Michigan Friday: Recruiting Visit Blitz and Tressel Gate Gets Longer

I don't know how your NCAA Bracket looks but mine took a huge hit yesterday.   I guess I should of worn more green.  That's how March Madness works.

Did anyone notice that Jim Tressel has expanded his suspension from 2 games to 5 games and that the NCAA denied the appeal on the 5 game suspension for the players? Ohio State sure is acting fast instead of acting smart when it comes to this situation.  A Yahoo Internet report is out for less then 24 hours and they jump to a press conference and suspend Jim for basically OSU's MAC season and then the NCAA says "are you kidding me?" regarding the players suspension and Jim extends his suspension 3 more games.  

What will be interesting from here is if the NCAA will make his suspension even longer and will they have OSU vacate their wins from 2010?  Either way it's clear OSU doesn't want to fire Tressel and it's getting even clearer they might not have a choice.  Jim signing that NCAA document that he didn't have any knowledge of the situation will be his downfall.    If you include the Youngstown State stuff this looks pretty bad for the Ohio State coach.  If Tennessee's head coach lies to the NCAA about a player being at his home for a BBQ and now looks like will be fired.  If he is let go, Jim doesn't have a chance since his crime is much worse.
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Saturday is the start of Spring Practice for the Wolverines and of course the start of the Brady Hoke era.  It will be interesting to hear "rumors" from practice on how things are different and who is having a great spring.

Not only are the players interested in how Coach Hoke runs a practice so are a number of recruits.  Here is a list of 2012 visitors courtesy of TomVH from Mgoblog:


Ohio OL Kyle Dodson (6'6", 315 lbs)
Mass LB Camren Williams (6'2", 215 lbs)
Mass ATH Armani Reeves (5'11", 185 lbs)
Michigan LB Royce Jenkins-Stone (6'2", 215 lbs)
Michigan LB James Ross (6'0", 210 lbs)
Michigan DB Terry Richardson (5'9", 160 lbs)
Michigan OL/DL Kelby Latta (6'4", 295 lbs)
Michigan OL Ben Braden (6'7", 285 lbs)

•  Cincinnati offensive lineman Caleb Stacey (6'4", 275 lbs) was in Ann Arbor yesterday for a visit and came away impressed with U of M, Ann Arbor, and took home a new Michigan offer.

Michigan has a lot of catch up to do with the 2012 class and the Michigan staff is working hard to gain some ground with these kids.  The Michigan kids that will be at practice are very important, Michigan needs to keep these kids at home and in Ann Arbor.  It would also be nice if they could get one of these kids to commit in short order.  If a James Biggs or RJS would commit (neither is expected to make an early choice) it would set the class on the right track and I think we would see a number more commits soon after. 
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Let's not forget about today's basketball game at 12:40.  No matter what happens today, I am very happy with what this team has accomplished this year.  With Bruce Pearl hanging in the wind, I hope the Tennessee players will be distracted and decide not to show up to play.   I hope Michigan can work the inside - outside game that they have been working the last 11 games or so.  I look for Zack and Stu to hit some big 3's.    

Go Blue, Beat The Volunteers!