Speight to UCLA
Per his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BhfW1t4Fmlw/
Please let Speight run one zone read keeper in UCLA’s offense! Best of luck to him
I hope not for his sake.
Good luck to him. He deserved a better end to his career at Michigan than he got, and I hope he is successful at UCLA.
He’ll get to play in the Rose Bowl, nice weather, and UCLA has an amazing campus too. Pretty solid choice to spend your final year.
And the ladies are as hot as an oven in self-cleaning mode...
he already has a girlfriend that is hotter than Tom Brady's wife....
April 12th, 2018 at 10:23 PM ^
Obviously didn't get the reference.
Kid is going to get degrees from Michigan and UCLA. He's in good shape regardless of what happens with football. Hats off to him.
April 13th, 2018 at 12:58 AM ^
The Michigan fan in me is sad to see him go....the USC fan in me is happy to see him at UCLA.
Well, he'll get to play in the Rose Bowl -- but not in the Rose Bowl.
April 13th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
Very good school to do post grad work. Weather is beautiful, so won't need a heavy coat sitting while sitting on the bench.
Upon first reading that Speight was trasferring to UCLA, I immediatly thought, I wonder how the weather is in So Cal? Is he goign to need a heavy coat while sitting on the beach? Now I for sure know that won't need one, but I still have some unaswered questins. Will Speight need a trench coat or a pea coat at the beach? What about a light jacket or parka? Will he need a turtleneck or a sweater? How about a scarf?
He did. I'm sure he's carrying a pretty heavy load over how his career here ended. Hopefully people don't spit venom at the kid for doing what he sees as his best option.
Good luck, Wilton. I remain convinced that were he not injured by a dirty hit, he would have rounded into form again, and our season would have gone very differently.
April 12th, 2018 at 10:14 PM ^
Based on what? Delusion?
April 12th, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^
He's got a season of evidence - you've got four games. No-one will know how he would have finished the season, but this isn't a situation where you''ve got the logical take and his is delusional. Speight bounced back from some rough games in '16, he may have done it again. Get out of here with that baseless negativity.
April 13th, 2018 at 12:29 AM ^
With the exception of an occational flash from Brandon Peters, was anyone happy with QB play last year?
I don't think anyone was happy with QB play last year and the offense struggled for a multitude of reasons, but does anyone on here really think we wouldn't have fared better with Speight under center than O'Korn / Peters? Not claiming we would've won the conference or anything along those lines, but we probably would've found a way to pick up a couple of more wins.
Probably would have been the same amount of wins with Speight.
I don't think the player at QB was the issue last year.
I don't flinch to say the offense would have been better if Jedd Fisch would still have been around.
April 12th, 2018 at 10:58 PM ^
I agree with everything TIMMMAAY just said.
Good luck, Wilton!
...Wilton. Thank you for all the sacrifices you made for the University of Michigan football program!
Good luck. Fine young man.
April 12th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
...our well wishes. He will always be a good ambassador for UM. That said, every time I watched him on the field, his play reminded of a less accurate version of Ryan Leaf.
pretty ambitious spot to go to, not gonna be easy to win that job despite Rosen leaving.
Good luck, enjoy laguna beach
Fits Kelly’s offense to a tee
Precisely. Just like this (looks like the letter "T", right?):
Lets hope he doesn't let BillyBob77 or Nick Baumgartner get under his skin while at UCLA.
Retweet
Nailed it.
April 12th, 2018 at 10:36 PM ^
Something from the Prime series?
he complained about Baumgartner and social media to his dad and girlfriend. The girlfriend used "retweet" to one of his statements.
That was the funniest part of the show, I keep saying 'retweet' at my wife instead of ditto or i agree to annoy her now, it's great fun.
He should fit in just fine at UCLA.
ha that's exactly what crossed my mind
April 12th, 2018 at 10:02 PM ^
Both QB’s last year were as fragile as glass.
Amazing how many either pick them over us or transfer. I wonder what the pull is...(great women/weather/etc)
I attended both schools (M grad) and took summer courses at UCLA. I can attest I almost transferred for that reason.
Umm I don’t think Michigan lost this one.
April 13th, 2018 at 10:49 AM ^
Did anyone actually want Speight back?
April 13th, 2018 at 11:14 AM ^
Harbaugh did.
I think this was the assumed spot for him. Once Jedd left UCLA, things kind of got thrown up in the air but a good landing spot for Wilton. Wish him nothing but the best!
Unless Kelly is changing the offense he has run in college this is the equivalent of Threet at QB with RichRod.
April 12th, 2018 at 10:09 PM ^
went towards more of a passing oriented offense at Philly and SF. Ran a lot less zone read and more RPO. Nick Foles had a great year under Chip Kelly. Mark Sanchez looked like a serviceable QB under Chip Kelly.
Chip adjust to his QBs while still maintaining the core of his offensive system.
April 12th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
where speed at QB doesn't do you as much good since the speed of the defense is so much better, and being able to throw accurately is much more important, again, because the speed of the game gives you much smaller windows.
I do agree that without his ideal QB this year at UCLA, it made some sense to bring in a proven veteran and run something like what he ran in the NFL until he grooms his type of QB.
he just really wants to go to UCLA and football is a way to get there.
I hope he lights up the PAC-12 minus the ASU game. Good luck, Wilton.
Maybe once out there he realizes that his girlfriend is not way hotter than Giselle.
And learn that his dad bod isn't really the best.
His girlfriend is average looks wise and I will try and get out to a UCLA game this year. Not much defense out here in the PAC so he should do pretty well. Best of luck to him.