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! 

Michigan Friday: Mara Moving On Up

We are getting close to the draft and the latest Yahoo Mock has Mara at #8 to Atlanta, that is the highest i've seen him projected.  Best of luck to all the Wolverines, all 3 should be taken high! 

• Texas Attorney General sent a letter to the Big 12 warning them that any action will warrant Texas Tech taking legal action.   What are we doing here?  

• Fort Wayne (Ind.) Northrop 2027 4-star EDGE Ifeanyi Emedobi is on his official visit to A2!

• 5-star CB Joshua Dobson has arrived in Ann Arbor for his official visit to A2!

• Coach Mac and the Seahawks got their Super Bowl rings

Michigan Thursday: Random Stuff

• The TT AD released a statement that basically read, its just an unfair situation without a right answer.  You know the right answer, you just don't want to do it.  It will be very interesting on what the Big 12 does at it seems to be ready to release its own penalty after meeting with all the AD's.

• We are still 2 weeks away from the NBA Draft and where Michigan's Big 3 will land.  

• Speaking of the NBA, the Knicks had a big comeback last night.  Yes, the comeback was pretty obvious as every NBA game has a run in it for the other team, but I would really like to watch a good game where both teams are playing well.  Is that too much to ask in the Finals?  Last night, the Spurs played great in the 1st half, terrible in the 2nd.  The Knicks just the opposite.  Also I don't know who the Spurs coach is but you can't play Wemby all those minutes, never seen a big man play so much. 

• Michigan QB commit Kamden Lopati took an official last week to Navy, his brother goes there.  Nothing to worry about. 

• Michigan continues to focus on DT and CB on the recruiting trail.