Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Wolverine Wednesday: Not a Great Sign

Michigan is shutting down workouts for 4 sports due to COVID: field hockey, volleyball, swimming & diving, and ice hockey.  This is not a great sign, but football is not on the list and will continue to crawl towards some type of opening game.   We just don't know against who or where yet.  

I'm hearing that the Big Ten is expected to announce the new schedule this week maybe as early as tomorrow.   Will it even matter? NCAA President, Mark Emmert is very concerned about Fall Sports and thinks starting later might make sense.   Problem is, like everything with this damn virus, nobody knows anything.  


  • Devin Funchess has opted out of the NFL Season.

  • Recruiting insiders are saying they are a bit skeptical of Andrel Anthony's visit to Ann Arbor last weekend.  Could be a play for more drama for his announcement and the perception of a win over the Wolverines on the recruiting trail.  Michigan has 3 higher ranked WR's already in the class. 

  • Joey Bosa signed a huge $135M contract with the Chargers yesterday.  This gives me another opportunity to remind you that Brady Hoke turned down Joey who was a 5 star at the time because Michigan had enough defensive lineman in that class.   Michigan has had painful loses on the recruiting trail, but this has to be one of the dumbest mistakes in recent memory.  

  • 2 Illinois football players have opted out of the Big Ten season.  

9 comments:

Goblu said...

Ok... the Bosa comment made me think of a question. Who set us back further - Rich Rod or Hoke?

Goose said...

My opinion R.R. set us back further simply due to the style of play and recruiting players to fit.
However if you really want the truth neither Hoke nor R.R. carries as much fault as Dave Brandon.

Goblu said...

Fair and probably accurate answer.

Tim said...

Good call Goose...I agree.

Unknown said...

RR was by far the worst thing to ever happen to Michigan football. Carr was still getting 5☆ recruits he was just not getting it done anymore. RR recruited a bunch of fast little guys and neglected to realize the B1G is full of fast BIG guys. His gimmick offense failed against better competition plain and simple. Hoke was at least snart enough to slowly transition away from the spread. Hoke had 1 good year of recruiting and that was about it. Left the QB room in shambles like RR did with the olime and D at all positions!

szanreno said...

I read somewhere that Angelique Chengelis at the Detroit News said at the time Rich Rod was hired that that hire would set Michigan football back 10 years.

Cormac said...

DickRod was Bill Martin's hire.

BlueManGroup said...

Bob - You've brought up Hoke turning down Bosa in a few posts now over the years and I have to say, I think it's a bit of an urban legend (no pun intended). I went back in the archives and I don't see anything that indicates that Hoke turned down Bosa. Instead, I see posts about Urban doing what Urban does - make it look like OSU-bound kids are interested in Michigan, so it makes the recruiting win that more sweet for Team Down South.

https://247sports.com/Board/30/Contents/FL-DE-Joey-Bosa-trolling-Michigan-hard-10042551/

Cmfgoblue said...

RR was not supported by anyone here in A2... none the less.. a defense nightmare.... complete moron.... Hoke, one look at that fucking man should have been all it should have taken to choose someone else.... the Head set thing... WTF? Nothing else to say there....Other than this .... Harbaugh should be added to this discussion... Hoke has a better record against Osu.... yes yes yes they were 6-6... he still won the game and had the balls to go for 2 in another game....Harbaugh.... All I think of is how much the Osu fans love him.... ..... I hope to the good lord the season is canceled so he doesn’t get to coach us.... who wants to really watch a year like this anyway? Honestly... we all know that his is another Osu title and Harbaugh getting blown out... another big ten title game blowout for the fuckeyes... against NW, or Wisc... fuck it .... just fuck the whole thing ... and fuck you Harbaugh and you too Joe Biden...