Maybe this one is where being up north could be an advantage for us. The kid's from Texas and played four years there. It's only one year, and it's a great grad school, so maybe he'll find it an attractive alternative. God knows we can offer him the starting spot today.

Don't care what it takes, get this guy.

 

Worst case scenario he's what, average, slightly below average? Which would still be an upgrade. 

Can we please get this kid!! Michigan coaches need to win this battle! Go Blue!

Livin' On a Prayer

Texas kid who UT supposedly now wants..."probably fruitless" sounds like a pretty good description of this from Michigan's perspective. Seems like we've been down this road before. Can always dream, I guess.

Harbaugh is playing 4D rubik's chess

This meritocracy shit needs to go given the offensive staff. Promise the man the spot.

Pay him whatever he wants.

Not going to get excited that this type of good fortune will be bestowed upon Michigan.

Maybe the worm is turning and we land him. Perhaps Shea Patterson is a harbinger.

when we sign this guy.

I'm sure that Tom Herman is going after this guy hard. Harbaugh will have to bring his A game if they want this young man. Is he the most highly rated transfer this winter/spring?

I think the wildcard issue is that Calvin Anderson was an Austin Texas native who wasn't offered by Texas. He ended up going to Rice, so his family was still close enough to watch him play for 4 years...so they might be happy to have him go elsewhere. The main point being never underestimate what being spurned, working hard, and having lots of options available at a later date including the option you never got, will do to open up the mind of even someone who at one time likely wanted to play at Texas. 

Combine that with his comments that he wants to play somewhere with great competition that prepares him for the NFL. Harbaugh's got some good talking points that are hard to ignore on that front. Sent the most people to the NFL of any school during a recent year, hardest schedule of any team on Anderson's potential list for next year, and highest likelihood of a national championship based on the way too early polls. (A talking point, at least). Also, quality grad programs he's likely interested in, duh.

I don't know that any of that is going to sway him, but head coach visiting in person is a good sign that we are serious. 

 

to have this guy. It likely won't happen. We can't seem to get over the recruiting hump with O linemen. I"m guessing that we won't until we get a batch of good linement who do well and go to the NFL; so we have some coaching up to do. 

I can't stress enough my belief in a solid O line being a key to our long term future. We have to get this right at some point. I truly believe a solid O line is a huge force multiplier to the team. QB's have more time. RB's have more space. WR's can improvise more if need be. And you can use it like a club to bludgeon a good defense. 

We need some of Wisconsin's O line fairy dust. We lost ours somewhere. 

This will be a tough pull. Maybe there’s a masters program he’s really interested in at Mich and not Texas? I think both schools are great at Econ and applied math.

Send Jim, send CP, send new hires, send everyone ....go get this man.

 

Harbaugh is going after him. They are meeting on Monday.

This could be a very beneficial relationship for both parties!

OT who is also a rocket scientist.