Michigan Friday: Grabs Another DE!

Michigan had 2 important visitors last weekend and one of the two commitmented on Thursday.   Ifeanyi Emedobi is a 6'1 210 pound 4-star Edge from Ft. Wayne, IN.  Emedobi is brand new to football and has only played for one year.  Being a 4-star after one year of ball must mean your a great athlete but need some development.  That is 100% the case here.  

Reports are he is very green but has a huge upside.  Emedobi will need to work on his strength and skill in the next few years before he ever sees the field in Ann Arbor.   With the coaching available for high schools students in the private sector and the staff at Michigan, I'm sure both are up for the challenge.  Yes, he is heading for a red shirt and Yes, he could be the next great Michigan DE. 

He picked Michigan from over 24 offers and including his final list of PSU, Minnesota, and Illinois. 

Welcome big man! 

Enjoy Fathers Day Weekend and the US Open! 

Wolverine Wednesday: Good News for LJ

LJ Cason decided to wait to have his ACL surgery so he could celebrate a National Title run with his boys.  Hard to question that decision with the outcome, but I will. Months of recovery are like gold when it comes to an ACL rehabilitation.  I 100% understand his decision but I wish he had gotten the surgery right away because of this news:

LJ is already working on shooting and ball handling after his surgery just a few short months ago.  That is incredible news and very happy for him.  His goal is to clearly make it back for part of next season.  I hope he does it! 

• More good news on this Wednesday:  Former Michigan WR Tarik Black who spent the last few months playing in the UFL signed with the Lions.  Black caught 40 passes for 507 yards and 2 TD's for Louisville in the UFL. 

• Ready to feel really old: Michigan has offered Mario Manningham's and Marcus Ray's sons.

• In the not so good news category: 5-star WR Dakota Guerrant picked Oregon over the Wolverines and others last night.   There is always a chance with NIL $$$ in play.   When Michigan does an official visit they should have them tour the construction of the Open AI/Oracle Datacenter in Saline. 😀

Michigan Tuesday: Sorsby Heads To The NFL

The Brandon Sorsby debate was going to get very legal and very troublesome for him and Texas Tech.  The NCAA and the Big 12 were flexing their legal muscles' on Monday to make sure he didn't ever play another down of college football.   So Brandon decided to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft whose deadline was approaching next week. 

There is still a ton to happen here.  Will the NFL suspend him for his gambling issues? Will a GM take a risk on a player that has gambled on his own games in the past?  What type of pick will they be willing to give up in next year's draft for this player?

QB's don't grow on trees and potential good QB's are really hard to find.  If a GM thinks he could be a good to franchise QB, someone will take the risk.   Here is how it works:

Teams are divided into three groups:

Teams with 6 or fewer wins the prior season.
Non-playoff teams with more than 6 wins.
Playoff teams 

Selection process: Teams submit blind bids for future draft picks (e.g., a 2027 first-round pick) on a player. The team offering the highest bid wins the player, forfeiting that pick in the next regular draft.

Most famous supplemental draft pick is: OSU's Chris Carter.  Only 46 players have been taken in this process since 1977. 

On a side note, Michigan cancelled a Volleyball match with TT.  So it was clear they were going to remove Texas Tech from future schedules like Nebraska and GA. 

• Speaking about Draft's:  All 3 former Wolverines will be in the Green Room for the NBA Draft.  

• Michigan Football sent out 2028 offers yesterday which was the first day they could.

• The top RB in the 2028 class Kevin Hartsfield is already on a visit to A2!

• Izzo is pissed at all the leadership turnover at MSU lately.

• Michigan Football is busy this summer up grading their practice facility with new turf on the practice field, new workout equipment and more visuals in Schembechler Hall.

• Michigan will host UCLA LB commit Cain Brackney on an official visit this weekend

Michigan Monday: Money Mayweather

Recruiting high school talent is an interesting process. Anything can sway a young man to love your program.  It could be a cookie cake or the state of the art workout area.  It could be one of your parents went to the school and won a Heisman Trophy or the business school fits your future needs after football.  It could even be a chance to talk to an undefeated boxer.  Yes, Grand Rapids raised Floyd Mayweather, Jr. spent time this weekend speaking to 5-star CB Joshua Dobson who was on an official visit to Ann Arbor.  I assume the conversation was on the phone or over Zoom.  Whatever it takes!  

4-Star edge Ifeanyi Emedobi was also in A2 this weekend and reports are Michigan made a big impression. Not sure if he spoke to any boxers but he did set his commitment announcement for Wednesday, which seems like a positive sign.

On a side note, Michigan insider Josh Henschke has left On3, we wish him well in his next role.

Most of the sporting world was focused on non-college football activity this weekend:

• Congrats to the Knicks for winning an NBA Title.  I was really surprised at the level of basketball that was played in this series.  

• Carolina won the Stanley Cup last night, congratulations to them! 

• The World Cup is under way and the US got a W on Friday night. 

• I tried to watch the UFC last night on the White House lawn, but it seemed to go on forever between fights, looks like I turned it off when the fights got good.  A funny part of the night was when Tyson Fury came out and nobody cheered and probably didn't know who he was.  He was probably in town recruiting for James Franklin at VA Tech. 😃

• It's US Open week for all the golf fans!