2023 Michigan Season Thread

[MrNubbz]

I don't disagree with the sentiment, but just to clarify, the NCAA doesn't get any television money from football.

As well they shouldn't they are like the Albino Unicorn/Bigfoot,rumor persist that they exist but do they really?

[Temp430]

Looks like the cover-up (as usual) may be worst than the violation.


https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1611210678068547586

Potential Level 1 violation for failure to cooperate.

Coach Harbaugh is rumored to have taken two recruits who stopped by unplanned to the Brown Jug for a burger.  LOL.

[Mdot21]

I don't disagree with the sentiment, but just to clarify, the NCAA doesn't get any television money from football.  The conferences (and/or independent institutions like ND) negotiate all of those contracts directly with the broadcasting partners.

The NCAA does get a considerable amount of money from the NCAA basketball tournament-- like, about 90% of its annual budget. 

https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2013/10/10/the-ncaa-budget-where-the-money-goes.aspx

I hear ya. I’m just saying…follow the money. Money = power. 

ALL the money is in CFB and in the tv deals. And who are the king shits there? B1G and SEC. 

P5 cfb does not need the NCAA. At all. IMO it’s time to break away. Time to rearrange all the p5 conferences for good into super conferences and get down to a set amount of teams and form a new thing once the 12 team playoff starts.

131 teams or whatever it is in FBS is a joke. Should be like 64 teams in a four 16-team mega conferences and there should be payment to players but everything done above board and every team pays the players a set base salary by position. 

let’s do this thing. I can’t wait for the ncaa to die and then piss on its grave. 

[CatsbyAZ]

hardly sounds definitive...but Jeem made a statement on the official social media accounts of Michigan football...

Reading that right as it was posted yesterday, why on earth release an official statement that's that indecisive? "...no one knows what the future holds, I expect that I will be enthusiastically coaching Michigan in 2023." Jeem qualifies for himself some shameless outs and allows this saga to carry on.

At least he's honest; can't say that about a hundred other coaches.

[FearlessF]

Coach Harbaugh is rumored to have taken two recruits who stopped by unplanned to the Brown Jug for a burger.  LOL.

just own it
not gonna lose a ship for that

[ELA]

just own it
not gonna lose a ship for that

Yeah, that's the stupid part

[FearlessF]

not as stoopid as eating boogers on TV, but..........

[Mdot21]

WR Ronnie Bell declares for NFL draft. Not a shock to anyone, it was highly unlikely that he'd be coming back for a 6th year. I think he'll be a pretty solid #3 WR in the NFL, and probably a 4th-6th rd pick. Maybe. That's if he runs well at the combine.

Kinda sad state of affairs when that's your best WR. Michigan used to have absolute stud receivers in the '90s and early '00s like Desmond Howard, Derrick Alexander, Amani Toomer, David Terrell, Braylon Edwards, and Mario Manningham. You know, 1st-2nd rd DUDES. DPJ was suppose to be that, never got developed under Harbaugh and was part of an anemic passing attack.

Harbaugh has been lacking both elite QB and WRs since day one. JJ COULD get to that level, he's not there yet but super talented. Not sure wtf you have at WR next year. Andrel Anthony portaled out. Roman Wilson is pretty good but he's not much more than a really fast deep threat imo. Cornelius Johnson is just a guy- aside from that game of his life he played vs Ohio St. Amorion Walker or Darrius Clemons better be the real deal, cause man WR looking pretty meh in 2023.

[Mdot21]

CB DJ Turner declares for the NFL draft. Part of me wishes he'd come back because he's experienced and started a lot of games. But then I remember he's been at Michigan for what seems like 10 years and he has no ball skills whatsoever and he still sucks at tracking the football/turning his head to play the ball and when he does get his hands on the ball he drops it. Oh and he also is just a pretty bad tackler for a CB. Don't give me size, Jourdan Lewis was much smaller and twice the tackler. Honestly I don't think he even gets drafted. He's not good at playing football. He's 6 ft and fast, but that's about it. 

Here's to hoping Zeke Berry or Jyaire Hill get a crack at starting opposite Will Johnson next year. 

