Self-Indulgent Post of the Week: Let’s Get Off Topic

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18Jan 2019
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Self-Indulgent Post of the Week: Let’s Get Off Topic

I’ve been listening to the Talking Football Podcast with Coach Ron McKie, Jr. for the last eight months or so, and he has a pretty interesting interview tactic of asking three questions to the subjects of his interviews. I’m stealing that, and I’m going to ask myself the same questions.

What are you googling? I’ve been googling different ways to run the pin-and-pull. In case you don’t know, the pin-and-pull is a running play that Michigan has run various versions of over the years, including during the Rich Rodriguez and Jim Harbaugh years. Basically, uncovered linemen block down toward the ball, and covered linemen pull toward the playside.

What are you watching? I’m watching Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime, most notably starring John Krasinski from The Office. It’s a lot like Homeland, another one of my favorite shows.

What are you looking forward to? I’m looking forward to going to the gym. Seriously. When it’s football season, I don’t have a ton of time to work out. Now when I get a chance to lift weights and get some cardio in, I look forward to it. I played some basketball the other day for the first time since last summer, and it felt good.

What are you guys googling? What are you watching? And what are you looking forward to?

18Jan 2019
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2019 East-West Shrine Game

Tyree Kinnel

The 2019 East-West Shrine Game will be played on Saturday, January 19. It will be broadcast at 3:00 p.m. EST on NFL Network.

Some noteworthy names from both teams include:

EAST
David Blough – QB – Purdue
Ty Johnson – RB – Maryland
Terry Wright – WR – Purdue
Matt Sokol – TE – Michigan State
Nick Allegretti – C – Illinois
Tre Watson – LB – Maryland
Isaiah Wharton – S – Rutgers

WEST
Juwann Bushell-Beatty – OT – Michigan
Nick Linder – C – Indiana
D’Cota Dixon – S – Wisconsin
Tyree Kinnel – S – Michigan

18Jan 2019
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Recruiting Update: January 18, 2019

Mazi Smith, Nolan Rumler, Anthony Solomon, Quinten Johnson, and Trente Jones (L-R, image via Twitter)

Rivals put together a series of exit interviews from the All-American Bowl, including getting some responses from Michigan signees Daxton Hill and Chris Hinton, Jr.:

Here are a couple analyses of Chris Hinton . . .

. . . and Cornelius Johnson:

Here’s a link to the visitor list for this weekend (LINK).

17Jan 2019
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Nighly Roundup: January 17, 2019

Cade McNamara (image via Maxpreps)

Michigan has hired defensive line coach Shaun Nua away from Arizona State (LINK).

Chase Winovich won’t play in the Senior Bowl due to injury (LINK).

According to Jim Harbaugh, 2019 quarterback signee Cade McNamara was Alabama’s #1 QB target (LINK).

Jon Jansen talks to new offensive coordinator Josh Gattis on the In the Trenches podcast (LINK).

Former Michigan guy-who-got-hired-for-two-weeks-before-he-ditched-the-Wolverines spent a year at Alabama and then no-showed at a staff meeting instead of showing up to tell Nick Saban to his face (LINK). It’s probably karma because Nick Saban isn’t a great guy, but it shows what kind of guy Enos is, too.

17Jan 2019
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Ex-Wolverine Commit Updates: Post-2018 Recap

Damien Harris (image via Stadium)

FORMER COMMITS

George Campbell III, WR (Florida State): Campbell struggled once again with injuries, and when he was healthy, he played in seven games and ended with 4 catches for 42 yards on the year. Florida State went 5-7.

Shaun Crawford, CB (Notre Dame): Crawford missed the entire season with a torn ACL, the third ACL injury of his football career.

Messiah DeWeaver, QB (East Mississippi Community College): DeWeaver completed 181/266 passes (68%) for 1,735 yards, 10 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions; he also ran 88 times for 110 yards (1.3 YPC) and 2 touchdowns. EMCC went 12-0 and won the NJCAA national championship. At the time of this 247 Sports article, he had scholarship offers to play for Akron, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Louisiana-Lafayette, Ole Dominion, Southern Mississippi, and Toledo; he just announced on Twitter a couple days ago that he would be transferring to Old Dominion.

Hit the jump for a bunch of other former commits.

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