It's a bye week and I had sort of marked this in my mind as a week to just relax and enjoy college football and the nice fall weather, but then gestures wildly at screen happened and so here we are. There’s still a lot of unknowns and a fair bit of disinformation going on, so I reserve the right to be proven wrong with anything said here and acknowledge that in advance. I’m willing to take lumps on this but also feel like we’ve got the general contours and shape of the incident fleshed out. Worst: The Stupidity is the Stupidest Part
In text messages obtained by Sports Illustrated, Connor Stalions bragged about his relationships with Michigan coaches and said he wrote a 550-600 page “Michigan Manifesto.”
[UPDATE: Somehow I forgot Campanile. Also since I wrote this Sam reported Partridge and Foote declined to interview($). Sorry I wrote most of this before the Vikings thing.]
Hey, now that all that’s over we can go back to looking for a DC, and reportedly Jim Harbaugh is in the process of interviewing his guys now. Previously I went over some of the big swings Michigan might take to replace Mike Macdonald. Those were:
Larry Foote, LBs coach of Tampa Bay, close to getting an NFL DC job.
Jon Heacock, DC of Iowa State, former Bo grad assistant/Tressel’s heir at YSU.
Brad White, DC of Kentucky (former teammate of Gattis)
Seth Wallace, LBs/ADC of Iowa, groomed to be Phil Parker’s heir
A couple of popular “not happening” names: Jimmy Lake and Vic Fangio
With a slightly updated format, here’s the next rung of the ladder: Guys who would be likely to take the job, and already have strong connections to Harbaugh and the program. First off, here are a few Michigan-/Harbaugh-associate
Wednesday Recruiting Renames Colorado
Seth
April 14th, 2021 at 12:02 PM
I’m trying different formats for the recruiting posts. If you’re keeping track of all the names you can get much better recruiting coverage from the paid sites dedicated to it. If you’re just trying to get oriented, these posts are for you. I update the 2022 Recruiting Board under Useful Stuff every week or two.
Visits
Lorenz has a (free) rundown of who’s coming and when, with the penultimate weekend in June (which I assume is the BBQ) when they’re going for the most overlap bonuses. I’ve added a few that have been announced since.