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Imagine if Juwan actual…

Imagine if Juwan actual understood UM's transfer policy like Harbaugh did.  Stewart, Wallace, Hausman, Nugent, Hinton, Henderson, Barner, Tuttle and Tucker were all transfers who contributed to the football team.

Sampson is 68, will be 69…

Sampson is 68, will be 69 before next season.  Why would he leave what he has going at Houston for a total rebuild at UM?

Harbaugh didn't seem to have…

Harbaugh didn't seem to have many problems with the portal.  Wallace, Stewart, Hausman, Hinton, Henderson, Nugent, Barner, Tuttle and Tucker were all contributors to varying degrees on the NC team.

One of the biggest battles…

One of the biggest battles for a NFL draft pick is getting picked by an organization that will utilize a players strengths and not try to fit a square peg in a round hole.  Pacheco hit the lottery when he was drafted by the Chiefs and got Reid as his head coach.

Reading posts about Juwan…

Reading posts about Juwan being restricted by transfers in the portal is getting old.  Yeah, getting transfers to UM isn't easy.  You pretty much need to focus on grad transfers and players entering their sophomore and maybe junior years.  Harbaugh didn't seem to have a lot of trouble with the portal though.  There were a good amount of contributing players on the NC team that were acquired through the portal - Stewart, Wallace, Hausmann, Nugent, Hinton, Henderson, Barner, Turner (kicker).  Juwan is in year 5 of working with UM on portal transfers.  Considering the success Harbaugh had in the portal, at some point Juwan's lack of success in the portal is Juwan's fault.

5 stars probably expect a …

5 stars probably expect a 'signing bonus'.  While UM's NIL seems to be doing good, from what we tend to hear UM doesn't give a 'signing bonus' to a recruir.

Most of these guys who are…

Most of these guys who are opting out of the combine will do private workouts for the nfl teams.

Beilein's first year the…

Beilein's first year the team went 5-5 in their last 10 games. 

This year, UM is just getting smoked in these games at the end of the regular season.  It went from "they can't finish/how many close games can a team lose" to just getting blown out in the second halves.

Yeah.  I don't think anyone…

Yeah.  I don't think anyone could make this team a final four contender but a good coach would probably have them on the bubble.

Their scrubs are probably…

Their scrubs are probably better than our starters.

Kansas has the 4th most…

Kansas has the 4th most players of any college on nba rosters.  Only Kentucky, Duke and UCLA have more.  Coach K retired and UCLA's list goes back before Cronin took over.

Rutgers had 9 guys get over…

Rutgers had 9 guys get over 10 minutes of playing time.  No Rutgers starter played 30 minutes.  One of the guys who started for Rutgers played 20 minutes and another played 21 minutes.

Yeah, the regular season…

Yeah, the regular season wrestling matches get little tv time but the ncaa finals are on espn.

It would hurt the SEC and…

It would hurt the SEC and Big Ten in other ways.  For the SEC the big loss would be baseball.  Baseball is a big sport in SEC country while the Big Ten is a mid-major in baseball.

For the Big Ten, wrestling would take a loss.  The Big Ten is one of the premier wrestling conferences while most SEC schools don't have wrestling as a varsity sport.

Didn't realize he was 76. …

Didn't realize he was 76.  Time flies.

It's like the Frank Layden …

It's like the Frank Layden (Utah Jazz coach) and Larry Bird question.  Bird was tearing up the jazz and asked Layden if he had anyone who could guard him.  Layden looked down his bench, looked at Bird and said, 'No'.

Since Purdue is on the road,…

Since Purdue is on the road, this would be a Quad 2 win for Purdue.  If Michigan keeps losing, it could be a Quad 3 by selection sunday.

Heck, the Soviets were…

Heck, the Soviets were playing games against NHL all-star teams in the 70s and winning a decent chunk of those games.

Beane Cook?? He can do color…

Beano Cook?? He can do color alongside Keith Jackson doing the play by play.

If he's an employee, wouldn…

If he's an employee, wouldn't he need to file an 'accident report' for the injury?

Oline: while the potential…

Oline: while the potential is there to be very good.  It's pretty much all new starters at UM.  I'm guessing there will be some growing pains early in the year with the oline.

Holtmann in 13 years as a…

Holtmann in 13 years as a head coach (3 different schools) has never won a conference title.  That includes both conference tourneys and regular season titles.  Is he really that good of a coach?

Besides State Farm she has…

Besides State Farm she has deals with Nike, Gatorade, Goldman Sachs, Buick, Hy-vee, Topps, Bose.

They can be talking to…

They can be talking to agents and gauge interest through other means then directly reaching out to a coach.

Kelvin Sampson is 68 years…

Kelvin Sampson is 68 years old.  In the last 4 NCAA tourneys Houston has 4 sweet 16 appearances, 2 elite eights and a Final Four.  They just joined the Big 12 so they're no longer in a mid major conference, and they're in first place in the Big 12.  Why would he leave that for OSU?

Holtmann has been the OSU…

Holtmann has been the OSU coach for a while.  If OSU has been having medicore rosters, that's on Holtmann.

