matt weiss

Previously: Podcast 15.0A, 15.0B, 15.0C. The Story. Quarterback. Running Back. Wide Receiver. Tight End. Interior OL. Defensive Interior. Edge. Linebacker. Cornerback. Safety. Special Teams.

Last year this question was "does losing Gattis matter?" The answer was "absolutely not":

I loved the gameplans down the stretch, but if Michigan put up two of the worst ten scores in UFR history early in the year, and things got a lot better late, and then Gattis decamped for 7-5-ass Miami after making the Cofopoff, what is the most likely explanation? Gattis got sidelined.

This was accurate. Gattis trashed Miami's offense, got fired after one year, and is now back with Locksley at Maryland. Insert Matt Weiss. Michigan's offense dunked on OSU again, moved up four slots in SP+, and looked exactly like it had when Gattis was around: meat, meat, meat, and meat.

Then Weiss took being the Madden Kid thing too far and got booted for still-mysterious computer access crimes. Kirk Campbell was elevated to QB coach and Sherrone Moore became the full-time offensive coordinator. In one area this has already been a massive win, as Campbell appears to be one NIL package away from landing #1 overall 2025 prospect Bryce Underwood. Ok, but what changes on the field?

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Matt Weiss got axed with a quickness:

The benign explanations for why Weiss was in someone else's email account now seem farfetched. We'll have to see exact what went down here. Michigan is now in the business of looking for an offensive coach. This does not necessarily have to be an OC if Michigan thinks Sherrone Moore is ready for the job without a co- in front of it.

On the other hand, Greg Roman just resigned as the Ravens OC and has history with Harbaugh from his Stanford days. This might not take very long. There is no content after the jump.

Things discussed:

• Harbaugh returns. At this point they're probably close on an agreement and have recruiting to worry about.
• Broncos were definitely interested, but this is just a return to status quo from last year.
• Contract will matter. Harbaugh clearly has NFL interest still, also has interest in being paid like a top-5 coach for respect purposes. Not about respect though: Saban's contract, Day's contract, Mel's contract: they all say the same things, which is this guy is staying.
• Ono: Very different experience for an athletic director. Did he cut Warde's legs out or is this just how he operates?
• NCAA investigation: Somebody there has a bug up their ass, and is clearly an incompetent idiot who's exposing the depth of his organization's fecklessless.
• Seriously, what they're doing here is the equivalent of trying to get Harbaugh for perjury for telling the officer he doesn't remember if he was going 35 or 30 in a 25 zone. Nobody does that unless they clearly shouldn't be in a position to do so.
• Weiss: Was hacking emails but for what? This could be really nothing but it also could be REALLY bad. Normal people don't do that, and when they do it's often for a very nefarious purpose. They've already ruled out some of the more awful stuff, but he could be harassing, covering something up…there are a lot of very bad reasons to be hacking email accounts and no good ones.
• QB analyst Kirk Campbell, Gattis guy, Michigan might be looking at him as on-field guy.
• How does this affect Jadyn Davis? Sam admits Davis's dad told Weiss he's a bad recruiter, but also they have a very good relationship now.
• Basketball: Praise for the two-bigs lineup, no praise for the tiny Big Ten, which Brian calls an "NIT league."

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