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The University of Michigan is now investigating its athletic department. Wonder if the AD makes it through the investigation given all of the scandals over the past few years and the impact on the hiring of their next football coach? What coach at a top program would you want to leave their job for the uncertainty surrounding the Michigan job? I still don’t understand how Michigan avoided severe sanctions. mliveMichigan athletics department under investigation: Is a c...The latest Wolverine Confidential podcast episode is available

I guess if he doesn’t touch a dime for 40 years and is able to achieve an 8% average annual compound return over that time frame. Of course, then the $50M in guaranteed NFL money would be worth $700M+ based on those same assumptions… I guess we’ll see what Dante chooses but I know what I’d advise, if I were close to him and he asked me.

That is some serious talent at receiver! While we don’t need to rush them back, it would be nice for them to all get a few series together to work off any rust.

Sam Leavitt? DJ Lagway? Bryce Underwood?

That’s because it takes a different skill set to succeed in college vs. the NFL. In college, you have to recruit and motivate 18-22 year old kids. The NFL is much more balanced talent wise so coaching and Xs and Os becomes much more important. Grown men getting paid millions and millions of dollars don’t respond to the rah rah.

I don’t think this is guaranteed. Once scouts see Dante Moore throw in pro day and individual workouts they may reassess. No one in college football throws a prettier ball than Dante Moore. He can make all of the NFL throws. I haven’t been as impressed by Mendoza’s arm talent. Dante’s highlights are light years ahead of Mendoza’s (no one threw a better ball than that dime Dante hit against Iowa). The NFL drafts bad on potential.

$5-10M is not generational wealth for a 20 year old. It’s enough to retire on and lead a comfortable life, if you invest it wisely and don’t spend it foolishly. $50M is generational wealth.

You could also add San Francisco and Phoenix to the West.

“My next goal on there was ‘Head coach, 35.’ I wanted to be a head coach, and I thought that was really important to me. Well, I became the head coach of Oregon at 35. The next goal on there is NFL coach,” Lanning shared, before dropping a major truth bomb. “That ain’t on my goal board no more. It’s off my board, and it’ll never be up there again.” “When I took this job [at Oregon], I made a promise to my kids that they’re going to graduate from the same high school, middle school. Those things are way more important to me than getting the opportunity to coach in the NFL. I used to have that dream; that’s not a dream of mine anymore. I truly believe this will be my last job,” Lanning concluded. The SportsRushOregon HC Dan Lanning Reveals He Will Never Dream of Bein...University of Oregon head coach Dan Lanning revealed that he will never pursue a job in the NFL for two big reasons. Sorry puppies, Coach Lanning seems like he plans to be in Eugene for a LONG TIME…

The other woman reportedly broke it off with Coach Moore on Monday and notified Michigan. He then sent her several texts and showed up at her house. Threatened his life with butter knives?! Yahoo NewsWoman Broke Up with Sherrone Moore on Monday — Then She T...Former Michigan football head coach Moore was charged with felony home invasion and misdemeanor stalking days after he was fired by university

It does seem as though the locations of the playoff games are largely slanted south and east. Why not have more balance between the coasts?

There might have been an agreement, spoken or unspoken, that Stein and Tosh not take a bunch of assistant coaches and players with them. I don’t recall Lanning doing either when he left Georgia.

$50 million now is better than the potential for a second contract worth $100M+. Invest wisely and he’ll be set for life. It’s more than most of us will earn over the course of our careers.

There is no guarantee that he’ll have success in the NFL, even if he used all of his eligibility though. As much as I’d like, as a Ducks fan, to see him return next year, $40-50 million is a lot to turn down and potentially risk.

Would you expect any college football playoff semi-final game to be an “easy game”? Oregon will be by far the most talented team that Texas Tech has faced all season and they will have had an extended layoff heading into that game (which we saw was not an advantage last year). I like their defense front 7 but their offense does not scare me one bit. Their QB is prone to turnovers from what I’ve seen and Oregon has a good secondary. If Oregon executes well and Dante Moore is on, we can beat any team in the country, IMO. I know the team needs the rest and recovery, but the playoffs cannot come soon enough for this fan…