Walk on DB Louis Grodman receives scholarship
Congratulations to Louis Grodman who tweeted today that he has been placed on scholarship. He's a senior that has played somewhat on special teams in the past 2 years. It sounds like he will have a 5th year in which he will be on scholarship.
For scholarship trackers, this puts us at 5 over the 85 max, so we will be seeing some attrition in the next couple months before the fall.
January 25th, 2019 at 11:32 PM ^
Also this does not take away a scholarship from the 2020 class either.
Louis's tweet:
Very blessed and proud to share that I have been put on scholarship. I’m so thankful for all the family, friends, and teammates that have helped me along the way. I’m excited for one last ride this fall pic.twitter.com/GUBm20Wl2B
— Louis Grodman (@louisgrodman) January 26, 2019
January 26th, 2019 at 12:16 AM ^
It takes away a scholarship from 2019...I think we should just stop recruiting until all the walk-ons have been taken care of.
January 26th, 2019 at 12:35 AM ^
yeah, happy for these guys and all - just seems like odd timing, especially since they could benefit from adding transfers or another few prospects in the current class. walkons typically earn open scholarships right before the season - im all for it then when it makes more sense from roster management perspective
January 26th, 2019 at 12:38 AM ^
Dude, you should definitely coach college football
January 26th, 2019 at 1:41 AM ^
I wonder if Jim Harbaugh gave any thought to this idea before he offered the scholarship? Perhaps someone should tell him that it’s better to wait until fall to give scholarships to walk-one who have spent valuable time in the program?
January 26th, 2019 at 8:52 AM ^
Yes this is Harbaugh’s fist rodeo he has no idea when to offer a scholarship or what his roster may look like in the future. He really should check with you on how to do this u til he gets the hang of it
January 26th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Thought my /s was obvious.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
Blindingly obvious.
January 26th, 2019 at 2:34 AM ^
Yeah, well thought out reply! You do realize that getting another “few prospects” in the class hamstrings the team for the next 3 additional years, right?
This IS the roster management you mention.
Think McFly!
Edit: Reply to getsome. Can’t tell on my phone which post this is linked to!
January 26th, 2019 at 8:49 AM ^
Yeah... I think I’ll let the guy making $7 million per year that runs each and every practice decide who is and isn’t worthy of a scholarship (and when) over random internet poster...
January 26th, 2019 at 2:44 AM ^
What a snarky dumb ass reply, Matte.
This is an example of good roster management. Adding more 2019 freshman impacts available scholarships for the next 4 years.
There is obviously nobody left (that is likely to UM) for 2019 that UM feels warrants tying up a scholarship for up to 4 years.
I think it’s awesome. And maybe doing it now allows the walk-on more by covering $ earlier.
Maybe a loophole that was never taken advantage of? Maybe because the scholarship limit doesn’t kick in until fall camp?
Whatever the case, I’m betting UM is in a better position to manage the roster.
But snark on!
January 26th, 2019 at 12:00 PM ^
I have no idea how these work but I wonder if they give out scholarships to walk ons on a semester by semester basis. This way a scholarship does not go to waste and is quickly available for recruiting purposes.
January 25th, 2019 at 11:46 PM ^
Well earned, congrats 33.
January 25th, 2019 at 11:47 PM ^
No Abercrumbia?
January 26th, 2019 at 7:27 AM ^
It appears as though there are no more "in-comings"...transfers or otherwise. There is certainly no reason to add recruits unless there is a high up-side. Next year, even with the usual attrition, the class will likely be (much) smaller than the last several. However, Michigan has liberally brought in "projects"...though some fans are distressed by this, I believe it is a fair strategy from both the roster and player side.
January 26th, 2019 at 12:11 AM ^
Are we sure this scholarship is for next fall ? It may be for this winter semester only ?
January 26th, 2019 at 12:16 AM ^
It’s clearly for next fall per his Twitter.
January 26th, 2019 at 12:34 AM ^
I’m not seeing anything on his Twitter that states it is for next fall. Maybe you can help me out if it isn’t really explicitly there.
January 26th, 2019 at 7:47 AM ^
Very blessed and proud to share that I have been put on scholarship. I’m so thankful for all the family, friends, and teammates that have helped me along the way. I’m excited for one last ride this fall pic.twitter.com/GUBm20Wl2B
January 26th, 2019 at 8:00 AM ^
As I understand, eligibilty to be a walk-on in the fall for "the ride" (participating in football) does not mean he will be on scholarship this fall. He was awarded it for winter term. As a walk-on it would need to be awarded in the late summer for him to count in the fall. The Glasgows had scholarships awarded each year in the late summer as I recall.
January 26th, 2019 at 10:24 AM ^
I overreacted. My apologies...
But I still don't understand what exactly is happening. He clearly states on his twitter that he's coming back for "One last ride" this fall. I was under the impression that he was graduating this spring. Something doesn't add up.
