Michigan RB commit Cole Cabana: 35 touches, 297 yards, 4 TDs in opener for his HS
August 28th, 2022 at 1:25 PM ^
Who did they play?? Ohio State?
August 28th, 2022 at 1:33 PM ^
C2 just might be feastin’ on thanksgiving weekend Saturdays for a few years
August 28th, 2022 at 2:18 PM ^
GP South went 6-5 last year and lost in the 2nd round to Warren De La Salle. They're historically a decent team. It's not like they're 2-7 every year.
August 28th, 2022 at 4:27 PM ^
Ayyyyyy this is one of the best Mgoblog comments I’ve ever seen!
August 28th, 2022 at 5:01 PM ^
I want to upvote, but it's at 42, so...
August 28th, 2022 at 7:22 PM ^
You could also down vote, but it would take a while to get down to 27. Maybe we should up vote to 100 in honor of Ryan Day’s unfulfilled dreams.
August 29th, 2022 at 9:11 AM ^
We've passed 27. In basic algebra, its often said that one variable can't be "equal" to two things at the same time. Helps kids solve problems. However.. in this case, according to Cap'n 3rd Base... We broke the space time continuum!
27 = 100 AND
27 = L (A big fat one)
August 28th, 2022 at 1:36 PM ^
Didn't want to make a separate thread, but Michigan commit Brooks Bahr is playing on ESPN right now. Plays at Loyola Academy in suburban Chicago. Taking on St. Xavier from Ohio.
Loyola just scored to go to 14-0.
Apparently, Kirk Herbstreit's son is a backup QB for St Xavier.
EDIT:
In case anyone is wondering, Loyola won 44-20 and pulled the starters when it was 41-7.
Article starts with a mention of Brooks Bahr.
There are 119 players on Loyola’s varsity roster. All the way at the bottom is number 99, Brooks Bahr. But the 6-6, 270-pound defensive lineman is the first player everyone notices when the Ramblers take the field.
The defense Bahr leads was uncommon and exceptional on Saturday in Wilmette. The Ramblers dominated Cincinnati St. Xavier 44-20. The Bombers didn’t score on Loyola’s starting defense.
August 28th, 2022 at 1:44 PM ^
Is Herbstreit the guy that allegedly killed five hookers?
August 28th, 2022 at 1:54 PM ^
No that was some guy at SMU
August 28th, 2022 at 1:54 PM ^
CJK5H c'mon now
August 28th, 2022 at 3:16 PM ^
Allegedly
August 28th, 2022 at 1:55 PM ^
Some of Herbie’s most notable highlights are of him watching Desmond make history while he stands on the sidelines. Perhaps his son is following in his father’s footsteps.
August 28th, 2022 at 2:15 PM ^
I thought Herbie moved his family to Nashville. Supposedly he was taking a tidal wave of abuse in Columbus for being pro-OSU only 99% of the time
August 28th, 2022 at 3:57 PM ^
They made amends after he said Michigan was avoiding Ohio State because of “COVID,” but you are correct he had to live out of state for years.
Also, he never beat Michigan.
August 28th, 2022 at 2:33 PM ^
No. He did predict that Nebraska would win the BIG West though.
August 29th, 2022 at 8:01 AM ^
So did Scott's mom.
August 29th, 2022 at 8:20 AM ^
wait, has anyone ever seen herbie and scott frost's mom in the same room?????
August 29th, 2022 at 11:43 AM ^
He's also the guy that broke the news that Les Miles would be Michigan's next head coach after RichRod was fired.
Give me Joel Klatt 10 times out of 10 over Herbie.
August 28th, 2022 at 2:25 PM ^
The hottest back north of Havana
August 28th, 2022 at 2:28 PM ^
As much as people stress about starz and such … doesn’t it seem like our staff’s talent evaluation is pretty good?
August 29th, 2022 at 9:12 AM ^
I'd love an in-depth analysis on this topic. It seems to me like you'd have tiers or tranches.
5* and 4*: the guys everyone wants, so it would be more instructive (and a LOT harder) to look at who we COULD have landed (interest, academics) and chose NOT to pursue. Probably an impossible thing to analyze.
3*-2*: this isn't a groundbreaking thought on my part, but this area is where scouting shows itself. There's also "high 3*" vs "mid 3*" vs "low 3*". Looking at the "hit rate" in this category would tell us - on average - how good our staff is at identifying underrated talent.
There's inherent issues here: football players work out (or not) based on a lot of things. And it could have nothing to do with football; a guy might fall apart on the field if his parents get divorced, or he goes through a tough breakup. Or he was just criminally overrated to begin with (cough cough Kevin Grady).
August 29th, 2022 at 11:51 AM ^
Their talent evaluation is really good. For example, I'd say the talent evaluation of Harbaugh's staff is much better than Hoke's was. Despite pulling in some very good classes (at least per the recruiting rankings), Hoke's classes seemed to have a ton of busts (perhaps best exemplified by the 2013 OL class, five 4*s and a 5* that combined to do essentially nothing). Harbaugh is much better at minimizing that.
