Richmond (VA) safety Zahir Rainer is one of the more highly recruited three-stars in the class of 2024, with over 20 offers to his name from the likes of Arkansas, Penn State, Ole Miss, Missouri, Colorado, Virginia Tech, and more.

Michigan has started showing some interest, so we got in touch with him and talked about his thoughts on the program, staff, and more. ⬇️


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Former Wolverine Thomas Gordon announced on Facebook today that he has been diagnosed with ALS. Shortly after taking his dream job as an assistant S&C director at Purdue that he had to turn down.

Thoughts are with his wife and young children.

Talk amongst yourselves here. Tip-off coming up shortly. Need a win today.

Earning his paycheck today...

A win over Minnesota and win that Michigan had to have

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A quick breakdown of the visitors expected to be on campus ahead of a big recruiting weekend for Michigan football:

Apparently theres a rumor out there that Matt Weiss broke into the UM computer servers and was attempting to erase something....word on the street is, he was trying to erase those two play calls he made inside the 5 yard line against TCU from the UM data base...this is just third hand info, take it with a grain of salt

This would be a game changer.

@Trevor McCue - just wanted to say that your work here has been really impressive. You bring good football insight to this community, and are able to articulate it well. I’ve been very impressed. With various Michigan sites, I often think that the quality of the staff isn’t real strong. Not the case here, and you’re a great example of why.

Props to @Josh Henschke for building a good team. Not easy when people leave - but you’ve done very well. Can tell that you have a strong ability to lead.

Keep up the great work, fellas!

Today my wife of 41 years died, 2 days after a massive brain bleed
She was healthy, never been hospitalized
She had a rare blood vessel problem in her brain we had known about for 30 years
Please hug your spouse, partner, parents, children
Tell them how much you love them
Don’t get all caught up in small things
They just don’t matter, when something life altering happens

I always worried that each day might be her last
We always started and ended the day with I love you
I made sure we did all the special trips/ celebrations/ visits to loved ones, that we wished for
My heart is broken,my daughter and my young grandchildren are lost
But I have comfort in not having regrets

Please do the same
The people you love and who love you are the most important part of life
They are our life

nm

Nothing sickened me more than seeing that pic of Paul Bunyan on that bus being held by a fraud.

He's home now.

Been a tough week for me as we tried to navigate the week with me not being able to be in Phoenix. I’m doing OK, still feeling like crap but much better than I was on Monday.

Appreciate your patience this week!

Can someone explain the difference from Pay to play and a kid coming here and enrolling like Will did to then get paid a boat load. Is it that kids are singing deals prior to enrolling and that is what PP is? Thank you in advance

Chad Henne in for Patrick Mahomes (ankle). Two years ago he was 6-for-8 66 yards including a key third down conversion late.

Bringing this up only because there was interest in Michigan and MSU, but...Ryan Mooney former Baseball Recruit turned to Football has announced that he'll play football at Harvard.

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He was the player that ran a 4.28 40 at camps and was gaining interest as a sleeper in his senior season. Still worth keeping an eye on as a potential transfer candidate in a couple of years if he plays well at Harvard. The only way he was likely going to get a spot a Michigan was via a walk-on opportunity or grayshirting (which Michigan doesn't have room for).

Either way, wanted to share since people were nervous he may pick MSU

Love to see proven performers like Blake benefiting.

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Just confirmed by Warde Manuel as soon as I hit post on this story.

With this situation being fluid, there are plenty of moving parts as to what Michigan will do after formally announcing Matt Weiss' departure from the program.

Here is what we're hearing in the early stages of the process:

- We're still hearing analyst Kirk Campbell's name being linked to the job. If he does end up with the job, he would be named QB coach and pass game coordinator, which means that Sherrone Moore would take over as full-time offensive coordinator.
- Before any final decision is made, the expectation is for Jim Harbaugh to look around for a couple of days first before deciding what to do next.

More when I have it.

The NCAA has now asked member institutions to self-report if they believe their collectives are breaking the NCAA prohibition against collectives paying recruits for their commitments. At the same time there are cases like the QB who had Miami and Florida bidding his commitment up to $13 million and is now suing the University of Florida and has refused to enroll because Florida broke their written contract and didn’t pay him after he signed Florida’s Letter of Intent.

Oh yeah, there’ll be a flood of letters from NCAA member institutions self-reporting that their collectives may be breaking the NCAA prohibition of paying their recruits for their commitments. Or will they report their rivals doing it and start a gigantic pissing war?

Yeah, right. But “burger gate” is right there at the top of the NCAA’s prosecutorial agenda. What a joke!!!

1) Face-off with the NCAA; and
2) Contract negotiations halted because of it.

Would be nice if one of these years the price for winning the B1G and beating OSU wasn’t playing out our drama in public.

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With Michigan as one of his top two schools (along with Penn State), class of 2025 linebacker Mantrez Walker is set to take his first visit to Ann Arbor this weekend.

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"I want to tour the facilities, put on the uniform, all of that type of stuff."

STORY:

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We’ll see what happens here. Those in the know feel confident here. I’ll get a better sense once the visit wraps up.

Havent heard anything but wow. timing eh ? and we all know Greg and Jim were together every step until Greg went to Ravens to work for John. Something to look out for