Michigan Thursday: News and Notes

• Michigan's General Council Tim Lynch is changing jobs and moving to Stanford.

• In a strange stat, Utah hasn't had a QB drafted since 2005 when Alex Smith went #1.  That won't be the case for Coach Whitt at Michigan. 

• Sherrone's accuser is suing Michigan for Freedom of Information Act on not releasing the finding of the investigation. 

• Michigan is in a tight recruiting battle for 2027 four-star OL Lincoln Mageo

• Michigan commit Ifeanyi Emedobi who is new to football learned the game from playing Madden.

Michigan Thursday: Wolverine News and Notes

• Nimari Burnett has signed an exhibit 10 contract with Toronto.   Show them your game Nimari! 

• Roddy Gayle calls Mike B the perfect fit. Update: Speaking of Roddy, he signed a Summer League deal with the Pistons.  Show them your game Roddy! 

• Jordan Marshall, Trey Pierce and Bryce will represent UM at Big 10 Media Days.

• Former Michigan guard Tre Donaldson has agreed to a 2 way with the Heat 

• Utah has flipped their gear from UA to adidas with a new 7 year deal which will begin in 2027

• Michigan has offered LB Cade Haug who just decommitted from Texas 

• A rule that should've been changed a long time ago, the FBS oversight committee has introduced a proposal that would allow joint practices with another program in the Spring. 

• Joey Bosa might be near retirement, this is the final reminder that Brady Hoke turned him down when he wanted to come to Michigan.  😑

Michigan Friday: News and Notes

• Looks like Dusty is going to schedule an exhibition game against Houston in Grand Rapids next season. 

• Former Michigan and current Patriots guard Mike Onwenu, who had no guaranteed money remaining in the final year of his 3-year, $57 million pact, has signed a revised deal for 2026. His cap charge is reduced by $7.5 million. He gets $10 million in guarantees/bonuses.

• Michigan DB commit Max Miles is currently on a visit to Minnesota

• Will Tschetter is ballin in Australia and finding a ton of success in that pro league! Go Will!

• Michigan is set to host 4-star OT Niko Kampas from London, England this weekend. I sure hope he plays American Football and not soccer. 😀

• True freshman OL Malakai Lee has made it to Ann Arbor and is offically part off the Michigan Football program.

• True freshman DL Titan Davis has made it to Ann Arbor and is offically part off the Michigan Football program.

• Michigan football WR commit Quentin Burrell ran a 4.49-second 40-yard dash at a UA camp in Chicago.  (ht: Wolverine Wire)

Michigan Monday: Any Win Over OSU is a Good Win

Congrats to Michigan Basketball and Trey Burke for a successful night on Friday.  Michigan is no longer dominating opponents, but I will take 8–10-point conference wins anytime! 

• Congrats to coach Mac making it to the Super Bowl.  I said this weeks ago, but Seattle plays Michigan Football. 

• I have no idea what the Steelers are doing?  Mike McCarthy is not a good coach.  That guy must interview really well. 

• Scotty starts his season with a W

• Coach Whitt is making $41M for 5 years, seems like a good deal both ways.   I guess John Harbaugh wasn't coming as he is making $20M per year with the Giants. 

• Ryan Day hires former NFL head coach Arthur Smith to be his OC.   Ryan seems to like the old NFL guys.  As this is his 3rd in a row. 

Michigan Thursday: News and Notes

• CBS Sports ranks WR Donoven McCulley as the most important transfer this past offseason. 

• BC is now sponsored by New Balance

• Sounds like the Wisconsin game will be a Maize Out

• Recent visitor and important recruit WR Travis Johnson will be making his commitment on July 4, choosing between Michigan, Virginia Tech, Penn State, South Carolina, and Indiana.

• Michigan Man  and ESPN's Adam Schefter is taking a shot a golf reporting this weekend.

• Mason Graham is booed at a Browns Youth Camp.  

• The Buss family turned a 67.5M investment in the Lakers into $10B.  It took 47 years but worth it! 

Michigan Tuesday: Continues to Look For Content

This type of year there is not a ton of news to report.   So you do the best to find things your readers might want to know.   Today wasn't my best.  😀

• Dusty on Yaxel: "Someone who we felt was the most productive, best player in the Portal. ... He raises our ceiling exponentially"

• The Jax Jags are hiring MSU executive senior associate athletic director and assistant general counsel Jon Dykema who also worked for the Detroit Lions.

