30 PM ^
He could have probably walked into a starting spot next fall for Michigan. At Bama, I’m sure he will be competing with a high level safety recruit in each class and each future class. He isn’t going there because he wants it easy. And if he does, he will get passed up easily and not get playing time.
December 8th, 2018 at 8:14 PM ^
the reality is the 4-5 star players also has an "easier" path to get to NFL top 3 round draft too. the total number of games and minutes they play in bama to get to that goal is likely smaller. That means you are less likely to get injury and get max. exposure, especially in defense. They are the top defense year in and year out, not just in stastistics, but the defense actually show up in big game.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:13 PM ^
Nope. Nope. Nope. Michigan football will not ruin another weekend for me. I refuse. Good night folks. Have a blessed day.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:28 PM ^
You are a gentleman and a scholar.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:34 PM ^
Happy Easter
December 8th, 2018 at 7:13 PM ^
Rich get richer and we still can’t beat Ohio State.
There is no such thing as karma and there is no god.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:14 PM ^
i guess this doesn’t have much to do with Daxton but where has our D Coordinator been since that ass whooping? Haven’t heard from him.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:15 PM ^
we have Willis Ward. They have George Wallace.
Fuck the South.
Until these schools are exposed. This will never change.
December 8th, 2018 at 8:35 PM ^
As a long time lurker on MGoBlog, and a graduate of both The University of Alabama *and* The University of Michigan, currently living in Ann Arbor, I felt compelled to finally create an account and say:
(1) Our current Governor Rick Snyder is directly responsible for the lead poisoning of young children, and
(2) If you don’t think Michigan isn’t playing the same game with respect to recruits, you’re either insane or naive.
Nobody deserves a moral high horse here.
December 9th, 2018 at 8:40 AM ^
Point 2 is BULLSHIT.
Michigan has NEVER offered a recruit $250K. Clemson, UGA and bama have done so.
It's a completely different game in recruiting. We may do some things that blir the line but we DO NOT offer money like they do. Plain and simple.
December 15th, 2018 at 12:24 AM ^
Then proooooove it. Simple. Just prove your claim.
December 10th, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
Rick Snyder never lynched anybody.
Who poisoned the water? Rick Snyder or the endless number of democrats who ran flint over the decades?
December 15th, 2018 at 12:35 AM ^
Woah woah woah, AND you’re a Republican? My Southern heart living in Ann Arbor hopes you find both Jesus and Socialism.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:15 PM ^
Shitty, but not the end of the world. Have fun in shit hole Alabama kid.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:15 PM ^
Stings, but you move on. He and Charbonnet were my two favs. Harrison is a luxury. MIchigan needs some DT's.
Nothing anyone can say.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:16 PM ^
Fuck man. I keep refreshing this page hoping that he's just playing a prank on us. This is so bad on so many levels. He would have been a program changer. To anyone who thinks we'll get harrison, i feel for you. Jim and Don fckin blew it. 62 really? And i seriously fckin hope we can keep Charbonnet from de-committing..
December 8th, 2018 at 7:19 PM ^
The guy who was saying the other day Harbaugh wants out, this'll probably push him. And I'm sure we will probably lose Harrison now, and another 9-4, 10-3 season to look forward to, with a loss to OSU.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:19 PM ^
Legit dong punch.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:21 PM ^
It seems like we can get a great player (Peppers, Gary type) but we can’t get multiple great players. It feels like we always miss out on these types of guys. Recruiting is good but nowhere near where it needs to be to compete for national championships. It seems like we are light years behind the big dogs in recruiting.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:21 PM ^
If M made the playoff I think this kid would’ve stuck with his commitment. But until M can prove it is one of the small handful of elite teams we will lose recruiting battles like this.
This one hurts.
December 8th, 2018 at 7:21 PM ^
Dudek sucks hard
December 8th, 2018 at 7:27 PM ^
It’s not his fault that Michigan gets elite five stars (Shea, DPJ, Gary, Peppers) and develops them into good but not great players who can’t beat OSU.