But that doesn't mean everything is always rosy. I'd say a much better indicator of how recruiting is going is looking at how commits fall on the coaches' priority list. I have no doubt the coaches can identify talent, but is this a guy the coaches really want (for example Bush and Haskins were identified as 5* talent despite not having a 5* ranking), or are they taking him because their top five choices went elsewhere? Which still isn't to say the guy won't pan out, but it's definitely tamps down the excitement...
August 28th, 2022 at 2:36 PM ^
What’s the level of competition he plays? Anyone know?
August 28th, 2022 at 3:46 PM ^
Not terrible, not amazing
August 28th, 2022 at 4:57 PM ^
The 3.6 Roentgen of leagues...
August 28th, 2022 at 3:48 PM ^
Dexter plays in the Southeast Conference Division 2 ( enrollment is about 1100). They play A2 Skyline next Friday 7 pm. Other opponents are A2 Pioneer, A2 Huron, Saline and arch rival Chelsea. The Dreadnaughts mascot is a pre WW1 battleship.
August 28th, 2022 at 5:47 PM ^
AKA the WASP conference.
Sorry not sorry
August 29th, 2022 at 9:37 AM ^
As a Dexter alum I can confirm that the mascot, is indeed, a battleship. Which, at the time, I thought was pretty lame because it was so "different" - but as time passes I realize how cool and original it actually is.
August 29th, 2022 at 12:39 PM ^
That is an amazing HS nickname. Any reason for Dexter's link to old battleships?
August 29th, 2022 at 9:56 PM ^
Dexter played a role in World War I by assembling parts for dreadnaughts, the battleships used during the war by the British and U.S. Navies.
August 28th, 2022 at 9:42 PM ^
Average, depending on the week. Some awful teams and some with talent/good schemes.
CC would still be a solid player on any team in the country, btw. The questions aren't his speed or elusiveness but durability and if he fully translates to the next level. Against any HS competition he'd be solid, IMO.
August 28th, 2022 at 2:47 PM ^
Cole plays for Dexter. 10 mins from Ann Arbor.
August 28th, 2022 at 2:52 PM ^
LET'S GO DREADNAUGHTS!!!!
That's my school, man!! Woot!
August 28th, 2022 at 3:14 PM ^
Can his coach chill out with putting the tread on his tires?
August 28th, 2022 at 3:16 PM ^
Yes please
August 28th, 2022 at 3:44 PM ^
came for the Copacabana jokes and laughed at this
+1 sir!
August 28th, 2022 at 4:05 PM ^
Classic Al Bundy
August 28th, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
Polk High's finest and always will be.
August 28th, 2022 at 3:54 PM ^
Running Back U!
August 28th, 2022 at 4:13 PM ^
But, is he a five * prospect? Everyone knows the only good, I mean really good players are 5* prospects.
There is no such thing as development - player effort - discipline - learning - and growth.
That’s why the Bucks defeated Michigan last November in Ann Arbor. Remember - Michigan couldn’t handle the Bucks 15 or so 5* players - and the weather. Yeah, it seems like yesterday - Michigan just folded after the opening kickoff. They weren’t resilient - all Bucks all the time.
oh.. my apologies .. it seems as if I’ve mixed up the teams in that game. Sorry about that…
August 28th, 2022 at 4:44 PM ^
35 touches? Kid is going to have some miles on his tires by the time he arrives if they keep this up all year.
August 28th, 2022 at 5:52 PM ^
Pretty tough league. For background Saline is basically the OSU riding a 45 game conference win streak. Dexter is probably one of the most potent offenses in the conference with Cabana, a 3/4 star TE headed for MSU, and a decent QB. Those are probably the best two schools.
However, they also have Temperance Bedford (a very very tricky triple option team), Monroe who’s usually a playoff contender, and Pioneer who has been a playoff team in the past.
August 28th, 2022 at 7:59 PM ^
Pioneer is awful, Rutgers-esque. Huron is the best of the 3 AA high schools right now, they beat Dexter last season
August 29th, 2022 at 9:28 AM ^
Its crazy how much these things cycle. When I was at Huron we were really good but they were absolutely dreadful for most of the past decade. Very glad to see them moving back in the right direction. And Dexter was a nothing school in those days.
August 28th, 2022 at 6:06 PM ^
Same league Carr played in at Saline.
August 28th, 2022 at 9:18 PM ^
35 touches....
That's a lot! Need to call up the coach and tell him to chill. Save the tread on those tires to run over OSU.
August 28th, 2022 at 10:16 PM ^
How many pukes?
August 28th, 2022 at 11:10 PM ^
“Cole Cabana went off in Dexter high school’s season opening win against Grosse Point South Saturday afternoon.”
C’mon people, it’s Grosse Pointe.