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I mean what is there to say?…

I mean what is there to say? We know this years team was putrid. No one knows anything about what Warde will do with Juwan, especially less than 24 hours after seasons end. So minus a semi-educated guess from Sam, which he’s said many times before, anything else is reckless speculation. And most people expect the majority of not all of the roster to turn over next year. So you can’t even have a discussion about what this means for next year because it could be entirely different. 
 

So what is there to say?

Awesome, thanks so much for…

Awesome, thanks so much for the update!

Why are people here so…

Why are people here so shocked? We literally never recruited him. He said he wanted to go to OSU or Michigan, and then didn't get recruited by either school

According to Sam Webb/Nolen…

According to Sam Webb/Nolen's dad, we haven't even reach out. This is either an uniformed guess or posturing by the Nolen's to drive up their NIL offers

Lorenz just posted that…

Lorenz just posted that Michigan might go after Chase Bisontis, true freshman RT from A&M who started 12 games and was a freshman AA. He’s from NJ and we recruited him out of high school

He's almost 100% ND bound. 

He's almost 100% ND bound. 

Also multiple mentions of…

Also multiple mentions of Durant earning his star, but he doesn’t have one on the graphic 

A Maryland insider put a CB…

A Maryland insider put a CB in for Michigan. According to those in the know, he's very connected to DMV recruiting, and Rooths is a Maryland kid. 

I'm pretty sure this is just…

I'm pretty sure this is just sensationalizing from Dodd. The Big Ten hasn't suggested these as punishments, Dodd is just saying they're technically in the range of potential outcomes. Which is clickbait and nothing else

We also pay for play,…

We also pay for play, everyone does. It's called NIL lol.

Also have you seen JJ this year? He's been passing the ball a lot and is the betting Heisman favorite, plus a projected top 10 pick. Jayden Daniels has also been great, but Michigan can equal any QB recruiting points LSU has. Plus every additional factor going our way.

He may not come here regardless. But it's defeatist for no reason to act like LSU is some forgone conclusion or insurmountable object, when he very well may lead right now.

https://www.on3.com/college…

https://www.on3.com/college/lsu-tigers/news/2025-no-1-qb-bryce-underwoods-upcoming-lsu-visit-really-key-for-the-tigers/

According to this article he's been there 4 times, and made an unofficial in October for his first visit since July. Considering he's a JR in HS, he can't take officials until April, so any visit he's taken anywhere is an unofficial.

The article I listed (from an LSU site) even mentions how Michigan is going to be hard to beat and he's visited numerous times, significantly more than LSU. Yes he's gone to LSU a bunch, yes they're probably the chief competition. But the people sitting here and definitely saying "it's LSU" this far out are being negative for no reason other than being negative, and none of it is based in fact.

Not sure why everyone's…

Not sure why everyone's saying LSU besides standard Michigan pessimism. I don't think any tea leaves have changed recently, and he told Sam Webb this date for an announcement months ago

We play at 7:30 PM and OSU…

We play at 7:30 PM and OSU plays at noon. Why do you need to miss our game?

Reports from 247 and quotes…

Reports from 247 and quotes from players/staff indicate that the plan is to get Graham back this week

Should be worth noting that…

Should be worth noting that Minnesota’s 247 writer thinks Taylor won’t play, and that WR Lemeke Brockington is done for the year after getting hurt vs Louisiana. Also Zach Evan’s was the B1G freshman of the week last week with Taylor out and will probably be RB1 this week if he’s still hurt

Most of the rumors I’ve seen…

Most of the rumors I’ve seen are saying it’s a hand thing that could be as short as 2 weeks. Even if it’s longer, our schedule coming up is:

vs Rutgers

@ Nebraska

@ Minnesota

vs Indiana

@ MSU

Bye

vs Purdue

Thats 8 weeks for him to get back by PSU, so it shouldn’t be a big issue. He may have a club on his hand but that’ll be fine. The only teams that look like they can even semi functionally run the ball are Minnesota and maybe Rutgers. He’ll get healthy, the rest of our incredible DT depth will play some more, and when he comes back we’ll be adding an All-American before the stretch run

Paige played game #1…

Paige played game #1. Johnson appeared on the field against UNLV. Moore has warmed up both games and is a junior who started his entire sophomore year, plus part of his true freshman year. Reps aren’t an issue, they’ll all be fine

Also 68 of their yards (for…

Also 68 of their yards (for over 9 YPA) came from their back up, against our 3rd stringers. Their starter threw for 5.3 YPA and 100 yards on the nose. Not really a concern 

Michigan > OSU by 22

Michigan > OSU by 22

Georgia > OSU by 1

Therefor:

Michigan > Georgia by 21

There are 3 things I would…

There are 3 things I would add here: root for Northwestern, Pitt and MSU.

