What is this thread title?
A clear reference to this article Brian has been doing for years?
https://mgoblog.com/content/28-tickets-team-139-post-spring-edition
Ah. Never read it before so I thought there was something wrong with this thread
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Cosign.
I predict lots of yellow bellied bitching about Ohio St in the comments below.
I've been waiting ages for this series to make a return. It's really informative and definitely tends to help with the offseason blues.
It is a good read every year, but there isn't near enough actual data to make it more than just a series of guesses right now.
Based on the plans for HTTV, seems staff is assuming there’s no football in the fall at this point which may be a fair assumption
Regardless of the outlook for fall sports, I think this would be an awesome article to read. It let's us take stock of who the leaders and stars are, where the weak points are, who are some new faces to get excited about, etc. I know info is scarce without spring practice or access to the team...but still good content.
It would be nice if more than just Seth--who to be clear does a really great job--wrote about the ol' flagship sport.......
But but there are trolls on Twitter being mean, and there's too many commercial breaks...why would anyone feel anything but anger at a prolonged gameday experience at Michigan Stadium? Don't people have to get home and spend more time staring at screens?
Seth is the best on here. Mixes in current with old Michigan Football in what kind of content he produces.
Could still be in the works. Last year's came on April 30th and the year before that was May 3rd.
Seemed like this was going to be a thread about a parody song for the 2020 Michigan football program. If only Eddie Money still were alive, maybe he could've gotten this started.
Here's my guess:
22 starters on offense and defense + 2 kickers + nickelback + SAM + FLEX TE + SLOT.
Pack Your Bags
1. WR - Nico Collins
2. CB - Ambry Thomas
3. DE - Aiden Hutchinson
4. DT - Carlo Kemp
5. LB - Cam McGrone
6. RT - Jaylen Mayfield
7. DE - Kwity Paye
8. S - Dax Hill
9. WR - Ronnie Bell
10. TE - Nick Eubanks
11. S - Brad Hawkins
12. Slot - Mike Sainristil
13. CB - Vincent Gray
14. Slot - Giles Jackson
15. LB - Josh Ross
16. P - Will Hart
Unless Something Strange Happens
17. QB - Dylan McCaffrey
18. RB - Zach Charbonnet
19. LT - Ryan Hayes
20. RG - Andrew Stueber
Fairly Safe Bet
21. DT - Chris Hinton
22. FLEX TE - Erick All
In a Battle
23. LG - Andrew Vastardis
24. C - Noah Rumler
25. K - Jake Moody
26. Nickleback - Jalen Perry
27. Viper - Anthony Solomon
28. Sam - Ben VanSumeren
Contributors / In the Conversation (in no order... and I know I'm missing some)
Hassan Haskins
Chris Evans
Ben Mason
Cornelius Johnson
Joey Velazquez
Joe Milton
Christian Turner
Zach Carpenter
Chuck Filiaga
Joel Hongiford
Mazi Smith
Donovan Jeter
Luiji Vilain
Michael Barrett
Quinn Nordin
Obviously, the kinda weird thing about these lists is that you're not ordering guys from best to worst, but rather based on how shocking it would be if they weren't a starter. So a guy like Charbonnet or McCaffrey might be one of the best players on the team, but they drop down the list because there's another player competing with them for their spot. Also, Ben Mason can't earn a ticket if you follow this format because the offensive tickets are 11 starters + slot + flex TE but we don't have a starting fullback.
Here's what the team would look like based on my list (actually, I did this first and then put them into categories to follow the right format).
QB - Dylan McCaffrey
RB - Zach Charbonnet
TE - Nick Eubanks
WR - Nico Collins
WR - Ronnie Bell
Slot - Mike Sainristil
RT - Jaylen Mayfield
LT - Ryan Hayes
RG - Andrew Stueber
LG - Andrew Vastardis
C - Noah Rumler
FLEX TE - Erick All
Slot - Giles Jackson
DE - Kwity Paye
DE - Aiden Hutchinson
DT - Carlo Kemp
DT - Chris Hinton
LB - Cam McGrone
LB - Josh Ross
Viper - Anthony Solomon
CB - Ambry Thomas
CB - Vincent Gray
S - Dax Hill
S - Brad Hawkins
Nickleback - Jalen Perry
Sam - Ben VanSumeren
K - Jake Moody
P - Will Hart
I'm not sure I'd put Rumler and Vastardis ahead of Filiaga. Have you heard something? I think I'd bump Hinton up a few spots, but other than those few things, I'm in agreement with your list.
Good list, but I would probably put DCaf in the #22-25 range. I think he's probably in more of a battle than we think. I don't think he's a clear starter over Milton by any means, and we all saw that 2nd fall camp where JOK was a lock until suddenly he wasn't
Gosh I hope Dylan is further ahead. Milton looks like he can move the chains with his feet but his accuracy in the passing game is suspect at this stage.
People keep forgetting Karsen Barnhart. The kid was dunking basketballs in HS and was the 1st (only?) Frosh off the bench on the OL last year. I would expect him to be right in the mix to start.
I hope you're right, but we barely have any data on DCaff's passing either. 10/20 for 5.8 YPA last year
Thanks for putting this together. I almost want to start a separate thread about what the starting oline will be but the board has been fussy lately.
Also, I am really not looking forward to a Vincent Gray being CB2. Hopefully Seldon is the real deal
Seldon is the real deal. Gray will be needed against big bodied receivers. Secondary is going to be alright.
It's nice work, but I'm still going to question Charbonnet not being in the top 16, but 2 slots are.
If VanSumeren is getting significant and meaningful playing time this upcoming season, this defense is in trouble when it plays against a good offense. Recruiitnng wins, and Michigan has lost some highly rated linebackers to transfers over the last couple of years.
[sigh] I agree some substantive content on our favorite sport would be nice. However, we learned last season (or relearned if we had been paying attention) that spring football buzz means less than jack-shit when the season starts. Anyone remember when a planetoid sized Ty Wheatley jr. was too much of a freaky good athlete catching the ball to consider switching him to OT, despite a clear need at that position? Pepperridge Farm remembers...
So now we want to know the likely starting lineup without even as much information as gets leaked out of the spring camp? Why don't we just throw darts at a board and report the results instead? I got Jake Moody starting at QB and Ronnie Bell at long snapper.