Michigan Friday: Mara Moving On Up

We are getting close to the draft and the latest Yahoo Mock has Mara at #8 to Atlanta, that is the highest i've seen him projected.  Best of luck to all the Wolverines, all 3 should be taken high! 

• Texas Attorney General sent a letter to the Big 12 warning them that any action will warrant Texas Tech taking legal action.   What are we doing here?  

• Fort Wayne (Ind.) Northrop 2027 4-star EDGE Ifeanyi Emedobi is on his official visit to A2!

• 5-star CB Joshua Dobson has arrived in Ann Arbor for his official visit to A2!

• Coach Mac and the Seahawks got their Super Bowl rings

Michigan Thursday: Random Stuff

• The TT AD released a statement that basically read, its just an unfair situation without a right answer.  You know the right answer, you just don't want to do it.  It will be very interesting on what the Big 12 does at it seems to be ready to release its own penalty after meeting with all the AD's.

• We are still 2 weeks away from the NBA Draft and where Michigan's Big 3 will land.  

• Speaking of the NBA, the Knicks had a big comeback last night.  Yes, the comeback was pretty obvious as every NBA game has a run in it for the other team, but I would really like to watch a good game where both teams are playing well.  Is that too much to ask in the Finals?  Last night, the Spurs played great in the 1st half, terrible in the 2nd.  The Knicks just the opposite.  Also I don't know who the Spurs coach is but you can't play Wemby all those minutes, never seen a big man play so much. 

• Michigan QB commit Kamden Lopati took an official last week to Navy, his brother goes there.  Nothing to worry about. 

• Michigan continues to focus on DT and CB on the recruiting trail. 

Wolverine Wednesday: Texas Tech Problems Continues

Tech has a problem, they have paid or paying a large amount of money to a QB that shouldn't be playing college football.  He bet on a game he was playing in, the ultimate sin in team sports.  The NCAA suspended him and a  judge in Texas gave Sorsby and injunction so he could play. 

So now Georgia and Nebraska have come out and said they are cancelling all future contests against TT in any sport.  The NCAA is considering all avenues to have this judgement over turned, while TT is in summer conditioning to prepare for the season. 

Where is the Big 12 in this?  The Big Ten was sure in a hurry to punish Michigan, even before an NCAA ruling was final.  With Alabama Basketball playing a former NBA player and now TT signing a guy that has made thousands of bets on college football, watching film of other coaches signs doesn't seem so bad, does it?  College Football teams are paying their players $40M or more per year, guys are making $6M in the basketball transfer portal, and Indiana one of the worst football programs in the history of college football just won the National Championship.   

To quote, Vince Lombardi: "What the Hell is going on out there?"

• Yax is getting a work out with the Warriors, they are also interested in Mara at 11 

• 2027 PG Davion Thompson announce his decision on Thursday but Arkansas is expected to be his destination with Michigan in his final group.  

Michigan Tuesday: Pete Rose Wishes He Had an NCAA

Everyone knows that Pete Rose was found to have placed bets on the Cincinnati Reds when he was a player.  He was banned from the game forever.  Texas Tech who signed former IU and Cincinnati QB Brendan Sorsby who was found to have made many bets on IU while playing there.  Also a strange coincidence of both happening in Cincinnati. 

The NCAA of course suspended him and sent him to the moon.  Then Texas Texas went out and found a friendly judge and I'm pretty sure the NCAA has never won an court battle and that judge gave an injunction that Brendan can play next season. 

From ESPN: Texas Tech star Brendan Sorsby has been granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA that could clear the way for him to play for the Red Raiders in 2026, even after the transfer quarterback was declared ineligible for wagering on college sports.

A Texas judge granted Sorsby a preliminary injunction Monday that prevents the NCAA from punishing him for violating its rules on sports gambling.

Judge Ken Curry ruled that Sorsby's attorneys demonstrated he will suffer a "probable, imminent and irreparable injury" if he's unable to play for the Red Raiders in 2026 and enjoined the NCAA from prohibiting Sorsby from practicing or playing this fall.

I know Michigan Football's NCAA stuff is behind us and we don't need to bring it up, but this is why I wanted U of M to challenge everything in court.  The NCAA never wins and a court just let maybe one of the worst thing to happen in sports, slide.   Betting on a game your playing in questions the credibility of the sport.  

I usually side with the player, like that former Ferris State QB playing at Ole Miss.  This time its a no brainer that Sorsby has done something that is not forgivable and he needs to be punished and suspended. 

The NCAA has no power and its 100% clear.  Time for a new system. 

• Rez has reportedly worked out for the Chicago Bulls, OKC Thunder, and the New York Knicks.