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Hello: Cameron Gordon
Instate receiver Cameron Gordon has committed to Michigan. Informative update coming.
Informative update:
|4*, #222 overall, #31 WR
Rivals is considerably higher on Gordon than others are, and ESPN abstains from declaring a position from him at all. That positional uncertainty was an early theme of Gordon's recruitment: reports from Michigan's summer camp were that the staff really liked him… as a linebacker. Gordon has made it clear he wants to play wide receiver. Thus a significant delay in Michigan's offer; if Bryce McNeal hadn't decommitted Gordon might still be waiting.
Scout's Allen Trieu on the positional dilemma:
"Cameron has great tools," said Trieu. "On offense, his size and strength create matchup problems, plus he has good hands. On defense, he finds the ball well and is a big hitter. His only drawback would be that he isn't a true burner as far as the receiver position goes. That would limit his potential on offense. I think he could play either position well in college, but it will likely come down to what a particular school needs. If I had the luxury of choosing, I'd want him at linebacker."
Next Generation Sports scouted a couple Inkster games; their take on Gordon's performance:
Cameron Gordon, Inkster- had a quiet day but was still efficient because he opened the field up for other receivers by drawing double coverage every play. He's so big and fast but I was most impressed by how hard he runs every possible route.
And #2:
Cameron Gordon, Inkster- Gordon is just too physically gifted for the high school level and he's just as good of a OLB/safety as he is a receiver. He gave Gardner a huge block 40 yards down field on the long TD run, he made a heck of a play on his INT, and his 42 catch displayed great hand-eye coordination.
ESPN on Gordon:
Could potentially tip the scales at the 215-range making defense a strong possibility. You would never now he was a flashy wide receiver when watching him pursue the football as a hybrid safety/outside linebacker. … Shows good hip and body adjustment to the deep throw. Can break tackles with is strong frame after the catch or make defenders miss with his deceptively good movement skills. Top-end speed is a question mark and he does lack great initial burst with ball. That said, Gordon is a great athlete with coveted physical skills to develop as a college player.
The rest of the scouting report is heavily focused on defense, too. FWIW, that early preference for WR seems to be less important now:
"(Michigan) offered me," Gordon said. "They mostly said how they want to sign me and that I'll be able to play both sides, just depending on what side is best for me to play for their team."
On the other hand:
Before the fall, Gordon strongly preferred the playing offense, but he has softened his stance on that issue.
"I feel I am a football player, so it really wouldn't stop me from going to a school if I had to play defense," Gordon said. "This is my first year playing safety and I really like that position, too. I still am a receiver, but it's not something that will hold me back from going to a college."
Emphasis mine. Said emphasis indicates that position preference still exists. So he's coming in as a wideout, got it?
Gordon wasn't as heavily pursued as you might imagine. Michigan State offered him in February and Minnesota did so sometime in the summer, but those remained his only BCS offers until Iowa came in with one in late October. Michigan followed suit a few weeks ago.
Jim Stefani has his underclass numbers:
As a junior starter on a 10-2 team, he had 38 receptions for 532 yards (14.00 Avg.) and 1 INT from his OLB spot…………..As a sophomore starter, he had 19 receptions for 308 yards (16.21 ypc) and 1 TD, 7 carries for 58 yards and 1 TD, 19 tackles, 26 assists, 1.5 sacks and 3 fumble recoveries
I couldn't dig up season stats for this year, unfortunately.
In the video below, Gordon will claim he is 6'2", 195, and runs a 4.6. I give this two FAKES(!) out of five. However, this:
Now tipping the scales at 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, and still capable running the 40 in the 4.6 range, Gordon is a bone-jarring presence in the Viking secondary.
Gets a third FAKE(!), as adding 20 pounds in a year and maintaining your 40 is… eh… improbable.
Here's Sam Webb interviewing him, with highlights interspersed:
The crotchety old man in me is like "son, don't chew gum when you're being interviewed."
Gordon is a big, physical receiver with good hands who supposedly runs pretty good routes. I feel like I've compared a half-dozen possession-type receivers to this particular person in the past, but that sounds like Jason Avant. Avant absolutely maximized his physical ability, though, and a guy like Gordon is not likely to be as good as a guy currently in the early stages of a 15-year NFL career.
And then there's the defense option. Michigan is bringing in a ton of linebackers in this class (IMO, both Mike Jones and Isaiah Bell will be OLBs) but the numbers there are really thin and there's probably a reason everyone under the sun thought he projected better on defense. Sometimes kids get to college firmly intending to play their favorite high school position, figure out that they're really in a tough spot to get playing time there, and quickly switch to the position the project best at. See: Prescott Burgess, who was insistent he was a safety, and Joe Barksdale, who had a major falling out with Michigan because they projected him as an offensive lineman. Burgess was a linebacker at Michigan after about two weeks and Barksdale was a freshman starter for LSU… at right tackle.
This gives Gordon two shots at being a contributor, and the flexibility there bodes well for his future. It's probably 75-25 he stays on offense given his personal preference and the composition of this recruiting class, but the option remains.
Gordon's commitment and the recent news that TX WR commit Dewayne Peace was once again a solid verbal solidifies the outside WR position for this class, especially with Ricardo Miller and Jeremy Jackson committed for 2010. Unless something unexpected happens—like Rueben Randle tripping over a branch, hitting his head, and having a humorous sitcom concussion that makes him think he's the reincarnation of Anthony Carter—Michigan is probably done at the position.
Gordon is commitment #21, so Michigan has somewhere between four and six slots left. The recruiting board currently shows 24 open slots without accounting for the probable departure of Sam McGuffie; Michigan could also not renew fifth years for Savoy or Criswell. Potential errors therein: I'm not providing scholarships to Sheridan (reasonable), Moundros (probably not reasonable), and Morales(who knows?).
In any case, Michigan needs a couple more offensive linemen, Will Campbell, and a corner or two.
