- Vincent Smith is jogging after having ACL surgery 7 weeks ago and says he will be ready for Fall Camp. “Everything’s going good,” Smith said. “I’m getting the strength back and getting the balancing back and just walking good and jogging good on it, so everything looks good.”
- Cam Gordon is making a change from WR to Safety. “I just wanted to help the team,” Gordon said last week at a charity function for Michigan’s intramural sports programs. “That was my whole outlook on it. However possibly way I could help the team, that’s what I was doing, so if free safety was the position than that’s the position for me.”
- 50 Cent is shooting a new movie on Grand Valley's football field. Just think of the recruiting possibilities if he shot that at the Big House! :)
- New 2011 Wolverine Offers include: Cleveland Glenville QB Cardale Jones and Houston lineman, Kourtland Akins.
- Little Brother's Legal Troubles Continue: MSU's former player Roderick Jenrette now faces burglary charges in Florida.
- Austin White's Brother: Has been suspended from the Michigan State Football Team for taking a "leak" outside a nightclub. Austin is a running back commit/recruit for Michigan in the 2010 class, who also plans to enroll next month.
- Jim Harbaugh hires Pops! Jim Harbaugh hires his 70 year old dad to coach the running backs for the Sun Bowl. Jim had an opening on his staff after Willie Taggert left to become the head coach at Western Kentucky.
- Brian Kelly: Back when Brian Kelly was coaching GVSU and Central Michigan do you wonder if he ever thought he would be named the head coach at Notre Dame someday? I wonder if future ND schedules will have "The Chips" on it. Also Chuck Martin, current GVSU head coach (who is playing in the D2 Championship this weekend) is rumored to be heading to ND as one of the coordinators.
- BTW The UC Players were not so happy about he news of Brian leaving the night of their team banquet.
- Speaking of Central Michigan: Butch Jones will interview at Marshall and per ESPN will be considered at Cincinnati as well. (They do like CMU former coaches at UC). To keep with the family theme: Butch was on RR's staff at WVU before he got the Central job.
- Zoltan did not win the Ray Guy Award. The award comes from a group out of Augusta, GA and the Georgia punter won. Zoltan and Brandon Graham were both named to the second team All American team.
- The Detroit Free Press attended Rich Rodriguez press conference yesterday and had this headline on Monday: Tate Forcier to Start on Saturday, then today they run a headline that says: Denard Robinson Might Start on Saturday. Really? Which one is it? If Tate is 100% he will start, if he isn't Denard will. That sentence really didn't need two stories did it?
- Tate's brother Jason says Tate's shoulder is worse then you think: “His shoulder is more injured than I think the public realizes. It’s the same thing (Oklahoma quarterback) Sam Bradford did. Maybe not as severe, but an AC joint is an AC joint. Once you injure it, it’s hurt for the rest of the year.”
- Sounds like there are some "fake" Michigan Football Tickets out there. Be on the look out. If there is a picture of Beanie Wells on the ticket, the odds are good it's not a real Michigan - Delaware State ticket!
- The bag ban at Michigan Stadium continues. Leave your purse and fanny pack at home. If you own a fanny pack, please check your calendar and make sure it's not stuck on 1984.
- How about that Chad Henne last night? Did you watch the game? He played very, very well and even hooked up with Ted Ginn for a long touchdown pass.
- Hollywood Hills senior defensive end Clarence Murphy is planning a Ann Arbor/U of M visit for the Ohio State game.
- The Florida - LSU game took in a 6.8 TV rating on Saturday and the Michigan - Iowa game took only a 3.0.
- GVSU had it's first conference loss in five years. Yes, 5 years!
- Delaware State is 1-3 with a win over Hampton; losses to Florida AM, Delaware, and to Bethune-Cookman.
- Morgan Trent, gets a pick and then breaks his foot in Bengals Camp. On Sunday night, the Dayton Daily News reported he is out until training camp after suffering a foot injury Saturday. He had a screw inserted to repair a small bone fracture.
- Larry Foote was officially released by the Steelers. He will visit the Lions today. Look for him to sign with the Lions by the end of the week.
- Carson Butler is in a 4 TE race to make the Packers roster: "In the only practice open to reporters, Butler showed his 4.7-second speed in the 40-yard dash with a long reception down the middle of the field during a team drill. He caught passes well and comes with a lot of experience blocking in (Lloyd) Carr's run-oriented offense." I'm not sure where Carson got this rep as a good blocker. IMO, that is a exact opposite of his time in Ann Arbor. I'm not sure he ever blocked anyone as a Wolverine, except that nerd be beat up that got his suspended from the team.
- Terrance Taylor is the "largest" Colt on Defense at 319 pounds: "It makes me feel good," Taylor said. "It's always good to go to a place where they need you. You're not just there because they had another pick. They've got a lot of great veterans and leaders I can learn from."
- Curt Anes had a bad weekend. If you remember Curt led Grand Valley State's football team to a national championship back in 2002 and also set a number of passing records at the school. This weekend he was pulled over for drunk driving and the Police found cocaine in his wallet.
According to the ticket issued to Grady, he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.281. Under Michigan law, a driver with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 or higher is considered drunk. In a pre-trial conference with Grady, Sluiter said he did not offer to reduce the charge in part because of the high blood alcohol level alleged by police. "It's a substantial level," Sluiter said. "But I've seen higher."
- Grand Valley State Continues to get good players via transfer:
Grand Valley State football fans can get excited about the transfer of former Colorado recruit and record-setting running back P.T. Gates. Gates is joined on the latest list by former University of Michigan linebacker Quintin Patilla. Patilla, bothered by asthma problems at Michigan, might switch to defensive line and could exercise a redshirt option this year.
- Middletown, OH CB DJ Hunter chooses The Vols over Michigan, Ohio State, and MSU. Seems like a unique pick put ok. He must like the speed in the SEC.
- Michigan says Oklahoma athlete recruit David Gordon can run track, play water polo, use the Michigan Union, Eat at Zingerman's, and play golf at the U of M course. Michigan doesn't have a great chance at getting Gordon:
"I have a top four and Arkansas is number one right now," Gordon said. "I went there on a visit and it felt like home. After that it's LSU. Oklahoma and Michigan are fighting for number three".
Wow, fighting for #3 let's put this guy on the commit list right now!
