Took visits to Villanova, Dayton, Michigan, and Gonzaga in that order.

Family doesn't plan on speaking until after the announcement.

I am expecting Gonzaga and would be shocked if anywhere else...

Michigan likely wraps up their high school recruiting class and will pursue transfers if any unforeseen attrition occurs.

Will be starting a recruiting Q&A at 1pm EST. Gets your questions answered on 2023, 2024, and beyond.

I was actually there in State College.

When Woodson strolled into the end zone to put us up 17-0, you've never heard 90,000 people go quieter. Remember, Penn State were unbeaten themselves and were still entertaining National Championship thoughts of their own. That was a battle of top-5 teams.

We put an end to that by the second quarter.

I remember picking up the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at a gas station to read on the drive back to Chicago the next morning, and the lede in the game story:

"Penn State isn't good enough to win the national championship this season. But Michigan is."

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Crystal Balls going from Oregon to MSU.

It’s M+7 now.

was M+10 a few weeks ago.

not sure what it was pre season

When will it be announced? Looking at the slate of games, seems like we will be the Big Noon Kickoff game. They aren’t playing USC/UCLA at 9am. I doubt Maryland/OSU is a more compelling matchup. Thoughts?

I know he was reported as a possible no-go yesterday. I rewatched the game and he should not have played. He wasn't himself. This is another guy we need healthy in 2 weeks. Hope he can recover from whatever is going on.

I’m hoping Jimbo Fisher gets the ax. I really don’t have any reason to dislike him, but I do. Strange….

About 20ish minutes away from tip here from Crisler. Season-opener, let's do this thing.

Game is airing on BTN.

Saturday was the final straw for me.

Game days should be fun and a place for excitement. Not a breeding ground for toxicity and negativity. I was really mad, pissed off for a lack of a better word, with some of the rhetoric that was happening in the game threads.

This is why I am vowing to fix the game day experience. We will be having two separate game threads. One where people can complain and a casual, bar-like game thread where people can actually enjoy watching the game that will be HEAVILY moderated to avoid things spiraling out of control.

The fact that I’ve had player parents reach out about the negativity in game threads and others wanting to leave because of what people are saying is downright embarrassing for me. This isn’t the atmosphere I want to create around here.

Perhaps that’s on me for being too lax with giving timeouts or bans on the boards. You all pay your hard-earned money to be here and the last thing I want to do is monitor people like children and take privileges away like they’re grounded. I don’t want anyone scared off because of what others are posting.

At any rate, Saturday’s game day experience will be better moving forward. Last week was the last straw.

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Michigan 75 Purdue FW 56
Hunter Dickinson 22
Jett Howard 21

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What impressed me the most about Michigan yesterday is the offensive line development is really top-tier. Jeff Persi acquitted himself well for the first start in his career and him getting the surprise news of him being the starter. Next man up will get developed.

The line was far from perfect and there will be things to correct when going over the tape but, if you’re not hearing your name discussed during the broadcast, you’re doing your job. That’s what he did in a sudden change situation.

Kudos to the staff and Jeff, of course.

2 INTS with one returned for a TD had to be the best performance, right?

Buried in another thread so I thought I’d repost it here. Thoughts?

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I think there are primarily three issues hindering the passing game (which imo isn’t bad but also isn’t as good as it could be):

1) JJ is still young. JJ often doesn’t see open receivers. And without knowing his progression and read that could be play design, but far too often (imo) it’s a guy sitting in the middle of the field at an intermediate depth (8-12 yards). Maybe he’s been told not to throw to the middle of the field. Maybe the play is designed for him to come off that read too quickly. Who knows? But it’s been happening all season and MSU’s cover 3 left it open a lot - they knew he wouldn’t throw there.

2) Over-reliance on crossing routes. I think UM’s route design too-often signals where the ball is going. The DBs are often switching off on crossing routes which negates why they’re used - to get the defender a step behind the receiver. And it’s not as if we’re using rub routes like Ohio State relies on (ignoring their blatant OPI 50% of the time). UM seems to be more successful on option routes as far as my eyes can see (of course, some of our receivers run options routes better than others which is an issue).

3) Refusal to throw so-called 50/50 balls. If our WRs are as good as we think they are, then you trust Wilson/Bell/Johnson/Anthony to go up and get a 50/50 ball a couple times a game. We seemingly refuse to throw them at all. You need to be willing to throw a “go up and get it” ball when faced with one-high or zero coverage. We aren’t wiling.

All things I think UM can improve - especially as JJ gets more experience (and sees more coverages). I do like that they’ve taken advantage of putting him on the run with multiple receivers in his window. He’s left a few yards on the field on those but that’s ok because they’re going for positive yards and first downs.

She's on a crusade against the Big Ten this year, and it's completely obnoxious at this point.

Earlier this week, she spent the majority of her time on ESPN focused on Michigan's strength of schedule (specifically their OOC schedule) and how the committee didn't like Michigan's SOS and thus debuted us at 5 in the first CFP rankings. Some people pointed out the fact that Clemson was put ahead of Michigan in the CFP rankings, while most polls had Michigan ahead of Clemson. But here comes Heather, railing on Michigan's SOS and justifying Michigan being placed at 5.

So then today she writes an article focusing on the CFP impact from this weekends game, and her first point is "The Big Ten's Dream of 2 Teams continues to Fade". Wow, how shocking. She's obviously worried that the Big Ten may have 2 of the top 4 teams in the country. Her first line mentions OSU was trailing NW 7-0 in the 1st quarter. I dislike OSU as much as the next person, but really? "OSU was trailing NW by 7 pts in the 1st quarter"? This is now big news? And then she mentioned Michigan trailing 17-14 at the half against Rutgers.

News flash: many games can be broken down in some fashion to present a more negative narrative. Michigan won 52-17, it's a 60 minute game. But instead, lets just focus on the first half because that helps the end goal, which is propping up the SEC and burying the Big Ten.

Embarrassing journalism, and just an unreal commitment to carrying the water for the SEC. Cannot stand ESPN.

Which regent up for election is most NIL friendly?

Rutgers? With the -28.5 point spread it seems like Nebby has Indiana or Rutgers type talent.