2023 Michigan Season Thread

[FearlessF]

good stuff???

[Mdot21]

good stuff???

great stuff. the originator of the Detroit style pizza. 

well, not all the locations are great...used to be just a handful of Buddy's back in the day, now there maybe 25 of them? some big private equity fund started investing in them and expanding their operations and opening more locations in Detroit area and supposedly going to take it national- quality has gone down a bit....but still pretty good. MUCH better than the trash pizza they were serving at the stadium.

OG store on 6 mile still the best location imo. 

[utee94]

A couple of dudes from Detroit opened up a Detroit-style pizza place in Austin called Via313.  It's delicious and they've been very successful, they now have multiple locations. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

great stuff. the originator of the Detroit style pizza.

well, not all the locations are great...used to be just a handful of Buddy's back in the day, now there maybe 25 of them? some big private equity fund started investing in them and expanding their operations and opening more locations in Detroit area and supposedly going to take it national- quality has gone down a bit....but still pretty good. MUCH better than the trash pizza they were serving at the stadium.

OG store on 6 mile still the best location imo.

I feel the same about Pizzeria Uno, the originator of deep dish. Back in the 90s I think, they sold out and franchised. If you've eaten Pizzeria Uno anywhere EXCEPT the original location on Ohio & Wabash (or at Pizzeria Due a block away), you're eating a completely different thing. It is absolutely not the same. 

And it seems like every time I go back and eat the original, going back over almost a 30 year period, every single time I go it tastes worse than the last time. It's definitely gone downhill. 

What's strange about that is that Lou Malnati's, started by cooks that were originally working at Pizzeria Uno, has locations all over Chicagoland and they're *all* delicious and represent the original product. Now to the point where I'd rather eat Malnati's than even the original Uno location. 

It's been sad to see the downfall of Pizzeria Uno... 

[Mdot21]

A couple of dudes from Detroit opened up a Detroit-style pizza place in Austin called Via313.  It's delicious and they've been very successful, they now have multiple locations.

been there! it's very good. and yeah they are basically Buddy's rip off and went out to Austin and built a small pizza empire.

Buddy's started in the 1930s or 40's I want to say, and it was a bunch of Sicilian/Italian immigrants who started making square pizzas in a steel auto pan and the thing just took off and took over the Detroit food scene.

There is a national pizza chain from Detroit called Jets who are basically like the fast food pizza version of Buddy's and the brothers who started it used to work at Buddy's. They probably have around 500 locations now in not all 50 states but most states- and as far as fast food delivery pizza goes, it's pretty damn good. Probably about as good as you're gonna get for that genre.

[Mdot21]

I feel the same about Pizzeria Uno, the originator of deep dish. Back in the 90s I think, they sold out and franchised. If you've eaten Pizzeria Uno anywhere EXCEPT the original location on Ohio & Wabash (or at Pizzeria Due a block away), you're eating a completely different thing. It is absolutely not the same.

And it seems like every time I go back and eat the original, going back over almost a 30 year period, every single time I go it tastes worse than the last time. It's definitely gone downhill.

What's strange about that is that Lou Malnati's, started by cooks that were originally working at Pizzeria Uno, has locations all over Chicagoland and they're *all* delicious and represent the original product. Now to the point where I'd rather eat Malnati's than even the original Uno location.

It's been sad to see the downfall of Pizzeria Uno...

tale as old as time, no? the finance/cpa nerds and MBA dorks on wall street get their claws on a great product and think "hey we're geniuses...got a genius idea guys....let's expand the brand and open new locations in new markets and charge franchisee fees and sales royalty fees all while we cheapen and dilute the product (which made the brand great in the first place) by getting better economies of scale by buying the cheapest possible ingredients from the biggest possible suppliers/distributors who give us the lowest bids and then we'll also raise all the prices for all the food so we can make even more money....we're fkn geniuses guys!"

[utee94]

Yup, I'd say Jet's is about 80-85% as good as Via313, which means it's pretty darn good, and it's cheaper and a lot easier for me to get to.  It's definitely among the best of the fast food options around.

[Mdot21]

two best players on Michigan's team going in 2023 imo. both Detroit kids, both 247composite 5*'s. one coming off his true frosh season the other coming off his true soph season in which he missed a chunk of games bc injuries, wasn't the starter, was never 100% and still ran for nearly 1,000 yards and averaged 7.5 yards per carry. 

Both these guys are fricken' DUDES and both gonna be 1st rd picks imo. Will Johnson is literally the prototype at CB- what every NFL team is looking for and Edwards is so explosive and versatile.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5bPpqekiRQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkh2Oxp-kfk

[Cincydawg]

[Mdot21]

Don't know about 20 but they'll have quite a few....

Offense: 
QB JJ McCarthy
RB Blake Corum
RB Donovan Edwards
RG Zak Zinter 
LG Trevor Keegan
LT LaDarius Henderson

For sure will all get drafted. 

Drake Nugent, Myles Hinton, Karsen Barnhart, and Trente Jones may all have a shot at OL. Roman Wilson and Cornelius Johnson both have a shot at late round depending on how they perform this year. Wilson will put up insane #'s at the combine in the 40 and shuttle. Don't see anyone else draft eligible that would have a shot at getting drafted. MAYBE AJ Barner at TE- but I doubt it bc don't think he'll put up the #'s. Colston Loveland will be the featured TE. 

Defense: 
DT Kris Jenkins
LB Junior Colson
FS Rod Moore 
Nickel Mike Sainistril 

For sure will all get drafted. 

Then you have a few edge guys that could if they have big seasons and test well in Jaylen Harrell, Braiden McGregor, and the transfer portal kid Josaiah Stewart. McGregor looks the part- very prototypical frame/body- was a former 5* 'croot before injury cost him his sr season of HS and he fell back and finished in the top 100ish range. Stewart is undersized but man is he quick and he can rush the passer- very similar in that respect to former Michigan EDGE Josh Uche- who went 2nd rd. Makari Paige at safety might have a shot- 6'3+ safety that can move in space. Mike Barrett at LB'er more of a UDFA guy. 

Jeem just hyping his guys. No problem with that. Long as they deliver and win the B1G and make the playoff that is. 

They ain't getting to 20. But they'll have double digits drafted.

[Cincydawg]

I imagine so, but I find his claim to be poorly timed.

[Mdot21]

I imagine so, but I find his claim to be poorly timed.

yeah it's really poorly timed. no need to be talking about the draft at all til the season is actually over. hasn't even started.

Jeem gonna Jeem.

[FearlessF]

most everything that comes outa jims mouth is poorly timed

[Temp430]

Looks like Coach Harbaugh will be coaching all of Michigan's games this year.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38180842/source-ncaa-deal-michigan-jim-harbaugh-rejected


Not a cheeseburger and yes, the NCAA still has a hard on for Harbaugh.

https://sports.yahoo.com/not-a-cheeseburger-comment-suggests-the-ncaa-is-hellbent-on-hitting-jim-harbaugh-hard-015020596.html?