Coming this afternoon: Michigan State Preview.
Coming sometime this week: A classic Bo interview (“classic” in this case meaning “old,” not “something seen by people other than those who lived in the dorms circa 1994”).
Coming Sunday: The podcast (like usual, but this one that I’m particularly excited about).

For Newsome-worriers: Rest assured (for now). More in the Friday recruiting update.

Jim Stefani has a bit more on DeQuinta.

An interesting discussion that took place in the comments last week:
Why is Indiana having recruiting success in Michigan?
Paul theorized thusly:

I wonder if that means that MSU is getting better players outside of Michigan so they don’t have to pick up the crumbs or if MSU is just losing its grip on said crumbs.

I think it’s neither. Pretty much all of the guys from Michigan who have committed to the Hoosiers either would never have gotten a High-level BCS offer (sorry Indiana), such as Kenny Watkins and Jamonne Chester, or are sleepers who would have had to wait a while for even an MSU offer, like Charles Chapman and Jeremy Gainer.

The only difference between this year and past years is that Indiana’s recruiting class is filling up earlier, so they can grab these sleepers before better offers come, or snatch the other guys away from the jaws of MAC schools.

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I am kinda busy this weekend (sister wedding, etc.), so please excuse if the content is a little on the light side. As of now, I am still planning for all of the regular weekend stuff, including the podcast (though it it may be a bit limited in scope).

Thanks for understanding, and everything should be back to full strength next week.

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Thanks to the glory of scheduled posting, I will still be around today and tomorrow with the regular offerings (recruiting update this afternoon, Big Ten recruiting rankings tomorrow). Unfortunately, due to the holiday, there will be no recruiting podcast this week. Have a fun and safe weekend everybody. Don’t fall from 4 stories.

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I’ve gotten several submissions of alternate/new uniforms, however nearly all of them are… less than serious. Let’s keep those submissions coming and who knows, maybe we’ll see an actual design or two.

Coming later this afternoon: Notre Dame preview.

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The posting as currently scheduled (recruiting Mondays, Fridays, and when there are commits; Big Ten recruiting rankings Saturdays) will continue, along with the various other posts that appear throughout the week.

However, in addition, I’ll be rolling out team previews for this season starting next week. I’ll run from Utah to Ohio State, then cover the two Big Ten teams Michigan doesn’t play this year.

Get stoked.

Also, check the new banner.

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I’ve finally made it back to Michigan. I’m currently in Oakland County, but am flying home to Grand Rapids in a few hours (oh, Northwest, you zany airline, you). When I get home around 10 in the morning, I’ll post the first part of the mailbag, then we’ll see about the content for the rest of the week. Friday’s recruiting update is going to be huge (hooray for sifting through 3,289 e-mails!), since there hasn’t been one for a while. Saturday’s Big Ten recruiting ranking update should see some substantial movement as well.

As always, let me know if you have any tips, questions, etc., and I’ll try to get to them as soon as I can.

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Tim was supposed to come back stateside today around five. Unfortunately, during one of the last night of his stay in Australia, Tim fell from his hotel room (roughly 3-4 stories up). Luckily, an awning broke his fall and Tim is still alive and well. He suffered a back injury, but still has full mobility. I haven’t called him yet (the combination of the time change and when I found out about this made it awkward), but what I’ve heard is that he could be released from the hospital in a day or two.

Needless to say I’m relieved this didn’t end as badly as it could have. I heard a partial story earlier today and didn’t get the details and (relatively) good news until late tonight.

Until Tim gets back to prime blogging form, you’ll have to put up with updates from your’s truly. Varsity Blue is truly Tim’s blog, and I cannot hope to cover recruiting in the detail he does. Luckily, there is a baseball regional going on this weekend, and my girlfriend is letting me go to it. Hopefully I can snag a good digital camera and have a nice photo album and reactions from the first regional game tomorrow.

Tim’s regular updates will resume whenever he is able to. If you want to send your thoughts or well wishes, his e-mail address is in the menu to the right or you can click here

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Since I don’t have (free) access to the internet right now, expect the next major posting from me (aside from the ones I already have scheduled) to come next Friday, or maybe even Thursday depending on the amount of jet lag I am suffering.

A few people have e-mailed me questions, which I will compile into a fairly sizable mailbag on my way back from Australia, and you can also expect a fairly massive recruiting update (including such fun items as “a new commit”), along with an update to the Big Ten rankings. By the way, you have Paul to thank for finding a new basketball commit to be unworthy of a post. I might get something together on Robin Benzing when I get back as well.

See you all in less than a week.

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Tomorrow afternoon, I will be boarding a plane and heading out of the country for two weeks. Fear not, however. I have written a few posts that will be published over the course of my absence, and Paul should be able to come through with at least a little content.

The one area that I expect to fall behind (at least a little) is recruiting coverage. If I have internet access on my trip, I will try to keep up with the Monday-Friday schedule, but I make no promises of regular coverage. If there is big news, i.e. commitments, Paul should be able to take care of them.

Thanks to all the loyal readers, and even if you don’t visit as frequently while I’m gone, mark May 29th on your calendars, and look forward to that date.

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Sorry for the lack of posting this weekend, I was out of town sans internet. Should be a flurry of activity this week, then I’m going to be out of the country for a couple weeks, and I’m not sure if I’ll have internet access. If not, I’ll try to have Paul get some content up in my absence.

I’ll give another programming update as the date of my departure arrives (let’s call it Friday).

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