Mr.TaterSalad

I hate the way the system is, but it's how it is. Dusty May is doing what I pleaded for years for Harbaugh to do. He's doing it the SEC way and finding success because he's a great coach himself. It's really ****ty that this is what college athletics has become, but at least Michigan finally caught up in the NIL era.

Michigan's defense was amazing all tournament long. They smoother everyone and win every lose ball rebound. Their shot blocking is incredible too. They are in position and on the ball like crazy. It was Michigan's defense that got them through the dance and got them a National Championship. One of the best defensive performances in the tourney in recent history. They destroyed Tennessee and Arizona, then kept UConn under wraps for much of this game. Great job by these kids to play shutdown defense all tournament long.

Chris Webber traveled all that way to finally see Michigan win a National Championship. I hope he takes some time out for partying on his trip.

Juwan Howard trying to fist fight a coach was a real low point for this team and here we are now celebrating a Natty!!!

All the scandal and turmoil over the last couple of years in their athletic department, this makes it worth it. Dusty May has run a hell of a program and built a championship program and a college basketball powerhouse!

NATIONAL CHAMPS BABY!!!!!!!!! It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine!

How do you play 39 minutes of solid basketball just to forget how to pass and inbounds a ball during the last minute of the game. Let's go Michigan, don't ruin our collective nights.

Michigan doing everything they can to blow this.

Good depth signing and glad to have Maddox back. He's the kind of depth piece you want to have around and a veteran presence who can start in a pinch as needed.

I want an OT in the first round. I want this line to get back to being the elite offensive line it was back from 2022-2024. I also think they very well COULD draft an OT in the first round. But could is different than will. I maintain that I think Brad and Dan's plan is to take the best player available on their board, who fits what they are looking for, at a position of relative need. Which means I don't think it is certain they will draft an OT in the first round. They aren't going to reach for an OT just to take one. They also aren't doing something absurd like ranking Ty Simpson or Jeremiah Love on their board and drafting a QB or a RB either. I do believe they will have certain position groups (OT, DE, DT, LB, CB, S) that they look at as core needs and then rank the players from there. Once they do put their final big board together and rank those players, I think like always, they're going to stick to their board and not reach on a player just for the sake of filling a position need. Some Lions fans seem to think it is an open and shut case that they will take an OT and that other positions groups are absolutely out of the question. Myself and others aren't so certain about that being the case. If they have a DE, DT, LB, CB, S on their board that they like more and have rated higher than one of the available OT prospects, they will take their player over the OT. They are going to draft for the talent, scheme, and culture fit they like over just taking an OT because we think they need one. Based on what Brad has said thus far this offseason I do think they look at Larry Borom as their starting RT. Maybe that's all just a deflection and Brad has to say that so as not to tip his draft had or whatever. Though, I don't see how Brad saying anything one way or the other about Borom at all tops his draft hand. But some here seem to think it does. But I think Brad meant what he said about Borom and that it is highly probable he ends up their starting RT and they don't draft one in the first round. Again, I want them to draft a tackle in the worst way. I want a Monore Freeling, Blake Miller, or Caleb Lomu. But if they have a Caleb Downs, Mansoor Delane, Kendrick Faulk, Zion Young, Jacob Rodriguez, whoever ranked ahead of a OT prospect who is available when they pick, I think they could draft that player from that particular position group.

Rakestraw tore his ACL at Missouri too, so it wasn't just the sports hernia injury that he had.

Nothing espouses the teaching of Jesus Christ quite like an Easter Sunday quote from Donald Trump. But hey, this is what the people voted for and at least he isn't some black woman in The White House. What a disgusting ****ing human being this guy is.

I wouldn't play Lendeborg the rest of tonight. Get him ready for the game on Monday. This one is over barring an all time collapse by Michigan. Even when Yaxel hasn't been on the court Michigan is still dominating.

Michigan's defense is incredible tonight. They are giving no second chance points and are scoring every possession they get after an Arizona bucket.

Just wild how awful our goal differential is this season overall, but especially over the past month.

The one real nice thing to see is everytime Arizona looks like they are going on a run and getting back into it, Michigan tamps it down and takes back control of the game. Dominate defense thus far by Michigan.

Yaxel looking like he won't be returning, certainly not this half.

Lions have drafted several players with injury histories that include or go beyond just an ACL injury. I am talking about injuries that kept the player out at least half a season or more in college and/or had multiple injuries during their career. Three of the players they drafted did have ACL injuries in college. They drafted the following players who had some sort of injury history in college. Antoine Green - Broken leg and collar bone Christian Mahogany - ACL Hendon Hooker - ACL Ennis Rakestraw - ACL and shoulder Josh Paschal - Cancer (no disrespect intended, but it is a risk) Levi Onwuzurike - Back Mekhi Wingo - Undisclosed injury Miles Fraizer - Knee

I did a mock draft today using the ESPN NFL Mock Draft simulator. I tried to balance out what I wanted the team to do and what I felt Brad, Dan, and the front office would do. I did no trades in this mock and used every pick we had. I anticipate we will be trading up several times in the draft, but this one I did not. 1st: Monroe Freeling/T-Georgia 2nd: Gave Jacas/DE-Edge-Illinois 4th: Toriano Pride Jr./CB-Missouri 4th: Roman Hemby/RB-Indiana 5th: Louis Moore/S-Indiana 6th: Scooby Williams/DT-Texas A&M 6th: Bauer Sharp/TE-LSU 6th: Collin Wright/CB-Stanford 7th: Harrison Wallace III/WR-Ole Miss

You can forget drafting Fano or Freeling or Miller if we draft a tackle. This Oregon kid tore his ACL.

Jaden Ivey is one step away from the Westboro Baptist Church.

One of my big questions for Yzerman would be why waste a first round pick on an AHL player? Is Cossa really that bad of a player that he couldn't have been on the big league roster this year?

LOL!

What's entertaining about going 0-16 other than the excitement of your GM finally getting canned?

Yes drafting well helps and it is the main reason they've done very well. But some of their free agent signings and trades helped too. They made big signings of Saquan Barkley, Bryce Huff, CJGJ, and Devin White in 2024 along with Torrey Smith and Alshon Jeffery in 2017. They also traded for AJ Brown as you mentioned in 2023, Kevin Byard in 2023, and Ronald Darby in 2017.