Wolverine Wednesday: Lloyd Carr and QC Staff & SDSU Cashes a Big Check!

Here is a question for you to ponder:  Did Quality Control staff ever give coaching advice under Lloyd Carr's tenure as Michigan head coach?  Some Michigan fans have pointed the finger at Rich Rodriguez as being the only one that would do such a thing.   Well, here is an article from Daily Illini that has an interesting quote regarding the chances of Juice Williams making a roster spot on the Bears:

Before entering the NFL as a coach for the San Francisco 49ers and the Bears, Day coached in the Big Ten in 2006 when Williams was a freshman. Day was the quality control coach for the University of Michigan and also spent time working with the quarterbacks there.

The bold is mine.  Of course it's not a fact but interesting none the less.  We also know that is was common under the Carr staff for players to run the Big House stairs every morning during the summer if they got into some type of trouble.  So let's not put a 100% of the blame on RR and staff for all the NCAA violations.

The Big House is always been an attractive revenue for visiting teams because they know they can get a nice pay day and are pretty much guaranteed TV coverage with great exposure.  If they win look out!  App. State is still living off the hype from their win 3 years ago.  Well, Michigan announced that San Diego State was rounding out their 2011 home schedule and it seems Michigan is paying them big dollars to travel across country.   The Aztecs' will receive over 1 Million dollars to make the trip to Ann Arbor in the Fall of 2011.   This will for sure help San Diego State's athletic department budget and maybe even them pay former Wolverine and current Aztecs' head coach Brady Hoke's salary. 

• John Beilein is looking to Europe for some of their player needs in the 2011 class.  They had a 6'7 forward named Jonathan Gilling (sp?) in from Europe last week visiting Ann Arbor.  Speaking of Europe it seems John Beilein is trying to schedule a European tour for the Wolverines this summer.   "We’re working through some of the possibilities there right now," Beilein said from the Big Ten spring meetings. "We can get games, it’s where we can get them because the Italian leagues are just finishing, the German leagues are just finishing, the Belgian leagues are just finishing. It’s hard to get a coach to make a commitment for Aug. 23, so we’re working. That’s what we would like to do." 

• Former Detroit Lion Daunte Culpepper signs with the UFL and coach Dennis Green.

• Add one more hot dog on the BBQ this weekend.  It seems Brandon Jackson a LB from PA will be heading to the BBQ at the Big House.