Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Michigan Tuesday: Walk Back and Walk On News

Josh Furman lost all of his Spring Practice and had to worry about a court date.  He was found not guilty and today is back on the football team.   We had heard he turned down a plea bargain because that would have meant he would have been dismissed from the team.  He saw the legal process out and it worked out in his favor.   Welcome back Josh! 

24/7 Sports is/was reporting Michigan had a new Walk-On QB in the 2012 class in Brian Cleary a 6'3, 205 pound pro style QB.  Brian played his HS ball at Detroit Jesuit.  He is ranked two stars by Rivals, Scouts and 24/7.  Brian doesn't currently list any offers but there was a rumor he had one from CMU. The reason I say "was reporting" above, is because the story on 24/7 was taken down or there is an error in the link.    We will see but it's nice to have a QB in between Bellomy and Morris. 

  • Ty Isaac is in no hurry to make a decision.  This is one of those situations that the longer it goes on, I believe it hurts the Wolverines overall chances.   It's the difference of being the leader out of the gate vs. the leader at the finish line.
BCS Final 4:  It seems we are going to have a Final 4 in College Football.  It's not perfect but it's better then it's been.   One of the hang ups seems to be where they play the games.   For example they could keep the bowl sites and rotate the Championship game.  Which will be very costly for the fans. 

The second idea is to have the games played on campus at the higher seeds location.  This would give one team a huge advantage.  

I have an idea: They should have some sites lined up in each region.   For example a site in the South and there are plenty (Tampa, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans and any of the Texas locations), Midwest (Ford Field, Indy, and Minneapolis)  and Out West (Any California location, Seattle, Las Vegas, etc).

The only conflict I could see is the NFL Schedule, but of course you could play the college game on Saturday and the NFL on Sunday.  With this plan, you would have neutral sites and at least one fan base that could drive to the location.   The higher seed gets the game in their region. 

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