He’s not just a five star QB, he’s the best prospect in the class. Go look up any #1 player in any class, the success rate is astronomical. See Ohio state freshman Jeremiah Smith.
Doesn’t sound like it. Seems like this is actually just ramping up. Check out all the projected flips that came in last night after underwood committed.
There's a reason the #1 player in most classes has success - they're normally going to a well-established program with elite coaching and elite talent elsewhere. You don't see a lot of #1 overall recruits going to the Iowas and NC States of the world. Past history means nothing here.
Prior to this -- Michigan's idea of NIL was the 'one more year fund' where fans could donate and all the money was split between all the seniors who stay.
I'm not really concerned about Michigan with the OL. That is the one area on the field we always have a ton of talent.
I feel like this is common with basically every big program now, though. I don't think it has to be an endless supply if you're using large sums to bring in guys who can lead the team to success. I suppose that's the coaches' job now, though.
I wouldn’t call Michigan “unestablished”. Put it this way, if Michigan had even an average QB on the roster this year, we’re probably talking about an 8 win Michigan team and not a 5/6 win Michigan team.
Personally - I think it is a recipe for disaster, as it will lead to issues in the locker room. As I said -- I like we were able to get Underwood, but I don't agree with giving out that type of money to someone who has never played a down of CFB.
I think that’s the world we live in now. Unless the ncaa implements some sort of salary cap to this, it’s going to get wild. I think the days of developing a team over 3-4 seasons is gone.
It their current iteration, I'd absolutely say they're unestablished. Stallions or not, everyone responsible for the success in 21-23 is gone. Moore was a great OL coach, a decent OC, and honestly a bit of a wreck at HC. The odds of Underwood being ready to play next year behind yet another green OL is very small, so he desperately needs to get a QB in the portal quick or things will be even worse next year.
Strongly agree here. That mentality has cost OSU some recruits recently (Mathis in this class, Justin Scott last year come to mind), but I'm fine with that. Spend most of the NIL on already established players unless you have a truly can't miss prospect (JJ Smith, for example).
That is Michigan's problem -- we can't do that for already established players from the portal, that is why the ovewhelming majority of guys you see us sign from the portal are graduates already.
I feel like the majority of college kids after year 1 or 2 has likely taken nearly all core classes and not major classes though, so that shouldn't be a major issue. Like you said, you guys were late to the NIL party so we'll see how things are looking forward now that you seem to be catching up. I think the much, much larger problem is your coaching staff though.
I haven't read the entire string, but do you think the majority of the top football recruits are caring about if their CHEM 101 and 201 credits transfer?
I think the transfer problem was typically more relating to the "old" system. I'm not sure that impacts us in the new world order. but our admissions standards still hurt us with getting some actual recruits; I'm going to be pissed about Xavier Worthy for a while.
Maybe I'm being naive but I think it's hard to imagine it being worse than this year. We're starting a walk-on at QB after cycling through a 7th year multi transfer product who quit football, and a TE cosplaying as QB. Michigan's RB room is relatively stacked well, we have a lot of young talent still to play at offensive line (we had 5 offensive lineman in the 2024 class, including our highest rated recruit) and defense has recruited well.
I've seen a few Music City bowl predictions for us.
Yeah I have heard about the standards hurting HS recruits, but transfers to me are more like mercenaries. Typically spending one year to get more exposure before they are off the NFL. I know there are more "depth transfers" as well, but those kids aren't the big names everyone is trying to get.
