Quinn Ewers returning for senior year

Submitted by PB-J Time on January 11th, 2024 at 2:08 PM

Sorry for another post as there's so much going up on the board these days (Rightly so!) but as this directly affects the second opponent next year I thought it worth being discussed. 

Also, I did not see this posted and did search, if I'm wrong of course remove. 

Although it had been rumored and assumed, Quinn Ewers confirmed today that he is coming back his senior year (making $ from a trading card company in the announcement video). This will of course be a tougher game with an experienced QB instead of the big name, but very green, Manning under center. Hopefully U-M can continue to shut down high level passing offenses on D and use the D line to get after him and disrupt.

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BlockM

January 11th, 2024 at 2:17 PM ^

I mean, yes, it's difficult, but high level football coaches are some of the most self-confident individuals in existence. And the roster already has more 5* players than the whole B1G. 

*I* wouldn't want the job, but it's not like not being Nick Saban is going to hurt your chances at another job afterwards and you'd be making insane money.

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MIMark

January 11th, 2024 at 2:35 PM ^

You are correct. Though they will land a big name. It takes a competitive-above-all mentality to be a coach, and anyone with that mindset would have a burning desire to prove himself not just worthy of succeeding Saban, but building upon what Saban did. And chances are, whoever that guy is will bomb out and the next one will be the right hire.

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matty blue

January 11th, 2024 at 4:12 PM ^

never, NEVER be the guy that replaces the legend.  it, like, NEVER works out.

(moeller would have, in my opinion, but that's obviously a different conversation)

what you really want to be is the guy that replaces the guy that replaces the legend. you get compared to the failure, not the guy in the statue.

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Vasav

January 11th, 2024 at 2:16 PM ^

Agree hard on this - back in the '00s everyone thought SC and UT would last forever because of unbeatable recruiting advantages...The same thing everyone said about Clemson, Bama and OSU in the late teens.

I will beat on the drum that Penn St is a super underrated job, especially in the new Big Ten where they aren't matched up annually with two top5 programs every year. Oregon doesn't really have any of the advantages of UT, USC, PSU or OSU. Clemson, UGA and Bama are in a recruiting hotbed but it's a very competitive hotbed (Tennessee is right there too and FSU as well). UF has to compete with FSU and the U. I think they're all in a recruiting rich area but...so are Texas and SC.

Texas and USC are the jobs with the most built in advantages, IMO.

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shoes

January 11th, 2024 at 2:13 PM ^

IF JJ leaves maybe we can get the loser of the Manning-Ewers battle in the Spring- what are the dates for the Spring portal?

PS- I realize this is the longest of longshots.

 

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mexwolv

January 11th, 2024 at 2:22 PM ^

For some reason I think JJ will come back for one more year and JH is going to stay.

Got the feeling after they returned to AA from Houston, and talked to a bunch of fans that night.

Here´s to wishful thinking!

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The Oracle 2

January 11th, 2024 at 4:51 PM ^

I admire your faith, but Harbaugh couldn’t have made his intentions any clearer. For McCarthy, staying would to be to his benefit because it would allow him to develop further before he hits the NFL and likely improve his draft position. As we all know, QBs don’t get the reps in Michigan’s offense that they do at other schools.

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jdemille9

January 11th, 2024 at 5:06 PM ^

I don't think Harbaugh staying has anything to do with whether that's what he wants. And if it's left up to contractual wording and morals clauses, as a lot of others seem to think in other threads, then he's likely gonna leave because Michigan won't give him the assurances (or the bear hug, if you will) that he is looking for. 

In that sense, for me anyway, Harbaugh would not be leaving Michigan would be pushing him out by not catering their contract to the man who brought them back to prominence and brought them a national championship. 

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