Day 2 Inmates Run the Big House: Expectations

Good News: Brandon Graham is #1 in ESPN's rankings of the past year's top 30 Big Ten players.

Bad News: Of the other 30 players, guess how many Wolverines there are? Answer: one. Donovan Warren checks in at #23.

Just think of all the experienced players who had some pretty darn good accolades coming out of HS that have just not lived up to expectations so far and represent the reason why Michigan players are few and far between on a list like that:

Steve Schilling
Jonas Mouton
Greg Mathews
Carlos Brown
Let's get down to brass tacks.

Mallett
Arrington
Manningham
Boren
Mitchell

Throw in Zirbel and while your at it Jason Forcier and Antonio Bass for good measure and you have four starters and two somewhat experienced backups with eligibility left from 2007 that never played again. Also of course, add Hart, Henne, and Long and while your at it add in Minor who was hurt more on than off throughout the the last two falls. Than to make sure the cupboard was real stacked add three QBs who had virtually no experience at all, two freshman and one walk-on.

As a result, UM was playing people who weren't ready, and starting people who by normal standards were career backups.

So tell me again what part of the tune "the cupboard was not full, when RR took over, that people don't get ?" I forget the exact amount of All-Americans that Bump left Bo and Bo left Mo and Mo left Carr and Carr left like two for RR (and one was a punter), but it went something like 24 from Bump to Bo, 20 from Bo to Mo, 15 from Mo to Lloyd and two from Carr to RR (and one was a punter). Than another number that sticks out to me is that from 2008 to 2011, Michigan will have the fewest number of athletes picked by the NFL, since before Bo took over at Michigan.

That is how I see it

---Rockie