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Mdot21

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Re: 2026 Michigan Off-season Thread
« Reply #434 on: April 19, 2026, 11:15:37 AM »
Quote from: CatsbyAZ on April 09, 2026, 10:56:57 AM
With Whittingham moving on from Utah, really hoping for the Utah program to fall into a lifeless dip. Like 9-20 over the next 2.5 years after firing their coach midway through year three.

Whittingham cleaned house as he left Utah, and they aren't happy about it. He took the OC, OL, QB, WR, TE, and DE coaches with him, along with WR J.J. Buchanan, DE John Henry Daley, DT Jonah Lea'ea, and CB Smith Snowden.



https://twitter.com/ChrisVannini/status/2035028024878362750
don't forget prized 2026 5* WR/DB recruit Salesi Moa. 
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Re: 2026 Michigan Off-season Thread
« Reply #435 on: April 19, 2026, 11:23:31 AM »
Michigan spring game was yesterday. Pretty vanilla and boring overall. Bryce Underwood played for both teams in the 1st QTR in a no contact no tackling snooze fest. Bryce looked pretty MEH to be honest. OL had some issues in pass protection and Evan Link looked....very bad. 5* uber recruit from 2025 class Andrew Babalola needs to get back healthy and fast to seize that LT job. Evan Link is what he has always been- very mediocre.

Michigan's defensive front is going to be just fine. Lot of young talent really flashed. Should be a strength....again.

Couple of 5* true freshman flashed to me. RB Savion Hiter is a fucking unit- would not be surprised if he wrestles away lead back status from Jordan Marshall (who is damn good) before the year is over and WR Salesi Moa is going to be a dude- oozes athleticism and very fluid mover. Hey, who would've thunk that recruiting 5*'s out of high school is a good idea!

Tommy Carr the true frosh QB and grandson of Lloyd also surprised me. He just might wind up being a dude. QB2 for sure at this point. 
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Re: 2026 Michigan Off-season Thread
« Reply #436 on: April 19, 2026, 01:55:12 PM »
Weasels did OK in the Portal,Butler looks like a decent position guy not sure about his speed. That QB Nicholis had a great Fr season with over 3,000 yds threw for over 2,000 yds as a Soph. Got benched last year but potential is there. That DE Daley had 12.5 sacks and 18.5 TFL last season at Utah. French has potential but hasn't broke out yet. TE Buchanon is entering his 2nd year and looks to be a very good pick up. Him,Daley and Nicholis just might be difference makers, the rest mostly rotational guys but who knows with a change of scenery. 
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Re: 2026 Michigan Off-season Thread
« Reply #437 on: June 02, 2026, 03:00:20 PM »
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Re: 2026 Michigan Off-season Thread
« Reply #438 on: June 03, 2026, 04:37:37 PM »
pretty dumb thing to double down on based off seeing Underwood for probably less than 1 hour of 1 practice. just my opinion of course. 

Bryce is still 18, won't turn 19 til the season starts. he's also learning a new offensive system and trying to build chemistry with all new WR crew- mostly from the portal. only guys he got back from last year that played at all were Marsh and Goodwin. 

Weddle also has a son who plays QB in HS but is being recruited to play every position but QB. Weddle also happens to be the kids coach. seems to me like he's just shitting on Underwood to try and hype up his own kid who he wants to play QB- but who no schools in US want to play QB. 

Bryce is the most gifted QB prospect we've seen since Trevor Lawerence imo. he'll be just fine. how about we give the 18 year old some time to grow and develop before we all write him off for good? just an idea here.
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Re: 2026 Michigan Off-season Thread
« Reply #439 on: June 03, 2026, 06:05:21 PM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on June 03, 2026, 04:37:37 PM
pretty dumb thing to double down on based off seeing Underwood for probably less than 1 hour of 1 practice. just my opinion of course.

Bryce is still 18, won't turn 19 til the season starts. he's also learning a new offensive system and trying to build chemistry with all new WR crew- mostly from the portal. only guys he got back from last year that played at all were Marsh and Goodwin.

Weddle also has a son who plays QB in HS but is being recruited to play every position but QB. Weddle also happens to be the kids coach. seems to me like he's just shitting on Underwood to try and hype up his own kid who he wants to play QB- but who no schools in US want to play QB.

Bryce is the most gifted QB prospect we've seen since Trevor Lawerence imo. he'll be just fine. how about we give the 18 year old some time to grow and develop before we all write him off for good? just an idea here.
Agree that it is WAAAY too early.  With Whittingham and his staff- I expect a huge leap for the kid and the offense. 
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Re: 2026 Michigan Off-season Thread
« Reply #440 on: Today at 07:59:20 AM »
Quote from: Honestbuckeye on June 03, 2026, 06:05:21 PM
Agree that it is WAAAY too early.  With Whittingham and his staff- I expect a huge leap for the kid and the offense.
yeah, it's insane really. the kid realistically should not have been playing last year at all. he was a 17 year old true freshman when the season kicked off and on a team that was very young, dealt with a lot of injuries, had little WR talent outside of true frosh Marsh, and oh yeah also had a total clown for a head coach that was more concerned with chasing tail than coaching. what true freshman QB's in the history of the sport have actually excelled? you can probably count them on one hand.

look at how stupid all the people who wrote Dante Moore off look after that shaky true freshman year at UCLA. Dante transferred, sat out an entire year to just develop- and last year he was fantastic and is probably going to be the #1 overall pick in the next draft.

it's just WAY too f'ing early to be stating anything definitive on Underwood at all. I tell you one thing- I like Bryce's chances of actually developing A LOT better under Kyle Whittingham and Jason Beck than I did under freaking Sharon-Moore-Dick and that staff.
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Re: 2026 Michigan Off-season Thread
« Reply #441 on: Today at 08:09:56 AM »
Well there is no doubt that Moore was indeed less removing that empty headset of a hack was addition by subtraction. KW was a very solid pick up that hopefully takes a header but don't think that it will happen. That kind of came out of nowhere at the time and might have saved Warde's woefull performance. I still think he knows where the bodies are at
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KW should at least get Underwood focused and fundamentalized
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