Deveon Smith putting in work for the Renegades, too, who are about to win in a big upset.
Looked up his wiki page to see that too. Wolverines doing a lot of work to get Arlington a XFL Championship.
What’s the reason behind the change? I don’t want to make a crossing routes joke in bad taste.
Good thinking. One of my first New Year’s Eves with the wife’s family, I made a joke about drunk Dick Clark, completely unaware of his stroke.
I didn’t know about the Brandon Watson/Rusnak name change either.
Sneaky way to get four more years of eligibility.
I assume he will walk on like 'home-schooled' Chad Powers at Penn State.
Cool. Thanks for the info.
Interesting.
This reminds me of a question my kid had the other day. I didn't have a good answer. It was, "Would Michigan beat the Michigan Panthers?" I know the worst NFL team would always beat the best ever college team, but this league seems somewhere between college and NFL and likely closer to college than NFL. I think the wolverines could have a chance but maybe I'm way off. Any opinion on this?
That is an interesting question. From a x and o perspective you would think Michigan would be well ahead based on the time in the system. Overall talent across the board is where I would question Michigan's chances. Michigan would be equal or better in some spots (RB) but 1-11 Panthers probably a little ahead. Most of the players in the USFL have either played college for 4 or 5 years or are trying to restart an NFL career. Big difference between 22-25 year old man strength and 18-20 year old strength.
Based on that alone I would give the edge to the Panthers, but I say it would be a good game. Exhibition game at Ford Field?
I say yes. Panthers are full of of guys who would not be playing professionally if not for the USFL.
I'd say no. Sure the USFL is guys who wouldn't be playing professionally if not for the league, but how many guys on Michigan would be starting in the NFL right now? Certainly, some Michigan players would make NFL roosters, but many of those would be because of future potential/expected development. So Michigan has what 20-30??? guys who might eventually make NFl roosters only some of which will become starters, could they beat guys who, right now, are just not quite good enough to start in the NFL?
Take that a little farther…how many current Wolverines would make USFL rosters? That’s what I’m basing it off of.
But it is not just Michigan players in the USFL. For the sake a argument say all the players that get drafted stick in the NFL. That means roughly the USFL is like a collection of the best udfa from all college teams across all years, some of whom have NFL experience. Plus the USFL players are older and more experienced. Some of the future NFL players on Michigan team are 18 or 19.
This talk of roosters has me loosing my mind
Which team is AC playing for?
Panthers would win in a walkover. Older, more mature players with an edge of real-world desperation for their last shot at a career doing the one thing they have been doing most of their lives? The also don’t have practice restrictions like CFB players do and while they aren’t overtly NFL-grade, they’re the next best thing. I love my Wolverines, but they would lose.
LINK to interception. Is there any information of why he changed his name from Brandon Watson to Brandon Rusnak? DON'T click on this photo. The embed code doesn't work.
I didn't take your advice, clicked the image, and the embed code worked perfectly and the video played.
I blame my computer.
michigan players changing their names is something of an Anoma-ly