re: For those still not sure what happened with Underwood.

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Because of exactly what happened. Michigan matched LSU’s offer, Bryce said no and stayed committed to LSU. Michigan then upped their offer to $10.5 million, Bryce said no and stayed committed to LSU. Michigan was then forced to up their offer to $12 million, and finally he accepted.

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The same could have been accomplished on an open market without committing anywhere. Each time Michigan would have called he could have stated thanks but no thanks. I'm keeping my options open. All the campus visits to LSU, playing 7 on 7 with LSU commits & being coached by a former LSU player did nothing to drive up potential NIL contracts Michigan or any other universities.

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Which would explain why he committed so early to LSU, to reduce some of that stress

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I mean its possible youre right about the long con. But reading the tea leaves suggest otherwise. Still think if LSU wouldve matched he would have been at LSU and the only reason hes at Michigan is because the money is an insane amount. IMO the Underwoods were just as caught off guard as LSU. I think they were very happy with the 6 million LSU had offered him.

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He probably was looking elsewhere regardless of the money after seeing the current state of the program. He wants zero part of the Kelly / Sloan offense.

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This tells me you haven't watched a single UM game this year.

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Which would explain why he committed so early to LSU, to reduce some of that stress

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Underwood didn't like the fact Jim Harbaugh ignored him & had more interest in QBs in other parts of the country when Underwood himself was right there in his own backyard.

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But it wasn't going to be easy. Of course, Underwood was an LSU commit and he showed loyalty to Brian Kelly and Joe Sloan, but Michigan never quit -- because it had a ton of ground to make up.

Underwood, who grew up wanting to play for Michigan, felt slighted by former head coach Jim Harbaugh and quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss who didn't make Underwood feel like a priority. Top Belleville product said the Wolverines were going down south to find their future quarterback instead of looking at what they had in their own backyard -- Underwood himself.

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"It capped multiple months of aggressive behind-the-scenes work that was spearheaded by Moore and general manager Sean Magee as they had to overcome a relationship that was significantly fractured because of Underwood, who grew up wanting to play at Michigan, not being made to feel like a priority earlier in his high school career by former Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh and ex-Michigan quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss."

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I'd never seen or heard of this guy before, but I immediately despise him.

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Could have had buildings or the entire stadium named after him. Instead he hands over millions to a high school player

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$12 million to Ellison is the equivalent of a guy with a net worth of $200k giving a high school kid $10.

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I don't want lsupride as my cpa. You in fact should be a magician. You sound like you are good at making others people money dissappear

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There have been countless stories on how 5 star recruits were sick of the whole process by the end. Basically being overindulged.

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And there are countless stories of guys that would take as many visits as they could, even to schools that they have no interest in, because they enjoyed the process that much.

That individual was never coming to LSU.

He had no intention of doing so. Hope he falls flat on his face.