January 26th, 2019 at 2:48 AM ^
Thumbs up.
January 26th, 2019 at 12:27 AM ^
Thread jack
long time reader, first time poster.
anyone else unimpressed by James harden scoring? MFer shoots 35+ times a game. Anyone in NBA should be scoring 40+ points with that shooting volume....and he doesn’t have to dribble!
January 26th, 2019 at 12:36 AM ^
well maintining efficiency with that insane amount of shots can’t be easy. I would think there are only 10-20 guys who could do anything close to that even with the green light every possession.
January 26th, 2019 at 5:35 AM ^
17-38 FG and 5-20 from 3 vs the knicks is efficient?? 15 of those points were from free throws.
January 26th, 2019 at 12:38 AM ^
Don't ever thread jack a Michigan football thread to discuss NBA. Nobody gives a flying fuck about that shit
January 26th, 2019 at 9:25 AM ^
which he would know if he were a long time reader first time poster.
Though I'd give his Friday Night Beer o'clock first post some leeway.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:34 AM ^
This isn't Indy, Indy---Michigan beat Indiana at basketball earlier this past evening. That's the only acceptable hoops discussion that is allowable in any M Football thread.
January 26th, 2019 at 4:12 AM ^
He's averaging 24 FGA per game this season and has taken more than 35 shots in a game once this season. He's 18th in the league in True Shooting % despite leading the league in Usage Rate by a mile. This is a terrible take. And to address your point that anyone who shoots as much as him should be averaging 40+ PPG, Harden is averaging 45.3 PPG in January.
January 26th, 2019 at 2:47 AM ^
As of Jan 26, 2019, Michigan is on the hook for 95 scholarships. There is going to be a lot of attrition on the way!
January 26th, 2019 at 5:29 AM ^
Wow. You're not joking. Could be some interesting personnel decisions coming up.
January 26th, 2019 at 7:33 AM ^
If my math skills haven't left me, that would be 10 to lose or 10.53%.
January 26th, 2019 at 7:35 AM ^
As I stated previously, while fans are distressed by this, this is a fair strategy to sort through the numbers and improve the overall roster. I do wonder about the possibility of a "loophole" here-to the exiting players...are they offered/awarded a "general" scholarship to continue their Michigan education-if they so choose???
January 26th, 2019 at 8:10 AM ^
Not much strategy. Player X transfers or drops out. Scholarship available. Scholarship given to deserving player not transferring and not currently on scholarship.. If walk-on, not a continuing award. Look at upcoming 5th year players. Decide who to offer a fifth year. Let them know. Manage graduates and incoming. Rinse and repeat.
I doubt the existence of loopholes to cheat the system.
January 26th, 2019 at 8:13 AM ^
umbig11 - "good" attrition, or "bad" attrition?
January 26th, 2019 at 8:36 AM ^
Mostly good attrition.
January 26th, 2019 at 11:30 AM ^
Scene 1,076,356 [cont'd]
A FAN (in reply to UMBIG11): [Fighting BPONE, grits teeth, ignores that "mostly" is not "all", pushes past some recent DL attrition, conveniently forgets that the Asst HC/QB coach situation still seems unresolved, and says:]
Nice! I'm optimistic about this offseason's coaching staff changes and roster evolutions!
[He pauses, seems to consider, then coming to a realization says:]
You know, I really am optimistic! Keep at it this offseason, men, and I look forward to seeing you in the Spring! Go Blue!
End Scene.
January 26th, 2019 at 1:09 PM ^
Looking like Pep returns. Great news, right?
January 27th, 2019 at 10:05 PM ^
One of these years Pep will really be cleaning out his office!
All hail UMbig11
****fart noise*****
January 26th, 2019 at 11:53 AM ^
Wow. 10 additional transfers would bring the total number up to 15+? I’ve never seen that much before without a head coaching change.
When is the logical time for some of these to be announced? Before Spring practice?
January 26th, 2019 at 8:37 AM ^
Didn’t realize it was going to be 10, wow. College football is in an interesting place right now. Taking a look at the transfer portal this week is evidence of that. There’s more information about players transferring and the NCAA appears to be at a crossroads. Players immediately eligible for weaker reasons than previous years. Assistant Coach X left for another job or piece of garbage HC leaves for health reasons- I should be able to transfer and play.
Rant aside, interesting couple of months to see who moves on and where.
January 26th, 2019 at 9:00 AM ^
I'm confused. OP says 5 over limit of 85, so 90. This says 95.
January 26th, 2019 at 9:07 AM ^
January 26th, 2019 at 12:47 PM ^
If he's the guy I'm thinking of he's on kickoff coverage is almost always the first guy down the field. So much so that we started noticing it and looked up who it was mid-season (in the random time my phone worked in the stadium).