Michigan Tuesday: September Roddy?

Roddy Gayle Jr. is suing the NCAA like everyone else to be able to come back to Michigan Basketball for another year and play on this years team.  The team does have a scholarship open when LJ decided to recover from his ACL on South Beach.  

Best of luck to him getting the outcome that we want for his return.  Not sure how the new Big Ten rule about Pro contracts would work since Roddy played in the Summer League.    The LSU NFL players are in camp and preparing for a game against Clemson this weekend. 

I'm still worried about the McCoy injury update, whenever that comes out. 

Coach Whitt did his game week presser on Monday and came out with a few nuggets:

• He is still not planning on releasing a depth chart.  I thought that was a rule now.  

• He did mention on his radio show that Goodwin won the #3 WR spot, I expect we will see a ton of WR's this year.  

• Tommy Carr is the #2 QB right now 

• Andrew Babalola continues his health issues and will not be available on Saturday. 

• John Henry Daley is 100% recovered and a full go! 

• Nate Marshall hasn't gotten a ton of camp buzz, but Coach said he had a good camp and will be a big factor this season.   If you remember he was a borderline 5-star a year ago. 

Michigan Monday: Welcome to Game Week

This is what we wait for all off season, Michigan Game Week and it's finally here!  Let's go! 

In traditional fashion let's look at this week's opponent in the Too Early Look:

Western Michigan Broncos

Record: 0-0 

Non-Conference Games after Michigan: Monmouth, Rice, and, Boise State 

2025 Stats:

Pass: 138 yards per (131th in the country)

Rush: 204 Per (16th)

Points scored: 24.9 (96th)

Points given up: 17.4 (9th) 

It's not a mystery on what the Broncos want to do.  They like to run the ball and play really good defense. Both stats were in the top 20 of all college football last year.  They were 10-4 as MAC 2025 Champions with a win in the Bowl Game.  

They played 2 Big Ten Teams last season, lost to both MSU 23-6 and Illinois 38-0.   This is no cake walk for the Wolverines on Saturday night.  This is a good physical match-up before The Sooners come to town.

• This weekend was a difficult weekend for many former Wolverine Football players, who go cut by NFL teams.  The list I've seen includes the following: Junior Colson (Chargers), Rayshaun Benny (Ravens), Ronnie Bell (Saints), Ryan Hayes (Carolina), Myles Hinton (Eagles), Greg Crippen (Steelers), Andrew Stueber Falcons), Donovan Edwards (Dolphins), Hassan Haskins (Patriots), Mazi Smith (Jets), and Ambry Thomas (Eagles).   Let's hope each find a spot on the practice squad or decide to find a new way to make a living that is less stressful on their bodies.  Reportedly 40 Wolverines made rosters. 

• Z won the Giants kicking job. 

Michigan Friday: A Win but a Loss

Michigan Basketball got its first win in its last game in Europe.  Michigan beat The Serbian Club Mega SuperBet 84-81.  McKenney lead the team with 25 points, JP had 16, and EC finished with 15 points.  Michigan got to play a lot of players in this game including Harrison Hochberg, Malachi Brown, and Moeller got over 26 minutes at Center.  

The loss comes with a potential serious knee injury to superstar 5-star true Freshman Brandon McCoy. Who slipped and went down only seconds into the game and had to be carried off the floor.  I don't expect to hear the severity of the injury until the team gets back home and can do MRI's etc.  Either way it did not look good. 

Starting tomorrow Michigan Football will be a week away from playing a real football game in the Big House.  It's time to identify the starters, the 2 deep, and put the game plan in for Western Michigan. 

• Warde is back on Sam Webb radio this morning talking about leaving with his head held high and will always be a Michigan Fan.  He does not deserve a long goodbye.  Just go big man.

Enjoy Week 0 games on Saturday.  The best game of the day might be the night game between Memphis at UNLV at 10 PM EST.  NC State vs. Virginia is also an ACC conference game.  I don't have high expectations for UNC vs. TCU in Dublin.  

Michigan Thursday: OSU On-Field Tiny Homes

There has been a trend in the US for say the last 10-15 years, where people are building tiny homes to lessen their footprint and frankly not everyone needs at ton of square footage to live. Some innovative companies are turning large shipping containers into Tiny Homes.  I've even seen a company that donates these homes to former Military personnel that are struggling out of the service. What a great idea! 

There is also a trend where Big Time college football programs need to act like a Fortune 500 company and find new ways to grow revenue.  

Ohio State has decided to put on field suites at the back of the end zone.  Some critics have wondered if it's worth it to put the students further from the field and will the suites have good site lines when the ball is on the other side of the field?  For OSU, they are charging $144K per season and they all are sold out.  

I have one question for you, do they have bathrooms?  I doubt they do and haven't been able to run plumbing to these suites.  For nearly $150K a year, I need to have a private bathroom.  Right?

© Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch, USA TODAY Network via Reuters Co

Michigan has yet to add jersey patches or these type of suites but there are discussions about Big House expansion and jersey patches will happen when someone pays Michigan's large price tag (I suspect).