A side note: Inkster is a good school to get hooks into, as their new head coach is former Detroit DePorres HC Greg Carter and he's looking to make Inkster into a perennial powerhouse. In 2010 Inkster already has top instate quarterback Devin Gardner, and the hot rumor is that top 2010 running back Austin White is going to transfer in, as well.
Etc.: He looks like Seal in this picture; watch him morph from FOUR STAR STUD to guy MSU didn't want in this RCMB thread; 52-yard touchdown photo; couple additional pictures; transferred to Inkster from Melvindale.
Using this article from the Wall Street Journal (hat tip to Adam Rittenberg's Big Ten blog on ESPN for pointing it out), and knowing that Michigan is locked in to at least one "name" non-conference opponent for the foreseeable future, what kind of opponent, were you given your druthers, would you like to see for next season's 12th game? Similarly, do we know if the season can begin on August 29th or must Michigan, if wanting to play the 12th game, must use its Big Ten conference schedule bye week in October?
For those who don't want to read the WSJ article, it's a well-argued complaint about the lack of data points via which to compare teams in different conferences. I agree with it totally.
On to the questions: Michigan must fill its bye week this year. As far as who that should be, that's obvious: the worst team they can find. Northern Colorado. Coastal Carolina. Some reclassifying provisional I-AA team from Spain. Some team that would take one look at Nick Sheridan and say to themselves "damn, I wish we had that kid." Michigan's already done well to get Eastern in for a (God, let's hope) drubbing.
I say this because of the media environment around Rodriguez and the state of the roster. Everyone adores Beilein now because he's beating UCLA and Duke; the football team is not likely to turn around so nimbly.
If basketball programs, with their 13 scholarships and rapid turnover, are Ferraris, football programs are dump trucks. Sometimes you get remarkable season-to-season turnarounds but in cases like that it's often random stuff—turnovers—obscuring a more gradual improvement. See Minnesota, 1-11 and possessors of one of the nation's worst turnover ratios in 2007, bouncing up to 7-5 on the strength of a +12 TO margin. Minnesota is still more than 50 yards per game worse than their opponents and is going to get its head caved in by Kansas; they're not much better than they were a year ago, but no one knows it.
So the football team is likely to be pretty bleah next year, too, especially with uncertainty at quarterback, and something like Toledo redux is a possibility. See: Minnesota, again. If that happens and Michigan misses a bowl again Rodriguez might actually find himself in serious hot water, which I think would be the worst thing that could happen to the program.
So: do not schedule a team that could possibly beat Michigan. This is shameless and I feel vaguely guilty about it, but that's life. If the media isn't going to go any deeper than surface level, surface level is what we shall give them.
More generally, I'm resigned to at least two cupcakes a year, one in the opener and one in the Big Ten bye week. Notre Dame is the third spot and that's fine. What rankles is that fourth game, which looks to be yet another cupcake unless Michigan accidentally schedules a top ten Utah team. Michigan should be scheduling competitive programs from various BCS conferences and playing the occasional road game in there. Utah is fine. BYU or Boise or TCU would be fine. Clemson or South Carolina or Oregon State or Rutgers or Cincinnati or Stanford or Kansas State or would be fine. Games against actual opponents that, in most years, Michigan will be solid favorites in.
There is zero chance of this actually happening, of course.
I noticed that after last year we had a major void in depth on the D-Line after not landing any DE's last year. This year, we have commitments from LaLota, Roh, Schofield, Graves, Jones, and we look very good for Pernell McPhee, very good for Big Will, and good?(not sure) for Taylor Lewan. Quite an impressive list of Lineman commits, including that we look alright for Sam Montgomery and Quinton Washington.
With all these excellent lineman, do you think any will move to O-Line(big will? Lalota? as both project to O-line as well..i think..)? Also, i think it is good to note that football is won in the trenches, and this is building a great foundation for especially the Offense but also the Defense(as long as we can pick up some viable Linebackers..hopefully Jelani, but i dont know).
In a word: no. While the offensive line was so thin last year it necessitated John Ferrara's move from defensive tackle, Michigan loses no one this year and now has a fleet of six redshirt freshmen to add depth and challenge for starting jobs. Offensive line suddenly has a two-deep.
The defensive line, however, is extremely thin. The departure of Kates and Slocum leaves only Mike Martin and Renaldo Sagesse at DT. The DE whiff last year leaves Ryan Van Bergen as the only underclass DE. Everyone Michigan is bringing in on the defensive line is going to have to stay there.
I know lots of sites seem to track what school is in the running for what player, but going back to last year, when RichRod used the snake oil for a lot of last minute commits : Did yourself, or any other recruiting sites, track that UM was in the running for any of these players (ie Shaw, or Roundtree) and don't you think that RichRod may use the snake oil again and pull in some last minute recruits that no one seems to be tracking?
Go Blue
Last year was a special situation, as Michigan suddenly found itself sporting a different coach, different offense, and different priorities. This naturally changed the opinions of various recruits and, with some prodding, resulted in a number of snake-oil heists.
Example: Michael Shaw was offered by Michigan as an "athlete", not a running back, and decided on a place that recruited him as a running back. When Rodriguez came that changed his status in Michigan's eyes, and, eventually, vice versa. If Rodriguez had been around for the whole year Shaw probably would have committed to Michigan in the first place.
So we're probably not going to have the flood of signing-day decommits; players that want to go to Michigan are more likely to just commit to Michigan. On the other hand, "commitment" gets to be a shakier word every year, and Michigan is recruiting a number of guys who are technically committed to other schools. The difference is that we have a good idea who these guys are (McPhee, Stokes, etc) already. I think you'll see a surprise or maybe two; four is highly unlikely.
This next is just something to read:
As a WVU fan, I am struck by your description of the ten-year drizzle cloud lifting from the Michigan hoops program. The state of Wolverine basketball in the beginning of the second year of the Beilein administration is eerily analogous to that of the WVU program early in Beilein's Morgantown tenure. To wit:
- The last four years of Beilein's WVU predecessor, Gale Catlett, were an abject horror. You have little reason to know anything about this, so Google "Jonathan Hargett", "Drew Catlett", "Coliseum asbestos", or "Gale Catlett routinely wore a leather blazer during games". Michigan had post-sanctions stress disorder and was choked by Tommy Amaker's turtlenecks.
