February 19th, 2019 at 2:47 PM ^
This is outstanding news. Great move by the staff
February 19th, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^
Woop Woop!
February 19th, 2019 at 3:35 PM ^
That gif would be better with Teletubbies.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:49 PM ^
....or Kate Upton!
February 19th, 2019 at 4:48 PM ^
Everything is better with Kate!
February 19th, 2019 at 10:07 PM ^
I imagine even bacon is better with Kate!
February 19th, 2019 at 2:48 PM ^
The 2018 PFF All-American First-Team defensehttps://t.co/jioP78DPRv pic.twitter.com/dLbTjlq5uK
— PFF College (@PFF_College) December 3, 2018
February 19th, 2019 at 2:58 PM ^
Was a 2* with 1 offer, this must pain you to no end to see him end up playing at Michigan.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:06 PM ^
Played with Tru Wilson in high school, another guy who out played his non-ranking.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:17 PM ^
Tru Wilson is a tough hard nose football player who should be commended for working his way onto the field at UM. That said you are not winning a national title if you have to count on guys like Tru Wilson to be significant contributors and that's no disrespect to him it's just reality. Alabama's third string RB was 5 star Najee Harris. UGA once had Gurley, Chubb, and Michel all in the program at the same time. That's the type of talent on the three deep at CFP caliber programs. That people get excited about guys like Tru and Ronnie Bell is what's funny to me, because they aren't sniffing the field at places like Bama, UGA, Clemson, OU, etc. Obviously there are exceptions which I'm sure people will be quick to point out but as a general rule it's fact. Really speaks to UM's lack of depth and recruiting misses over the last few years. We've had entire DL, WR, and RB classes completely wash out.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
Yeah, walk on's like Levi Wallace, Rodrigo Blankenship, Hunter Renfrow, and Baker Mayfield would never sniff the field at Bama, UGA, Clemson, OU, etc.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:51 PM ^
Did you just name a kicker?
February 19th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^
he did, and his point still stands
February 19th, 2019 at 4:11 PM ^
As does mine. Wilson would be 6th string on Bama's RB depth chart behind Jacobs, D Harris, N Harris, Robinson, and Ford. Bell would be 9th on the depth chart behind Jeudy, Ruggs, Smith, Waddle, Williams, Keif, Shavers, Townsend, and possibly even Bolden.
February 19th, 2019 at 4:28 PM ^
Alabama is a dynasty of all time proportions, regardless of the sport. I don't think any team in the last 40 years has been as consistently dominant in American Sports as Alabama has, outside of maybe the 1990's Bulls. Nick Saban is possibly the greatest coach of all time, they dominate teams to death, and in the last 11 years, they've lost 15 games. In the last 10 years, Nick Saban has averaged more draft picks per year than most programs average wins, and that doesn't even include this years roster, which will probably have double digit players selected.
Michigan and probably no other team in college football will ever reach the heights of Alabama, and most likely no team will ever even come close. To attempt to compare them to Alabama will always leave it lacking.
February 19th, 2019 at 5:15 PM ^
There are tons more dominant teams that Alabama. Just take a look at UConn hoops for a start.
February 19th, 2019 at 10:09 PM ^
1. There aren't.
2. Good catch on the UConn Womens team, but that's 2.
February 19th, 2019 at 11:35 PM ^
Double tap
February 19th, 2019 at 11:36 PM ^
What about UNC women's soccer in the 80s/90s? UCLA basketball under Wooden? Arizona softball under Mike Candrea? Tennessee WBB under Pat Summit? Georgia W Gym?
Just a few off the top of my head . . .
February 20th, 2019 at 11:36 AM ^
Wooden wasnt in the last 40 years, and sure, womens sports were way newer and had a lower overall talent pool so if you want to try and compare it, its pretty dumb.
February 19th, 2019 at 10:46 PM ^
You've lasted longer than usual this time, Mai2en, too bad you're once again reverting to the same tired shtick.
February 19th, 2019 at 9:33 PM ^
Still pretty funny to include a kicker
February 20th, 2019 at 9:56 AM ^
Kareem Hunt also over-performed. On the field.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
What about Clemson walk on receiver Hunter Renfrow?
February 19th, 2019 at 3:50 PM ^
No no no just stop...you can't come at him with facts and logic, it totally doesn't fit maizen's narrative.
February 20th, 2019 at 6:08 AM ^
Not to defend him, but he did say that he was aware that there are many exceptions to the rule. While he is usually an ass about it, he simply saying that as a general rule, to compete with teams like Bama, we need more talent across the roster and guys like Tru don’t really qualify. He’s not wrong about that.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
What about Clemson walk on receiver Hunter Renfrow?
