Wolverine Wednesday: News and Notes

Sorry folks, life is getting in the way today. Here are some bullets:

• GR3 signs a guaranteed contact with the T-Wolves, this should mean he has made the team.

• Michigan and Texas signed a home and home with Texas in 2024 & 2027.

• Ty Isaac's waiver appeal has been denied and he will red shirt this year. I see this as a good thing!

Wolverine Wednesday: Redshirt Shane?

First lets get to some interesting news.   We all know that Devin is in a walking boot and crutches.  The injury is turf toe, which is very painful and takes weeks to recover from (recovering depends on the grade of the sprain, this is probably a grade 2).   I would say he is questionable for the Copper Bowl, Brady believes he is going to play.

The reports from the first bowl practice is that Shane Morris is taking first team snaps and Russell Bellomy is back and has been cleared to practice.   Devin is expected to sit out at least a week of practice.  Which leads me to next year and the possibility of giving Shane's redshirt year back.  

It's clear that Devin is back and even though he took hundreds of hits this year he has proven he is  durable and a very tough player.   If Michigan needs a QB to come in for a few snaps or even a few series Bellomy should be able to do that and hopefully being in the program for 3 years could do so effectively. 

Michigan will also have true freshman Wilton Speight who will enroll at Michigan in a few weeks.   Wilton is not a regular freshman as he was allowed to re-classify recruiting classes and is a year older then a regular freshman.   He also will have the entire winter to train and Spring Ball/Summer Workouts to learn the offense.

If not for Russell's ACL tear, I'm pretty confident the coaches who have redshirted Shane this year.  Redshirting Shane next year allows him another year of grooming to take over the starting role for the following 3 years.  Even if he has to start and play the entire Copper Bowl.

• Don't forget this is a big recruiting weekend for most of the committed guys.  Including Peppers who is still being recruited by everyone and current CAL commit Vic Enwere.  The #1 goal of the weekend is to get Jabrill to re-confirm to the Wolverines.

• Michigan will practice Thursday and Saturday and then probably everyday next week.

• James Ross practiced on Tuesday.

Michigan Tuesday: Clarifies Medical Redshirts

This is game week and after a week off it's hard to find news worthy stuff out of the Wolverines.  So I will do my best today on getting you the most interesting "stuff" out there.

Funny Quotes from the Michigan Press Conference Yesterday:

-A camera man asked a question to Coach Rod about facing JoPa head to head.  RR responded jokingly: “Joe and I aren’t going against each other, I might be able to take him, if it is just me and him."

-Stephen Schilling on Big Will Campbell playing on the Offensive line:  Sometimes he played the defensive line like an offensive lineman.  He was more interested in finishing blocks then making the tackle.

• The Daily Gopher profiles a "Michigan Man" Brady Hoke for their open head coaching position.  I didn't realize the job he has done at San Diego State.  He is currently 5-2 with a win over Air Force and played Missouri within 3 points and was leading in the 4th quarter. 

• Kelvin Grady was interviewed  for ESPN's GameDay on Monday for his twitter use.

 

• Denard is a semi-finalist for Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award.  There are 15 other semi-finalists as well.

• I know many of you have questions on what qualifies for a medical redshirt for Devin Gardner.  #1 he can't play more then 30% of the games in a season, with all participation being in the first half of the season.  His last snaps were in the Bowling Green game.  #2 He also has to have a documented injury.  Currently, he has a documented back injury.   At the end of the year, they have to file paperwork to the NCAA requesting a medical redshirt.  I fully expect Michigan to file for the medical redshirt also commonly known as a medical hardship at the end of the season.

• The other situation is that it seems Ricardo Miller played on special teams for the UMASS game this year.  Let's hope that stat is a mistake.  You lose your redshirt eligibility if you play one play. 

• Yes, Michigan is recruiting a place kicker.  They were looking at guys in California and Maryland last week.