- Beilein's first season at each stop was interminable, featuring attrition galore. In WVU's case, the departed players would have improved that season's record, but had they remained, the youngsters who spent the season potty training (Jo Herber, JD Collins, Pat Beilein, Tyrone Sally) would not have received the season necessary for to make them the nucleus--after adding Gansey and Pittsnoggle--of the 2005 and 2006 NCAA runs. It sounds like M will come to rely more on guys who weren't meaningfully around last year, but the early returns for '08-09 sure seem to indicate that last year's nuclear aftermath of a season was not in vain. Plus, there may be a pithy comparison to make between Lucas-Perry and Gansey.
- In the second years, each team stole wins over highly touted foes: WVU beat Florida (thought to be really good at the time but turned out to be just good) and a meh Maryland, whereas Michigan beat UCLA (thought to be really good but would project to turn out better than just good) and lies in wait for the next conquest.
- Second-year NIT berths--should Michigan fall short of 65 next March--following barrel-bottom first seasons.
Whether the result of the Taylor-Traylor-Amaker calamity or of hoops not being football, it seems that you don't like Michigan basketball so much as tolerate it because you crave a major-sport, maize-and-blue squad to root for in the winter. I identify with the hoops toleration and both motives. Because of Beilein and the similarities in the rat nests he inherited at WVU and UM*, I feel a kinship with Michigan fans. (Gasps understood, and no, I don't take your vomiting personally.) And trust me, you will love rooting for Beilein's teams.
The successes will sneak up on you. When Beilein's teams are hot, they are exhilarating. Even his best teams--though I suppose his hypothetical, great M teams may change this--will inspire frequent rending of garments. But I am roughly your age and, before Rich Rodriguez and JK Rowling gave birth to Pat White, watching Beilein's 2005 and 2006 teams on their tournament runs was the greatest sports-fan experience of my life. Sure, the athletic traditions of Michigan and West Virginia are comparable only to facilitate the demonstration that Michigan's is far richer, but still. You will love Michigan hoops under Beilein, and the leaps forward will happen sooner than appears possible and drown out by far the maddening aspects of his regime like rebounding and fickle substituting. The conductor is only rehearsing now, but the symphony will open without notice, and you will be mesmerized.
Kind regards,
Josh Ellison
* What is the preferred, abbreviated nomenclature, dude? Is "U-M" just an unfortunate freep.com sports-page construction?
As to the question: AFAIK the standard abbreviated nomenclature is UM, with the dash some editor's affectation. I actually prefer just "M," which plays off Michigan's iconic block M logo and prevents confusion with Minnesota and Miami.
As to the point about my personal relationship with basketball: no, I don't much like Michigan basketball, but that's more a function of the uniquely soul-crushing miasma that lingers over the program a full decade after any funny business went down than anything inherent in college basketball*. And the turnovers. Jesus holy God, the turnovers. I don't think anyone really liked Michigan basketball in the Ellerbe/Amaker eras because it was unlikeable. They played hideous basketball and they lost. Ellerbe stacked his teams with jerks (Ingerson, Gaines, Searight, Moore, Taylor, Traylor, Bullock). Amaker didn't have that problem, but you try watching this:
Even when they were pretty okay, Michigan was a brutally coached team. That gets to you. Couple that with a funereal atmosphere at Crisler and, well… it's not an attractive product. However, I did go to about half the games last year and plan on getting to that many this year. And I'm not defensive about this at all.
*(Well, okay, I will admit that the shot clock is too long and the three point line is (still) too close.)
In the last mailbag there was some discussion of Georgia Tech and why they didn't suck nearly as hard as Michigan did. Nate Fowler, GT fan and erstwhile blogger, provides the GT perspective:
Saw your mailbag comments on the PJ/RR comparison ... and the Nesbitt v. Sheridan/Threet/DEATH rotation was certainly a huge difference in the two teams. Couple of other comments I had:
#1 - GT came into the season with far better personnel than UM did, not just "for the system" but overall.
The defense has 3 and possibly 4 future 1st/2nd round draft picks (Morgan Burnett - S, Michael Johnson - DE, Derrick Morgan - DE, Vance Walker - DT) and they won games for GT during the first half of the season as the offense found it's legs. I never got the impression that Michigan's defense was capable of carrying the team to wins the way GT's could/did.
The offense as well had plenty of young talent that had all had some experience to boot. Jonathan Dwyer is Beanie Wells on steroids [isn't Beanie Wells "Beanie Wells on steroids"? –ed] and had rushed for 9 TD's as a true freshman backup, he was ready to breakout in a big way. If you are a run based offense, having one of the 5 best RB's in the country on the roster is a huge trump card for you.
Demaryius Thomas was an athletic 6'3" 230lb WR who already had a season as the #1 WR under his belt. Even Nesbitt had taken snaps as a true freshman and was ready to step in full time. Michigan had no RB's even close to Dwyer's class, and had a lot of inexperience across the board on offense, especially at the skill positions. Chan Gailey's 2007 recruiting class was ranked #15 overall. It was clear even by the end of last year that that class was more like a top 5 overall class with the way everyone panned out, and that group of sophs carried this GT team in 2008. I know what the rivals/scout rankings for the past 5 years say about the talent levels, but my eyes tell another story - I wouldn't trade GT's roster in 2008 for UM's under any circumstances - GT was more talented across the board.
I think Michigan did find a pretty good running back but it took them half a season to do so because of unfamiliarity and a host of nagging injuries that held Brandon Minor out (and, of course, Minor got knocked out a couple weeks after establishing a hold on the starting job, allowing Carlos Brown to have a standout game against Northwestern).