• 3-star safety Jordan Deck rescheduled his Michigan official visit from May 30th to June 6th

• 4-star DT Deuce Geralds has scheduled an official visit to Michigan for June 18th-19th

• Legacy recruit Marquis Ray (son of Markus) was named the Defensive MVP at Michigan's Camp

• In news you might not expect: Former Wolverine Receiver Nate Schoenle is entering the Seminary

Michigan Tuesday: News and Notes

• Breaking News: Michigan has landed 4-star TE Matt Ludwig a top 100 player on On3. 

• Peter Simmons III a DL at Michigan is transferring to UAB 

• Georgia Tech DB commit Traeviss Stevenson is thinking about an official visit to Ann Arbor

• ESPN believes that Yaxel helped his stock rating at the combine but what will he decide in the next two weeks? A2 or NBA?

Michigan Friday: News and Notes

•  U of M Dearborn Domenico Grasso named Interim University President.   Get that Harbaugh contract done!  😀

• Utah's Cam Rising is retiring from playing football and will be the OC for Michigan QB commit Brady Smigiel. 

• Trey Burke believes he will have his number retired at Michigan.  I support a circle of fame but keep the number in rotation.   This is why football doesn't retire numbers.   It's an honor to wear #2, #1, #55, or #10 at Michigan.  

• RIP Chet Lemon

• Aamir Hall will get a tryout with the Lions 

• Kenny Grant has signed his contract with the Dolphins

• Loveland has signed his deal with the Bears

• Sounds like Chapel Bill has banned his girlfriend from the football facility.   Too much competition in there. 

• Will Johnson calls the Cardinals' scheme is a cornerback's dream.

• In a cool story, Metallica played Lane Stadium home of Virginia Tech Football this week. As you know, Enter Sandman is the song they play as the Hokies run on the field. During the concert this week, when they played "Enter Sandman" it was so loud with fans cheering and singing, it set off the Richter scale.

Wolverine Wednesday: News and Notes

• Will Johnson will wear number 0 in Phoenix 

• Former FSU QB Jordan Travis has retired from football due to his leg injury. 

• Jace Howard is transferring to Fordham in the A10. 

• Recruiting Services On3 and Rivals are merging with a new partnership from Yahoo

• Is anyone reminded of HBO's White Lotus with the Chapel Bill and his girlfriend situation?

•  After Bryce threw out a first pitch at a Tigers game, Jyaire Hill has done the same for the White Socks.

Michigan Monday: Win Some and Lose Some in the Portal

The transfer portal has been good to the Wolverines this off season.  They got a QB and the #1 RB in the country.  This weekend there were some wins and some loses. 

• Michigan got Clemson DT Tre Williams transfer on Saturday.  He had 2 sacks in the CFP this season against Texas.  

• Michigan also got D2 All American offensive lineman from National Champion Ferris State in Lawrence Hatter who is 6'5 330 and had offers from the likes of UNC, MSU, Wisconsin and others. 

• Michigan has offered App. State WR Robinson 

• Michigan lost out on WSU OT Fa'alili Fa'amoe who signed with Wake Forest 

• Tyler Morris picked Indiana as his next destination 

• UConn WR Bell (reportedly ran into admission issues) will stay at UConn

• Weekend visitor Yale WR David Pantelis picked Stanford over Michigan 

• The Baylor QB Michigan didn't pick, Finn is transferring to Miami of Ohio 

• USC Branch Brothers to Georgia 

Now on to the Detroit Lions.  I never thought I would see the Detroit Lions be the #1 seed.  I didn't think it was possible.  It happened last night.   My take prior to last night was that the Lions offense was Super Bowl worthy but their defense was not.  The defense played great and was the MVP of the game.  Hopefully, they can continue to get healthy in the next 2 weeks. 

Now my concern is Goff has one his random bad games during the playoffs.  I thought he played terrible for a good amount of time last night.   Got away with that grounding in the end zone, threw a pick on a screen, almost got Gibbs killed on a bad screen pass, then nearly threw a pick 6 on another screen pass.   He did wake up and made some nice throws on 4th down and Lions won running away.  He has been great in Detroit, but he also has these random bad games out of nowhere. 

