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[Patrick Barron]

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FORMATION NOTES: Standard stuff from Michigan with a close to even split between 2TE/2WR and 3WR/1TE. A couple snaps under center; a couple snaps with Mason as a fullback. This is the spot to complain about this director:

idiot director 2

It's third and eight, buddy, maybe show us all the receivers.

idiot director

Cumong, man. There is life outside the hashes.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Patterson at QB. The usual at OL except Ryan Hayes got a few drives, rotating with Mayfield.

RB was a Charbonnet/Haskins/Wilson rotation with Charbonnet getting about half the snaps and the other two splitting the rest. Turner's only snap was the near-fumble. Ben Mason got ~ten snaps as a fullback and wing TE. He was rusty.

With Collins out, Peoples-Jones and Black were nearly omnipresent; Bell got almost all the slot snaps and a few in two WR packages. Eubanks was nearly omnipresent; Schoonmaker got the large majority of the TE2 snaps. McKeon gave it a go early but then withdrew. Cameos for Sainristil and Cornelius Johnson.

[After the JUMP: a lot of short drives for reasons varied]

bright spot: snapping [Marc-Gregor Campredon]
Best line in the conference? [Bryan Fuller]

What this is: Our take on preseason all-Big Ten lists, drafting position-by-position. Previously: Quarterbacks and Running Backs, Receivers and Tight Ends

How things stand:

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Seth: RANDOM.org is being a stupidhead and keeps putting Bryan and me 1st or 4th and Brian & Ace in the middle, so for Offensive Line we're going by age. BRIAN is on the clock.

[time passes]

Seth: Brian has until sundown to send someone an LOI.

The Mathlete: He's got one ready to send to Alaric Jackson, just has to check with one guy before sending it

[more time passes]

BiSB: He’s just holding that spot for next year’s Draftageddon. Smart move, IMO.

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OT #1: Alaric Jackson, Iowa (Brian)

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[The Detroit News, because, you know, he's from Detroit]

This is not a Tim Drevno joke. Three years after Drevno did not send Jackson a letter of intent he is being touted as a potential first round pick after putting up the best pass-blocking grade in the league.

He's 20th on Rotoworld's 2020 mock draft. SB Nation has him 28th. He is a fine young man who was academic All Big Ten last year. Tim Drevno, human person, surveyed a roster with zero viable tackle shaped persons with eligibility this year and was like "nah" about Alaric Jackson.

Now, did I see this coming? Yes. Yes I did.

Wirfs and Alaric Jackson are fairly good bets to alpaca. Both passed veteran starters last year as first and second year players, respectively, and are giant. Jackson also got passed over by Drevno so he's got that going for him.

I saw it coming miles away. Drevnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Alex: Can I get a “Dim Trevno?”

[After THE JUMP: More Iowa. And one Big Ten team gets its entire line drafted]

It's time. Michigan's ready. 

small pieces of Nittany Lion will be drifting down from the upper atmosphere for centuries 

Shea Patterson takes off

ups and downs but many touchdowns so okay?