October 9th, 2023 at 9:31 PM ^
Between this and Cade, just a rough year for Wolverine transfers. Hope he comes back though and wishing him the best.
October 9th, 2023 at 10:18 PM ^
Someone wrap A.J. Henning in some bubble wrap, STAT!
October 9th, 2023 at 10:30 PM ^
Erick All is literally hiding in his closet this week 😂
October 10th, 2023 at 12:57 PM ^
All had his best game of the season in his first game without Cade McNamara. He had 4 catches for 97 yards and 1 touchdown, even though Deacon Hill is terrible.
October 9th, 2023 at 10:47 PM ^
AJ injured as well:
A.J. Henning's first BIG return in purple and white! The receiver accelerates to the Northwestern 40.
— Inside NU (@insidenu) September 30, 2023
However, Henning is down and injured.
October 10th, 2023 at 12:30 AM ^
Well, hell...
October 10th, 2023 at 10:01 AM ^
Its crazy how Harbaugh knew they would get injured and told them they should transfer. Amazing foresight.
October 9th, 2023 at 10:37 PM ^
I'd say Charlotte should be concerned but Biff Poggi would scare off any such curse.
October 9th, 2023 at 10:56 PM ^
He’s 1-4 this year.
October 9th, 2023 at 11:06 PM ^
It was comical how many people went apeshit over that Athletic article and thought we were heading for collapse without our "secret weapon."
October 10th, 2023 at 12:16 PM ^
I don't think it's crazy to lament losing him from the staff, even if it's completely understandable for an analyst to jump at a DI HC opportunity.
It's also quite possible that he was instrumental in helping turn around the culture here. Lest anyone forget, there was major disfunction in the program ~2017 through 2020. There was toxicity, etc. Then Poggi came back on the staff and things turned around in a big way (correlation), plus you had things like that article attributing much of that to Poggi's influence (causation). The hope is that lessons and chemistry that Poggi helped instill were woven into the fiber of the program and will endure for a long time.
October 10th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
Michigan football has continued to ascend over the years. I think it's reasonable to believe that Jim Harbaugh and the people at Michigan are good at downloading what they can from the various parts and improving moving forward. That includes picking up things from Don Brown, Matt Weiss, Biff Poggi, etc. You don't have to keep Poggi around forever to reap the benefits of having had Poggi on staff.
October 10th, 2023 at 8:23 AM ^
It was a joke BUT they play a very tough schedule and competed with both Maryland and Florida.
October 9th, 2023 at 11:44 PM ^
Could be a credit to Ben Herbert
October 10th, 2023 at 8:57 AM ^
Andrel and Xavier Worthy would've been the top weapons next year. They're missed.
October 10th, 2023 at 1:09 PM ^
Worthy will be catching passes for real money next year. But imagine him on this year's team!
October 10th, 2023 at 10:31 AM ^
AMTHG is real
October 9th, 2023 at 9:32 PM ^
Bummers. Was disappointed he left but was still rooting for him to succeed.
October 9th, 2023 at 9:32 PM ^
Dang, seemed like he was having a decent year too.
October 9th, 2023 at 9:32 PM ^
Poopy. The kid seemed to be doing quite well with a really good team, I'm sad to see this. Hope the surgery and recovery go very - hope to see him on the field next season.
Good luck, Andrel!
October 9th, 2023 at 9:39 PM ^
Wishing Andrel a full and healthy recovery.
October 9th, 2023 at 9:40 PM ^
Get well soon AA!!👍🙏
October 9th, 2023 at 9:44 PM ^
Hate to see it. Get well soon, my dude.
October 9th, 2023 at 9:46 PM ^
I still dont get what happened with him, he looked so promising in 2021.
Hope he can bounce back for next year.
October 9th, 2023 at 11:51 PM ^
Harbs went Harbs and decided to stop throwing to him for too long of stretches.
October 10th, 2023 at 12:17 AM ^
He had a lot of drops last year, specifically the one against Illinois that should’ve been a free play because of the false start.
I thought he would be a star here. Hopefully he still realizes his potential
October 10th, 2023 at 4:26 AM ^
Plays are blown dead on false starts
October 10th, 2023 at 8:20 AM ^
Not sure why you're being negged here - false starts stop play immediately!
To the idiot that negged: Offensive penalties, like a false start, stop the play immediately because the offense cannot be allowed to advance the ball through illegal play. However, on a defensive penalty, like an offsides, play is allowed to continue because the defense's cheating ways may backfire if the offense hits a big play. In which case, the penalty is declined. But if the play fails, and the penalty accepted, it's 5 free yards anyway.
October 10th, 2023 at 12:27 AM ^
How many times do you go to a guy who keeps running wrong routes and dropping balls? He had enough chances to showcase his skills/development in '22, but unfortunately, he regressed. I would argue that his performance against MSU '21 (which was outstanding) was the only highlight of his tenure at Michigan.
Great kid with potential, but sometimes things just don't work out for whatever reason. And to put his demise squarely on Harbaugh is absolute nonsense.
Wish him well and speed recovery.
