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and yet the kids keep lining up to play for him

I think it's more like they line up to put the helmet on.

As you know, that starts to fade over time.

Yep.  The winged helmet still speaks loudly.
As the "N is for Nowledge" helmet spoke loudly not all that long ago.

“For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.”

Michigan has 17 fumbles by 12 different players? 

I think it's more like they line up to put the helmet on.

As you know, that starts to fade over time.

it's a little bit of both.

Michigan has the stadium, facilities, and tradition that can get them in most doors. The school is also excellent which helps with the parents. It was a huge part of the reason why Michigan won over 5* Dax Hill in the 2019 class.

Michigan is still getting a little recruiting bump from Charles Woodson and Tom Brady, believe it or not. Woodson is still the only defensive player to ever win the Heisman and he's on TV- lots of young DB's idolize him to this day. And he certainly helped them land Jabrill Peppers- who was a big-time DB recruit in the 2014 class and who grew up wanting to be Charles Woodson. Brady is pretty much unanimosuly considered the GOAT NFL player/QB and everyone knows he went to Michigan. I suspect whatever small 'crootin' bump they get out of those two guys will really start to fade in the very near future. Whatever small bumps they get from those two greats are on fumes.

As far as Jim goes- he came in with tons of hype. And for good reason. He took Stanford from a 1-11 cellar dwellar to a 12-1 PAC power house. He goes to the NFL and performs CPR on a dead 49ers team and takes them to 3 straight NFC 'chip games and a Super Bowl. The hype helped him land some big fish- but his hot start in recruiting has started to slow down. And it's because his results aren't matching his hype. He keeps having disappointing seasons and not really competing for anything that 'crootin' is gonna fall off a cliff.

Some very quick thoughts on this:

The White Out game typically helps the PSU defense, and hurts the opponent's offense.  I don't think it will be as much of a factor this year, simply because Michigan's offense isn't very prolific.

Gattis is very familiar with the PSU offense.  It should help UM to stop the PSU offense.

PSU's offense has not been great against good defenses.

Should be a defensive game that will hinge on turnovers.

Some very quick thoughts on this:


Should be a defensive game that will hinge on turnovers.

Like the Hawkeye game last week

and the Hawkeye Michigan game a few weeks ago

the husker bus ran out of gas halfway to Minneapolis