The Michigans and Notre Dames of the world

its "team de jour" or team of the day. Jure is a latin root for law.

I agree.

It is an arms race. Both LSU and tOSU are well positioned into the future.

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Sabbertooth

FU I mean seriously FU.


Our getting reamed in the arse yearly by OSU DOESNT rank with Bama's inbreeding, nor ND's obscene use of alter boys.

I resent you comparing em :P

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Michigan is getting their act together. The Big House is getting sorely needed renovations. However, you have to admit Ohio State took the lead in the Big Ten for this by making its weight room, meeting rooms, student rec center, and etc. as good as NFL teams. Recruits are blown away by the new WHAC and Tressel has built inroads into Georgia and expanded the pipeline into Florida. Look at our recruiting class, when was the last time we had this many big time recruits from OOS (more OOS state than in state). Highest ranked player from PA. (Pryor), Illinois (Goebbel), Minnesota (Mobley), WVU (Jenkins if he commits), and Ohio obviously. We also got the highest rated lineman from Florida (Brewster), Texas (Shugarts), and WVU (if Jenkins commits soon as expected). Look at recruits school of interest across the nation. Ohio State is the school recruits want attention from in the midwest. It used to be Michigan in the '90s. Almost all the Southern recruits that listed a program from the north was tOSU. Just wait until our '09 class when we have 25 ships to give out. Michigan looks to have got the message and will be back. That is how rivalries go.

Great post Socal :)

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Alabama and ND are closing that Arms race from the look of this.

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I agree that college football is a big business but to think Michigan can't recruit in todays world is a stupid statement. Look at Michigan recruiting on rivals for the last 5 years. It is one of the top recruiting programs in the nation. Look at the Michigan roster and you will see far more recruits from all over the nation. Far more nationally than LSU. I'm not knocking LSU because the state of Louisiana has tons of talent so LSU can stay home and recruit.

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My post had NOTHING to do with recruiting. I don't even know enough about Michigan's team to make a comment concerning how your team recruits, or the quality of the recruits.
What I do know is that Michigan, like Ohio State, has a high degree of arrogance about their "rightful" place on the throne of college football and every coach in America should fall on bended knee to beg for the chance to coach your team. If Michigan was in the SEC right now, I can assure you that your "winningess program in history" title would get severely tarnished.
My point is: there is no entitlement in college football. The landscape changes every year and conference supremacy comes in cycles. The SEC has had great success over the last 10 years and I'm sure the cycle will change at some point. Les Miles is in the right place at the right time and he knows it.