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2010 TSUN News offseason (football)

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DT Terry Talbott will decide Tuesday whether to attend UM or UNC.

His bro, CB Terrance Talbott, is a firm commitment to UM.

Witty for Denard, Drake for Nelson, Murphy for Grimes, now Terrance for Terry? Lewan & Roh would be the only RR package deal still intact IIRC.
 
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Without much doubt, they're gonna be a really good team offensively this year, especially if the QBs can turn it up a notch or two (or three). Along the same lines, their defense is going 180 degrees differently than the offense. I'm interested to see how many walk-ons they have play on D this year... (v-bet??)

The skunkbears have Iowa, @PSU, Wiscy, and @OSU on the schedule... all of which play a dominating brand of D that can take whatever scUM's offense can throw at them. I give them 4 losses right there... even before the potential upsets and whatever bowl game they play in (and that's ASSUMING they get into a bowl game this year...).

Best case scenario for them, they go 7-5 in 2010. 4 losses plus 1 other loss during the year (bowl game, UCONN, "Little Sister", @ND, @ Purdue, Illinois, Bowling Green... I guess you never know with scUM vs anybody early season in AA). Worst case, RR gets fired for not leading them to a bowl game... again. And NO one wants to see RR get fired now, do we?

I'm pulling for 6-6 and a "Save The DickRod!" campaign.
 
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jwinslow;1653266; said:
I thought they'd win 7 games last year (either 6-6 + bowl win or 7-5 w/ bowl loss), so who knows. They'll improve on offense, but the defense could possibly take another step back.

On paper, they should be at least a 6-7 win team. If there weren't some potential locker room issues, I'd peg them for 8-4 or 7-5. But those ticking time bombs are there:

- If Devin plays (despite undoubtedly struggling at times in practices and games), does that get under Tate's skin, knowing he's not the runner Devin is?

- If things start going badly, can they rally? Or will there be self-doubt, bitterness or other emotions pent up over past struggles?

- If Rich loses another inexcusable game (ie Sparty or ILL yet again), and the 'RR will be fired' drumbeats start thumping (even without basis), how will that affect the locker room? Recruiting?

- Can the defense get better after losing a superstar DE & their best corner? Who do they lean on? Woolfolk? Martin? Can they fix what no one could last year? Are the RR recruits enough to change the play on defense? Are they talented enough? If they are, are they mature/developed enough in time to save RR's defense?


On paper I think they should win 8 games, 7 + bowl win or 8 + bowl loss.

In reality I can't put any faith in their resolve when the going gets tough... what happens when they hit MSU, Iowa, PSU (which really shouldn't be that tough for their talent level)? Do they dig deep and overcome those obstacles? Or do the wheels come off when the ball doesn't bounce their way in the first half of one or two games?
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I agree with pretty much all of this.

The offense should improve. Key word is SHOULD. The QB situation will be very interesting. Tater has the ability to be very good in that offense, but, I think the running game is going to struggle to find footing early. Vincent Smith is pegged as their guy going into the season, but he's tiny and is already hurt. Will he be able to hold up over the season? They'll miss having a bruiser like Minor, even if he was dinged up most of last year. If the running game does struggle, will Tater fall back into the gunslinger mentality he showed as a frosh? If so, he'll be prone to a lot of unforced errors again. If that happens, will DickRod feel pressure to turn it over to his star recruit Gardner? Gardner has a ton of raw talent, but his passing seemed to regress a bit during his senior season and most feel he'd benefit immensely from a RS season. If they have to turn to him, the horse may already be out of the barn.

On defense, you gotta think overall they'll benefit from a year in Robinson's system. But, they lose far and away their best player in Graham. I don't see naybody that's going to be able to provide the pressure off the edge that he did. They have done a solid job bringing some talent into that secondary, but there's a ton of inexperience that they're gonna have to rely on. Linebacker is still a glaring weakness unless seniors like Mouton and Ezeh can take humungous steps forward.

It's really hard to say where they'll be. All last spring we heard how DickRod's teams have taken huge leaps forward in his second year. That looked to be the case in September, but they were just worn down by the Big Ten schedule when they had to face physical teams. Was that the Big Ten successfully stifling his vaunted offense like a lot of people said would happen, or was it all the youth? I think it was a little of both. I still don't think they have the horses to get their offense to where it needs to be to make up for what may very well be another porous defensive unit. If I had to guess right now, I'd say they're a six win team.
 
