In a few hours, Michigan fortified its depth at wide receiver with the additions of C.J. Charleston and the return of Amorion Walker.
Updated analysis on a room that can take a deep breath after a shorthanded spring ball:
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi isn't impressed with the Big Ten, saying the Panthers would have won the Peach Bowl if Kenny Pickett had played:
“If that’s one of the best Big Ten teams, let’s go to the Big Ten and win it every year."
More HERE:
Jim Harbaugh on PSU taking issue with Michigan’s tunnel:
“I’ve got bigger fish to fry than Coach Franklin’s opinion on our tunnel a week ago… Such a sophomoric ploy to keep us out of our own locker room. Looked like he was the ring leader of all of it.”
Michigan lost for ALL OF THE BELOW reasons:
- TCU played better
- Michigan shot itself in the foot
- Costly officiating in some big moments
All can be true. All are true. All equal the same result: a squandered opportunity
The Detroit Lions walked out of the first two nights of the draft with:
– PFF's top-graded college EDGE defender (Hutchinson)
– Arguably the best playmaking WR in the draft when healthy.
– PFF's 4th-ranked run stopping EDGE (Pascal)
– PFF's No. 1-ranked college safety (Joseph)
The Matthew Stafford trade is now complete.
Rams got: Matthew Stafford
Lions got: Jared Goff, Ifeatu Melifonwu, Jameson Williams, Josh Paschal, Jahmyr Gibbs, Sam LaPorta
Erick All was with the team and on the field at Ohio State. He was not with them in Indianapolis this weekend.
Whatever happens next, he made a season-saving play last year. Had a major back surgery this year right after becoming a dad. The shade is weird.
U-M is 22-2 in its last 24 games under Jim Harbaugh and has beaten the brakes off every team it's played this year by the time the clocks hit zero.
And we sit here and pick these games apart because there's more to unlock.
Remarkable turnaround. Don't take it for granted.
Blake Corum says that Jim Harbaugh's decision on his future is one that he has to make, but isn't worried about it. Wants to get his degree and leave a legacy at Michigan.
Michael Barrett’s introduction to Michigan was the 2018-19 losses to OSU, followed by the COVID season.
Three years later, and six years at Michigan overall, he’s got a natty.
OSU HC Ryan Day, via WBNS-10TV:
"We've learned a lot about what's gone on the last two years...I don't think it does any good to comment on it right now. There'll be a time and place for that. What matters is this game and getting our guys prepared to go win it."
Jim Harbaugh on how Sherrone Moore coached the win over Ohio State: “Not a thing I would’ve changed. The way he called that game and the decisions he made in that kind of environment and that kind of pressure… Huge shoutout to Sherrone.”
Jim Harbaugh had his pay cut in half. He's in the process of earning it a lot of it back. Instead says, "whatever I make, give it back to the people who lost money here during the pandemic."
As if you needed any more reason to think he'd ever go anywhere else.
Jesse Minter says that when he interviewed at Michigan, he was asked “What are you going to do to beat Ohio State and Michigan State?”
Says once you beat them, you’re already thinking about how to do it again next year. Credits the players for buying in.
Detroit’s long nightmare is nearing its final stages:
— Pistons have a franchise player and a shot at another top 3 pick
— The Red Wings have the best GM in hockey and there are young pieces in place
— The Tigers are out of purgatory and ready to pounce
— Lions…um…uh…hmm
Harbaugh on negative headlines this off-season: “compare us to perfect, and we are going to come up short. Compare us to any other program, about as close as you can get to perfect.”
Banner day for U-M Athletics:
– Nick Suriano wins the 125-pound NCAA title in wrestling, second place as team
– Women's hoops moves on to Round of 32
– Women's gymnastics wins a Big Ten Title
– Men's hoops onto its 5th-straight Sweet 16
– Hockey wins the Big Ten Tournament
Hunter Dickinson was asked about NIL opportunities earlier and said it definitely helps.
"I don't have to go to Chipotle and wonder if I can get double chicken anymore."
Harbaugh says Michigan will go to Pictured Rocks, Taquamenon Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Sleeping Bear Dunes Traverse City and Detroit among other stops on its trip in July.
NFL Network's
@PSchrags
on J.J. McCarthy:
"He went out there, competed, and threw the ball very, very well. I got a text from an NFL evaluator, very respected one saying, 'Of all these guys, McCarthy translates to the NFL the most.' He had an outstanding day out here."
Mazi Smith admits that Michigan was not high on his list before Ben Herbert arrived to lead the strength and conditioning program. Said that hire turned things around and led him to Ann Arbor.
Braiden McGregor says Michigan representing the Big Ten in the CFP title game is ‘bittersweet’ despite what people have anonymously said about the program.
‘Shoutout to a couple of coaches who after we played them said, ‘They were actually that good.’
Jim Harbaugh on his team's prep early in Ohio State week:
“I see it in their eyes. I hear it in their voices. We’re all feeding off of each other like that. I look at them, it feels like I’m looking in the mirror. I’m seeing the same confidence in them that I feel inside of me.”
JJ McCarthy here today. Didn’t notice a limp walking into the presser.
“Doing really good. Last week was rough, but treatment has been great and ready to go.”
Michigan DB and captain Mike Sainristil asked about his memories from 2021 MSU game in East Lansing: “Coach Harbaugh always says, ‘a faithful man forgives. A smart man forgets. The Harbaughs remember.’”
Michigan went from having a school president that thought athletics could pound sand to one that appears to have saved a top-10 coach in the entire sport from walking out the door.
And I bet work is being done to ensure this dance never has to happen again.
Think about this: The biggest win Ohio State has in the last three years is a mass exodus of its national title-winning rivals heading to the NFL. Historically down bad.
JUST IN: Michigan has signed head coach Juwan Howard to a five-year extension that runs through the 2025-26 season. Terms not readily available at the moment.
The final TD of
@Lions
Head Coach Dan Campbell's
#NFL
career came against Chicago on Christmas Eve 15 years ago (Dec. 24, 2006).
Thanks to
@gmfb
for the find!
#OnePride