Andrew David transferring to TCU
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJbEDPAAb6smzx-d-Jr4MZhDSUefBrIx8O69Tc0
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^
Good luck to him. Probably a smart move on his part with Nordin clearly being recruited over him.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^
Sorry to see him go but it looks like he saw the writiing on the wall with Quinn Nordin coming in. (On his private plane no less. Or maybe he drove over from the western part of the state.)
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^
This is not about this thread, but I got an alert from my ESPN app. I'm just waiting to see if some silly person creates a thread about the news.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:49 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^
I'd rather not say because it doesn't deserve attention, let alone a thread. Plus, I still want to see if someone makes a thread, only to get down voted into oblivion.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
Is it about Brady having his second straight excused absence?
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
But it's not really big news. It's somewhat relevant to Michigan football, but not worthy of a thread.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
Tyler O'Connor starting for MSU?
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^
He'll tell us when we beat MSU and OSU
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:05 PM ^
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:38 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2016 at 6:50 PM ^
But you will create a series of shit posts.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:06 PM ^
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:11 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2016 at 5:06 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2016 at 3:48 PM ^
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:49 PM ^
odd how Hoke gave him a scholarship and whiffed so badly, yet Kenny Allen a walk-on, just crushes it and is money in the bank as a kicker. Allen is very underrated and mentioned in these parts.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:55 PM ^
Hoke and "whiffing badly" seem to go hand-in-hand.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:38 PM ^
that Hoke knew his D-Linemen. Unfortunately, his talent evaluation didn't seem to be as spot-on across the rest of the football field.
August 22nd, 2016 at 5:19 PM ^
on this this year's team was evaluated and recruited by Hoke except Gary (and O'Korn if he ends up starting). His QB strategy was poor because it's a numbers game trying to find a good one and he didn't take nearly enough. But let's go by position group:
DL - already discussed. Everyone but Gary on the two deep is a Hoke recruit
LB - McCray is certainly talented if injury prone. Guy named Peppers you may have heard of.
DB - Errrryone. Lewis, Stribling, Thomas, Clark, Hill...
QB - not great, Bob.
OL - Cole, Magnusson, Braden, Newsome, Kalis. Wait was that all starters? They're not a world beating group. He had some misses here, but this is pretty good.
WR - Chesson, Darboh
TE - Butt, Bunting, etc.
RB - Ok, not amazing here either but this and QB were really the only positional groups he didn't do at least pretty darn good with.
His staff lacked ability to develop talent and put them in the right places/schemes, but the man recruited basically the entire team we're all giddy about right now, not just the DL. Credit where it's due.
August 22nd, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2016 at 4:24 PM ^
IIRC, Allen was also a fairly well regarded punter/kicker coming out of high school, and Hoke recruited him as a PWO. No tee, the speed of the game, the trajectory, the fact that you are basing a lot of it off potential, lots of weirdness with kickers. That's why I think most coaches these days will do one kicker on scholarship and one punter and rely on walk-ons to fill out the depth chart. Lots of good walk-on kickers playing college football.
August 22nd, 2016 at 8:15 PM ^
K/P and fullback are about the only positions I don't mind seeing walk-ons playing, although the latter is definitely a scholarship type of position under Harbaugh.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:50 PM ^
He was a pretty good baseball prospect. Best SS prospect in Ohio if I recall (which probably puts him at about the #100 SS prospect overall in the country, but still, a solid prospect). So this probably works out better for him and Michigan really.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
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August 22nd, 2016 at 7:09 PM ^
Denard ran indoor track as a freshman.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
I didn't realize he was a baseball player. If he's good enough to play at TCU, it seems strange to me that baseball wasn't his first choice.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:40 PM ^
if I thought I could be an NFL kicker, I'd take that path over slogging it out in the minor leagues. Baseball is one of the toughest pro leagues to make it in.
August 22nd, 2016 at 11:14 PM ^
Prep Baseball Report didn't have him that highly rated. He was their #48 player in the state of Ohio for the class of 2015, and he wasn't ranked at all in their overall, multistate rankings. I was always skeptical of him ever playing baseball at Michigan.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^
It appears he was making no progress toward being a starter, plus Quin Nordin. Good luck to him at TCU.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
Best of luck to him and glad he found a good landing spot. Will be interesting to see how his career turns out.
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^
August 22nd, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
must be kicking the hail out of the pigskin?
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:00 PM ^
Best of luck, Andrew.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:06 PM ^
The writing has been on the wall for some time now. Allen and Nordin have kicking game locked up.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:05 PM ^
I'm thinking he'll be in line for a lot more playing time so it's probably a good decision. Good luck.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:31 PM ^
Hope Nordin is the real deal. I guess they could always go after a grad transfer if he doesn't pan out.
August 22nd, 2016 at 4:37 PM ^