Northwestern is 41st in the NET, so realistically probably too far from #30 to matter. But if they end strong in the regular season and make a run in the BTT, they could get top top 30 making Michigan's home win over them a Q1 win. To me that's more important than our seed in the BTT.

Pitt is by far the most straightforward one here. They're #52 in the NET, if they got to #50 our neutral court win over them is a Q1 win.

MSU is gonna be the hardest to sell, but also very important. Currently they're #32 in the NET, so same as NW if they to top 30 then that becomes a Q1 win. They also are solidly in the field, so we can't really expect to catch them. With the Minnesota game not getting rescheduled and them already having 8 conference losses, if we win one of our last two games they can't catch us in the B1G standings. Obviously MSU losing is funny, but since their last two games are Nebraska and OSU and irrelevant to the bubble, it probably helps Michigan if they can blow out both schools and get to the top 30.

Minus Indiana at home this…

Minus Indiana at home this week, pretty much all our big Q1 opportunities will be road games. You probably want 4/5 Q1 wins minimum to not be sweating bullets come Selection Sunday, and Maryland at home is right on the cusp of falling off. 

At minimum we need 3 wins from both Indiana games, @ Wisconsin, @ Rutgers and @ Illinois. Plus we need Maryland to stay top 30, and ideally would like OSU to sneak into the top 30 and Pitt into the top 50 for additional Q1 wins. The path is there, but I'm still skeptical.

RPI isn't used, it hasn't…

RPI isn't used, it hasn't been for 5 years at this point. It's based off of the NCAA's NET rankings.

Regardless this isn't a Q-1 win. Prior to the game OSU was #36 in NET, and Q-1 wins have to be over top 30 teams at home.

Our only two Q-1 wins right now are Maryland (#28) at home and Northwestern (#57) on the road, where on the road just needs to be a top 75 win for it to be Q1.

We were #74 prior to today, will probably jump into the 60's closer to the 50's after today.

He means Cornelius

He means Cornelius

There's an interview with…

There's an interview with Anthony today saying that he's gonna play. I don't think that's gonna be much of a question

I’m on my phone but she…

I’m on my phone but she tweeted later that he’s wearing a cast still. It’s a smaller, black one, but it’s still there. 

I feel like there were more…

I feel like there were more Michigan fans than Georgia fans last year, and that was in Florida when most of us expected to lose. Especially considering the size of TCU, I can't imagine it's not 65%+ Michigan fans.

100%. Our RB room as it…

100%. Our RB room as it stands now looks very thin after Edwards next year, and even lighter in 2024 and beyond if Edwards goes pro. Cabana looks like our best shot amongst current players to develop into a high level, game changing RB. So you need him there immediately to start adding weight and getting any reps he can for future years.

Like I said below I did…

Like I said below I did something similar and got 18. Pretty much the same list except:

I kept CJ, Jones and Turner. But added the Green brothers, Hood, Velasquez, and Dunlap as potential obvious transfer guys.  That takes your list from 16 to the 18 I had. 

Like I said in my post, you can still add in around 3 more freshmen/transfers and not be too concerned with numbers. I think we’ll need another RB if we lose Corum/Dunlap, so that’s a transfer. And then two potential freshmen in Harbor and one of Brandt/Howard.

If we lose CJ, I’d argue we could go after another WR so that keeps numbers even. And if we lose Turner add another CB, but once again a 1 for 1 swap scholarship wise. So I think realistically we’ll be around 91 or so before accounting for any surprise transfers or guys who transfer out after spring battles. So we could be right around 85 without adjusting for NIL scholarships.

Beyond what everyone else…

Beyond what everyone else has said about scholarship limits not really meaning much anymore, just from a quick look and count I got ~18 guys who seem like obvious NFL or transfer guys once the season ends.
 

That would get us down to 88, and even if you say we add 3 more scholarships (between transfers and late signees), I don’t think it’s hard to imagine us losing another 4ish guys to surprise transfers/spring transfers after depth charts are more settled. Even in the worst case, we’re really only talking about one or two spots oversigned, so I’m not too worried.

According to 247 West Coast…

According to 247 West Coast guy Greg Biggins on a YouTube livestream, Stanford DL commit Cameron Brandt (high 3/low 4 star) isn't signing early and is gonna visit Michigan in January. So he's a new name to watch.

