M Go Blue!! Bringing UM to the Top

[YoungWonda]

Oh yeah I knew that I was just testing you guys....lol


No, but thanks for the correction. I fixed it

[BrownsBoy315]

haha k. you pointed some things to me, i thought id return the favor! keep it up man! very in depth!

[YoungWonda]

2008-2009 Season Recap

If you asked all of Michigans players and coaches and asked them to sum up the season in one word, it'd most likely be dissappointing. With only a peak rank of 23 and that was it, Michigan finishes this season 8-5. Last year was only a game better at 9-4 so some would say it wasn't that bad considering all the talent that left Michigan after last season. Key losses were to Notre Dame, Illinois, and Ohio St. But they had plenty of big wins too like to Wisconsin, rival Michigan St., and Northwestern. According to Head Coach Rich Rodriguez, it wasn't a bad season. It was fairly good for his first year. A lot of players agree. Brandon Minor had a sensational year rushing 355 times (1st in NCAA), for 1478 yards (11th in NCAA). But Michigan ended up with only 100 yards rushing a game. Why? Because QB #15 accumulated -250 yards rushing. By way of all sacks. Brandon Minor showed his frustration in these comments.
"When people look at how we're almost dead last in rushing in the Big Ten, they just think 'Oh, their RB must not be so good'. That's not the case. I wish he just could have got the ball out sooner and not dropped back so far in some cases."
But QB #15 made up for it by breaking the school record for most Passing Yards in One Season with 3340 yards. Which helped Greg Matthews have a record setting year with 1625 recieving yards. It's his Junior year and he could declare for the draft. Let's see what he does. Michigans defense was good this season. Ranking 24th in Total Yards given up (315 per game). They rank 3rd in Rushing Yards Allowed (72 per game). Their defense caused a lot of turnovers also. Totaling up 40 interceptions and 18 Fumble Recoveries. That combines for 58 which leads the NCAA. Overall, Michigan could of done better this year but they also could of have done worse.

[YoungWonda]

Final Top 25

1. LSU 13-1
2. USC 12-1
3. Florida 12-2
4. Oklahoma 13-1
5. Ohio St. 11-2
6. Mizzou 11-2
7. Virginia Tech 13-1
8. Texas 11-2
9. Penn St. 11-2
10. Arizona St. 11-2
11. Clemson 11-2
12. Tennessee 10-3
13. West Virginia 10-3
14. Texas Tech 10-3
15. Wisconsin 10-3
16. Nebraska 11-3
17. Miami 10-3
18. Georgia 9-4
19. BYU 11-2
20. Northwestern 11-2
21. Rutgers 11-2
22. Louisville 9-4
23. Boise St. 11-2
24. Florida St. 10-4
25. Auburn 9-4

[Apocalypse21691]

I'm surprised by BYU being 19th in the nation.

Hopefully next season will do good for you and Michigan, and you'll get my Wolverines into the Top 25!

[YoungWonda]

Michigan Final Season Stats

(Key: PG=Per Game----YAPG=Yards Allowed Per Game)


Team Stats:


Offense:

Total YPG- 479- 76th- 7th
Offensive YPG- 363- 63rd- 7th
Pass YPG- 263- 28th- 3rd
Rush YPG- 100- 101st- 9th
PPG- 29.1- 50th(T)- 8th

Defense:

Total YAPG- 315- 25th- 4th
Pass YAPG- 243- 74th- 10th
Rush YAPG- 26.9- 3rd- 1st
Points Allowed- 26.9- 53rd- 7th
Interceptions- 40- 2nd- 1st
Fumble Recovered- 18- 2nd- 1st

Player Stats:

Passing:
QB #15- 130.3 Rate 207-385 3340 yds. 23 TD 31 INT
Nick Sheridan- 147.7 Rate 4-7 60 yds. 1 TD 1 INT

Rushing:
Brandon Minor- 355 car. 1478 yds. 16 TD 122 BKT
Kevin Grady- 4 car. 19 yds. 1 TD

Recieving:
Greg Matthews- 81 rec. 1625 yds. 10 TD
Toney Clemons- 34 rec. 563 yds. 5 TD
Junior Hemmingway- 37 rec. 507 yds. 3 TD
Carson Butler- 19 rec. 295 yds. 1 TD
LaTerryal Stonum- 15 rec. 169 yds.
Brandon Minor- 15 rec. 129 yds. 3 TD
Kevin Grady- 2 rec. 73 yds. 2 TD

Defense:
MLB #47- 52 tkl. (7 TFL) 2 sk. 9 INT 4 FF 2 FR TD
Morgan Trent- 41 tkl. 3 INT 2 FF 1 FR
Charles Stewart- 39 tkl. (2 TFL) 2 INT 4 FF TD
Jonas Mouton- 38 tkl. (4 TFL) 1 sk. 5 INT 3 FF 2 FR
Donovan Warren- 37 tkl. (2 TFL) 7 INT 2 FR
Brandon Harrison- 37 tkl. (3 TFL) 4 INT 3 FF 1 FR TD
CB #2- 37 tkl. (3 TFL) 4 INT 1 FF
Brandon Logan- 36 tkl. (9 TFL) 1 INT 2 FF 1 FR TD
Tim Jamison- 34 tkl. (15 TFL) 6 sk. 1 FF 1 FR
Brandon Graham- 34 tkl. (18 TFL) 10 sk. 2 FF 3 FR
Will Johnson- 26 tkl. (11 TFL) 2 sk. 3 FR
Terrence Taylor- 26 tkl. (18 TFL) 8 sk. 1 FR
Doug Dutch Jr.- 23 tkl. (6 TFL) 3 sk. 3 INT 3 FF
Steve Brown- 14 tkl. 2 FF
John Thompson- 14 tkl. INT
LOLB #57- 13 tkl. 1 FF
Michael Williams- 6 tkl. INT FF
RE #89- 2 tkl. 1 sk. 1 FF

