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Laquon Treadwell ‏@SuccessfulQuon
Finish with practice had a nice interview with @ChantelJennings for ESPN, check with her for top 5..

WE MADE HIS TOP 5...HIP HIP HOORAY.

BCS is gone soon anyway. But I doubt any team from the Big 10 ever gets a chance to play in the National Championship for the next 5-10 years.

This is a bit overblown. We were 1 game away from making it 5 years ago and Ohio made it in 2006 and 2007.

Those teams had a lot more talent than the current ones though.

That doesn't mean we can't have teams like that within the next two/three years.

It'll hard be hard to top the 1997 team. IIRC, that team had 30+ NFL players on the roster.

The teams from 85-88 were pretty dang good too. I think they might have been as good. First 2 games in 88 were a killer. I think the 2014-15 might top 30 NFLers. I really can not see any area of weakness if the recruits develop as they should.

Yup. Schembechler could've won 3 National Championships in 4 years at the end of his coaching career.

Our early 90s Rose Bowl teams were pretty loaded as well. In particular, the 1992 team went undefeated with a record of 9-0-3. We were right there with Miami and Alabama that year.

I agree that 30 NFLers is a lot but it can and will be close to the standard in the near future at Michigan.

To me the "Star" rankings are almost meaningless once the kids get to school. If the recruits have good enough talent, size, and speed to make it to Michigan then coaching, practice, and training are the only thing in their way. I will stand by our coaches in getting them prepared to be elite in college and to go on to the NFL.

There are a lot of 4* and 5* kids that are busts so to speak. There are also many guys like Brian Griese that were given the opportunity and excelled. Outside of injuries many of the 4-5* recruits that do not make it relied to much on their natural talent and not enough on their work ethics. I think our coaches have been looking at kids with very good work ethics along with talent.

We offer the best prospects that our coaches' think have the best chance to suceed. We don't just add someone because their family has some connection to the team.

I understand that...that's a pretty obvious statement...Christian Skrepenak is a top 100 OT in the country (we offered a preferred walk on spot to Dan Gibbs last year and he was ranked around the same spot). Christian already has other D-1 offers so clearly he has talent. Berkley has BCS offers and Jake Eoh has been getting recruited by most schools in the country. So as I said before, does anyone know or think we will offer Berkley or Jake late in the process or a preferred spot to Christian.

David Dawson ‏@UM_D3
Just want this #TEAM134 to stay together, #signingday2013 hurry up!!! #GoBlue