• Blake Corum gets his first NFL start and breaks his arm.

• Michigan starting QB Davis Warren tore his ACL in Tampa but is expected back next season. 

• WR Peyton O'Leary is also expected back next season. 

• Joe Milton had a nice game for the Pats, after it they fired their head coach 

• Michigan Basketball had a nice road win in LA over USC 

• Could Michigan's top 2 rivals OSU and ND play for the national title? 

Wolverine Wednesday: News and Notes

There isn't much to report on the Michigan front today so we look to college football or other topics.  

• Tennessee is going to charge its fans a 10% talent fee on top of their regular ticket prices.   Isn't tickets a 100% talent fee?

• This is True:

• This is college football now: “He was very inexpensive,” Gundy said after Ezeigbo was named Big 12 newcomer of the week.  He is speaking about a Division 2 transfer. 

• Wojo is retiring from ESPN to be the Bonnies GM in college basketball.  He must of invested wisely. 

• Ben Mason has retired from football.  Thank you Ben!

Michigan Friday: Is Michigan's Future QB Visiting This Weekend?

There is a 2026 QB from Florida that has the most Michigan name ever, Brady Hart which combines the last names of two of the greatest Wolverines ever, Tom Brady and Mike Hart.  

Brady is 6'4 180 pounds and plays at Cocoa, Florida.  He is rated the 92th prospect in the country and 7th QB to 24/7 Composite.   He has only 1 early prediction and its to Clemson.   I'm very familiar with this area and Cocoa can produce very good athletes but the school is not known for its academics.  

Brady's father was a pitcher at Florida and was drafted by the Pirates.   Welcome to Ann Arbor Brady! 

• Michigan Basketball signed a home and home with TCU, which means former Wolverine transfer Frankie Collins will get to play in Ann Arbor again.  Frankie is at his 3rd program. 

• The Michigan coaches seem pretty happy on social media, does that mean another prospect committed?  Best Guess is Safety Kainoa Winston.

• Former ND commit athlete Shaun Terry is also in town for his official visit. 

• NBA Championship is 3-0 and Stanley Cup Finals 3-0.  Not great for TV ratings. 

• ESPN's Pete Thamel should never talk Michigan Football.  Heard an update from him this week and it was completely uninformed. 

• Have a great Father's Day Everyone! 

Michigan Thursday: Lots of Info

This is mega news and notes today as there seems to be a lot of information in the wind about the Wolverines Football and Basketball programs.  

• Cristian Dixon hit the portal after the WR to CB didn't work out.  He was a 4-star WR that never worked out.  Michigan needs a WR in the portal for an offense that just lost a top NFL Draft pick (probably) and doesn't want money.  That is going to be hard to find. Good luck to Cristian at his next stop. 

• Michigan has offered a DT in the portal from Kent State who is from the same Illinois HS as JJ and Tyler Morris. 

• FAU's top player Johnell Davis is not expected to join Dusty in Ann Arbor and looks to be headed to the NBA Draft. 

• Former Wolverine Big Man Tarris Reed has transferred to Back-to-Back National Champions UConn Huskies.  Congrats to Mr. Reed! 

• Dusty is expected to have these visitors on campus this weekend.  Auburn's Tre Donaldson and Roddy Gayle Jr from that school in Columbus. 

• Mike Sainristil and Jaylen Harrell are throwing out the first pitch today at the Tigers game. 

• Scottie Pippen's kid is a 2024 recruit and is expected to announce his decision no Friday. 

• Reports are Michigan Football will be looking to kick the tires in the portal for a QB, Big WR, CB, Safety, DT and a TE. 

• Pro Football Talk says "everything is up in the air" for Dax Hill in the Bengals secondary.  Isn't everything up in the air for a DB?

• UCLA WR Kyle Ford has Michigan in his top 6.  He could step into the #1 WR role in Ann Arbor.  I won't hold my breathe. 

• Freddie Moore is getting some nice buzz out of Spring Ball at WR. 

• Miami LB Commit Elijah Melendez was blown away about his visit to Michigan.

• QB commit Carter Smith will be in town for 5 days this week.  Carter is recruiting hard for his future team. 

• Two players we are not expected to see on Saturday due to injury: Cabana and Tuttle. 

