My good news is football is back. Bye weeks are hard on me. They are so hard that last week, I took off and went to the Arkansas/Texas game. I had a great time. Arkansas played great on defense but crapped the bed on offense. Sound familiar?

Anyway, I was with good friends, and it was a great weekend.

It looks like after shopping for a couple of years, I'm finally gonna buy a new car. I'm keeping the 2005 Trailblazer for work. It only has 185,000 miles on it.

I'm getting ready for the Holidays. Think about this: the Lions finally have a great chance of winning on Thanksgiving.

What's your good news?

Go Blue!

Miller Moss USC
John Mateer Washington State
Chandler Morris North Texas
Jordan McCloud Texas State
Thomas Castellanous BC
Dexter Williams Georgia Southern
Matt Sluka UNLV
Behren Morton Texas Tech
Malik Murphy Duke
Brendan Sorsby Cincinnati
Emmett Brown San Jose St.

Feel free to add, subtract or comment on anyone on this list. I watched Moss play against LSU and Michigan and he looks pretty talented. I don’t have much of an opinion on anyone else on this list because I haven’t watched them play.

Man, @Minocm deserves some credit here. I may not be as optimistic as he is but 2025 four-star OL Ty Haywood is the man being discussed in his thread. He is currently committed to Bama.

This one has been bubbling for a bit but kept quiet intentionally because no one is really sure which way it’s going to go.

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Why I am not optimistic is that Haywood will need to make a midweek visit in order to get this to happen. He has a playoff game on Saturday and with this being the last home game, logistics make it hard. Considering we’re also a week an a half ish away from December 4, it’s very tight. So, that’s a we’ll see there.

Not ruling anything out right now but U-M has some work to do to get into it.

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Honestly it's his teammate so not surprised but the fingers crossed is interesting. Glad I'm trying to cypher 17 year old's social media

Just opened up his recruitment (previously committed to CMU)

71 tackles, 9 Forced Turnovers (one most in the state, if not the most) 5 defensive TDs (9 total TDs) 11 TFLS, 6 strips, 5 sacks, 2 ints, 7 Qb hurries, 16 carries 243 yards (3Tds), 144 Kr yards (2Tds)

Since we're poking around the Tigers, really hope he gets a look.

On Wednesday, Michigan football gained an addition to its 2025 class when four-star DB Elijah Dotson (Belleville, Mich.) announced he was flipping from Pittsburgh to the Wolverines.

Breaking down the impact of Dotson's commitment:

M&BR has the latest on Bryce Underwood and resets the current landscape.

-The blood has begun...UM up 15-0 5;38 1st qtr
-Long Island in disbelief...calls timeout

Swords came out swinging,.8pts on 4-4 shooting
Kampshroeder 4 pts
Liv Olson 3pts

This is who you're rooting for this weekend:

Friday Night

• Purdue to beat MSU (make them miss a bowl game this year)

Saturday

• Indiana to beat OSU (knock OSU out of Big Ten Championship)
• Michigan to beat NW (obvious)
• Wisconsin to beat Nebraska (F Matt Rhule. Make Nebraska miss a bowl game again if they lose to Wisky this week and Iowa next)

Saturday Night

• Vandy to beat LSU (Obvious. Bryce Underwood.)

#GoBlue

argument for at least 6 SEC teams should be in this year's playoffs. This is a fun watch. This guy basically takes Pate's drawers off and runs them up the flag pole.


Link

Just have to credit to the Mods and posters here for being so humble and interacting in a kind, cordial and fun banter.

Anyone else that participates in both sites and disagrees can go run back to on3 and tattletale, lol.

Maize&Blue Review is such a breath of fresh air for Michigan fans.

Thank you @Josh Henschke and your awesome staff!

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I saw a tweet that said Poggi would be back in Ann Arbor this weekend! I hope Sherrone locks this down and brings him home! Would be a great addition to the coaching staff!

Michigan is expecting to host two prospects committed elsewhere on the D-line this weekend.

Quante Gillians, Syracuse commit, is already on campus and Michigan is pushing for a flip. A LOT of optimism a flip can happen here.

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Another scenario I’m waiting to see play out is the Wolverines also hosting Cinci DL commit Benny Patterson as well.

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The Wolverines are trying to make a strong push here and I cannot rule out a flip scenario here either.

Both guys are kind of under the radar in terms of their rankings and such. You could have two pieces to the line in the interior and exterior in short order if all goes according to plan.

We haven’t even completed the first season or received the final rankings of the first year of the 12-team playoff regime. But one school is already making proposals for changes.

Eliminate Conference Championship Games

Why play a meaningless exhibition game when both teams are likely to already be in the playoffs? Just begin the first round of playoffs one week earlier.

Procedure For Awarding First Round Byes

The rule whereby conference champions get first round byes in the playoffs is backfiring. Some teams which may get byes could easily include mediocre teams like Miami, SMU, Colorado, Boise State, being awarded byes only because they are conference champions instead of being better teams who deserve to have earned a bye. Under current rules teams could get into the playoffs only because they were conference champions, not because they were voted in by the Playoff Committee.

That rule needs to be changed to require any team getting a first round bye be ranked in the top 10 by the Playoff Committee. If a conference champion is not ranked in the top 10, then that bye should go to the next highest ranked top 10 team that was not a conference champion.
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Take a look at the most recent rankings by the Playoff Committee and guess which school is making these proposals? You get three guesses, and the first two don’t count!

How are the fans looking at these last two games of the season? Changes, bowl season, recruiting and the portal are all discussed in today's pod.
Breakdown
Dotson 00:00-3:27
NW 2:28-10:25
Offseason 10:26-18:32
Underwood 18:33-27:38
Portal QB's 27:39-35:17
Will Johnson 35:18-41:32
Feedback 41:33-1:07:19
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