Even after the flips today Michigan holds the #10 recruiting class in the nation

Indiana 61? wassup Tom Allen?

Does driving past Purdue count as "been to West Lafayette"? If so, I've been to 11 of the 14 Big Ten campuses. If not, only 10.

We're not in western Kentucky anymore, Toto.

WTH is with Brohm's recruiting???  Dude has a great offensive mind, this doesn't make sense.  I mean, I know it's Purdue and we don't expect much.  But we should expect more than Rutgers can deliver!

This season was a cluster for a number of teams and, for us, a number of reasons.

I'll judge the staff based off the last several seasons combined, with the *least* emphasis on this covid-adled, injury-ridden, cash-grab farse of a season.

Jaydon Hood's film is outstanding.  I'd love to see that kid in this class

Appreciate you posting this. I've gone my whole life thinking it didn't matter. 

Notice that the loudest voices doing the complaining are the ones on here the least (either "newer" accounts or old accounts that rarely post).  The bloggers that are active day-in and day-out on these boards have a bit more understanding and awareness of things.

In a vacuum 10th in the nation is a very nice outcome. Unfortunately Ohio State is in the Big Ten East and they just signed a monster class. Again.

Yes. Coaching matters.

I only count 13 players currently uncommitted in the 247 top 100. There's still some room for movement out there but a whole lot of people signed/committed today so these numbers are likely to hold pretty steady at this point. 

From what I saw, the only teams that look to move up from where they are now are TX A&M, USC and Oklahoma. Everyone else will pretty much stay where they are. 

You are so full of crap. That’s just not true.

Jeez - let people enjoy a good day!

This...  There is plenty of talent on the team (save for DT), but it hasn't been used well, at all - especially offensively.  I have my doubts that these guys will be used well.

But, you know what?  Since it appears that Harbaugh will stick around, then I'll support him and hope for the best.  He needs to prove he can get it done better than the last 4 years have shown, but I'll be pulling for him.

Poor defensive line recruiting the last several years is completely unacceptable given how successful Michigan has been at other positions.  Michigan can't compete at a high level unless this improves.  I think it comes down to the defensive coaches responsible for recruiting the DT and DE positions.  Michigan needs to upgrade.  

Ah yes. But who knew that walking the line between optimism and delusion was so treacherous...year after year. It's time to quit being the poster child for "the bigger they are the harder they fall". Is next year the year???

To be a first round picky, you either need to be in the top sixteen-ish of eligible players at any position, or else in the 17-ish to 50-ish range while matching a position of immediate need for a team selecting in the bottom half of the first round.

JJ is playing a position that only one person plays at, meaning in any given year, there's a limited number of teams that are willing to spend a first round pick.  He'll need to be top 2-4 at his position the year he comes out.  It's possible, but there's no reason to expect that to be the case, particularly with how QBs have been developed under Harbaugh at Michigan.

Edwards is in any even worse situation.  He plays RB, the position with the shortest career in the NFL (meaning, a team is really minimizing their return on the investment of a high pick if they select a RB, as opposed to, say, an OL who plays for 16 years).  NFL teams have been shying away from first round RB selections to a dramatic degree recently, as a replacement level RB is not so much of a step down from an All-NFL RB as it is at most other positions.

Worthy isn't even in the conversation for top 5 WRs in this recruiting year.  Maybe he's top 10, depending on rating service.  Unless you have some secret knowledge not available to the rest of us, there's simply no reason to predict that he'll pass much more highly ranked WRs that are ahead of him, many of whom are joining teams with much more prolific offenses than UM's.  It could happen, of course, and one can hope for it to happen-- but to expect it to happen seems irrational.

Michigan's haul on the offensive side of the ball would have them finishing in the top 10, maybe top 8, if it is duplicated year after year.  A fan can always hope to catch lightning in a bottle with a couple of players, or with a new OC, or with a generational QB; if that happens, it could be a top 4 offense in any given year, with this sort of recruiting.  So depending on expectations, that could be very satisfying.

Let's not talk about defensive recruiting.

I guess one could argue that their success was late enough in the class, that 2022 would be the first class where their success would be reflected in their recruiting class

But still, hard to succeed long term without the talent.