Michigan Friday: News and Notes

• Michigan Women's Basketball had a dominating win in the Big 10 Tournament and beat Golden Gophers by 19. 

• No politics on this site, but Sherrone Moore was a guest at the State of the Union.

• In could be worse, former IU head coach Mike Davis stepped down at University of Detroit after going 1-31 this year. 

• BJM has already offered 2025 LB Luke Metz who he was recruiting at UT.

• Jake Paul is boxing Mike Tyson in Jerry World.  I don't care how old Mike is, I would never want to box him. 

• Signing Day might move to the first week of December.

• PFF Mock Draft has JJ #5 to Minnesota

• Updated 2:00:  Michigan's full defensive staff has been hired:
• DC: Wink Martindale from the NFL 
• DL: Greg Scruggs from Wisconsin
• DB/Pass Game Coordinator: LaMar Morgan DC from Louisiana 
• LB/Run Game Coordinator: Brian Jean-Mary from Tennessee
• GA for DB's Brad Hawkins

Wolverine Wednesday: Midweek News & Notes

• In sad news, former Michigan defensive lineman Craig Roh lost his battle with cancer.  Please keep a good thought for his wife and family.  Rest in peace Michigan Man.   Craig was 33 years young. 

• Dug will now be able to play on the road again. 

• Ohio State self-reported 4 recruiting violations and $13M in player salaries. 

• JJ might be the most discussed player at the combine this week.  Some say he is John Elway others aren't sure if he is a 1st round pick. 

• Michigan edge rusher Braiden McGregor says Lucas Oil Stadium feels like Schembechler Hall with how many Wolverines are here this week.

• After winning three Big Ten titles here, Jaylen Harrell says Indy feels like “home.”

Michigan Tuesday - Friday: Catch Up

Sorry Big House Blog readers, I had a business trip where I thought I would be able to find extra time to write the blog this week.   That clearly didn't happen, my apologies.

• Will Johnson has been rumored to be getting huge NIL offers from other schools like Alabama.  His family says he is staying in Ann Arbor!  Thank you!  He also said on IG that he will be in the new NCAA 2025 that is expected to be released this summer. 

• Donovan Edwards also signs an NIL deal with EA Sports and is expected to be in the game and endorse it.

• Speaking of Alabama, you know that Keon Sabb transferred there early this week.  He had a great game against Alabama in the Rose Bowl, but the coaching staff now of course is from UW.  I'm sure there was 0 tapering going on here and everything was above board.  😠

• Former Michigan LB coach twice, Chris Partridge has gotten a job with the Seattle Seahawks, I love how Mike MacDonald has taken care of his boys.   I know it was a messy break up with Chris, but I think he is a good coach that players love. 

• Adrian Peterson who I walked by at the National Championship is having some money issues. 

• Mazi Smith's didn't pay for his storage locker and some lucky guy got a ton of his old Michigan Jordan PE shoes, Legos and much more.  The guy who won the auction is going to make a killing.  That is my kind of Storage Wars! 

• Jim seems to be hiring USC RB coach Kiel McDonald for the same role with the Chargers.  That should but to bed that rumor about Mike Hart.  

• The hits keep coming for Michigan Basketball as Nkamhoua is out for the rest of the season with a wrist injury. 

• Michigan Basketball also dropped another game to Northwestern.  

Michigan Thursday: 2024 Coming in Hot

Patrick Barron 

2024 is off to an interesting start.  Michigan won a Rose Bowl and a National Championship in a 7 day window.  Then yesterday Pete Carroll leaves his head coaching role with the Seahawks, Nick Saban retires from Alabama, and today Bill Belichick leaves the Patriots.  All these openings is not great for Jimmy staying in Ann Arbor. 

Michigan beating Alabama in the Rose Bowl will be Nick's final game. 

• As I mentioned yesterday, we are going to see players leave the program this week.  WR's Jake Thaw and Darius Clemons both entered the portal. I had really high hopes for Darius but he never really saw the field. 

• CJ Stokes will be staying within the Michigan family and will play for Biff at Charlotte

• Michigan will have a parade on Saturday for the NC and  a special celebration at Crisler 

• Michigan is America's Team:  Average viewers for National Championship 25M+, Rose Bowl 27M+, and Ohio State Game 19M+

• The NCAA President said, Michigan won the National Championship fair and square

• Dug is suspended for 6 road games due to an academic issue 

• OSU CB Denzel Burke returning to OSU next season

• Michigan seniors Wilson, McGregor, and Barner are all headed to the Senior Bowl. Updated: Also going Keegan, Henderson, Harrell, Sainristil. and Barrett.

