December 9th, 2019 at 1:53 PM ^
thumbs down
December 9th, 2019 at 1:53 PM ^
Rat farts
December 9th, 2019 at 2:06 PM ^
*lightning crashes
December 9th, 2019 at 2:27 PM ^
a new mother cries
December 9th, 2019 at 2:46 PM ^
something placenta something something floor
December 9th, 2019 at 3:03 PM ^
Apparently he got a tip that the heavy stuff wasn't coming down for quite a while.
December 9th, 2019 at 1:54 PM ^
He went blue!!!
December 9th, 2019 at 1:55 PM ^
Bridesmaid again
December 9th, 2019 at 1:56 PM ^
Kudos to Sam making this one seem a little shaky at the last minute to boost his clicks.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^
So True about Sam
December 9th, 2019 at 2:07 PM ^
Who is the better salesman? Webb or Franklin?
December 9th, 2019 at 2:15 PM ^
Sunshine Sam plays the game better than most. Got to respect it.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:52 PM ^
The mischaracterization of Sam Webb on this board never fails to surprise me. Truly strange.
December 9th, 2019 at 3:00 PM ^
I love Sam, really (in a completely hetero way, of course). But I feel like he's such a pollyanna these days, it's almost as unbearable as Brian going full blown "I don't want to talk about it" like an angry wife
December 9th, 2019 at 6:07 PM ^
Really good way to put it, I as well like Sam AND Brian..but both drive me absolutely crazy with those two takes you state above. Completely opposite sides of the spectrum
Why wouldnt you want to go to PSU as a top TE...they chuck it deep all the time.
December 9th, 2019 at 7:17 PM ^
But why is that unbearable? He has lots of insider access and he doesn't want to jeopardize that. Do you get pissed at Harbaugh for not being open criticizing his players? Sam knows his role. I don't need Sam to tell me things aren't perfect. I have eyes.
December 9th, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
All serious, but how is he mischaracterized? He’s a program mouthpiece that’s a complete sunshine blower...doesn’t everyone regard him as such?
edit: and that’s fine, he’s got to pay the bills and I don’t begrudge him for it.
December 9th, 2019 at 8:03 PM ^
So what do you regard him as?
December 9th, 2019 at 8:22 PM ^
Yes, Sam is such a "program mouthpiece" that for the entire fucking season he's had regular weekly guests who've spent large chunks of airtime dissecting and criticizing Michigan's coaching decisions and player performance.
December 9th, 2019 at 1:56 PM ^
Can’t win big games without elite players. Can’t get elite players without winning big games. What is the remedy?
December 9th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
Win as an underdog with what you got for once?
Citrus Bowl would be a good start.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:06 PM ^
The definition of an underdog isn't only being less talented than the other team. A genuine underdog is seen as an overmatched team that the favorite is likely to undervalue and not take seriously. That will NEVER be Michigan. Even during the RR and Hoke days, opponents still came in over prepared and ready to play.
Ol Saint Nick ain’t gonna overlook this Michigan team.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:15 PM ^
He despises Michigan for all the ass kickings he took at MSU. And to think Michigan doesn’t have great talent is a misnomer.
December 9th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
Jacking off furiously.
December 9th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
Are you done yet.....
December 9th, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
Hey now! Randy said it was a ghost and that was ectoplasm...
December 9th, 2019 at 4:52 PM ^
Yeah in recovery mode now.
December 9th, 2019 at 3:54 PM ^
I wonder if Mattison's departure has hurt D-line recruiting. He was supposed to be a good recruiter and his pressers always seemed to be of the type where if you were a parent, you'd trust your kid to him.
I'd really like the back story of what went down between Mattison and Harbaugh/Brown.
December 9th, 2019 at 4:35 PM ^
Coaching. Few understand the profound difference that coaching makes. It begins with good coaching and then the talent comes flowing your way. Sometimes you just get lucky but mostly you make your own luck-and know how to cash it in when it comes your way.
December 9th, 2019 at 4:45 PM ^
Coaching and sometimes a little luck. Few understand the profound difference coaching makes. Sometimes you need a little luck to get the train rolling but when you get the talent rolling in and you know what to do with it...life is good. Even elite talent will struggle without good coaching. It take two to do the winning dance.
December 9th, 2019 at 5:35 PM ^
Do both at the same time says Jon Osterman
December 9th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
Not surprising to anyone paying attention but extremely dissapointing none the less. Hard to recruit elite players when you keep getting blown out the last game of the year.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:14 PM ^
That’s why we should play Rutger at the end of the season.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:14 PM ^
Yet somehow UM keeps getting top ten classes.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:16 PM ^
Now if only they could play like it
December 9th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
2015: 37th https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Season/2015-Football/Commits/
2016: 8th https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Season/2016-Football/Commits/
2017: 5th https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Season/2017-Football/Commits/
2018: 22nd https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Season/2018-Football/Commits/
2019: 8th https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Season/2019-Football/Commits/
2020:14th https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Season/2020-Football/Commits/
Yeah, we're setting the world on fire. Combine that up and down recruiting with piss poor roster management allowing ??? into the DT and CB rotations and you get to where we are.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:54 PM ^
I'm not sure pointing out that 3 out of Jim's 4 full classes being ranked in the Top Ten was the dunk on "we still sign top ten classes" that you were going for.
December 9th, 2019 at 4:18 PM ^
Our rolling average over any reasonable period is outside the top 10 AND we don't hold on to our highly rated guys AND our classes are poorly balanced with respect to the positions of need.
"Her dur... top 10 classes!" is the stupidest and laziest take possible when it comes to recruiting.
December 9th, 2019 at 6:02 PM ^
I'm not sure pointing out what level we recruit at is a take so much as it is a fact. We're 11th in the talent composite. Three out of four full classes were top ten. These are just facts. The poster you responded to said that we recruit top ten classes, which is a fact.
December 9th, 2019 at 9:52 PM ^
14th ain't top 10
December 9th, 2019 at 7:42 PM ^
Stop with the word take. It's a bad as marketing idiots calling everybody a partner.
December 9th, 2019 at 3:31 PM ^
You forgot to add that many key recruits on those highly ranked classes have transferred
December 10th, 2019 at 9:23 AM ^
You're gonna hang the 2015 class around his neck when he had 4 weeks to pull it together??
2020?? Why don't we wait to start blaming him for that class when, you know, it's actually completed.
Not exactly intellectually honest.
December 9th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
I'm not usually a negative person about this, but the reason we get top classes isn't due to the high star players we get, it's the sheer number of them. Our classes are generally large and a large class of 3*s will be higher ranked than a small class of 4*s. Seems like they rate them by total rather than average. Look at the 2020 team rankings. A&M is 5 with 20 recruits, 91.13/269.09 vs. #6 UGA with 15 at 93.95/268.33. Which class would you rather have? Top 5 A&M or #6 UGA?
December 9th, 2019 at 5:14 PM ^
The difference between the 4th best recruiting class and the 5th best recruiting class is the same as the difference between 8th and 30th.
December 9th, 2019 at 7:56 PM ^
Volume does wonders. Last years so called #1 in the B1G class was #3 on a per player average being slightly edged out by PSU and a full point per player behind OSU. 2018 they were more than 5 points per player better. 2017 more than 3 points per player. As things stand now they are 2 points per player better this year. Thus the last Saturday in November you get a butt whooping.
December 10th, 2019 at 12:35 PM ^
No they don't. But of course you believe that.