- Northwestern's coach Pat Fitzgerald's seat just went from hot to burning today, as the Wildcats coach since 2006 got suspended for two weeks for hazing in his program. Northwestern has been terrible on the football field lately as the university plans to construct a new football stadium. Fitzgerald, who has been a candidate in the past at Michigan, might be looking for a new gig next season after this latest suspension and if his team doesn't approve on the field. Pat's suspension starts today and lasts two weeks. He will not miss any time at fall camp and the only thing he will miss is a paycheck in his bank account.
- July is the quiet before the storm of college football. Recruiting takes a break, so families on both sides of recruiting (coaches and high school prospects) can have a summer and get away from football for a few weeks. Current Michigan players will work out and hold players only practices to keep the steel sharp. It's quiet before the August camp at Schembechler Hall.
- Did you know DJ Wilson is on the Michigan Magic Summer League Team? They love those Wolverines in Orlando!
- Good Sh#t Jedd! Arizona gets its highest ranked recruit ever, as 5-star DE Ellijah Rushing commits to the Wildcats. Can you have a better last name for an Edge than Rushing? (if you don't know, Harbaugh said those words on his headset after Jedd called a successful goal line play while he was the OC at Michigan)
- Michigan's DT Kris Jenkins is projected to go in the first round an early ESPN mock draft. PFF stats had Kris (last season) with 54 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, 20 quarterback pressures and 31 run stops.
- Livers got his $1.8M club option picked up by the Pistons. Average NBA salary is over $12M, so that is a steal for the former Wolverine sharp shooter.
- Michigan got a CB for 2025 instate athlete Elijah Dotson from Detroit Jesuit. With only a few spots remaining in the 2024 class, is it time to start focusing on 2025 recruiting? Seems a bit early!
2 comments:
Cats better be careful what they wish for. It's not like Northwestern is this coveted gig! You start in a hole with recruiting because Northwestern DOESN'T lower the entrance requirements for student athletes. They have the same standards the rest of the student body has. Sounds like they are going to address another obstacle and that's HS quality facilities. In the end, there are programs that are always going to be 2nd tier in the B1G. Northwestern is one of them. It's not like there's going to be a long list of candidates lining up to take that job. I don't know what the hazing was about, if it put players in danger or was racially motivated then he deserves the max punishment! But if it was just boys being boys type of hazing, then let's face it, that has been part of football from the beginning.
Oh and not sure Livers salary is a steal. It's probably about what he's worth. He's shown little since coming to the Pistons. I was hoping the Pistons would draft him, and was stoked when they did. But I have to say, I've been pretty disappointed with what he's contributed on the court. On a roster that's pretty void of talent, he's hardly stood out!
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