Wolverine Wednesday: More Transfer Portal News

• CAL LB Uluave signed with BYU, thanks admissions 👎

• LSU QB Colin Hurly to Michigan, nice depth 👍

• Utah Smith Snowden signs with Michigan, Sam Webb calls this the biggest Michigan signing of this portal cycle 👍

• Elijah Dotson was considering offers from Michigan and Mizzou and picked Missouri. 👎

• Michigan signs Christian Pierce LB from Eastern Illinois 👍

• If Michigan can land the Moa brothers, that would be a huge win for the Wolverines 👍

Michigan is clearly trying to fill the need at LB and CB.  I do like what this staff is doing, outside of losing Sully and Justice, this has been a very positive experience with a brand-new staff.   If they can land the Moa's, then this effort will go up to another level.

Michigan could have gotten Mike Tomlin? 😂

Michigan Tuesday: Portal News and Notes

• Former Michigan CB Jayden Sanders to ND 👎

• Portal Wolverine S Jordan Young back to Ann Arbor 👍

• Tevis Metcalf joins his brother in the portal 👎

• Michigan secures a commitment from Nebraska IOL Houston Ka'aha'aina -Torres 👍

• BYU LB Max Alford Nephew of Tony is also joining the Wolverines! 👍

• Michigan lands Memphis CB Christopher Bracy from the portal! 👍

• 2026 Utah 5-star athlete Salesi Moa who has been on campus for a week has jumped into the portal 👀

More thumps ups then down is a good day!  Seems the CAL LB had some issues with admissions, which is hard to believe.  We need more LB's and secondary depth please.   I like how this staff works quietly in recruiting the portal.  

Michigan Monday: Roster Taking Shape

Michigan Football got off to a show start in the portal as it had to secure its own roster first.  As expected there were some wins and loses with that strategy.   Now the staff is in place and they are working the portal. 

• Staying home: Jyaire Hill, Michigan will have its two starters back at CB but has zero depth at this point. Hill had NFL options if he wanted. 
• Heading to the Draft: Jimmy Rolder is going to the NFL and we wish him luck! 
• New to the party:  Freshman WR from Texas Jamie Ffrench! Buddies with Marsh! 
• New to the party: Utah WR/TE JJ Buchanan, some have him listed as the portals #1 TE! 
• New to the party: CSU QB Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi an experienced guy with 28 starts. 
• New to the party: Utah DL Jonah Lea'ea much needed help on the D-line! 
• Going - Justice is in the portal 😒 as GT offered $3M 
• Going - Sounds like Haywood had buyers remorse and is heading back to Bama 

I like the strategy by Michigan's new staff so far.  They even added Tony Alford's son via the portal who is a WR from Butler.  The Michigan staff is doing what I had hoped, they are adding talent to Michigan's talented roster, not importing Utah's entire roster to Ann Arbor or what they are doing in Happy Valley. 

Still need LB's, DB's, and some offensive line depth.  Maybe another TE.  

• I guess we need to discuss what happened on Saturday at Crisler.  A loss was going to happen and Wisconsin just caught fire from 3 in the second half.  The team probably needed a loss after the way they have played the last few times on the floor.  I hope this gets them focused and back to playing great basketball.  Yax needs that ankle to heal up, he is just not 100% out there. 

• Loveland had a fantastic playoff game in Chicago.  Jimmy did not last night.  Tough week for the Harbaughs. 

Michigan Friday: This Carnival Ride Never Ends

The Michigan fan base has been on a carnival ride ever since early December.  It started with National Signing Day, quickly to the Sherrone firing, to a impromptu coaching search, Michigan played a football exhibition/bowl game, and now the transfer portal.  

This is not a Disney ride, it feels more like that traveling amusement park that sits down in your city for  a week and the entire ride collapses in a few minutes to become highway ready for travel to the next town. 

The Transfer Portal folks is a complete cluster and I believe this is the last year we are going to see this level of nonsense.   Some governing body has to take control of this situation.  Case in point:

• Michigan's entire secondary is now in the transfer portal. It can't be about playing time, it has to be about money.  It could be about losing their coach LaMar Morgan but I'm guessing its the money.   Wink giving all these young guys playing time last year, gave them the right to check their value in the portal.  

• Michigan had a big win from the portal in a place kicker from Pitt and one of the top players in the portal DE John Henry Daley from Utah.   That is the good news.  

• The surprising news is that Michigan also signed OK RB Taylor Tatum who was the 2024 #1 ranked RB and was very close to picking Michigan over OK back then.   Taylor is a decent indication that Justice might look to be playing football in the NFL or at another school next year.  Tatum has an issue with fumbling and had a year long hamstring issue this past season, he could be a depth guy. 

• Still no news on Marsh, which even though the reports are positive, it worries me as everyday goes on without a new deal. 

• Freshman 5 star OT Ty Haywood is now in the portal, he redshirted last season. 

• 23 Michigan Football Players are in the portal

• Michigan does seems to be hosting a ton of good talent from the portal but can they replace the entire secondary?

CFP National Championship will be a Big Ten Team vs. Miami at home in an NFL Stadium that is owned by a Wolverine with his name on the Business School.  Who maybe is in the market for a Harbaugh.

• That was a pretty good game last night.  Quick question, does Bill Lemonade the ESPN hired official to explain calls, actually understand the rules?  He has as much success at predicting calls as ESPN booth announcer Andre Ware does.  They try to hide Andre on Friday nights but we are on to them!