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Devin Asiasi, TE (UCLA): UCLA had a bye.
Brian Cole, S (Mississippi State): Mississippi State had a bye.
Kekoa Crawford, WR (Cal): Crawford had 4 catches for 58 yards in a 33-20 win over Washington State.
Ja’Raymond Hall, OT (CMU): Central Michigan had a bye.
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read moreOne of the joys of being on one side of a rivalry is enjoying your opponent’s misery. Michigan State was up 28-3 on Illinois, and the Fighting Illini came back to win, 37-34. It was the largest comeback in Illinois history at the expense of guys wearing jerseys designed by a blindfolded 3-year-old.
Also, former Michigan QB Brandon Peters threw 3 touchdowns for the Illini.
Orion Sang has a great piece on Kwity Paye (LINK).
This post from The Athletic looks at what scouts said when evaluating Tom Brady in the draft (LINK). It’s worth a look if you have a subscription.
Here’s an MGoBlue profile piece on Brad Hawkins (LINK).
Nick Baumgardner looks at Michigan’s run game (LINK).
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Dallas Cowboys cornerback Jourdan Lewis made 6 tackles and returned a fumble 63 yards for a touchdown in a 37-18 win over the New York Giants. It was his first NFL score.
Jourdan Lewis with the scoop n score to end the night!@JourdanJD@dallascowboys | #DallasCowboys
— NFL (@NFL) November 5, 2019
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As most/all of you know by now, Florida State fired head coach Willie Taggart after a 27-10 loss to Miami this past weekend. That dropped the team to 4-5 this year after a 5-7 year in 2018, bringing Taggart’s record to 9-12 over a little less than two years.
One way this MAY impact Michigan is in the form of Taggart himself, who previously coached under Jack Harbaugh and with Jim Harbaugh. Taggart was Harbaugh’s running backs coach at Stanford and helped produce Toby Gerhart’s Doak Walker Award-winning season. Taggart went on to become the head coach at South Florida, then Oregon, then FSU. It wouldn’t be surprising at all to see Taggart find himself as an analyst at Michigan or even taking a position coaching role in 2020. This is way out in the future, but Jay Harbaugh has coached other positions (tight ends, special teams), so if there’s a staff shakeup after this season, Michigan does have some flexibility to bring in Taggart.
On the recruiting front, Florida State has already lost a couple commits, including Deerfield Beach (FL) Deerfield Beach running back Jaylan Knighton, who’s from the same high school as a Denard Robinson.
Other FSU commits with Michigan offers:
Michigan would like to add another running back in the 2020 class, and Toafili was a primary target before picking the Seminoles. The Wolverines were also making a decent effort with Douglas, who’s a speedy slot/running back/returner.