Michigan is looking into the possibility of an overseas spring trip this year. Details in the VERY beginning stages, with locations also unknown.

Just wanted to pass it on.

Good for him!

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"Four-star Destrehan (La.) High speedster WR Phillip Wright III is set to come off the board next week on July 13. The Louisiana pass-catcher will choose from Georgia, Michigan and LSU, and the Rivals FutureCast is already trending in favor of the Wolverines. Wright officially visited Michigan and then Georgia over the final two weekends of June after working out and unofficially visiting LSU earlier in the month.

Michigan has landed a pair of four-star commitments from The Boot in this 2025 cycle after signing four total from Louisiana in the Rivals era. Wright is another step closer to possible history in Ann Arbor."

Doesn't look promising for JaDon Blair, though, as it looks like Notre Dame for him.

Last evening our 11 year old King Charles Cavalier passed after battling congestive heart failure for a little over a year. He responded well to meds etc over the past year and was fairly stable with a few ups and downs until about a month ago when he developed a second valve leak (on the right side, the tri cuspid) and hypertension in the lungs. The fluid from the right side leak backed up into his abdomen. It took a few weeks while we were unaware of the new developments but he ended up in the ER and 1100-1200 ml of fluid were drained. Unfortunately the symptoms were similar to both arthritis, which he had in his back legs, and his existing left side valve leak, so we were unaware of the new problem. The draining and spending the night etc was really stressful and hard on him, and after he recovered and was on a new course of meds we decided no more extraordinary efforts (our focus had been on maintaining comfort all along). The drainage actually gave us a week of a somewhat renewed dog-not back to the old days of course but he acted more like our pup of old. We knew it wouldn’t last, the last 2-3 days he deteriorated. Luckily my husband was at his side when he passed and it was very peaceful. He was a much loved member of the family and gave us so much in return, and we are devastated, but also so relieved that he is no longer suffering. We will miss him terribly, our house is too quiet and we feel a void.

Have a safe 4th…

Celebrate responsibly because we need y’all back on the 5th raring to go…

(I heard this on Bob & Tom)

If you shoot off bottle rockets, shoot them from the hip it looks more bad ass.”

“If you shoot bottle rockets at your neighbors house aim for the open window.”

“ and most importantly always remember,the shorter the fuse the bigger the balls.”

Oh & Go Blue!!!

My good news is that we are 60 days out from football. In the meantime, I have the Tigers, Tour de France and the Summer Olympics to bide my time.

I have a long weekend ahead with family events planned for Independence Day. I'm sure I'll eat my share of hot dogs and Hamburgers. (A hot dog is not a...) Nevermind.

Life is good.

What's your good news?

Go Blue!

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"I basically told everybody (the other recruits on campus for the weekend of June 21) that we have the best education, the best coaching and the best facilities, and we are overall just the best."

Michigan class of 2025 TE commit Eli Owens has become an active recruiter for Michigan football.

He discusses those efforts and goes in-depth on his official visit to Ann Arbor:

Former Wolverine Jim Scarcelli joins the show and discusses recruiting, plays run per team & the floor plus ceiling of this years football team. In the floor & celing segment Scarcelli talks about the different combinations of QB's UM could use this year.
Breakdown
Open 00:00-4:32
Recruiting rankings 4:33-14:48
Recruiting targets 14:49-18:38
Plays run per team in CFB 18:39-31:48
Wink & blitzing 31:49-36:10
Floor & ceiling 36:11-56:50
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A look across the conference here:

Did some asking around about what’s next for 2025 four-star TE Andrew Olesh and was able to get the following…

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While he was on air this AM I noticed a Michigan helmet next to his Ali/Frazier poster. Per Wiki he is an alum.

I posted an article a week or so ago about trade rumors with the Winnipeg Jets and Rutger McGroarty.

Reports suggested that McGroarty's camp and the Jets no longer communicated and that they would not be able to reach a deal.
When McGroarty elected to return to Ann Arbor instead of signing his deal with the Jets, I'm not sure people realized this was the issue.

So, with rumors that the Jets are looking to trade the rights to McGroarty, there is another layer to this rumor. If McGroarty is traded, depending on the team, he could sign that deal and instead head to the NHL and not return to Ann Arbor for the 2024-25 season. This would be a huge loss. We are not sure how likely a trade is. NHL insiders anticipated the trade would come ahead of the NHL Draft so they Jets could recoup a pick. With the draft passed and two years left for the Jets to sign McGroarty, there may not be an urgency to get a deal done.

We'll keep an eye on it.

Not only does American Airlines have the most uncomfiest seats in air travel, I was also placed in the last seat of the plane just in front of the toilet. The toilet absolutely stunk.

Is the one closest to the toilet the worst seat on the plane? I love offseason banter 😂

Taking my FutureCast off Michigan for now. Rivals is supposed to get his commitment live so there should be some level of knowledge before he drops. He has yet to inform anyone of his final decision yet.

Wisconsin has the buzz right now and it has been described that they wanted him “desperately” so we’ll see what happens here.

Too much buzz to ignore right now.

"Williams had one of the most explosive first steps of any edge-rusher on hand at the Rivals Five-Star. At 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, Williams certainly passes the eye test and provides a physically gifted presence at a premium position."

After talking to some folks, it sounds like 2025 DB Shamari Earls is ready to make his decision.

M&BR has the latest on 2025 DB target Shamari Earls

Good deal from Yzerman.

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M&BR has the latest on one of Michigan's top targets remaining on the defensive line,

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The Walter Camp list irks me for some reason picking T Williams from OSU first team over Graham is crazy to me. I am not saying he is a bad player but there always seems to be some slight when it comes to our players. Graham should be first team with Colston and Will. Looking at the 2nd team I see them Caleb Downs which is fine but D Burke is not 2nd team all American material. Perhaps I am wrong or just salty that they refuse to give us the full credit we deserve.