October 10th, 2023 at 8:21 AM ^
Yeah, Anthony basically had his own Ricky White game against MSU that set unrealistic expectations and also clouded everyone's assessment of him.
He's a good WR but he just got beat out by better players and while I'm happy he landed at OU and is successful he's not be some superstar at UM right now. He'd be a 4th WR.
October 10th, 2023 at 9:17 AM ^
I think 4th is a bit of a stretch...maybe 3 but he has more receptions than Cornelius Johnson
October 10th, 2023 at 11:17 AM ^
I wouldn't compare raw numbers between the two; OU throws the ball an average of 35 times a game while UM throws it 23 times a game. Ricky White has almost the same number of receptions as Anthony and has played 1 game fewer, and that's mostly because he's the lead receiver for UNLV.
Anthony had lots of chances last year to be more of a player and struggled to do so. He'd be behind Wilson and Johnson right now, and Morris seems like a more complete receiver and a guy with higher upside.
I have no ill will toward Anthony and am glad he's succeeding at OU before being injured but that MSU game may well be his career-defining performance and I think it set expectations way too high for a guy who has some skills but still struggles with drops a bit (he had one ball against Texas that he just bobbled) and isn't necessarily a burner.
October 10th, 2023 at 12:23 PM ^
How many times do you go to a guy who keeps running wrong routes and dropping balls? He had enough chances to showcase his skills/development in '22, but unfortunately, he regressed.
Not just that, but he was frequently jammed into oblivion (Bolivia?). Not sure if it was Oklahoma's scheme that made a difference, a change of scenery that helped usher development, or just bad luck (i.e. he was headed for a breakout this year anyway, and unfortunately transferred such that it was OU that benefited instead of us), but while he may have had tons of potential, outside of that MSU game (which may have been as much about an un/under-scouted freshman taking advantage of an unprepared defense as anything), there wasn't much else from the past two years that would have predicted success this year...
October 10th, 2023 at 1:11 PM ^
I think we've learned never to anticipate future output based on performance against the MSU '21 secondary.
October 10th, 2023 at 8:19 AM ^
I'm not going to rag on the guy too much but he seemingly dropped half the balls thrown to him. Roman Wilson, Ronnie Bell, Cornelius Johnson, etc. all seem to get enough targets and catches to be happy.
I'm glad he's doing well at OU but he'd be the #4 WR on this team and that's just the deal. Glad he found a home elsewhere.
October 10th, 2023 at 8:22 AM ^
I think I heard the commentator say in the game AA was in that WR blocking could be better. I could be making stuff up but I think that was the game. Regardless, UM expects WRs to block. In addition, UM had options that were good at blocking and route running. AA did well in deep throws. That was just not UM's game. So, may be it wasn't the best fit? Instead of blaming Harbaugh or AA, may be the circumstances dictated the effectiveness?
October 10th, 2023 at 10:07 AM ^
Based on past comments, it seems Juiceman has a personal relationship with Anthony, which is probably setting his narrative. I'm not taking a side here, but it seems naive to blame Harbaugh and just ignore all the drops, iffy routes, and bad blocking.
OU runs a wide open passing offense so it probably is a better fit for Anthony. It's unfortunate that he got hurt.
October 10th, 2023 at 1:01 PM ^
Also, without getting into too much detail, I do know that there was a major disconnect with Anthony and the new WR coach last year (Bellamy). For whatever reasons they just could not seem to click. The ability to get separation of the line and remembering the route tree were the major issues for his drop in playing time last year.
October 9th, 2023 at 9:49 PM ^
Get well soon, A.A.! Hoping for a full recovery.
October 9th, 2023 at 9:51 PM ^
Darn. Godspeed Andrel. Praying for your complete healing and restoration. As always,
GO BLUE
October 9th, 2023 at 9:51 PM ^
It was a non contact leg injury was all I could find.
Bummer. He was looking really good this year.
October 9th, 2023 at 9:55 PM ^
Hope he has a speedy recovery.
October 9th, 2023 at 11:34 PM ^
This one stinks. I hope he can recover quickly and play next year.
October 9th, 2023 at 10:24 PM ^
Well that sucks. Andrel was having a great year, leading the Sooners in yards and second in receptions.
October 10th, 2023 at 7:33 AM ^
He was racking up some decent receiving numbers this season, I believe, so it seems like he certainly found a good landing spot. Best wishes to him on his recovery.
October 10th, 2023 at 1:00 PM ^
Yeah, he was (and still is) leading OU in receiving.
October 10th, 2023 at 8:16 AM ^
Sucks for him; he was having a nice season for the Sooners. Hopefully he can recover and have a nice end of a career and then get a shot at the NFL.
October 10th, 2023 at 12:09 PM ^
Wishing Andrel a complete and quick recovery.
October 10th, 2023 at 1:03 PM ^
I just saw this thread, so some of you may find it useful that I post a weekly update of former Michigan players and how they're doing at their new schools (LINK). I also include former commits.
It's always interesting to me to see how little former commits are doing at their chosen schools. Some turn out to do good things, but a lot of them fade away.
October 10th, 2023 at 1:24 PM ^
Best of luck to him