#2 - Johnson recruited well as soon as he took the job. Even with Nesbitt on the roster, he went out and got another QB who could play - and play right away - in Jaybo Shaw. Good thing he did, because Nesbitt missed all of 2 games (Mississippi State and Duke) and parts of several others. Shaw played well in his absense and won a couple of games for GT. When he got hurt too and we had to play the 3rd stringer - we saw a frightening glimpse Sheridan/Threet hell with Calvin Booker and nearly lost to Gardner-Webb.
I think that Rodriguez really dropped the ball by not finding a QB anywhere, somewhere he could lean on if he had to. Shaw was only committed to MTSU when Johnson got him, but he was an option QB and a smart kid who could step in and beat Duke if he had to. That was key to the season. Johnson also got a couple of other kids (Cooper Taylor and Marcus Wright, in particular) who stepped in as true freshman and were big time contributors. His recruiting from the very moment he stepped onto campus filled some very important holes.
Rodriguez's failure to acquire a passable freshman quarterback is the biggest failing in his Michigan career to date, but he did try. Feagin didn't work out and BJ Daniels went to South Florida after Michigan hurriedly backed away; GBW hinted at shenanigans, which is pretty common, but when Rivals suggested the same thing in no uncertain terms that's eyebrow-raising. Then, of course, Pryor: Rodriguez's focus on a guy who, in retrospect, was just playing with him was fatal to this season. That was a major error.
#3 - Johnson is just a heck of a coach. The dude has been a monster winner everywhere he's been, and I doubt there's anyone else who could have pulled off a season like this under the circumstances. Comparing him to most every other college coach isn't a "fair" comparison. I can't say enough good things about the way he totally changed the entire GT football program and culture in under 12 months. The man is a magician.
#4 - As a side note - don't bash the ACC schedule - GT played 7 bowl teams, 5 of which were on the road (@BC, @VT, @UNC, @UGa, @Clemson, FSU, Miami) and won 5 of those games. The ACC was a better and much deeper league than the Big 10 this year.
"Bowl teams" is such a goofy metric these days, but Nate's last point does stand: Sagarin has GT's schedule #32 and Michigan's #24. There's not a huge gap there.
Unverified Voracity Is Writing A Comparative Lit Thesis
Hey, this is stupid. I am, of course, deliciously anticipating any article titled "What Notre Dame football doesn't understand." The possibilities are endless:
- How to hire coaches
- How to schedule Washington State in a way that makes the slightest sense
- Run blocking
- Why giving your head coach a ten year, no-buyout extension after half a season is sort of unwise
- and so on.
Instead, ESPN contracts a professor of comparative literature to tell us that the reason Notre Dame sucks is because there are a lot more people in the Sun Belt than there were in the past. This ignores the one thing Weis has done well: recruit. It, in fact, is about the only way you could write a column slamming Notre Dame and be wrong. Syracuse, New York, is not noted for its balmy climate and sunny future prospects.
If there are structural changes that have seriously hurt Notre Dame football they have more to do with the increasing secularity of the country, increased coverage of sports erasing ND's attention advantage, and the flaming stupidity of the men in charge of the athletic department.
Suggestion: no more comparative lit professors in ESPN the Magazine.
T-minus ten days. Exactly what to expect from freshman* transfer Laval Lucas-Perry remains unknown, but the hype is building. BTN announcer/Wolverine alum/man with lack of historical perspective Tim McCormick said Perry would be Michigan's best point guard "since Rumeal Robinson," which, like, even if you consider Jalen Rose a wing or a shooting guard there is that Daniel Horton guy to consider. If LLP is better than Daniel Horton…
- I will eat my hat.
- It will will be the best-tasting hat ever.
- Mmmmm delicious awesome point guard hat.
All this for a guy who was the #138 prospect (to Rivals) in the class of 2007 and a three-star. In his five games for Arizona LLP averaged 4 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.8 assists in ten minutes a game. Projected out to 32 MPG you get nothing because of SMALL SAMPLE SIZE GOD.
Okay, we'll do it anyway: 12.8 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.6 APG. Or "the third best player on the team," which is what everyone's been calling him since he transferred. Diarist Bleeding Blue provides some open scrimmage notes:
I attended the open practice/scrimmage after the northwestern game this fall (I think I get a double black belt or something...anywho) and this kid is legit. The practice and scrimmage were intense. Obviously, things can change 'when the lights come on' but nothing suggests he won't be able to perform at the same level or better in games.
Notes on the scrimmage - He absolutely drained a three from the top of the key. nice stroke and very confident. He also jumped into a passing lane, stealing the ball, taking about three dribbles and jamming it home on the other end before anyone really had time to react. My friend turned to me eyebrows raised and said 'shot out of a cannon'. Notably - he 'ran with the ones' as they say the whole time as well, which was a little surprising to me, but obviously speaks to what Beilein thinks he will contribute.
This is an excellent point, as well:
Third - Defensive Impact - this has been the most talked about aspect of his game is his voracity on the defensive side of the ball. He will immediately give the team the ability to play significantly more effective man-to-man defense if he is in at the two guard and Grady is at the one. If he is at the point, he also gives the baseline man in the 1-3-1 significantly better height/more of a presence running out to challenge the corner three pointer.
Perry is a half-foot taller than Grady and should be able to harry those corner threes that killed Michigan in the first Duke game (and would have killed Michigan in the second one if Duke didn't have a ridiculously cold shooting night) more effectively.
Friend of blog Craig Ross also took in a couple open gyms, and spake thusly:
LLP and KG battled in a couple of the games. It was pretty close. I think KG is faster (not quicker) and my guess is he has a more consistent outside shot---though KG always seems a little slow to look for his own shot. LLP is bigger, stronger and more adept at taking the ball to the basket. LLP did hit a couple of threes, but his shot dynamics look a little frail. I would give a slight edge to LLP at this session, though both showed ability. I think UM should be, at least, average or better than average in the BT at point.
"Slightly better than Kelvin Grady" seems like much higher praise than it did in the preseason. And he's not going to be taking Grady's minutes. He's going to be taking minutes from Merritt and Lee—currently seeing 25 minutes per game between them—and maybe a little from Harris since the idea of sitting Manny down won't be quite as terrifying with LLP available. In terms of VORP he will be a massive upgrade.
