December 10th, 2023 at 11:04 AM ^
There were actually 2 DEs drafted from Louisville in the last draft. Yaya Diaby was taken in the third round and Yasir Abdullah was taken in the fifth. I can't remember exactly, but I thought I heard at least one of them was doing well.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:37 PM ^
Thanks! My fandom is very Big 10 centric. Appreciate the info.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:41 AM ^
You googled and completely missed the two that were drafted last year? You need some Google practice old man
December 10th, 2023 at 10:43 AM ^
NIL Deal - Year's supply of cigarettes and two Derby passes...
December 10th, 2023 at 10:45 AM ^
What? No hookers and blow?
December 10th, 2023 at 11:06 AM ^
Bourbon. Barrel loads of bourbon.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:07 AM ^
502 Circle coming through.
December 10th, 2023 at 10:46 AM ^
Harvard to Louisville, hmmmm?
Maybe he loves bourbon?
December 10th, 2023 at 10:53 AM ^
Louisville, the Ohio State of the Ohio River Valley, if not the ACC.
December 10th, 2023 at 10:54 AM ^
I don't think we even offered him despite his demonstrated interest in coming here
December 10th, 2023 at 11:03 AM ^
Michigan didn’t. They were much higher on the kid from USC
December 10th, 2023 at 11:35 AM ^
The kids didn't play at USC. He was a recruit committed to USC who flipped to UM.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:38 AM ^
Pretty sure recruiting a grad transfer in the portal and recruiting a high school kid are completely unrelated 🤨
December 10th, 2023 at 11:45 AM ^
This. ^^^ He said he wanted to go to Michigan or OSU. Him going to Louisville says something.
We are deep in the D-Line. While I believe this guys is a talented athlete is he getting snaps over Mason Graham? KG? And we are developing depth behind them that need to see the field. And we offered a different Ivy League DL instead of him.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:45 PM ^
He would likely be behind Graham, Grant, Benny, and maybe Pierce. He recieve non-garbage time snaps this year.
December 10th, 2023 at 1:33 PM ^
While I believe this guys is a talented athlete is he getting snaps over Mason Graham? KG?
I mean our DL runs like 4-5 deep and we rotate guys so adding some additional depth with Jenkins and Goode leaving would definitely be nice
December 10th, 2023 at 11:01 AM ^
From Ivy League to: cleans out his eyes and shakes his head…
I guess he didn’t come to play school after that Harvard undergraduate degree.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:02 AM ^
If he's any good, glad he didn't choose OSU. If he's not, IDGAF.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:05 AM ^
Might be Shaqtin a fool material next week. Good luck to the young man though.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:46 AM ^
How is going from playing at Harvard to playing for a Top-15 team that played for the ACC champ a shaqtin a fool moment?
Honestly guys, you are all reaching for some reason to clown on this. The kid said he wanted to go to UM or OSU, but probably isnt that level of player. He is going from playing FCS to for a pretty good L'ville team, good for him, that's a nice step up football wise. He went to Harvard, he was going to have an academic step down almost everywhere he went, but considering he will have a degree from fucking Harvard, I doubt he cares where is going for this one year that is obviously just about football.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:01 PM ^
Well said.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:58 PM ^
Relax, only just joking and a bad one at that even though I don't think many take Shaqtin a fool seriously either. While Michigan with its high profile schedule was a good option with great coaching, I wish Thor the best like I said, and like you said, Louisville is a top 15 program and a big step up.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:06 AM ^
If you are a guy like him coming from Harvard and its your last year to show yourself to the scouts, you may not want be in a deep rotation that Michigan has. I mean the young DTs may be better than him. It's possible his gets more snaps at Louisville.
December 10th, 2023 at 1:05 PM ^
Good point. Michigan has a heckuva schedule next though and if he is NFL material Coach Elston would enhance his development. Honestly don't know anything about the Louisville DL coach and was inartfully trying for a light comment about Thor going elsewhere.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:09 AM ^
M likely said we would like to have you but no guarantees on playing time. It will be earned and no upfront money.
For the right kids who believe and have their eye in something bigger like getting better and the NFL it’s a great fit. If not, no worries, pass.
The culture is front and center now. Team and work over entitlement and money. NIL and portal might be best thing to happen to M. Attracts the right kind of people and recruits while other teams struggle with talent and ego.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:09 AM ^
No Thor?! It's all over, let Ragnarok unfold.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:12 AM ^
The ol' Harvard to Louisville pipeline!
December 10th, 2023 at 11:23 AM ^
Thought he wanted to go to Michigan or osu? Either way doesn’t look like M even offered. Good luck to the young man.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:39 AM ^
You kinda said it yourself. You can want to go anywhere you want, but the schools have to reciprocate that interest
December 10th, 2023 at 1:34 PM ^
I wanted to date either Kathy Ireland or Elle MacPherson. Instead I am dating myself. Doubly so.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:32 AM ^
It STILL was a clean block.
December 10th, 2023 at 11:56 AM ^
They have a great engineering program, I hear.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:07 PM ^
Complete speculation on my part.
He may have saw what he was up against for playing time and the work ethic required to get said playing time and wanted an easier path.
EDIT: or, he got the big bag from Louisville
December 10th, 2023 at 4:12 PM ^
Or… Michigan never got involved in the recruitment to begin with
December 10th, 2023 at 5:37 PM ^
Right. Or that too.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:18 PM ^
Maybe he likes horses and bourbon
December 10th, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
I like my hores to be d'oeuvres
December 10th, 2023 at 12:22 PM ^
Harvard of the West>Harvard of the East
December 10th, 2023 at 12:24 PM ^
If he made it through four years at Harvard, he should be able to manage the academic rigors at his new destination.
However, I’d think if he wanted to play in the ACC, Stanford might have been a better choice - along the academic line.
December 10th, 2023 at 1:28 PM ^
eh, Harvard. Probably a legacy admission anyway. I heard Odin went there.
December 10th, 2023 at 3:28 PM ^
The legacy was matrilineal. Odin was educated at Yggdrasil, but Frigga was a Radcliffe girl.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:24 PM ^
Dupe - deleted - apologies…
December 10th, 2023 at 12:33 PM ^
Admission wouldn't let him in.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
Unfortunate. I was under the impression that we were going to haz all of the good transfer portal dudes.
December 10th, 2023 at 12:45 PM ^
We don't go after players who have a sissy first name.
December 10th, 2023 at 2:03 PM ^
I'd rather him go to L'ville than somewhere in the B1G.
December 10th, 2023 at 3:53 PM ^
Why are people here so shocked? We literally never recruited him. He said he wanted to go to OSU or Michigan, and then didn't get recruited by either school