- With Devin enrolled now, what do you do with Denard? Let's take this question in two parts. First Devin: It's really good news that Devin was able to work out graduation from Inkster High School early and enroll yesterday at Michigan. Having Spring Ball will give him 14 extra practices to learn the system and work on his mechanics. I can pretty much guarantee that the Michigan coaches don't want another Freshman starting for the Wolverines for the third year in a row. The best scenario would be for Devin to back up Tate and Denard in 2010 and learn. If there is an injury all bets are off and probably a redshirt as well.
- Denard? After watching Steve Breaston these past two weekends, I think about what he would have been in Rich Rod's offense. Steve had a nice career at Michigan but it could have been great if they found a way to get him the ball more often. Can Denard be a Steve Breaston type of player? Maybe there are some similarities, both were high school QB' and both have an extra gear. I would say Denard's might be a turbo though. It would be great for Denard to return kicks, get some time in the slot, run the Wild Wolverine, and even get some hand offs from Tate. The problem is, Michigan is still very thin experience wise at QB if Tate goes down. So maybe we see Denard more in the offense but I don't expect him to return kick offs anytime soon.
- Is Jake Ryan a good pickup? Off course it's too early to say. He seems to have the size and speed to play LB in college. What I see out of this class is a lot of outside linebackers and defensive ends. I don't see a lot of middle linebackers. In my opinion, it would be nice to have Jake in that role. Michigan last year had very athletic LB's, what they needed is a guy with great football knowledge. A middle LB needs to be able to read plays before they are run and fill the proper holes. Dhani Jones success in Cincinnati came after they moved him to the middle LB. Dhani said that he was getting bored at the outside position and that the middle position takes alot of knowledge and on the field thinking. As we all know, Dhani is a thinking man's linebacker. Let's hope Michigan finds a Dhani type LB soon.
- Be careful comparing Lane Kiffin to Rich Rodriguez: I have seen a number of articles on what's wrong with college football and mentioning the situations with Lane and Rich leaving their last jobs. I really see these as two different situations: Rich has had two jobs since November 2000. Lane has had two different jobs since November 2009. Rich has an overall head coaching record of 113-78, Lane is 12-21 including the time in the NFL.
- Is West Virgina mad at someone else now? I'm sure Rich Rod is still #1 on that list, but there is a new sheriff in town and he is starting to make some noise. As Brian from Mgoblog points out, Doc Holliday who left the WVU staff to become the head coach at Marshall, has been fishing recruits from WVU's pond. Doc has been able to pull 3 Florida recruits away from WVU to Marshall. Which is pretty big news, since West Virgina is in a BCS conference and Marshall isn't. To top it off, West Virgina's favorite son, Rich Rod has recently taken WVU former verbals Richard Ash and Davion Rodgers from the Mountaineers. Don't feel too bad for WVU they still have the 25th rated class on Rivals and 23rd on Scout. They also have $500,000 new reasons to feel good as well. Thanks to a Mgoblog reader, Morgantown way out searches Ann Arbor on Rich Rod topics on Google. So yea, he is still #1 on the list.
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