Actually, if you listen to all the reports being batted around Perry's skillset seems closest to Harris: a slasher who can get to the basket, slightly dodgy outside shot. He's more of a combo guard than a true point.
If you're interested, Perry features in a five minute highlight video from Arizona open scrimmages. He hits everything and does everything, because it's a highlight video, but you can glean some useful information anyway: there are a lot of tough finishes in traffic, some slick, Harris-like ballhandling, and a definite tendency towards steals.
*(Freshman transfer? Well, it went down like this: LLP spent a semester at Arizona, then transferred because of the whole Lute Olsen fiasco. His transfer-enforced redshirt then spanned the last half of last season and the first half(-ish) of this season. Normally this would make him a sophomore by eligibility—national letter of intent rules are what they are—but LLP's appeal to the NCAA was upheld and this is basically the second half of his freshman year he's about to start.)
Smoking. I mentioned Rick Leach's strident support of Rich Rodriguez earlier. The stridency has gotten more strident of late. Highlights from Leach's latest WTKA appearance:
"I've got to say, because everybody around this town, around this country and in this profession had so much respect for Bo Schembechler. If you think for a minute that he didn't use language behind the scenes or on the sidelines -- we all saw some of the tirades.
"What a joke. It's just another log on the fire that they try to throw at Rich Rodriguez. I've been to practice. They talk about family values? Well, guess what? He allows his wife, the coaches' wives and their children to come to practice, and they coach the way they coach.
"Was I a little shocked and surprised when I first saw it? Absolutely. But if it's that big an issue -- they have their wives and children witness that, so it can't be too big an issue.
"They coach how they coach. Every coach has his own style and his own way of doing things. My whole point is, if you don't want to hear that kind of language and be coached aggressively for a staff that just wants to try to get the best out of your ability, then go to Trinity Baptist College and see how their football program is."
There is considerably more in the link above. Leach is on the warpath.
No. Not to piss off a reader or anything, but this is a fine example of my least favorite anti-playoff argument:
Sure, the BCS causes controversy, but it's that controversy that fans the flames of fans passion:
It's the endless debate of which team deserves it more.
It's that the stakes are so high, and the system is so subjective.
It's the debate between co-champions. Michigan-Nebraska in 97-98? Yeah, it would have been great for them to play each other and decide it all, but if they did, we wouldn't still be talking about and passionate about it now. Auburn in 04-05? They can still complain about being screwed. If there was a playoff, who would still be talking about that year?
I was all ready to dismiss this in logical fashion and then I got to the comments, wherein Dex beat me to the punch:
What I Heard:
"I'd rather argue with other football nerds about hypothetical games than actually get to see these awesome teams play each other."
If we had a playoff, we could have actually seen Auburn-USC play. I don't really care about determining the "ultimate" champion or anything - I just want to see good football teams play. In our current system, we get 4 super meaningful non-conference games against shit opponents, a conference season featuring half shitty teams, and, if you are a lucky, a competitive match-up in the bowl game.
I want football games. Between good football teams. Not bar-stool debate.
Absolutely, and the BCS diluting itself by adding another game has killed the football games between good football teams even further. When the BCS three double-digit spreads and one Cincinnati-Virginia Tech, something is wrong.
Who likes arguing better than football games? I thought it was just sportswriters who don't actually like the game itself enough to be entertained by it, and sports radio guys with dead air to fill. I can't imagine anyone who actually likes college football enjoying the "controversy" of the BCS. (I can understand someone who regards it as an acceptable cost.)
And I don't buy the "devaluing of the regular season bit" either. Seth Davis goes way, way too far in his defense of college basketball's regular season, but by saying something preposterous he does something useful:
when Ohio State got blown out by USC on Sept. 13, that essentially eliminated the Buckeyes from the championship race. Whatever glimmer of hope remained was squelched by Penn State with four games still left to play. If the Ohio State-Michigan game is the biggest rivalry in college football, what exactly were those two teams playing for this year? Nothing.
Imagine if Ohio State needed to win that game to get into an eight-team playoff. Now that would mean something.
I certainly hope everyone who reads that blog stifled a laugh there. Seth Davis clearly does not grok college football. Michigan played Ohio State to beat Ohio State. That is all. Sometimes there are bonuses like the Rose Bowl or a national title or something on the line, but Michigan plays Ohio State to beat Ohio State.
What makes regular season college football so important is its scarcity. There are just twelve games and usually about half of those are against hopelessly overmatched opponents. Every game is meaningful because it is a rare thing.
Elsewhere, Davis does make a good point:
We just finished one of the greatest college football weeks in years -- that SEC championship game was certainly appointment viewing in my house. Yet out of the 16 games played last week, only three had an impact on the national title chase. (And I'm being generous by including USC-UCLA. When a team wins and still has no shot at the big trophy, it's hard to call the game significant.) That left 14 games that meant absolutely nothing.
Two weeks ago, with a fuller national schedule, there were 41 games played in Division I-A football. At most, five of them mattered: Texas-Texas A&M, Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Florida State, USC-Notre Dame and Oklahoma-Oklahoma State. That's 36 worthless games, if you're scoring at home. This is a compelling regular season?
Again, "worthless" goes way too far, but the larger point is a good one: when more teams have access to the playoff at the end of the year—the BCS is a playoff—there are more compelling games. This is another reason for a playoff to omit autobids: if Cincinnati had already locked up a spot by winning the Big East their game would have indeed been kind of meaningless. No one should be safe.
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There's your top ten after a week in which there were few notable events; full monty can be found over at CBS Sports.
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Tuesday Recruitin'
Update 12/10: Linked to articles on AZ DE commit Craig Roh, MI WR Cameron Gordon, FL CB Jayron Hosley, LA WR Rueben Randle, NC OL Travis Bond, GA S Darren Myles, MD LB Jelani Jenkins, MD RB Tavon Austin, SC OL Quinton Washington. Linked to video on FL WR commit Jeremy Gallon.
