Nothing of significance just thought I would share a pretty cool story.
Was out to dinner last Friday in Dayton Ohio and had the opportunity to meet Rod and his family. He was kind enough to sign my Championship book and take some pictures with my family. He seemed very upbeat about this year and was pleased with the coaching hires. Great young man. He still can’t believe they won the Natty - still on cloud nine.

Former Wolverine Jim Scarcelli joins the show and discusses lots of Michigan football related topics like goals for '24, Sherrone Moore's to do list and the connection between Michigan football and the Baltimore Ravens. Scar gives his thoughts on some Ohio State football practice video.
Breakdown
Open 00:00-1:17
Goals for '24 1:18-14:20
Scar notes 14:21-21:35
OSU practice video 21:36-31:35
Combine 31:36-33:40
Sherrone Moore to do list 33:41-43:29
Wolverines & Ravens connect 43:30-47:21
Feedback: Chargers, OSU, players to look out for 47:22-1:00:52
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Just listening to him and what he has said, I think Michigan is in great hands.

loses at home and purdue gets outright title.

Did purdue have their signs?

Their football coach is a pos.

Likely been discussed here already.

Is there an expected drop off of results or does he bring everything he learned under the Master the last 3 years? What has been the convo on this?

If there's one prospect that the Michigan staff don't necessarily need to reacquaint themselves with, it would be 2025 RB Iverson Howard.

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Arguably one of the top back targets on the board for them currently, Sherrone Moore and Kirk Campbell have done a very good job of making him feel like a priority throughout the process, even in Mike Hart's absence. He is no stranger to Michigan's campus, taking a visit last season and he also plans to take in a game on top of an official visit.

Here are some quick notes from our conversation:

- He feels great about Sherrone Moore taking over the program, 'nothing changed' was his major takeaway from how things are operated.
- He and Moore had a pre-existing relationship before Harbaugh left, so his interest in Michigan remains high and he has a lot of respect for Moore and trust that the program is still going up from here.
- He has long been an admirer of the way U-M has ran the ball, particularly with Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards, he feels like he can be a mixture of both guys with downhill running like Blake but also being able to catch the ball in the open field like Donovan.

He is definitely a guy I am keeping a close eye on as things move forward.

What the hell was this 25 year old kid thinking/doing?? Sickening.

Good on Braylon.

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If the background check has been completed per Josh said on twitter - does that mean coaches can start contacting recruits today? Or still need to wait for official announcement? Thank you

The biggest threat to the NCAA isn’t athletes forming unions — it’s the Supreme Court of the United States.

The college sports world changed when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled against the NCAA in the Alston case in 2021. That was the initial crack in the dike of the NCAA’s attempts to defend amateurism in college sports. The decision showed that the justices do not buy the NCAA’s arguments in defense of its version of amateurism. The NCAA rules violate federal laws which are older than the NCAA itself. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a scathing concurring opinion in the NIL case that essentially asked for more lawsuits challenging the NCAA’s business model.

That’s lead to more class action lawsuits which will break the NCAA financially, resulting in the NCAA’s recent announcement that they will no longer attempt to enforce their rules against NIL payments to college athletes. The U.S. Department of Justice joined three states suing the NCAA over rules limiting the rights of athletes to transfer.

The NCAA president has recently gone so far as inviting schools or conferences to form a new self-governing division which will pay their athletes. How long will it take for that to happen? With TV rights contracts approaching $2 billion, the financing of such a division will be affordable.

The college presidents won’t easily let go of 10-20% of the TV payments to revenue-share with the athletes, but the athletes are the TV product and seem to hold a winning hand, when they choose to play it.

The current situation of free-for-all free agency for athletes is crying out for some group to accept the NCAA president’s invitation to form a new self-governing division which will pay its student-athletes and set its own rules.

Is this what the Big Ten-SEC “alliance” is intended for? The ACC and Big 12 TV contracts are nowhere near as rich as the B1G and SEC. Can the ACC and Big12 afford to join in?

How does Warde keep his job if he brings back Juwan? Serious question as Juwan has taken this program to record lows.

Any Chance he follows Scruggs to Ann Arbor?

His flexibility is crazy. Saw him stretching his arms while on his stomach almost over his head. Ridiculous. My torn labrum hurts just watching that.

Another step will occur this week which may lead to student-athletes having the right to negotiate with their schools, thereby becoming employees. This week the Dartmouth basketball team will vote to become a union with rights to negotiate the terms of their “employment” with Dartmouth. The vote was authorized by the National Labor Relations Board. NCAA lawsuits have been unsuccessful in reversing the NLRB ruling. The NCAA’s lawsuit is just one of several concurrent class action lawsuits challenging the principle of amateurism that the NCAA has long prided itself on maintaining.

Other class action lawsuits are headed to adjudication, aimed at the NCAA and schools themselves for violating federal antitrust statutes by restricting student-athletes’ compensation. The Athletic spoke to nearly a dozen sports law experts over the past month. Every single one considers athletes becoming professionals as inevitable. There is unanimity that the shift from amateurism to professionalism is now a matter of when, not if.

The NCAA itself has proposed a new division where athletes would be paid a minimum of $30,000 per year. The members of the new subdivision could create their own rules separate from the rest of Division I.

We’re entering a new world of professionalism in college sports. Who will solve the problems of uncontrolled student-athlete free agency? Or do we have to become accustomed to Pay-4-Play, finding the NIL money to pay for better athletes, then having your best players transfer to other schools who offer them even more money?

It’s doubtful the solution will come from the NCAA, which will be busy acting as a bankruptcy trustee. Will the new alliance between the Big Ten and SEC step in and create its own rules? Or will the schools and conferences stand aside and let the economics of unfettered free agency prove it to be an unsustainable.

How long will a system of a handful of “haves” and all the rest “have nots” be permitted to stand?

Ther Athletic Article

The Diebler elf has more conference wins in 5 games as head coach that we do the entire conference season.

4 versus 3.

My wife bought this UM coke can over the weekend. Put that championship label on just about anything and it will sell out.

Michigan must replace the best running back in program in history in Blake Corum, but the RB room is not lacking in talent or experience.
Donovan Edwards and Kalel Mullings lead, but is RB1 clear? And could we see a back-to-back spring star?
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Michigan with 18 players invited to this years combine and many of those players had excellent weekends in Indy. Also, is there any reason to be worrried about UM football at the moments?
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Open 00:00-1:04
Michigan complaining 1:05-9:07
Feedback on UM fans, JJ & Corum 9:08-26:40
Feedback on combine, Joe Milton, key positions in football & Ron Bellamy 26:41-43:12
Usain Bolt & NFL 43:13-49:54
JJ & NFL 49:55-1:15:31
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Drafting Mike S.

He is a leader and a hell of a football player.

Promoting Sherrone Moore and keeping Ron Bellamy kept Michigan in high consideration. He will take an official visit to Ann Arbor.

Via our Marshall Levenson: