Love Klatt but he is one of many that keep saying Alabama was more talented than us and I feel like that statement is being made entirely based on recruiting rankings, not actual talent.

Michigan could break the draft record with at least 5 or 6 of their most talented players not even declaring for the draft. The idea that Mikey or Mason is lesser than Bamas 5 stars on a college football field is just plain incorrect. 

Me and another alumn are driving in from Antelope Valley tomorrow. I gotta think the Michigan grad locals greatly out number the Bama fans too.

61 and Sunny tomorrow, great day for a win!

Both great DCs. Big difference is one wanted to be a college coach and one didn't.

Recruiting is still a huge part of the job and avoiding it (like Macdonald reportedly did) is not really an option. 

Kiwi Boxes are pretty great. Monthly STEM subscription service.

They have different age groups to pick from and the experiments/toys that are included are generally pretty cool. My girls like them a lot!

Am I the only one that kind of hopes its Cam Ward? I really don't think his skill set fits the NFL passing offense Day runs. 

Maybe he adjusts if he has a mobile QB with spotty accuracy but Day hasn't really shown much of that even with Justin Fields at QB.

2nd year McCord would honestly scare me more than Cam Ward

Currently located in SoCal and this plan sounds pretty high risk to me. 1410 PST start time probably leads to a 1730 ending at best. I have heard Rose Bowl traffic can take hours to clear out from coworkers that have been to the game. 

Ontario might have some reasonable flight options back to San Fran if you need the extra time and want to avoid a hotel.

After we win the National Championship, JJ can be on the cover with Denard to announce the new age of the best sports game out there. 

I dont think they will come but if they want to, the school and city should just say no. 

Tell them Desmond can come with a camera and do the show from the 50 yard line. No one else is welcome.

To my eyes, I think they used Mullings more as a Blake Corum proxy rather than a Donovan replacement. 

Keep Blake's legs fresh in November and keep the Edwards plays in the barn.

But manners maketh man.

This feels like a normal next step.

Obviously, beating OSU and winning the B1G is still paramount but if the team wants to win the whole thing, UGA is the ultimate target. Beat the best to be the best.

Motivation tools need to evolve as the program does too.

100% agree with OP.

After they lose 6 more in a row, we can have a discussion about "motivation" and who wants it more. 

Beat Ohio!

I would say this could be a rough season for OK State if Michigan's 4th best option last year is their starter. 

Yo-Yo at the 3?

And we got another transfer 4/5 too. 

Happy to be in the B1G

However, leaving the conference with Ohio State and listening to the MSU meltdown would be pretty funny. 

Bufkin was unplayable last year.

Very easily an All-B1G player if he came back for a 3rd year. 

That seems like development to me. 

The "tampering" part of this just doesn't make sense to me. How many of us would leave our current position without some knowledge that we had another job waiting? I would guess that answer is close to none.

I get why coaches don't like it but they would do the exact same thing in the kid's shoes. If they want to avoid it, make them sign contracts and pay them.

And if St. Thomas could beat the money/benefits of playing at Michigan, they should have done it. 

49ers feels like a great spot for Ronnie. His willingness to block is exactly the type of thing that is required in that offense. 

MSU and USC are sharing a tunnel! There is only one way this can end. 

I thought I was safe from crying during a Tom Rinaldi segment on a Sunday. How wrong I was. 

Eagles by 4

*steps on soap box*

The whole "fracas" and "fight" media description needs to go away. Eight people on one team got charged with some sort of crime, none on the other.

What does someone need to do for it to be called an attack? A hospitalization? Permanent Injury? Insinuating anything short of a completely one sided assault places some blame at the victims feet, which I was pretty sure we were passed doing a while ago.

*steps off soap box*

8 straight divisional round loses is... not great.

Feels like they are beating the odds at this point. 

I think this is a good phone call to make even if he doesn't want the job. Keeping alumns that are clearly still very tapped into the football world happy can only help down the road.

Worst case scenario: he says no thanks and is happy that he got a call.

Best case scenario: Coach Griese gets to be involved with the last 2 Nattys at Michigan, '97 and '23.

We should just do whatever Minter has planned for the 2nd half the whole game.