[Mdot21]

CFB reporter Brett McMurphy's way too early pre-season 2023 top 25...initial thoughts....Bama and Florida State are way too high.


https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1611740062802235392?s=20&t=-hXQEvXW7JNKo1B2OeIYEQ

[Mdot21]

been saying it since the Penn State game where he really flashed....Will Johnson is the best CB on Michigan's entire roster and he's an 18 year old true frosh. Kid reminds me of Marshon Lattimore or Stephon Gillmore but 6'3 not 6'1. He lead all Michigan CB's in interceptions with 3 and he only started maybe a third of the games. Will Johnson is also one of only three true freshman CBs to have 2 INTs in a game. The others? Leon Hall and Charles Woodson. And those guys were pretty damn good. Will Johnson = future high 1st rd pick.

Johnson more than held his own against beasts like Marvin Harrison Jr and Quentin Johnston- dudes that are 1st rd NFL WRs. Will Johnson vs TCU allowed only 1 catch for 4 yards. It was DJ Turner getting worked over, per usual. DJ Turner = 3*. Will Johnson = 5*, top 5 overall player (per Rivals). I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the rankings really prove themselves true at the CB position moreso than pretty much any other position. Johnson had the 8th highest coverage grade of every CB in CFB per PFF and the highest of any freshman, rs or true. Not to mention the kid is a great tackler and big hitter, which is rare for a corner.

True frosh CB Will Johnson and DT Mason Graham were both 1st team freshman All-Americans. Will was the best CB on Michigan's entire roster and Mason the 2nd best interior DL next to Mazi Smith. As true freshman. These dudes are both gonna be big-time in '23 and '24 and then off to the NFL.

I'm all for DJ Turner getting the hell out of here and Gemon Green too. Harbaugh is a stingy conservative fk that wants younger players to "earn" it and goes with inferior upperclassmen habitually. It's beyond frustrating. Will Johnson was their best CB since day one when he walked on campus and he should've started day one. Ditto JJ last year at QB. JJ would be sooooooo much better right now had he been starting last year and been given all the 1 reps in the off-season and season last year and this year.

My guess is that's why Andrel Anthony left. He knew he was better than the guys playing ahead of him and he was just like fk this, I'm out. Anthony has already been offered by basically every school and it won't surprise me if he winds up breaking out somewhere else.


https://twitter.com/DP_NFL/status/1600289687335489536?s=20&t=Of_dKmRUjNDkykxTuOn1CQ

https://twitter.com/JRodNFLDraft/status/1609300061443301376?s=20&t=Of_dKmRUjNDkykxTuOn1CQ

https://twitter.com/PFF_College/status/1599442153704415233?s=20&t=Of_dKmRUjNDkykxTuOn1CQ

[Mdot21]

current USC Trojan CB and 2022 5* CB Domani Jackson (6'1, 190) liking a lot of Michigan stuff on the twitters and instagram right now. He's a life-long Michigan fan and Michigan finished runner up in his recruitment a year ago. He's also very close with Michigan star CB Will Johnson. Rumors on the USC circles is Jackson may hit the transfer portal soon. Colorado, Alabama, and Michigan are the teams to look out for there.

If Michigan gets Domani Jackson, wow. Losing Gemon Green and DJ Turner to NFL/graduation will have been a great thing. Makes room for him to get on the field sooner.

[Mdot21]

Don't you dare spend $20 on that hamburger Jeem! But yeah, you can totally spend $280k in 48 hrs on a 5* QB's recruiting trip as long as it's in the allowed contact window! Man the NCAA sucks lol.


https://twitter.com/TJA4Michigan/status/1611540865205559297?s=20&t=-HUFafo2eSdNwxCnVsuqDw

NCAA moving to legalize one of the things it's accusing Michigan of doing....lol.


https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1611488238400868353?s=20&t=QnBvj-3xbkFka3hLLU9ctA

[FearlessF]

Don't you dare spend $20 on that hamburger Jeem! But yeah, you can totally spend $280k in 48 hrs on a 5* QB's recruiting trip as long as it's in the allowed contact window! Man the NCAA sucks lol.