Michigan's Recruiting River Dammed By Beaver !

Before the 2008 season it was Terrelle Prior ( Ohio State ), then it was Kevin Newsome, who eventually decided on Penn State, and now Shavodrick Beaver decommiting at Michigan only to verbally commit to the University of Tulsa. Last summer Kevin Newsome and Shavodrick Beaver made the commitment to attend Michigan and compete for the starting position of quarterback.What does this all mean ? It means, for the moment at least, all fans of the Michigan Wolverines football team should get to know Tate Forcier who played at Scripps Ranch high school in San Diego. It means that even though Forcier was the last of the three quarterback commitments for 2009, he is the last one standing. Is he the last of the Mohicans perhaps?

So that's it then? Just like that. Tate Forcier is the man? He just arrives on the job and the ship has been righted? Not so fast! Rich Rodriguez knows that hope is no strategy and that he must go to work on finding another quality quarterback. No doubt  Forcier ( who deems his own play to resemble that of Colt McCoy )  has the skills to develop into a star but putting all the eggs in one basket is risky business. After the 2008 season RichRod knows that the pressure is mounting by the minute to produce better numbers in the win column. With both Beaver and Forcier who were scheduled to enroll in class early ( January )  to get a jump start on the playbook and getting stronger, RR thought he was well on his way. Now with the decommitments of Newsome and Beaver, he ( Rodriguez ) may have a blessing in disguise. Yes, it changes the immediate quarterback landscape but it might turn out to be a good thing. Both Beaver and Forcier are four star recruits, Forcier the number six ranked dual threat QB, Beaver number eight. Newsome who is about to leave the conversation is ranked number four. With the three of them committed to schools that leaves the door open for Rodriguez to persue the number two and three ranked dual threat quarterbacks, Tyrik Rollison(2) and Tajh Boyd(3). Neither Boyd nor Rollison have Michigan on the radar due to solid commitments by four start recruits at the same position. Now, however, one of those positions is vacant. Is it possible that Michigan could wind up with two of the top six dual threat quarterback recruits for the 2009 season?  The quarterback position in the spread offense requires the quarterback to absorb a lot of hits and having more than one highly capable quarterback could be just the missing link Richrod needs to get his version of the program off the ground. With the bowl season almost over, thus ending the lame duck session, the Michigan faithful will no longer have to wait to see what the future holds because it will be upon them.

Michigan also suffered other losses, when freshman running back Sam McGuffie decided to transfer to a school closer to his hometown, Jordan Barnes, linebacker ( Ft. Wayne, Ind. ) , commited since june, changed his mind and Cass Tech ( Mi. ) defensive lineman Will Campbell decommited.

HAIL! GO BLUE!