Removed GA WR Donovan Tate (UNC), GA LB Devekeyan Lattimore (no mutual interest), MI TE Dion Sims (ditto).
Added LA DE Benny Logan, TX CB Demontre Hurst, FL DE Alex Williams, JUCO DE Pernell McPhee.
Also: scouting report on Inkster's (Gardner, Gordon) championship game loss. What's up with Bryce McNeal? Not adding MS DE Josh Boyd back in yet but he may be looking around. Helmholdt article on the visit weekend. As always, some links from Varsity Blue.
Editorial Opinion: Recruiting board lives here.
Gallon goes wild.
Six minutes of Jeremy Gallon housing fools:
Towards the end you get a bunch of Gallon tossing up accurate fades and such off play action and even some trick plays. Hopefully we get a regular dose of gadget plays over the course of Gallon's career, because who doesn't love gadget plays? Communists, that's who.
Missed opportunity.
Michigan schedules monster recruiting weekend for Duke game, Michigan scores monster upset of Duke for Duke game, commits rain from sky, right? Eh… not so much. Unfortunately a lot of official visits originally scheduled for last weekend got moved and very few non-commits made their way up. According to this Helmholdt article, the only uncommitted recruits to visit were MI DT Will Campbell and JUCO DE Pernell McPhee.
You know about Campbell; everyone is still saying the right things and unless there's a major change he should be recommitting to Michigan in a suspense-free announcement at an All-Star game. (Since Campbell intends to enroll early, he'll be in a student database by that time.) McPhee is a new name. He's Rivals' #3 JUCO player this year, a former Pahokee Blue Devil who knows Martavious Odoms and company, and a very soft Mississippi State commit.
Michigan's admissions department and JUCOs have a long history of non-cooperation; it's really tough for anyone to get enough credits to transfer in to get on the team. I assume there's been some groundwork laid with McPhee and the coaching staff thinks they'll be able to get him in or they wouldn't be chasing him. For McPhee's part, there's a GBW article titled "Does McPhee have a new leader?" that even novice-level deducers can extrapolate from. His recruitment will be touch and go until he gets word on admissions, though. He plans a January enrollment and has three years to play two.
There was an assortment of underclass in-state players, at least. Detroit Southeastern DE/LB Will Gholston is actually the kid in purple (SE's primary color is purple, in case you thought he was a big fan of the Roman empire or something) next to Brandon Graham in this picture:
Gholston's supposedly favoring Michigan State at this juncture, as Southeastern is turning into something of a feeder school to State. Michigan lost Southeastern WR Fred Smith to State last year. Obviously there's a ways to go in his recruitment. BTW, former OSU terror Vernon is his cousin.
Many of the guys who had to reschedule were longshot WRs: GA WR and Stanford commit Jamal Patterson, PA WR and Tennessee commit JeRon Stokes, and a couple others were scheduled to come up but had to delay them. Those guys remain distant possibilities. I think Patterson's interest is just a contingency plan in case Stanford doesn't admit him, and Stokes seems to be happy with the Kiffin hire.
So that leaves a big hole at outside wide receiver. Currently, Michigan has a commit from TX WR Dewayne Peace, but Peace is a soft verbal and may end up at cornerback and isn't rated that high. It's a gap.
Enter Inkster WR Cameron Gordon, who's suffered a severe lack of offers for a guy in the Rivals 250. Michigan hesitated, preferring him at linebacker, until recently. Gordon's now got the offer and looks like the best bet for an outside receiver in the class. With 2010 commits from Ricardo Miller and Jeremy Jackson the need here isn't severe; at least one would provide class balance, though.
Tim from Varsity Blue checked Inkster's state championship game out and reported back thusly:
Cameron Gordon
He won't wow you with his speed, but I was surprised how good his hands were (especially after hearing they may be something of a liability). He was definitely Inkster's go-to receiver, and made a few good plays and showed no fear going after the ball in traffic. Defensively, he showed that he can lay a pretty big hit, though he wasn't a huge factor on that side of the ball. I still think that, if he wants to play receiver at the next level, whichever team he picks will see enough skill to give him a chance there.
Inkster, of course, is also the home of 2010 dual-threat QB Devin Gardner, who's already got OSU, MSU, and Michigan offers. Picking up Gordon would help out in that recruitment.
Iowa is the main competition here, it appears.
Offer flood.
A lot of new faces on the board about whom little is known. A rundown:
- LA DE Benny Logan just picked up an LSU offer, too, and will probably commit there soon.
- FL DE Alex Williams was favoring Ole Miss and Arkansas a couple weeks ago; we'll see if the M offer changes anything.
- FL DE Pernell McPhee you know about.
- TX CB Demontre Hurst favors Miami.
It's not a huge leap to conclude that Michigan is not done on the defensive line even if Campbell recommits (as, yes, is still expected): three DE offers, one of them a rare run at a JUCO. That should tell you how Michigan feels about their chances with SC DE Sam Montgomery and MD DE Jason Ankrah: not super.
We'll see how stuff goes with the new guys; I'm not optimistic on any of them. Here's Hurst on M:
The school that is on the outside looking in right now is Michigan. "They are another school that offered me late," he said. "Michigan is Michigan. I can see they started slow this year and didn't do too well, but I don't look at it as a failure.
"Coach Rich Rodriguez is a new coach there and he's gonna rebuild the program back," he said. "I don't see them going down or getting worse."
The Wolverines have also told Hurst that he'd be able to see some early playing time. "They said I'm a perfect Big 10 lockdown corner and that there's a good chance that I could start as a freshman."
Standard stuff, really. In that article he states Miami leads.
Tavon Austin?
Michigan's pursuit of MD RB Tavon Austin seems lacking. Austin is one of those 5'8" jet engine sorts Rodriguez likes so well, and he's a well-regarded one: four stars from Rivals, five(!) from Scout, four-ish from ESPN. He was scheduled to come in for a visit a month ago and never made it; now he's repeatedly asserted he's down to Michigan, WVU, and UNC, but Michigan seems uninterested. He's still telling people he plans on making it out:
After today's game, Austin will play in an all-star game and then spend January visiting colleges. He plans official visits to Michigan, Maryland and North Carolina.
