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Curious about Khalid Hill...

I thought Michigan's edge was that they are all in.  Maurice Hurst and others certainly set an example.  It is tough to say that is the case.  Kids don't react well to their friends leaving or getting kicked-out.  Since we don't know--the silent treatment hasn't worked real well--we assume.

And for Harbaugh, three years is an eternity in college football.  He is an innovator, or at least proponent, of churn 'em and burn 'em; if they are good enough to play, they will play; if he can go pro after three years, better yet.  By now the team should have a lot of his recruits in place because he, and Michigan, are not for everyone.  Everyone should know by now what they are in for.

In terms of rankings, ratings, and recruits, Harbaugh has largely lost out to Ohio State and Penn State.  Wisconsin and Michigan State have proven over and over that they can do with less.  In other words, Michigan is pretty firmly entrenched at four or five in the Big Ten.

There has been a lot of attrition.  Most of the camp-circuit kids haven't panned out.  There have been transfers.  There have been a lot of recruiting losses--on to the next guy--and embarrassing ones for Harbaugh in particular.  Remember Harbaugh holding the yardage markers and the running back from California?  Harbaugh is human and it has to sting.  On a national level there are a lot of I told you so's and he isn't so great after-alls.  In a nutshell, Harbaugh hasn't proven to be any be any better at the personnel thing than other top coaches.

One of the ironies of the whole thing is the quarterback situation, given Harbaugh the guru.  Brandon Peters seems to have some kind of verbal skills problem.  Or energy and emotion problem.  Or maybe it is just plain boredom.

God bless John O'Korn.  Where would the team have been without John O'Korn?  I thought maybe Wilton Speight would be available for the bowl game (Tarick Black too) but he exited without medical diagnosis or reason; another quarterback (Alex Malzone) left without ever playing a snap.

For those of us who can remember, it isn't as bad as the Brady Hoke days when offensively play after play was a loss of yardage.  But again, it is weird.  Harbaugh and Michigan always came to play.  It meant more than just the game, it meant history and something better and more next year.  How often have we heard it:  improvement.

Harbaugh and the team have reached a low point.  There's no question that when you are that much of a bigshot and so very loud about it, people are inclined to hit you just a little bit harder and enjoy it a little bit more. They will recover.  But for now it is just weird.