FORMER PLAYERS
C Zach Carpenter (Indiana): Carpenter is Indiana's starting center.
RB Zach Charbonnet (UCLA): Charbonnet did not play in a 45-7 win over Alabama State.
S Sammy Faustin (UMass): Faustin did not record any stats in a 55-10 loss to Toledo.
OG Chuck Filiaga (Minnesota): Filiaga is a sixth year senior who starts at right guard for the Gophers.
CB Darion Green-Warren (Nevada): Green-Warren made 1 tackle and 1 pass breakup in a 55-41 loss to Incarnate Word.
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QB Ren Hefley (Northwest Mississippi Community College): Hefley completed 20/32 passes for 274 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions in a win over Hinds Community College.
K Cole Hussung (Louisville): The former walk-on kicker transferred to Louisville.
WR Giles Jackson (Washington): Jackson made 6 catches for 105 yards and 2 punt returns for 19 yards in a 52-6 win over Portland State.
CB George Johnson III (UMass): Johnson had 2 carries for -3 yards in a 55-10 loss to Toledo.
S Jaylen Kelly-Powell (Akron): Kelly-Powell made 5 tackles in a 52-0 loss to Michigan State.
DE Aaron Lewis (Rutgers): Lewis made 2 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in a 66-7 win over Wagner.
WR Oliver Martin (Nebraska): Martin made 2 catches for 36 yards in a 45-42 loss to Georgia Southern, the final game of Scott Frost's coaching career with the Cornhuskers.
QB Dylan McCaffrey (Northern Colorado): McCaffrey completed 3/8 passes for 35 yards and 1 interception, adding 2 carries for -7 yards, in a 33-10 loss to Wyoming.
QB Joe Milton (Tennessee): Milton did not play in a 34-27 win over Pitt.
LB William Mohan (Tennessee): Mohan was recently arrested and is currently suspended from the program.
S Jordan Morant (Mississippi State): Morant did not record any stats in a 39-17 win over Arizona.
DT Phillip Paea (Utah State): Paea made 1 interception and returned it for 16 yards in a 35-7 loss to Weber State.
S Hunter Reynolds (Utah State): Reynolds made 10 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 1 interception in a 35-7 loss to Weber State.
OG Nolan Rumler (Kent State): Rumler is a backup offensive guard for the Golden Flashes.
RB O'Maury Samuels (New Mexico State): Samuels has not played in NMSU's first three games.
CB Andre Seldon (New Mexico State): Seldon made 7 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass breakup in a 20-13 loss to UTEP.
CB Myles Sims (Georgia Tech): Sims made 1 tackle and 1 interception in a 35-17 win over Western Carolina.
LB Anthony Solomon (Arizona): Solomon made 1 tackle in a 39-17 loss to Mississippi State.
OT Jack Stewart (UConn): Stewart is a backup offensive lineman for UConn.
RB Christian Turner (Wake Forest): Turner had 11 carries for 44 yards and 1 catch for a 2-yard touchdown in a 45-25 win over Vanderbilt.
QB Dan Villari (Syracuse): Villari made 1 catch for 22 yards in a 48-14 win over UConn.
LB Cornell Wheeler (Kansas): Wheeler did not record any stats in a 55-42 win over West Virginia.
FORMER COMMITS
RB Tim Baldwin, Jr. (UMass): Baldwin had 9 carries for 51 yards in a 55-10 loss to Toledo.
CB Te'Cory Couch (Miami): Couch made 1 tackle in a 30-7 win over Southern Miss.
C Emil Ekiyor, Jr. (Alabama): Ekiyor is the starting right guard for Alabama.
RB Eric Gray (Oklahoma): Gray had 10 carries for 71 yards and 1 reception for 6 yards in a 33-3 win over Kent State.
OLB Stephen Herron, Jr. (Stanford): Herron made 5 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks in a 41-28 loss to USC.
C Jalil Irvin (Auburn): Irvin is a backup center as a fifth year senior for the Tigers.
LB Branden Jennings (UCF): Jennings made 2 tackles in a 20-14 loss to Louisville.