February 19th, 2019 at 3:41 PM ^
You're not wrong in general, man. You do need the studs to win the whole thing. But you also need some guys to outplay expectations. Thats why people get excited about Tru and Ronnie Bell, bc its getting way more than you expected and that's exciting. And its fun to see those guys succeed.
Trust me, fans of Bama and UGA and the like also have non-5* guys that they get excited about when they outplay their ranking.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^
The only reason either of those guys are getting snaps is because guys like Ahmir Mitchell, Nate Johnson, Kekoa Crawford, Eddie McDoom, Kareem Walker, Kingston Davis, and O'Maury Samuels all flamed out. That's the real issue here. The reason Michigan is even in search of grad transfer DL right now is because the entire DL class in 2017 of Aubrey Solomon, James Hudson, Deron Irvin Bey, Corey Malone Hatcher, and Phil Paea all left or busted (still holding out hope for Vilain). The amount of attrition in our program is staggering, and it's forcing guys up the depth chart artificially and or prematurely and then people wrongly point out that our coaches are doing such a good job finding talent. No, they are doing a poor job of holding onto the guys they are bringing in. In an ideal world next year's RB depth chart would be some combination of AJ Dillion, Kareem Walker, Zach Charbonnet and Chris Evans. Instead it will be Charbonnet, Wilson, and Turner. Amazed more people can't recognize something so simple.
February 19th, 2019 at 4:49 PM ^
You lose All, credibility even mentioning Kareem Walker. Sorry but you cannot coddle young men until they ruin you and themselves. He had more chances than a quick pick at the lotto machine at speedway. Sorry you’re just a bad bad troll. Someone’s gotta do it. We missed on AJ Dillon so did the rest of the world except BC. You’re easy to follow. Just pick a failure, highlight it, act like a Parrot.
February 19th, 2019 at 6:33 PM ^
So your argument is Harbaugh is a bad judge of character?
February 19th, 2019 at 5:52 PM ^
It is a bit rude, to say the least, to classify Corey Malone Hatcher as a bust, when he had to medically retire.
February 19th, 2019 at 6:28 PM ^
"....a poor job of holding onto the guys....."
What do you mean? Like doing their classwork for them? Smoke weed with them?
Or maybe they should just pay up front for the 5*s, pumpm full o'juice plus do their classwork and smoke weed with them!
Amazed more people can't recognize something so simple.
February 19th, 2019 at 7:26 PM ^
So Tru would sit behind all those 5 stars just like Josh Jacobs??
February 19th, 2019 at 3:42 PM ^
Weird that Levi Wallace played so much at Alabama since walk-ons with no offers can’t sniff the field there. Takes 2 seconds to find recent examples of guys rated similarly to Ronnie Bell (or lower) that played significant snaps on any of those teams.
The larger point about depth is probably true, but ridiculous hyperbole that is easy to disprove ruins your argument. Use facts when then are on your side instead of making something up based on your feelings/frustrations.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:45 PM ^
That said you are not winning a national title if you have to count on guys like Hunter Renfrow to be significant contributors and that's no disrespect to him it's just reality.
Whoops.... Just imagine an unranked walk-on catching a game winner in the NC. Then 2 years later wins another title.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:53 PM ^
2x national champion Hunter Renfrow disagrees.
February 19th, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
BUT MUH STARZ!
February 19th, 2019 at 4:42 PM ^
Yeah and just get rid of your name. Wes Welker had how many offers coming out of high school?
February 19th, 2019 at 7:02 PM ^
There is nothing to downvote in this post. And I love my rainbow and puppydog Michigan koolaid posts as much as anyone.
February 19th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^
Pump the brakes. We aren’t winning a Naty anytime soon
February 19th, 2019 at 3:09 PM ^
I don’t trust those guys. Not a single UM defender is even an honorable mention for their teams. Total BS.
But, I welcome Danna with open arms.
February 20th, 2019 at 6:51 PM ^
Great news since we lost a really valuable DE! And we lost Gary too
February 19th, 2019 at 2:50 PM ^
This is great fucking news!!
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChippewaStrong/status/890264852182294528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
He would be right at the top of the NFL combine for all athletes. 42’’
February 19th, 2019 at 2:51 PM ^
Good depth
February 19th, 2019 at 2:51 PM ^
Moving forward would like to see Michigan remain active in the transfer portal. There are A TON of former big time recruits in there and since UM can't recruit JUCO's they could really use this to plug some holes every offseason.
February 19th, 2019 at 3:04 PM ^
For sure. The transfer portal can be great way to even the playing field for Michigan. I hope Michigan continues to pursue the DT transfer from Rice, Zach Abercrumbia to shore up D-line depth
February 19th, 2019 at 3:06 PM ^
...and even small-time recruits, once they have 3-4 years of college football under their belts, can become pretty good.