Think the Michigan football program is down enough? Well after now former UM QB commitment Shavodrick Beaver told GoBlueWolverine (UM’s Scout site) that he was “rock solid” with UM and was enrolling in three weeks, he changes his mind and commits to Tulsa of all places.
But the worst part of it…
Beaver said TU coach Todd Graham discussed the importance of growing as a person away from the football field, an emphasis that Michigan didn’t approach. It made a difference, the player said.
Ouch. Major ouch. What a slap in the face to Rich Rodriguez. Everything is just snowballing for UM right now. Two QB de-commitments in the past year is something that can not happen. Of course UM still has Tate Forcier but the point remains that this past QB de-commitments leaves a big black eye on Rich Rod right now.
Though most Big Ten fans (including myself, I admit) like to laugh at this, this is NOT a good thing for the conference. Having a bad UM program/team puts a major hurt in the conference reputation.
In other news, we all know that Penn State will be heavy underdogs against USC on January 1st. It’s USC, the home of college football’s glitz and glamour. They have the LA vibe, the sweatered cheerleaders, the rockin’ band, the incredibly famous head coach and on and on and on. While PSU is in the middle of freakin’ no where in the slow and boring Big Ten with the senile head coach.
PSU fans understand the underdog role and shove it off to the side. But it doesn’t matter what they think. All it matters is what the players think. And they feel the same way as the fans do as they also embrace the underdog role.
What’s so great about this unit is that they’re used to being disrespected. The seniors were here when a lot of doubt was going around before 2005 and even 2008. They’ve been doubted before but don’t let it affect them and play all out. A pretty reluctant group.
Bring the hate on though. This match-up absolutely wreaks of an upset (though if PSU happened to pull off the upset, peeps at ESPN would be talking about how USC is “down” this year and not give any credit to PSU).
