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Sportsbuck28;1233416; said:
Are his grades even going to let him play college ball?
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I don't know yet. There's still his senior year to go. I won't pretend to be an insider or anything and know his current grades. For those in the know, how bad are his grades?

I believe Toussaint and Jeremy Gallon may be the two bubble guys in this class, grades-wise.
 
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I can't help but think this class is just going to be a disaster. The DL issue is a lot bigger than I think people want to believe.

Now, next year I see RR pulling in a lot more [strike]crooks[/strike] kids to fill those needs. Look out after he gets a couple of years to pull in more Chris Henry types.
 
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TheIronColonel;1233439; said:
I can't help but think this class is just going to be a disaster. The DL issue is a lot bigger than I think people want to believe.

Now, next year I see RR pulling in a lot more [strike]crooks[/strike] kids to fill those needs. Look out after he gets a couple of years to pull in more Chris Henry types.
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What leads you to believe any of these kids are "crooks"?
 
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SNIPER26;1233452; said:
And they still beat the shit out of Oklahoma, FWIW. Held them to 28 points when they were averaging >42 points, FWIW.
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Um, RR was coaching at Michigan then. And on another note do you really think he had anything to do with coaching the defense? The man responsible for the 07 WVU defense is still at WVU..
 
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Sportsbuck28;1233453; said:
Um, RR was coaching at Michigan then. And on another note do you really think he had anything to do with coaching the defense? The man responsible for the 07 WVU defense is still at WVU..
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Michigan's new DC brought Stanford from the 108th ranked defense in 2006 to 65th in 2007. STANFORD!

Western Michigan went from 115th before he got there to 95th to 39th. That's pretty good considering it's WMU.

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Shafer spent eight years as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois University — the first four as secondary coach — before adding defensive coordinator duties in 2000. Throughout his career at Northern Illinois, Shafer's players earned 13 All-MAC selections.[3] Under Shafer, Northern Illinois ranked among the top three teams in MAC scoring defense in 2002 and 2003.[8] His 2002 unit led the MAC in interceptions, takeaways, scoring defense, run defense and pass sacks.[8] During the 2003 season, Northern Illinois was ranked as high as No. 12 in the AP poll, recorded its first 10-win season in 20 years, and had three victories over BCS teams while holding them to an average of 15 points per game.[3]
In 2004, he was hired as the secondary coach at the University of Illinois. Working with Illinois head coach Ron Turner, Shafer coached cornerback Kelvin Hayden, who led the Big Ten Conference in interceptions and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the NFL Draft.[8] While Shafer was coaching at Illinois, the team's defensive coordinator was former Michigan linebacker, Mike Mallory. Shafer and Mallory had also worked together at Northern Illinois. Mallory noted that Shafer's experience as a quarterback helped him as a defensive coach: "He knows how to get into quarterbacks' heads and what to do to throw them off their game."[9]
In December 2004, he was hired by Bill Cubit at Western Michigan University, where he was the defensive coordinator from 2005-2006. Western Michigan was 1-10 the year before Shafer arrived, then went 7-4 in 2005 and 8-5 in 2006. In 2006, the Broncos ranked first in the nation in interceptions (24) and sacks (46), sixth in run defense, seventh in turnover margin and 11th in total defense.[3] The Broncos' rush defense (76.1 yards per game) in 2006 set a MAC record for fewest rushing yards allowed per game.[3] Shafer was a nominee for the Broyles Award as the top assistant coach in the nation.[3]
In 2007, he was the defensive coordinator for Stanford, where he was part of the Cardinal's October 6, 2007 upset of USC. Shafer's defense at Stanford ranked fifth in the nation with 37 sacks and posted 101 tackles for loss, which was good for 11th in the country. The numbers were the Cardinal's best since their Rose Bowl season of 1999.[1]
 
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Michigan fans will somehow spin Newsome's de-commitment into a recruiting coup, but let's face it - a couple of months ago, they were expecting this kid to be the savior of the program. And in reality, Newsome was probably the perfect fit for RR's offense ... and Forcier is not.
 
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SNIPER26;1233463; said:
Michigan's new DC brought Stanford from the 108th ranked defense in 2006 to 65th in 2007. STANFORD!

Western Michigan went from 115th before he got there to 95th to 39th. That's pretty good considering it's WMU.
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stanford was 98th in total defense, but 65th in scoring D. so basically, teams moved the ball at will on them, but it just took a little longer. also, stanford was 43rd in time of possession last year. so, essentially, their defense was thicker swiss cheese, but they held the ball for a while to keep it from being worse.
 
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tsteele316;1233527; said:
stanford was 98th in total defense, but 65th in scoring D. so basically, teams moved the ball at will on them, but it just took a little longer. also, stanford was 43rd in time of possession last year. so, essentially, their defense was thicker swiss cheese, but they held the ball for a while to keep it from being worse.
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I used scoring D because it's the most important one. Plus, it's Stanford, for Christ's sake.
 
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