Yeah.  It was so frustrating…

Yeah.  It was so frustrating seeing how much slow Morris was on the crossing route.  If he had SEC speed, he might have been able to get the first down and had a slim chance to maybe score.

I wouldn't exactly say the …

I wouldn't exactly say the '81 and '84 Super Bowl teams were stacked.  Rice and Taylor weren't on either of those teams and Craig's big breakout year was '85.

Interesting.  Never been a…

Interesting.  Never been a coordinator.  Always been a running backs coach with last year being Associate Head Coach and Running Backs coach.

Agree on whether someone…

Agree on whether someone will pay it but all of Iowa's women's home bball games are sold out.  They sold all their tickets before the season started.  During their telecast today, they showed that even Iowa's women's away games are almost always sellouts. 

Both.

Both.

The Tennesse game in the…

The Tennesse game in the Citrus Bowl was just a mismatch.  UM was decent, one of the weaker Carr teams (no offense to any of those players). Tennessee was on their way to the BCS title game until LSU upset them in the SEC championship game.  Somehow Tennessee, who was ranked #2 entering the SEC title game, fell all the way to the Citrus Bowl.

It's not admissions.  It's…

It's not admissions.  It's the departments.  If you are transferring into Michigan, you are going to have to take the vast majority of your upper level classes in your major at UM.  Upperclassmen transfers don't get denied.  They're just not going to have a lot of credits transfer.  Harbaugh figured this out and did great with the transfer portal bringing in grad transfers and on sometimes a transfer after their freshman year.

You can farther.  The top…

You can farther.  The top half of the Big Ten standings are:  Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Northwestern, Michigan St, Minnesota.  I can't believe Nebraska, Northwestern or Minnesota have better NIL programs for their bball teams than UM.  

Yeah, the '21/22 team made…

Yeah, the '21/22 team made the sweet sixteen but it wasn't a cherry on top of a nice season.  It salvaged what was a rather pedestrian season.

 

As a Raiders fan (although…

As a Raiders fan (although with their moves - LA back to Oakland to Vegas, I'm not nearly as into them as I used to be) this is a meteor game for me, hate to see either win.

That being said, I think the Chiefs win and probably by double digits.

You realize that Carr told…

You realize that Carr told Martin he was retiring after the the 2006 season.  Martin (and maybe others) talked Carr into staying one more year.

The last time Michigan bball…

The last time Michigan bball didn't win 10 games was the '81/'82 season.  You look at the schedule and it's not easy seeing 3 more wins.  

The catch with the last couple of years is it seems the sum is less than the parts.  This team wouldn't be a final four contender, but I feel like with good coaching they could be a bubble team for the tourney.  

In theory, Detroit's…

In theory, Detroit's schedule will be tougher next year.  As the NFC North champ, they'll have all the division winners on their schedule next year:  SF, Dallas, Tampa, KC, Buffalo, Baltimore, Houston.

Japan is 17 hours ahead of…

Japan is 17 hours ahead of the west coast.  If her concert ends at 11pm saturday night in Tokyo, it'll only be saturday morning in Vegas.

Niners have Ambry Thomas too.

Niners have Ambry Thomas too.

Pittsburgh came pretty close…

Pittsburgh came pretty close.  The Steelers won the Super Bowl in January 1976 (1975 season) and the Pitt Panthers were NC in the 1976 season.

Liverpool didn't qualify for…

Liverpool didn't qualify for the Champions League this year so what's the quadruple?

Is the University going to…

Is the University going to outside counsel?  The university has their own staff of attorneys.

https://ogc.umich.edu/attorneys-staff/

I definitely agree with what you're saying if the university has engaged outside counsel on the university's behalf in these negotiations. At the same time, Warde is not the ultimate decision maker for some of the provisions and language in the contract, whether the university has outside counsel or not.  There's going to be sections of the lease that he isn't qualified to read and understand the nuances.

 

 

I know a lot of people like…

I know a lot of people like to blame Warde, but Warde isn't the one drafting the contract.  UM's attorney's are drafting it.  Warde can tell the attorneys what to put in for pay, years of the contract, bonuses, etc.  When it comes to other aspects of the contract Warde can recommend changes, additions and removals of certain things but Watde isn't going to be able to override the attorneys.  

Howard signed up before O…

Howard signed up before O'Brien was named OC.

Isn't Michigan kind of Iowa…

Isn't Michigan kind of Iowa on steroids too? UM's philosophy is we're going to beat you with our running game and defense.  We'll mix in some passing and if we get behind, we'll throw it some more.  

No doubt Stroud and Ryan's…

No doubt Stroud and Ryan's have helped but another big reason is the Watson trade to the Browns.  The Texans got a lot of draft picks in that trade and they've done a great job with who they've drafted with those picks.

Florida did when Leak was a…

Florida did when Leak was a senior and Tebow was a freshman.  Leak though was a 3 year starter heading into his senior year.

How many wr's are going to…

How many wr's are going to come Michigan to play in an offense that doesn't throw the ball a ton?  Doesn't mean they couldn't get any but I wouldn't expect any game changers.