December 20th, 2017 at 8:09 AM ^
Signed the #1 recruit in the country once again!
December 20th, 2017 at 8:13 AM ^
Signed the #1 recruit in A country once again!
December 20th, 2017 at 10:06 AM ^
the next GREAT Julius to play Michigan Football!
(Here's the last one, for those needing to be educated):
December 20th, 2017 at 1:59 PM ^
Julius curry was maybe not great but he did hav a pick six against osu in 2000
December 20th, 2017 at 8:37 AM ^
Welschof came to the UM skills camp with a minivan full of other europeans. There was a Swede who won one of the Harbaugh competitions and I was talking to his dad in the stands. A small group got together and traveled together for two weekends and tried to hit as many camps as they could ...Georgia, Bama one weekend, then hop in the van to OSU and UM the next. So my recruiting two cents...Julius was here for the "skills" camp (Big Man camp was the next weekend). Picture a large group dbs and safetys, another of running backs, receivers also breaking out into drills. Then there was one long snapper and one devensive lineman getting individual attention. Welschof, Gary, Winovich, Kemp along with Coach Mattison running thru d-lineman drills. It seemed unfair to the other campers since they went thru their drills maybe 2 or 3 times and this lone big guy going thru with Rashan and Chase over and over. My first and maybe last insider story.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:44 AM ^
I was actually hoping that Welschof came to the skills camp, realized it wasn't the right camp, and worked out as a safety instead.
And then afterwards he cooked everyone dinner. And they played Settlers of Catan. And arranged everything in the stadium at right angles.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:49 AM ^
Just heard you talking with Sam!!
Lol, you just said the same thing! Lol
Weird timing there. But thanks for sharing.....twice.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:58 AM ^
I sometimes post here where i can edit and mul over what I'm writing but over ten years on wtka i've probaly called in 4 times. I get nervous on the air and it doesn't make for good radio when I mess up simple thoughts.
December 20th, 2017 at 7:54 AM ^
so does that mean eyabi anoma isn't going to Michigan?
December 20th, 2017 at 8:00 AM ^
There's still a chance.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:15 AM ^
Quit MGoBlogging and write up a review on this new commit. What the heck are we paying you for?
December 20th, 2017 at 8:07 AM ^
I see the staff having their hand forced a bit with the early signing period. I think both he and Bell are kids they really like but might have tried to slow-play a bit under the old system. If they see him as a future DT rather than the listed SDE this makes more sense to me.
Come February they will have a few spots left for the must-takes which would include Anoma, Friday, Petite-Frere, the receiver from LA etc. of which at least a few will hopefully choose M.
Side note - I really do like this class overall - not “upset” over the lack of top 100 types - but am really surprised how few of them M was truly in the running for. Obviously this doesn’t seem like a trend based on 2019 early verbals, but it is a bit perplexing.
December 20th, 2017 at 9:47 AM ^
Hope this does not foreshadow Friday going another direction. Seem like similar guys.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:15 AM ^
Sam just talked about it, siad that nothing would shock him about Anoma, but odds are that its Bama
December 20th, 2017 at 10:06 AM ^
I think Sam is great, but sometimes his natural optimism gets the better of him. Talking about Anoma is a complete waste of radio time.
December 20th, 2017 at 7:56 AM ^
Not bad at all for 6'6'' and 248 lbs.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:00 AM ^
He's faster than Ronnie Bell!
December 20th, 2017 at 8:17 AM ^
And he is white, go figure.
December 20th, 2017 at 12:03 PM ^
Watch Harbaugh turn Julius into the next Gronk.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:31 AM ^
Does not run a 4.55 40.
December 20th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
Fred Jackson... you are not.
December 20th, 2017 at 7:59 AM ^
For Mo Wagner, maybe?
December 20th, 2017 at 8:43 AM ^
....and me!
December 20th, 2017 at 8:01 AM ^
dt or de?
December 20th, 2017 at 8:06 AM ^
He's a D end
December 20th, 2017 at 8:16 AM ^
De DT ist de DT.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:05 AM ^
He's a DE more than likely.
247 - 4 star
Rivals - 3 star
ESPN - 3 star
247 Composite is 3 star and 681 nationally
December 20th, 2017 at 11:09 AM ^
Why aren't we recruiting any of them?
December 20th, 2017 at 8:10 AM ^
Herzlich willkommen!
December 20th, 2017 at 8:14 AM ^
Bama gets a 5 star to sit on the bench and wait. Michigan, with an NFL staff, gets an obscure DE from europe. I guess they know football better than anyone. He does have an a awesome highlight tape. Night of the stars is going to be exciting
December 20th, 2017 at 8:16 AM ^
Guy could be special with development. All the Alabama / OSU comparisons should stop until this team is consistently playing for championships. Looking forward to how the future shakes out!
December 20th, 2017 at 8:19 AM ^
Time will tell. I know there are higher ranked kids they can pull in. Maybe they are bored and need hobbies, looking for projects.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:24 AM ^
Even 5 stars can be a bust. Wanting a class full of surefire impact players is great - but be realistic.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:29 AM ^
They are taking projects? Let's be honest there are a lot in this class more than half. Maybe if they won the BIG I could see it. They haven't built the death start to completion.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:38 AM ^
Mike Hart was one hell of a project.
December 20th, 2017 at 8:52 AM ^
But people need to stop using that example. Yes a 3* player can turn out and be a stud, but for the most part the higher ranked the player the better chance at success. There's a reason the NFL's 1st round is not full of 2* & 3* players.
December 20th, 2017 at 9:01 AM ^
Derick Greene
Kelly Baraka
Ect... it goes both ways.
December 20th, 2017 at 9:46 AM ^
Hence me saying "better chance".
December 20th, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
JJ Watt, Lev Bell, Antonio Brown, Kareem Hunt, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Carson Wentz... You could argue the best players in the NFL were 2 and 3 star guys.
December 20th, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
Yet, a large percentage of elite NFL players are/have been 2-3* high school recruits.
Hmmmmm...
December 20th, 2017 at 11:52 AM ^
Have won championships in college??? Or lost to OSU I don't know 17 years in a row? Athletic football players matter.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:06 AM ^
was not a project. He was, when he graduated from high school, the nation’s all time leader in touchdowns for a career with 204 and second all time in rushing yards (11,045). He was a three star because he lacked an elite 40 time and certainly didn’t have high top end speed factored in with playing not so elite high school talent. I would almost argue he was the polar opposite of a project; when I hear “project” I immediately think of a great athlete that has not played at an elite level, in which a collegiate coaching staff thinks they can “coach ‘em up”. That was not Hart at all.
December 20th, 2017 at 10:21 AM ^
Wasn’t he originally being recruited as a middling 3* Cornerback? For some reason this is in the back of my mind...