Eh I don't think any OL…

Eh I don't think any OL transfer so far has to do with the guards. Nugent is a C, Hinton is a T, and Henderson is a swing. Zinter is probably gone just because he's a 2nd rounder, but Keegan is up in the air.

Barnhart has said he's most likely back, and that's probably a 4th starter. At this point the 5th starter is going to be Keegan if he's back, otherwise probably El-Hadi? Then guys like Jones, Persi, Anderson, Atteberry and Crippen as depth. But also probably wouldn't be shocking to see a couple of those guys transfer out.

Wiltfong has had one in for…

Wiltfong has had one in for Davis to Michigan since 10/30.

Wow, wasn't expecting this…

Wow, wasn't expecting this. At this point I assume we're for sure seeing some attrition on the OL, either through the NFL or transfer portal. But if you assume Hinton and Henderson have starting spots locked down, and then Crippen/Atteberry/Anderson at C, then you just need two of Zinter/Keegan/Barnhart/Jones/El-Hadi/Persi to be around next year for another great starting 5. Any more that return and our depth is just wildly good again.

It's pretty much confirmed…

It's pretty much confirmed he's going to Louisville. MSU insiders have said they're out on him (they finished 2nd for him out of HS) and he wants to follow his trainer, who is very close with Jeff Brohm.

Michigan offered Indiana TE…

Michigan offered Indiana TE transfer AJ Barner so he’s a name to add to the list as well

Brian is the only one of…

Brian is the only one of that group who can talk about the playoffs/postseason without making my brain melt. Those takes from Craig and Seth were….yikes

He’s started at T in the…

He’s started at T in the past, is 6’5 and is supposed to have long arms. Could swing out to replace Hayes

Great for Osborn and UM. He…

Great for Osborn and UM. He was allegedly a great developer of DE talent and recruiter, so if he works out that's a future UM DC.

Committee will do what they…

Committee will do what they did last year with UGA and Bama to avoid a rematch. Either keep TCU at 3 or if UGA loses we go to 1 and TCU drops to 4. And then on the off chance we lose, we stay at 2 and TCU stays at 3.

Hmmm, disappointing that all…

Hmmm, disappointing that all the Nic Caraway jokes were only good. I’d expect a Great Gatsby joke in there.

They gave up 41 points to us…

They gave up 41 points to us. USC could name a number and put up that many points on PSU

#3 and #4 are the B1G…

#3 and #4 are the B1G standings for each team.

A few of you guys really…

A few of you guys really need to brush up on your MGoBoard FAQ. From the section titled Ontopic:

  • Anything related to other Big Ten teams or upcoming opponents
You're mixing up Stroud with…

You're mixing up Stroud with Justin Fields. Fields transferred to OSU after his freshman year from Georgia, and started for them in 2019 and 2020. 

Stroud joined OSU as a freshman in 2020 and redshirted, and has started in 2021 and 2022.

I saw this posted elsewhere…

I saw this posted elsewhere but:

Singleton has rushed for 463 yards and 5 TDs on 63 attempts, or 7.3 YPC. Against Ohio and Auburn, Singleton had 5 carries go for a combined 269 yards (53.8 YPC). That means that his other 58 carries on the season have gone for 194 yards, or 3.3 YPC.

This feels like a game where if Michigan can avoid any big busts, they should shut down PSU's run game. Then you're putting it all on Clifford to win it with a leaky OL in obvious passing situations. Even if Michigan's offense struggles a bit vs PSU's D, that feels like a great situation for Michigan.

Beyond what everyone else…

Beyond what everyone else has said about Cade being injured and it being normal for him not to travel:

There is literally 0 benefit sitting out the rest of the season. Players are now not allowed to enter the portal midseason, and Cade has already RS'd in his career so he doesn't save any eligibility by not playing. All of this is speculation from dumb fans who like to think they're smart.

I’m fairly certain the…

I’m fairly certain the answer is Vincent Smith in 2011 (Hoke’s first year) vs Minnesota when we shut them out. 

It’s an official name change…

It’s an official name change on the roster/his jersey 

We may win out before OSU at…

We may win out before OSU at this point, but if the play calling is the same next week we may also lose to Iowa. It's baffling how bad our offensive play calling is every year. even with this talent.

The middle two quarters…

The middle two quarters inspire some optimism, and the end of the game with the pass rush finally being extant was positive. Pass rush will still clearly be an issue moving forward, alongside tackling apparently. But 19 competitive points to the 2nd best offense we'll play all year is a win IMO.