Just read frank Clark is about to hit the free agent market after he and the chiefs couldn't agree on a long term deal. Lions need pass rush help. Wonder if they take a swing?

On the topic of some of the height disparities for Michigan players at the combine, I brought up Alabama.
Bryce Young was the obvious one, but he wasn't the only one. My friend in scouting told me it has become a topic in his circle with how unreliable their numbers have been.
Here are a few of their top prospects;
QB Bryce Young: Roster 6 0 Actual 5 10 1/8
RB Jahmyr Gibbs: Roster 5 11 Actual 5 9
DT DJ Dale: Roster 6 3 Actual 6 1
LB Henry Too Too: Roster 6 2 Actual 6 1
They weren't all way wrong, Will Anderson was spot on for instance, but that's because he didn't need his height beefed up.

He is from the same high school as Jyaire Hill. I know Hill is actively recruiting him to Michigan.

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Brady turns 46 in August. I hope last night was his final game. I’d like to see him in the broadcast booth next year. What do you think?
Go back to Bucs?
Go play for another NFL team like the 49ers, Jets, Ravens, Saints or Raiders?
Next Michigan AD?
Broadcast booth?

As unsatisfying as it sounds to all of us, UM‘s slow and conservative approach looks like it may have accurately predicted where this was all going. NCAA now warning universities they can’t actively fundraise on behalf of NIL entities, including providing seating priority points to NIL donors.

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Thanks to Chris Partridge. A pre-established relationship made the offer easy.

Still planning taking his visit for the spring game

Marsh has decommitted from MSU. He recently picked up an offer from Oklahoma last month and is open to seeing other schools. Michigan offered him on 1/24/21 the same day he held an offer from MSU.

Just something to keep an eye on

If you didn't see in the short video posted in an earlier thread with Jon Rothstein on CBS regarding Michigan and its chances of getting into the tournament, don't worry, I replay the video and audio at the begining of this pod. Couple of trends in college football are discussed today. Going for it on 4th down and and going for it on 4th down when a team is in field goal range. I looked at UM LB target Aaron Chiles high school website and found some NFL players that went to his school.

Breakdown
Open 00:00-1:30
Michigan basketball 1:31-3:00
CBS experts on UM's chances to get into tourney 3:01-7:29
Going for it on 4th down 7:30-13:56
UM data 13:57-34:59
UM basketball 35:00-38:33
Trends in CFB 38:34-48:02
Feedback on UM basketball & UM short yardage 48:03-52:10
Aaron Chiles 52:11-57:07

Lewis gives an overall recruiting update sharing four teams he has set aside for official visits:

RAS score, 26th out of 1020 TE tested in the history of the combine.

Truly a one game at a time mindset from Juwan Howard.

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End of Q1 girls basketball. Relax just watched final end of qtr set. Three passes and a backdoor cut. Nice to see well coached end of game coaching.

Things are slow at the moment, with the program having the week off and only a handful of practices under its belt, things will be full swing next week.

However, I was able to pick up a few odds and ends about how the program feels about two freshmen defensive players as an overall big-picture look plus a very small sample size of spring practice.

Early enrollees Cameron Calhoun and Jyaire Hill are viewed as the future pairing of the defensive backfield for the Wolverines moving forward. One source in particular view the future of both Hill and Calhoun highly with one source saying that Hill has 'future pro written all over him.' Calhoun's ceiling is also extremely high but the obvious feedback I have been getting is that he needs to hit the weight room to find his strength, which is mostly the case for any freshman coming into the college game so I won't consider that a slight against him by any means.

The overall message is that the program believes it's in 'good hands' with the two in the future. Just how immediate is that future? Who knows. A long way to go until fall.

Last of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band mates.

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in the NIT? I think they can win it all.

The crew discussed Michigan's chances in the NCAA Tournament plus we talk some football.

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At coaching. Period. Latest proof ? Telling Dug to miss the second FT. Why ???? He makes it we try to steal in bound and if not foul. At worse we down three. Instead IU has three tall guys in and we play In to their hands. We don’t come close to the rebound. Now if they hit both FTs game
Over ! Instead we get bailed out. He misses BOTH and the Kobe loses his mind ! And with four seconds left from
Under his own basket he think he has time to pass after a few dribbles ! And he passes in to the back of Hunter. Because just like Jett. He didn’t want the last shot. Ugh. This season. Ugh

"From the coaches, to the players, to the fans and even to the recruiting staff, they all show lots of love and it's all genuine.”

Four-star Providence Day WR Jordan Shipp, who says he will be back for a Michigan visit soon, details why Michigan made his top 8 and more:

They were pretty bad the last two seasons - didn't realize he had a losing record overall and B1G.

A look across the conference here: