October 28th, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^
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October 28th, 2017 at 6:49 AM ^
October 28th, 2017 at 8:17 AM ^
playoffs and maybe that's why he cancelled. Let's all jump off the cliff and then check.
I'm not sure if it's related, but I believe his team is still in the playoffs.
October 28th, 2017 at 10:29 AM ^
October 28th, 2017 at 11:28 AM ^
And its highly annoying and contributes to the current unreadability of this blog as much as the actual posts by said negative nancy.
October 28th, 2017 at 7:36 AM ^
Maizen has been a Storm Crow as of late
October 28th, 2017 at 7:48 AM ^
"The Stormcrows turned their cloaks." - George R.R. Martin
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October 28th, 2017 at 12:27 AM ^
He'll be on the bench for 3 years at Bama but that's how they build depth and win championships.
October 28th, 2017 at 12:40 AM ^
years and starting for 2 isn't that bad if you're winning titles and going pro.
October 28th, 2017 at 1:20 AM ^
they currently start a true sophomore and RS Soph at OT, both backed up by true freshmen (Leatherwood and Wills both of whom we were in on, sigh). And those soph's are starting in part because Cam Robinson just cycled through the program in three years, starting every single game and then going to the NFL. Bama's OL averages the same age as our supposedly inexperienced OL.
They recruit highly talented guys, and don't redshirt many many of them, which is part of the reason they can take so many guys, and part of the reason highly rated guys like to go there: they'll play early and get to the NFL sooner than later.
The elite recruiters (just Bama and OSU, right now) don't like to redshirt because they want you to see some time as a freshman, start as a sophomore and then play like a guy ready for the pros in your third year. Only 14/44 players on the Bama 2-deep redshirted. I checked a random team that is solid but doesn't recruit many 4 or 5 stars for comparison: 30/44 players on the NW 2-deep redshirted.
Bama offers early playing time because they churn through guys quickly.
Ekiyor has a more clear path to playing time at Bama than he does at Michigan given that he'd be behind Bredeson, Ruiz and Onwenu his first two years.
October 28th, 2017 at 6:22 AM ^
Much of what you said about Alabama and OSU rings true, but ...
If Ekiyor were to come here (sigh) and prove himself better than Bredeson/Onwenu from the start, do you really think he'd be benched out of some strange principle? We're no longer in the "Pat Massey at defensive tackle because he's earned it" stage ... I hope.
October 28th, 2017 at 8:17 AM ^
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October 28th, 2017 at 9:57 AM ^
If Michigan didn't pursue him there's a reason
If a recruit suddenly flips SEC we all know the reason
If it's simply a matter of going to Bama's superior O line and a path to the NFL, we can't do anything about it. There are recruits every year who prefer Bama's engineering program...
There is likely more to the story than just "he had no idea if he was still wanted."
October 28th, 2017 at 10:59 AM ^
However you have to justify it ti yourself.
October 28th, 2017 at 11:17 AM ^
Maybe more than anything, how they recruit offensive linemen needs to change in the offseason. Because what they are doing now isn’t working.
October 28th, 2017 at 11:57 AM ^
we got 2 highly rated players in 2016 in Bredeson and Onwenu playing at G
in 2017 we got Ruiz (rated 47th overall) and Filiaga (112th overall)
if those 4 pan out we have C, 2 Guards and one tackle
in 2017 we also got 2 other 4 start OL - Hudson and Hall, and 3 high 3-star OL in
Stueber (.886, ranked 365th)
Honigford (.7681, ranked 441st)
withour Ekiyor, we have 2 low 4star tackles (our highest need) in 2018 so far
is it Bama/OSU level? no, but it sure as hell isn't a failure
October 28th, 2017 at 12:52 AM ^
We need to get our recruiting shit together or the turnaround is going to take a long time. Time to hold onto Otis Reese or our recruiting class is going to fall out of the top 25.
October 28th, 2017 at 1:16 AM ^
October 28th, 2017 at 12:52 AM ^
with true Michigan Men
Go Blue
October 28th, 2017 at 8:38 AM ^
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October 28th, 2017 at 1:23 AM ^
we're only 2 years away! Right in time for his second year.
October 28th, 2017 at 6:30 AM ^
I don’t blame him....
October 28th, 2017 at 6:54 AM ^
October 28th, 2017 at 7:11 AM ^
Or rather nobody who was thinking 8-4 was also thinking Michigan would look embarassingly bad in their losses and not much better in victory.
October 28th, 2017 at 7:11 AM ^
October 28th, 2017 at 1:02 AM ^
It hurts. Michigan is a great school. I was going to denigrate Bama but I won't...
October 28th, 2017 at 1:14 AM ^
October 28th, 2017 at 5:34 AM ^
You make some valid points but you are being blinded by your homer glasses. I have been a Michigan fan 45+ years it is just that not everyone has a deep rooted love for Michigan like you or I.
October 28th, 2017 at 11:55 AM ^
EVERYBODY Loves Michigan
October 28th, 2017 at 8:12 AM ^
recruits want to win . . . period.
Bama has won, is winning now, and looks to win in the future.
Very simple.
I love Michigan, but to try and compare the two (in his lifetime) as even remotely similar is laughable.
October 28th, 2017 at 8:53 AM ^
October 28th, 2017 at 11:45 AM ^
hope youre not too serious.
chris samuels
October 28th, 2017 at 1:28 AM ^
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October 28th, 2017 at 2:32 AM ^
You mean right before he visited Bama... again