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Recruiting Heard Isaac Wilson enjoyed his visit…

The Wilson family spent a lot of time with the Gentry family, both share the Mormon faith so there was an obvious connection there.

This is an interesting one as he doesn’t have offer and, so far, didn’t receive one coming out of the weekend.

Im not going to play conspiracy theory as to what it would mean IF he gets one, but he’s definitely a guy Michigan is looking at and the Wilson family is reciprocating the interest.

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OT: I locked my keys in the car.

Friday night, I was about two hours from home at a high school football game where I have a friend who coaches. I left my phone in the car and I went back to get it. I went to the passager side and as I reached in I set my keys on the seat because I want to put my pocket knife in the glove box. This is a 2005 Trailblazer and the lock button on the fob has quit working, so when I get out I hit the lock button on the door. As I was hitting the lock button and closing the door, I realized my keys were on the seat, but it was too late.

I went to the game and afterward, I got the local cops to help me but they didn't know if they could get it open because technically, this vehicle is registered in my wife's name. Finally, after running my license, getting the coaching staff involved, and talking to the police chief, they opened the car and I was on my way.

I think it helped that the team is undefeated and looked really good that night. Everyone was in good spirits.

Saturday, I had a spare made and I picked up one of those magnet cases. Needless to say, in those situations, you really feel stupid.

2024 OOC Schedule (Possible Twist)

Not anything earth shattering, but a couple of indicators are popping up as to how things may be shaping up for the conference schedule in 2024. The Arkansas St game that was on the 2020 schedule and rescheduled for 2024 is no longer on the Michigan Athletics website. So, you can probably deduce that we will likely never play that game against the Red Wolves. Furthermore, we might be heading toward a 10 game conference slate in '24. That's just a guess right now, but who knows? TV drives the money train and one thing I have picked up over the last few months is that the networks want more conference content. They have said repeatedly that games consisting of Michigan vs. Rutgers is far more valuable than Michigan vs. UNLV or BGSU etc. etc. Personally, I would like to see 10 conference games and hopefully the SEC follows suit for balance.

Will Texas and Oklahoma remain on the future schedules? I think those games are in jeopardy too.

Aggravating the Charlatans...

Very unfortunately, my extended family on my mother's side has many, many Shartan supporters (no alumni). I was at a family function yesterday and my calling them Charlatans didn't really aggravate them. When I referred to them as our "instate rivals", that got them riled up. I guess they didn't like being belittled by being our tertiary rival. I found that interesting. Please try it out and see if that is a thing with others of them...

Go Blue!
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Impressive observation of the week

This was quite a performance. It was more dominant than the a$$ kicking the scoreboard suggested. A lot can be said about the positives of this game: o-line dominance, JJ's ability to move the chains on third down, a stifling defense, the Corum/Edwards show, etc. However, to me the single most impressive thing about this game was the in-game adjustment to the game plan by Weiss and Moore.

The entire Fox panel before the game was convinced that PSU would at least slow down Mich's rushing attack. Mich apparently thought the same thing pre-game. The staff was not afraid to let JJ throw the ball. In fact, it opened its first two drives with pass plays, a quick throw to CJ and a sprint out 30+ yard completion again to CJ. It allowed JJ to throw on third and short. They were also efficient. Mich was on pace to throw the ball 40 times in this game by halftime. A different storyline was taking place during the first half, though. The o-line was opening some holes and by the second quarter, it certainly seemed like when, not if, Mich was going to break a big one in the run game. They were getting yards in chunks. Coming out of halftime, it seemed they saw the same thing. JJ only had 4 more pass attempts in the game. They were going to let the o-line and duo of Corum and Edwards take this game over and they did. The two ran for 340 and 4 TDs against the #10 team in the nation.

Impressive performance but great job by the offensive coaching staff recognizing the dynamics of the game and adjusting the game plan accordingly.
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