Michigan Friday: Spring Game Visitors and Thoughts

In recent memory, I have a few Spring Games that really stood out in my mind.  Going back a few years was RR's first spring game at Saline HS when everyone was excited about the new offense we were going to see at Michigan. 

Next, was when Tate Forcier arrived in town and lite up the Big House during the Spring Game.  We had found a new QB!.  Of course, neither of those games ended up being a long term solution for our historic football program.

Now, it's Jimmy's turn and Michigan fans finally have got what they wanted, one of the best coaches in the country and a true blue Michigan Man.   Saturday is somewhat historic in nature and hopefully will be fun to watch.    It's also a real game, so I hope we don't have to watch an hour of field goal kicking or punting to get to 10 or so plays in.   It's a real game with separate teams. 

The rosters are set but there are a few guys missing:

#	Player	Pos.	Ht/Wt	Elig
8	Joe Hewlett	QB	6-0/192	RS Fr.
9	Mike McCray	LB	6-4/242	RS So.
15	James Ross III	LB	6-1/232	Sr.
20	Drake Johnson	RB	6-0/207	RS Jr.
33	Taco Charlton	DE	6-6/273	Jr.
39	Sione Houma	FB	6-0/243	RS Jr.
53	Mario Ojemudia	DE	6-3/252	Sr.
56	Ondre Pipkins	DT	6-3/317	Sr.
59	Noah Furbush	LB	6-4/217	RS Fr.
64	Michael Wroblewski	LB	6-2/241	RS So.
73	Chris Fox	OL	6-6/303	RS Fr.
79	Leon Johnson	DL	5-10/258	RS So.
80	Khalid Hill	TE	6-2/252	RS So.
99	Matthew Godin	DT	6-6/287	RS Jr.

Are these guys banged up?  A few we know are out due to injury like Johnson and Hill, but what about the other guys?  I guess we will keep an eye on the sidelines to see what their status is.

There is also a lot of talk about a domino effect this weekend for instate recruiting.   Those weekends are hard to predict but a few services are starting to hint that something to that effect might be possible.   I'm not ready to discuss 2017 guys yet, so lets keep to the 2016 players expected at the Spring Game:

In-State

• WR Desmond Fitzpatrick
• LB/FB David Reese
• OG/DT Michael Onwenu
• OT Michael Jordan
• WR Donnie Corley
• RB Matt Falcon
• DE Khalid Kareem

Out of state

• AL RB Kingston Davis
• MD OG Terrance Davis
• TX S Chris Brown
• TX OT Austin Anderson and TX OT Riley Anderson (twins!)
• TX ILB Dontavious Jackson
• IN QB Brandon Peters
• Lakewood (OH) St. Edward CB Tony Butler was in town on Thursday (not expected to stay the weekend)

The highlighted guys are the ones I would put on commit watch for this weekend. 

Side Note: Steve Schilling who was expected to re-sign with the Seahawks has decided to retire from football.   Enjoy the next chapter of your life Steve!!

Enjoy the weekend!!!!