Michigan's already got Fitzgerald Toussaint, Teric Jones, and Vincent Smith in the class, so even with the departure of Avery Horn and Sam McGuffie's questionable status there's probably not room for him. He says WVU leads, anyway.
Remember Darren Myles?
You probably don't, since even I barely remember him. Anyway, he's a Georgia safety who listed Michigan amongst his early favorites, then virtually disappeared. The AJC caught up with him, and he said this about Georgia:
"I guess they found someone they liked better for that other scholarship at safety, I don't really know."
If UGA tried to get back into the picture, would Myles be interested? "No, I don't think so. Georgia has moved on, and so have I."
Michigan's got a shot, but it doesn't seem like a good one:
Myles was visited by Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson on Wednesday and agreed to take an official visit to the ACC school in January. Myles will make recruiting trips to LSU this weekend and Alabama on Jan. 9. He is also considering Michigan, West Virginia and Purdue.
That's three schools in the South guaranteed officials and Michigan trying to get one of the remaining two: tough pull, this one.
Bond of brothers
H!IKM. Anyway: a standard Scout article on NC OL Travis Bond, thought to be favoring UNC after Virginia Tech lost interest. Here's the summing quote:
He says he won't make a decision until late January. "It's kind of close right now," he said. "They are all giving me a lot of attention and they all have everything I'm looking for. I think it'll just come down to what feels most like how.
"I really want to feel like the players are my brothers, not just teammates," he said. "It's really important to me."
NC State and East Carolina (I guess) are the other finalists along with UNC and M. Here's some inside info from the source in NC on Bond:
UNC is now up to 24 commitments. You can only sign 25, although obviously some guys can enroll early and count towards last year. Carolina is also about 10 over the limit for next year's total enrollment of 85 scholarship players.
Obviously, some guys aren't going to qualify and some guys will transfer, etc. But the word going around is that they are slow-playing Travis Bond. They have other people that they want and believe they can get ahead of him. If UNC gets a couple of more guys, they'll probably have to pass on Bond.
He's visiting ECU on Jan. 10, but Skip Holtz was rumored to be going to Syracuse...so that might scratch them from the list. That would leave him down to Michigan, NC State and possibly South Carolina.
This one might be trending to the good.
Michigan needs a corner or two to fill out the secondary recruiting, and this sounds encouraging on FL CB Jayron Hosley:
"Right now I have Michigan set up for January 16th," said Hosley.
Hosley went on to discuss what he hopes to accomplish on his visit to Ann Arbor.
"I'm just seeing what Michigan has to offer, see the campus. I'm excited to go up to see new things. I've never been up there before. It's the first time for me, so just get up there, see the sites and enjoy it."
South Florida, Vandy, and Ohio State are also trying to get visits set up; Hosley went to Louisville in September.
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Earlier today (the same day Maleficent hit theaters), the hilarious talk show host tweeted a funny photo that depicts DeGeneres' face superimposed on Jolie's Maleficent movie poster. DeGeneres makes a funny face with her head covered in horns, but instead of "Maleficent" written across the bottom of film's poster, it reads "Elleficent."
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- Intended for use with Rite-Temp or HiFlow Rite-Temp valves
- Trim only, requires valve to complete installation
- Premium construction ensures durability and reliability
- Kohler finishes resist corrosion and tarnishing, exceeding industry durability standards over two times
- Coordinates with Alteo faucets and accessories
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This Kohler item can also be referenced by the following color/finish specific model #:
- Kohler K-T45104-4-2BZ
Oil Rubbed Bronze (2BZ)
- Kohler K-T45104-4-CP
Polished Chrome
- Kohler K-T45104-4-BN
Vibrant Brushed Nickel
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Ben Foster brings the true story of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong to life in the first trailer for The Program, courtesy of Working Title Films and StudioCanal. The studio has set an October 16 release for this upcoming drama, putting it up against DreamWorks' Bridge of Spies, Sony's Goosebumps and Universal's Crimson Peak. While it's too early to tell right now, Ben Foster's The Program could be an awards-season candidate.
The world needs heroes and Lance Armstrong was the ultimate sporting hero. Following a gruelling battle with cancer, Lance returned to his cycling career in 1999 more determined than ever and with his sights set firmly on winning the Tour de France. With the help of the infamous Italian physician Michele Ferrari and team director Johan Bruyneel, he developed the most sophisticated doping program in the history of the sport. This program allowed Lance and his American teammates to dominate the world of cycling, winning the Tour an unprecedented seven times.Read More
Just one month after confirming the main cast for Sony Pictures' new Robert Langdon adaptation Inferno, Ben Foster is in talks to star in this sequel to the 2006 blockbuster The Da Vinci Code and 2009's Angels & Demons. Tom Hanks is reprising his role as Robert Langdon from the first two movies in this adaptation of Dan Brown's novel of the same name, which follows an unraveling conspiracy that centers on Dante Alighieri's classic poem Inferno, about the nine circles of hell.
Ron Howard is directing from an adapted screenplay by David Koepp, based on Dan Brown's novel. The director also producing alongside Brian Grazer, with Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David B. Householter serving as executive producers. Production is scheduled to begin at the end of April in Europe. Ben Foster most recently starred in Lone Survivor, and he will next be seen in The Finest Hours, Warcraft and the Untitled Lance Armstrong Biopic.Read More
Ben Foster has signed on to star alongside Chris Pine, Casey Affleck and Holliday Grainger in Disney's The Finest Hours.