• Former Michigan DC and current Ravens DC Mike MacDonald is expected to interview for the Titans opening (not great for keeping Minter). 

• Alabama is expected to hire Dan Lanning to replace Nick Saban.  Reports are Dan is already interviewing for the gig. 

Michigan Thursday: News and Notes

• Alabama's center who had a few bad snaps on Monday Seth McLaughlin has entered the portal.  The portal is officially closed but there is a special window for players who participated in the CFP or a later Bowl Game. Seth is expected to visit Columbus this week.  

• Duncan got hot in the 4th quarter against LeBron and Lakers last night. 

• Former OSU 5-star WR Julian Fleming will be playing at Penn State

• Wake Forest WR transfer Jahmal Banks was in Ann Arbor on Wednesday

• Northwestern's DB transfer Rod Heard was also on campus on Wednesday

• NCAA and ESPN has reached an 8 year agreement to broadcast NCAA Championships, including Basketball.

• DE Khris Bogle has withdrawn his name from the portal and will return to MSU

• Former Michigan WR commit, Xavier Worthy has declared for the NFL Draft

• Former KSU QB Will Howard who is rumored to be silently committed to Ohio State is on campus in Columbus today.

Wolverine Wednesday: Championship Week News and Notes

Michigan ended up at #2 in the CFP rankings last night which means they would play Washington if everything ends up "chalk" this weekend.  The issue is Washington is almost a 10 point dog to Oregon and FSU at #4 is missing their QB.   Bama and Texas will need some help jumping into the CFP this weekend.   OSU is also lurking around at #6. 

Will Johnson actually got hurt in practice during OSU week.  He did his best to play in the game and had a pick but couldn't continue in the 2nd half.  He is questionable this weekend and I expect he won't play against Iowa's high powered offense.  He of course wants to play. 

Mike Hart was hired by Michigan off the IU staff where he was very popular and did a tremendous job with the RB's.  He will now interview for the IU head coaching role.  Don't know if you can win there, so I would hope he considers that if he gets an offer.  Tom Allen hinted when he got fired that IU hasn't really embraced NIL yet.  Also the entire team is in the transfer portal.

Big Ten Defensive and Special Team Honors:

1st Team: Mason Graham, Will Johnson

2nd: Junior Colson, Ken Grant, Kris Jenkins, Mike Sainristil

3rd: Mike Barrett, Rod Moore 

HR: Harrell, McGregor, Moore, Paige, Stewart, and Wallace

Special Teams:

2nd: James Turner 

3rd: Tommy Doman

HR: Semaj Morgan

• Over 19M viewers watched The Game! Peaked at nearly 23M

• Oregon State hired its DC Trent Bray to replace Jontahan Smith who jumped to MSU

• If Michigan wants to keep Harbaugh's name from being tied to every NFL head coach opening, they better get him signed to a very long extension ASAP!

• David Ojabo has a partially torn ACL

• Wisconsin RB Braelon Allen who was rumored to be a transfer candidate to Michigan last off season, has declared for the NFL Draft.

• Today is #6 CoJo's Birthday!

• Michigan has offered a soon to be Penn graduate Defensive Lineman out of the portal named Joey Slackman.  Joey is a FCS All-American and could be a great replacement for Kris Jenkins next year.  Some consider him the top player in the portal. 

Wolverine Wednesday: Midweek News and Notes

• There is some information floating around that Michigan's starting safeties Moore and Paige have minor injuries and could miss Saturday's game.  Which would mean Sabb and Quinten Johnson are probably next in line to take their place.  

• Bell News: Ronnie Bell has seemed to have made the 49'ers.  His brother, a true freshman at Michigan, has moved his position from QB to WR. 

• Brad Robbins has won the putting job at Cincinnati; he beat out a former Buckeye punter. 

• I'm looking for my man, Cam Goode to have a break out season as he has been getting praise from the Michigan coaches. 

• Olivier Nkamhoua has been playing well in the World Cup for Finland and just faced off against the Wagner brothers.