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Their best defensive player is a true sophomore situational pass rusher. They actually improved their defense by having a starting CB get kicked off the team. They have walk ons starting on defense.

Their offense had better score 50 points per game of they're in for another long year. I just don't see how they stop people from walking them up and down the field.
 
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RR's a regular Donald Trump.

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez is a master of closing the deal

BY MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER



It might be the most impressive thing Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez has done in his two-year tenure.





When signing days approach -- this year it's Wednesday -- he's able to take his class from good to impressive nearly every time.
Often that comes at the expense of other schools, some who have oral commitments from prospects Michigan is trying to land.
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cont'd

tmdawg1 is very impressed:


Tmdawg1 wrote:

I have read quotes from non Michigan fans for two years now and one thing remains. FEAR. I don't like ND hate them in fact but was sorry to see them let old fat boy go cause he was the worst football coach in the midwest which says alot considering the guy at Illinois. If you are not a fan of RR and he is as bad as you think cheer for him UNLESS. You realize as many blue fans and alums do that RR is bringing something to the big ten that will revolutionize the land scape. SPEED kills in college football don't believe me ask the SEC. GO BLUE in ROD WE TRUST!
2/2/2010 6:30:14 AM
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Rashad Knight will sign a letter of intent with Rutgers - More Sports - SI.com
Knight headed to Rutgers

By Kristian R. Dyer, Special to SI.com

One of the top remaining uncommitted prospects from Florida, Rashad Knight, will sign a letter of intent for Rutgers, SI.com has learned. A 5'10 and 181 pound safety for Trinity Christian in Jacksonville, Knight is rated as a four star player by Rivals.com. Knight will choose Rutgers over Michigan, where he took official visits. He also made an official visit to Auburn in December.

"I sat down with my family and talked about it -- I called the coach at Michigan to let him know," Knight said. "I just felt too comfortable at Rutgers to not go there."

Knight plays safety at the high school level but says that Rutgers envisions him as a cornerback when he goes north to New Jersey. Among his many offers were Auburn, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Purdue and West Virginia. He said that the recent trend of Rutgers producing NFL players helped sell him on the program. It didn't start very well, however, for the Scarlet Knights in trying to land Knight.

"A lot of coaches from a bunch of schools called here and there, but he [Rutgers' secondary coach Ed Pinkham] kept calling me so much, it started to get annoying," Knight said. "Then, after awhile, I began to feel real comfortable with him and what he was saying and our talks."

Perhaps it got to be a little too comfortable.

"I really like what they're doing there and how they do things," Knight said about Rutgers. "I like coach Pinkham and coach Schiano a lot. In fact, coach Schiano reminds me a lot of my mom."

According to Rivals.com, Knight is the No. 19 player at his position nationally and the No. 46 player in the state of Florida. He is the highest ever recruit from Florida to commit to Rutgers.
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TheIronColonel;1653309; said:
Their best defensive player is a true sophomore situational pass rusher. They actually improved their defense by having a starting CB get kicked off the team. They have walk ons starting on defense.

Their offense had better score 50 points per game of they're in for another long year. I just don't see how they stop people from walking them up and down the field.
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I'll disagree and say that Martin is their best defensive player, and just add to your point about the walkons--they aren't 5th year seniors, they are a freshman and a junior. Uggh!
 
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I have read quotes from non Michigan fans for two years now and one thing remains. FEAR.
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What? Really? And why oh why would anybody in D1A (or D1AA, for that matter) be scared of the roving midget circus that this hilljack has put together?

Seriously, man, stop the meth.
 
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TheWolverine.com - Setting the stage for Signing Day

10 am ET The recruiting show that Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne four-star safety Sean Parker will announce on begins at 7 am on the West Coast. Parker's announcement could come at any time during that hour, but hopefully it will be early in the hour.
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We do not expect to have to wait until Wednesday to find out the verdict from Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne defensive tackle Terry Talbott. When we spoke with Talbott on Sunday he expected to have his final decision made on Tuesday night.
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