The new phonebooks are here, and they are heavy. Unlike most years, when fall rosters are when we learn a guy or two has graduated and moved on, everybody expected to be on the roster was on it. I wouldn't say there's no news, however, because some of the reported masses are eye-opening indeed.
Transitioning to transforming transactions. Michigan's annual Grand Traverse weekend was an opportunity to test Harbaugh's new "We're transformational not transactional" motivational poster catch phrase for its approach to NIL. This atop their sluggish start to 2023 recruiting while those they mostly recruit against namely Notre Dame, Penn State, and Michigan State are cleaning up has created a sense there's a state of emergency in the recruiting department. Regarding the current class rankings, yeah man, Rutgers was Top 10 at this point last year. More concerning is (probably) missing out on two in-state 5-star quarterbacks, one a guy who's been working out with Devin Gardner for years, the other Lloyd Carr's grandson. That's probably not all about NIL, but it is true that Michigan's response to the new NIL realities has been, depending on whom you ask, somewhere between tepid and insanely naïve. The NCAA quickly abandoned the hill of
Transitioning to transforming transactions. Michigan's annual Grand Traverse weekend was an opportunity to test Harbaugh's new "We're transformational not transactional" motivational poster catch phrase for its approach to NIL. This atop their sluggish start to 2023 recruiting while those they mostly recruit against namely Notre Dame, Penn State, and Michigan State are cleaning up has created a sense there's a state of emergency in the recruiting department. Regarding the current class rankings, yeah man, Rutgers was Top 10 at this point last year. More concerning is (probably) missing out on two in-state 5-star quarterbacks, one a guy who's been working out with Devin Gardner for years, the other Lloyd Carr's grandson. That's probably not all about NIL, but it is true that Michigan's response to the new NIL realities has been, depending on whom you ask, somewhere between tepid and insanely naïve. The NCAA quickly abandoned the hill of