MCalibur

August 12th, 2010 at 11:49 PM ^

However,  I think he's selling Woolfolk short. He never struck me as THE liability in the secondary, especially considering that he was asked to pull off a mid season position switch.

A guy that wasn't mentioned is Cullen Christian who was no slouch as a recruit. Dorsey made headlines so he completely overshadowed Christian, but wasn't Cullen considered a better corner whereas Dorsey was a safety?

Michigan's secondary lacks glamour, but I think we have enough stock to find a Tyler Sash and Amari Spievey somewhere in there. Time will tell.

Edward Khil

August 13th, 2010 at 10:13 PM ^

Doc Sat seems to be forgetting a certain Cullen Christian and a certain Marvin Robinson.  He says,

"...The starting secondary, at best, will consist of a nondescript senior who was regularly targeted by opposing offenses in his first year as a starter (cornerback Troy Woolfolk); a former walk-on (safety Jordan Kovacs); and two new starters who have either barely played (corner J.T. Floyd) or not played at all (any of three or four candidates at free safety). None of whom comes with anywhere near Turner's advance hype, athletically; only sophomore Vlad Emilien, a candidate at free safety, was considered better than a middling three-star recruit coming in, and no one has proven those projections wrong on the field."

Cullen is a top-8 corner, rated higher than Dorsey was; and Marvin is a consensus 4-star safety.  When even the esteemed Doctor is overlooking Wolverines, I have to believe Michigan is going to surprise a lot of people this year.

maddogterry

August 15th, 2010 at 5:17 PM ^

There are a lot more positives on this team than a few negatives. This will definitely be another improvement year with UM at least 7 and 5. Next year we will be challenging for the big ten championship and 2012 we will be challenging for the National Championship with a big win over Bama. With the empty cupboard that Lloyd left, it has always been my prediction that it would take 5 years to turn this program around.