The plot is based on the true story of a 1952 Coast Guard rescue mission, following one of the worst storms ever to hit the East Coast, which literally ripped an oil tanker in half. Facing sub-zero temperatures and waves as high as 70 feet, four Coast Guard members set off in a lifeboat to rescue over 30 crew members who were stranded in the sinking vessel. The mission is still considered to be the greatest 'small boat rescue" in Coast Guard history. No details were given for Ben Foster's character.Read More
I recently had the chance to speak with actor Ben Foster about his role as Matt "Axe" Axelson in the harrowing action-thriller Lone Survivor, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD today, June 3. During our chat, he also offered a few brief updates on two upcoming projects, the video game adaptation Warcraft and the Untitled Lance Armstrong Biopic, where he plays cyclist Lance Armstrong, who admitted to using performance enhancing drugs during his his reign as Tour de France champion.
CLICK HERE to read my full interview with Ben Foster for Lone Survivor.Read More
Ben Foster is no stranger to portraying real-life characters, taking on the literary icon William S. Burroughs in Kill Your Darlings and disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong in an upcoming untitled biopic. The multi-talented actor takes on one of the most challenging roles of his career in Lone Survivor, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD June 3. The action-thriller is adapted from the best-selling memoir written by former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell (portrayed by Mark Wahlberg), who was part of a four-man mission along with Michael Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and Matt "Axe" Axelson (Ben Foster) to capture Taliban leader Ahmad Shah in 2005. Their mission quickly turned into a nightmare, as they were ambushed and highly outnumbered as they try to make it out of enemy territory in one piece.
I recently had the chance to speak with Ben Foster over the phone about taking on this heroic character, the training he went through, while offering updates on upcoming projects such as Warcraft and his Lance Armstrong biopic. Take a look at what he had to say in our exclusive interview.Read More
While the main cast for Warcraft was revealed quite some time ago, with Paula Patton, Anson Mount, Paul Dano, Colin Farrell, Travis Fimmel, Anton Yelchin, Toby Kebbell, Dominic Cooper and Ben Foster all taking on substantial roles in director Duncan Jones video game adaptation, none of the characters have been mentioned. Now, in an interview with IGN, Ben Foster confirms that he is playing the sorcerer Medivh in this fantasy based action adventure.
According to the World of Warcraft wiki: Medivh was the last Guardian of Tirisfal, an ancient line of protectors bestowed with great powers to do battle with the agents of the Burning Legion. He was corrupted even before birth, and possessed by the spirit of the demonlord Sargeras who used Medivh in his plan to conquer Azeroth. Medivh contacted the orcish warlock, Gul'dan, and together they opened the Dark Portal, which allowed the Burning Legion to begin its destruction of Azeroth. He was slain shortly after by a party led by one of his friends, Lothar.Read More


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Skinfood Egg White Pore Foam
8 reviews
37% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.1
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 3.1
Price: $$$
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Other, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Black
This cleanser is really good! In the past I used Western brand cleansers (Neutrogena, cetaphil, clean and clear) and they aggravate my acne problems and don't help with my oiliness at all. So I gave this a try. It's awesome, I don't break out as much (I can actually see that I don't get pimples as much since using this - which is the only thing that I change in my routine). My face feels very fresh and clean after cleansing. The foam lathers up so well and doesn't leave residue. I'm less oily now as well. My pores appear much smaller after 2 weeks+ daily use. I use this 2x a day, mostly not followed by moisturiser because I did not experience dryness or flaking.
The cap doesn't close very well after 1 week use� but it's travel friendly since it's not runny. YES I will repurchase this as long as my skin condition is the same as now (not getting drier)!
UPDATE 8/10/15: After using this for a while, I don't think it cleanses very well. I use a toner after using cleansing and my cotton pad turns slightly brown…
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
Love the smell. So soft and not too foamy. But its feels little bit dried my skins
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Black
I was first introduced to this cleanser due to my occasional pimples problem. My face wasn�t exactly oily either; it�s more of a normal skin type. But sometimes my face does get oily. A tiny bit goes a long way for this cleanser; it lathers well and transform into micro foams. I am very happy with this product. You only need a little dab about the size of a pea. One tube has lasted me about 3 months. My face feels soft and clean after using it. I can�t really say much about it cos I�ve only been using it for my occasional pimple problem. But it works really well on my pimple problems.
Review 23/5/2014 - Wouldn't buy again because am hooked on another cleanser now :) Am using Simple Deep Cleansing Facial Wash now for my pimple day. It works and cost less than this one.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
The worst. It doesn't clean anything, it just sits on top of the skin like melted nylon, leaves my skin feeling like rubber and keeps water from penetrating my skin. Every time I ran out of face wash and used this for a few days I broke out.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
Bought this cleanser on a whim when I needed a new cleanser in Korea. I really like this cleanser. It got rid of my clogged pores (caused from Sukin Foaming Cleanser), I love the very faint scent and foaming ability. One tiny pea size amount will foam up to become a ridiculous amount so a little goes a long way.
I have oily skin and this has not broken me out once, nor has it aggravated my sensitive skin. However, do not expect this to be a miracle product that will shrink your pores.
EDIT 1/11/13: I am on my third tube of this stuff. It's not a HG product for me but I think it's best to stick to products that you know works; so I will continue to buy this cleanser. :)
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
Although this didn't cause breakout when I used this, this was not useful at all. I didn't feel any effect on my pores, not to mention my acnes. I think this product is only suitable for those who don't have serious skin troubles like I do.
If you have serious skin troubles (growing acnes, excess of oil, etc), this is not for you.
Will never repurchase this.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
This didn't help me with my large pores but it stopped me from getting a pimple for few days
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
Like but don't love. It's cheap, and very good at removing every trace of makeup. You don't have to use much, because the cleanser is thick and spreads really well with water. But I don't like the artificial fragrance (though it's not terribly strong) and if I don't rinse off the cleanser right away, my face starts to sting. This cleanser doesn't dry my skin out, break me out, or leave my face red, though. The cap because dysfunctional after using about 30%, and it won't close. I think there is some reduction in pore appearance, although that's never been a big issue for me anyway.
It's good enough for the price that I still think it deserves 4/5. I probably won't buy again because I like trying new things and think I can find a good cleanser that doesn't sting like this one does.
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