This feels like a deck shuffling situation to me. I would wager a fair amount that the younger Ferentz will still be on the staff, maybe just not the OC. New OC is probably already on staff. 

2021 UGA being behind 2022 UGA feels like a time where the fancy stats might be a misleading.

2022 UGA's offense is very highly rated but I feel like their is a path to slowing them down (Mizzou did it with pash rush).

Compare this to 2021 UGA which required a Heisman QB and two 1st round WRs to manage scoring any points. 

3 for sure but it should not matter. Punishing USC for losing an extra game the teams behind them did not earn should never occur.

Only thing that should be able to change on Saturday is the seeding of the Top 4.

He says it's a joke at the beginning of the video. 

Gotta cope somehow

Well I wasn't expecting to tear up watching that but here I am.

Fuck cancer and heart attacks and brain injuries and party on Jon Johnston.

This is probably not the thing to take from this column but I am really excited for Loveland. Gives me strong Jake Butt vibes. One season of weight gain and the kid is going to be a monster. 

I have a new one this year: actively rooting for Michigan players on your NFL team to not play well so you can label them a bust.

I just cant figure this one out no matter how hard i try. If KW3 was on my NFL team, I'd want him to break the rushing record every year. 

I could definitely get on board with adding Chase. I had Gary in the middle for girth reasons.

The fact that this is a difficult choice is a pretty good problem to have. 

The 4 man passing down package you could make from Harbaugh DEs would be incredible. Mine would be:

Uche

Hutch

Gary

Ojabo

You could go with at least 4 other names and still not be wrong. 

I can't find the highlight but if you watch the safety right after Corum puts his jock strap on the field, he starts clapping and nodding towards Corum. "Mike Hart but fast" is so good, he has opposing players acknowledging it during the game!

Calling my shot early: he gets his wheel route in man coverage this week against Penn St

Maybe more of an evil twin/dumbass twin situation 

I might be in the minority but I would rather have Colorado than Cal. Denver is a rather large metropolitan area, they have a similar academic profile as some of these other additions and they would help connect the conference from coast to coast. 

Plus, a late summer trip to the mountains for a game would be a huge plus. 

I got 20 bucks on Northwestern +13. If there is a game that's scream "last minute Wildcat field goal in a 12 to 10 victory" its a Week 0 game in Dublin against a Scott Frost Nebraksa team

If any of these regents or govenors spent half as much time working on the problems of the PAC12 as they did posturing over UCLA leaving, this would be a non-issue in the first place. 

And, like myself, are likely constantly praying that their partner doesn't figure it out.

So, what you are saying, is Closing Time is playing at the Big 12 bar and all of the pretty people are taken

Slightly off topic but I got NW at +13 versus Nebraska in Ireland to open the season.

If there is a game that screams 19-17 Northwestern on a last second field goal more than this, I'm not sure what it is. 

Me thinks this person should have spent a lot more time on the idea and the engineering and a lot less time on the pretty (but useless) video. 

I came here to say the same thing. The party on campus after The Shot versus Kansas was amazing. Easily best sports memory of my time in school. 

Sounds like a great trip. Good opportunity for the team to play together.

Maybe they can find a Class of '24 Giannis on a court on Greece. 

Great video.

If you could tear up someone's knee with that little grab, I would have my knees rebuilt after every wrestling match. 

Those look like good defensive back hurdling legs. Short yardage back?

I think the missed shots nearly killed a coach, but it wasn't one of ours.

The worst athlete in the NBA would roll through the YMCA like children trying to tackle Derek Henry. 

I would expect this guy to have more TOs than shot attempts let alone points. 

The only job that the "soon" timeline would make sense for is Vegas, who is playing for a playoff spot this weekend. If they make it, would they not want to leave the door open to hire the guy that pulled them through this terrible season? Also, Harbaugh taking a job days before the firing spree begins on Monday doesn't seem to give him the largest number of options. 

Also, could it be another Harbaugh? Jay has certainly showed his coaching chops in Ann Arbor. 

I believe Coach Harbaugh has stated Gore is near the top of the list of his favorite players. Just a relentless runner. Pretty akin to a certain tailback on this Michigan squad.