LB Chase Lasater (Eastern Kentucky): Lasater, who transferred from FAU, made 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss in a 7-overtime, 59-57 win over Bowling Green.
RB Amauri Pesek-Hickson (Northern Iowa): Pesek-Hickson did not play in a 29-27 loss to North Dakota.
S Otis Reese (Ole Miss): Reese made 5 tackles in a 59-3 win over Central Arkansas.
S Antwaine Richardson (Kent State): Richardson made 7 tackles in a 33-3 loss to Oklahoma.
TE Leonard Taylor (Cincinnati): Taylor made 2 catches for 20 yards and 1 touchdown in a 63-10 win over Kennesaw State.
WR Xavier Worthy (Texas): Worthy made 5 catches for 97 yards and 3 punt returns for 10 yards in a 20-19 loss to Alabama.
FORMER COACHES
Don Brown (Head Coach, UMass): UMass lost by a score of 55-10 to Toledo and dropped to 0-2.
Jedd Fisch (Head Coach, Arizona): Arizona lost 39-17 to Mississippi State and dropped to 1-1.
Brady Hoke (Head Coach, San Diego State): SDSU beat Idaho State by a score of 38-7 to move to 1-1.
Scot Loeffler (Head Coach, Bowling Green State): BGSU dropped to 0-2 after a 59-57 loss to Eastern Kentucky in seven overtimes.
Rich Rodriguez (Head Coach, Jacksonville State): Jacksonville State moved to 3-0 with a 34-3 win over Murray State.
Rodriguez is starting out well. I don't know if he's refound his groove, or if the competition so far had been weak. Time will tell.
ReplyDeleteTime will tell. I think Rodriguez is a great offensive coach, and he's probably able to coach circles around a lot of the guys at the lower (FCS) levels. So I expect him to have success.
DeleteIn my opinion, his issue has always been character (his own and that of his players) and a lack of commitment to defense. I think if you gave Rodriguez a talented group of players, he could make good things happen at the FBS level, too. He just had that WVU mentality and took too many undersized, undertalented, questionable character guys. When Roy Roundtree (not questioning his character) and Martavious Odoms (ditto) are the most utilized guys in your receiving corps, for example, you're not working with a whole lot.
I think Rodriguez could make a pretty good Big Ten offense out of McCarthy, Corum/Edwards, All/Schoonmaker, and Johnson/Wilson/Bell/Henning, etc.
Rodriguez' problem was defense. That's it, on his end at least - the support wasn't there around him but that's another topic. You can understand his thinking - Michigan has a good defense, I'll focus on my new offense - but it was a mistake. The defense needed more attention not less. He shifted later but it was too late.
DeleteI don't buy the character argument - Michigan had too many Grade A character guys that he recruited in his time and I don't think the off field issues spiked or anything like that.
I also don't buy the undersized argument - his offense used slot receivers way more than the old system so he needed to recruit those guys (and he already had bigger outside WRs in Stonum, Mathews, Hemingway). He recruited big receivers anyway but the focus on smaller guys was understandable. No Nico Collins or Devin Funchess types but guys like Bell and Wilson are the same types RR needed to add.
If you're getting beat up for time, this is a fun post, but is not at the top of my favorites list. If we get to vote.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, let me say, "You go Phillip Paea!!! Shoulda been a guard.
Worthy could not be covered by Alabama. I think Saban needs to fire his DB coach. That guy sucks!
DeleteI agree with this: if you find yourself with little time to attend to posts here, then this topic is one that can go to save you some time. Of course, if you *like* to do this, then by all means, have fun! :-)
DeleteAt this point what I appreciate the most are the game previews, and the game recaps.
These posts are like the Costco rotisserie chicken. I may not make a lot of money from these posts, but it's the kind of thing that makes people want to come back. I think people appreciate the wide breadth of knowledge I can share about former players/recruits, so if I'm going to keep up with these types of things myself, I might as well publish my research.
DeleteThat being said, sometimes these posts get whittled down by the end of the season once there are suspensions, guys entering the transfer portal, season-ending injuries, etc. It takes more time at the beginning of the year than by the end.