Kicking:
K.C. Lopata- 14-17 82% Long: 48

Kick Return:
Greg Matthews- 33 ret. 678 yds. 1 TD
Toney Clemons- 26 ret. 628 yds. 1 TD

Punt Return:
Greg Matthews- 13 ret. 152 yds. 1 TD

[YoungWonda]

Originally Posted by Apocalypse21691

I'm surprised by BYU being 19th in the nation.

Hopefully next season will do good for you and Michigan, and you'll get my Wolverines into the Top 25!

Actually I'm all done up 'till Week 1 of 2009-2010 season. I hate to spoil it but......

Spoiler

After a good recruiting class and returning starters Michigan is 22 in the Pre-Season Polls!!!!

[YoungWonda]

Off-Season

School Budgets:
Recruiting: 40%
Training: 30%
Discipline: 30 %


Players Leaving:

Jon Conover- Transfer (Indiana)
Tim McAvoy- Pro Draft
K.C. Lopata- Graduation
Mike Massey- Graduation
Doug Dutch Jr.- Graduation
Will Johnson- Graduation
John Thompson- Graduation
Brandon Logan- Graduation
Charles Stewart- Graduation
Morgan Trent- Graduation
Tim Jamison- Graduation
Brandon Harrison- Graduation
Terrence Taylor- Graduation

Players Talked Into Staying:
Greg Matthews- WR


Recruiting:

(Key: Wk.#= Week of Recruiting----UM=Michigan | Rk.= Rank | Comm=Wk. Commited)

Name	Position	Caliber	Pos. Rank	Wk.2 UM Rk.	Wk.3 UM Rk.	Wk. 4 UM Rk.	Wk.5 UM Rk.	Comm.
Darren Miller	SS	*****	#1	1st/5	1st/5	1st/5	N/A	Str. Week 5
Ted Kemoentu	DT	*****	#2	1st/5	N/A	N/A	N/A	Str. Week 2
T.J. Durbin	C	****	#1	1st/5	3rd/5	3rd/5	1st/5	Str. Week 5
Brian Wilcox	QB	****	#5	3rd/5	2nd/5	1st/5	1st/5	Str. Week 5
Bryce Booth	CB	***	#30	?	?	1st/5	N/A	Str. Week 4
Steven Smiley	WR	???	#127	?	?	N/A	N/A	Str. Week 3
Brett Washington	WR	???	#41	?	?	N/A	N/A	Str. Week 3
James Wheeler	DT	???	#35	?	?	?	N/A	Str. Week 4
Ray Dickerson	MLB	???	#58	?	?	?	N/A	Str. Week 4
Mark Jones	CB	???	#153	?	?	?	N/A	Str. Week 4
Ernest Chance	CB	???	#54	?	?	?	?	Str. Week 5
Josh Pittman	DT	???	#22	?	?	?	?	Str. Week 5
Jeff Lewis	QB	???	#159	?	?	?	?	Str. Week 5

[YoungWonda]

Season Preview

This season has higher expectations than last year. Michigan actually starts in the Top 25 at 22 this year. Brandon Minor and Greg Matthews are returning this year and hope to get Michigan into higher ranks this season. Michigan had a great recruting class nabbing the #1 and #2 rated Defensive Tackles, #4 Middle Linebacker, #1 Strong Safety, and a bunch of young guys to train and help the team for future years to come. QB #15 is coming off of a dissappointing season. Even though he broke the school record for Passing Yards in one season, he threw 31 interceptions and had a total of -250 rushing yards. Thats not very good. He vows to have a better season. As for the defense, a lot of key players left this past season. Including Brandon Harrison, Morgan Trent, Tim Jamison, and Terrence Taylor. But a great recruiting year had this defense in top shape. With Will Mitchell and Jared Alford as their top recruits, Michigan defense should be as supurb as last year. But with a strength of schedule at A they could have difficulty. Not to mention that the Big Ten is the Strongest Conference since the early weeks of last season shouldn't help out Michigans conference record.


Regular Season Record Prediction: 9-3
Bowl Prediction: Capital One Bowl or Insight Bowl, possibly Rose Bowl

[YoungWonda]

Pre-Season Top 25

Rank	School
01	Ohio St.
02	LSU
03	Floirda
04	Oklahoma
05	USC
06	Texas
07	Virginia Tech
08	Tennessee
09	Clemson
10	Penn St.
11	Georgia
12	Wisconsin
13	Arizona St.
14	Texas Tech
15	Miami
16	Florida St.
17	Mizzou
18	West Virginia
19	Nebraska
20	Auburn
21	Rutgers
22	Michigan
23	Northwestern
24	South Carolina
25	Oregon