Again, I like these posts and do look for my favorite guys like Paea, but I'm not waiting for them.
DeleteI go to On3 for recruiting, as I like EJ Holland's little pieces and the fact that he's traveling to see games. As an aside, I thought it interesting that he came out with some criticism of Mike Hart's recruiting this past week. So, from my standpoint, you could back down from recruiting news and I might not even notice.
I like MGoBlog for the UFRs and Seth's analysis of stuff in general along with the Bball coverage.
I like Space Coyote for opponent analyses.
I like most everything about this site except the occasional random returns to hell you seemingly feel compelled to wallow through periodically ... failed recruiting classes analyzed etc.
But, I'm gonna roll through here early pretty much every morning regardless of what else I have going on. Hell, I roll through here daily even when you're going days without getting anything posted. Then of course, I gotta worry about scanning the obits looking for some former Michigan football player and Glee Club member who was a possibly likely QBs that changed positions and subsequently became a football coach and coordinator at some very likely southeastern Michigan high school.
UMHoops is good for bball coverage. Mgoblog doesn't know what they are talking about with the bball team (except for recruiting which the newer guy does well and with passion.) Bball is 3rd string there and I think it shows. Maybe they don't know football that well either but at least they invest time in detailed breakdowns and try to learn scheme and all that. Mgoblog does a lot of stuff very well but basketball is not one of them. I actually like their recruiting coverage because some of these other sites are just too into the weeds and play up drama to generate clicks.
DeleteMay be a lot of work, but as the consumer, I appreciate the one stop shop full of ex-wolverine updates
ReplyDeleteThis series is a keeper
Oh, I love this series. The thing is whether Thunder is so slammed for time that *something* has to give. So a question: if this is a keeper, and *something* has to go, what would your vote be?
DeleteI definitely appreciate the feedback. Personally, I think this is a better use of my time than continuing with recruiting posts during the season. The truth is that now that Michigan is offering ~350 recruits in every cycle, tracking them all is kind of a burden and we rarely latch on to any individual recruit the way we used to back in the early 2000s or even the early 2010s. When Michigan was offering 150 guys, every single offer was seemingly DO OR DIE.
DeleteNow it's like, "Oh, okay, Michigan offered a 52nd receiver this cycle? Yawn. Wake me up on signing day."
I like the series. I always learn something because it's tough to track so many players.
ReplyDeleteFWIW, I get much more out of the ex-players than the ex-commits. I follow the team closely and have a lot of interest in our transfers - particularly those who played for multiple years at Michigan and had big roles (e.g., Charbonnet, Milton, even Filiaga). But if you ask me something about Leonard Taylor or Tim Baldwin I would struggle to tell you anything about them. Being 'committed' to Michigan really doesn't mean much anymore now that decommitments and withdrawn offers are typical. I find the ex-coaches part much more interesting than that and we have a whole bunch of assistants out there (e.g., Gattis, Warriner, Nussmeir) that I have more interest and attachment in than guys we briefly recruited. Worthy is probably a special case because he actually enrolled but guys like Chase Lasater were never Wolverines.
Agreed about the ex-commits, to be honest. It used to seem like a bigger deal when Michigan lost a commit, but now those things happen all the time. It really waters down the seeming importance.
DeleteIt also helps that Michigan is being successful right now. Fans aren't so envious of a defensive end making a couple sacks or a lineman becoming a starter elsewhere because Michigan is winning 10 games a year, sending guys to the NFL, etc.
Winning cures everything, and all that.
I never followed recruiting too closely, even when offers were a bigger deal. That said, there's so many other places offering recruiting info, I'd think that would be the easiest to cut out
DeleteThen again, TTB traffic might get good traffic on recruiting posts, making it more worthwhile
Yeah it helps that we have Wilson and Zinter so we are not too jealous of Worthy and Ekiyor.
DeleteI still would have liked to have gotten that Georgia LB decommit, but I can't even think of his name at the moment so I guess that says something.
Xavier Worthy had a really cool 46 yard catch.
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