00:00Good morning, 97.1
00:02on this Thursday.
00:05Got Dear John coming up
00:06at the 9 o'clock hour, 9.35.
00:08Advice from John Jansen.
00:11Got some tickets to give away
00:12in the 9 o'clock hour.
00:13Giving away all week long.
00:15Pair of tickets to see
00:15Michigan State against Arkansas
00:18at Little Caesars Arena,
00:19November 26th.
00:20That's courtesy of 313 Presents.
00:22You're going to listen for
00:23Leonidas saying Spartans.
00:25All right.
00:28Cool.
00:29Don't let me forget
00:30when Doug and Gator come in.
00:32Normally, Doug's the one
00:33that gets clowned
00:34for bad food opinions.
00:36Kang had one yesterday.
00:38Oh.
00:39I'd like to discuss with them
00:41and fill you in then.
00:42Okay.
00:43All right.
00:44Sounds good.
00:45So yesterday,
00:46we got news
00:49that Michigan was going to be
00:50adding two players
00:51to their roster.
00:52Yes, that is the University
00:53of Michigan midseason
00:56adding two players
00:57to their football roster.
00:59They are
01:00former Miami tight end
01:03Alex Baumann
01:04and former Boise State
01:07cornerback
01:08Jeremiah Irby.
01:11I'm curious,
01:13and I'll just ask it easy,
01:14fair or foul,
01:15because we address this
01:17with Lane Kiffin
01:18and LSU.
01:20The difference in this story
01:22is that Lane Kiffin
01:24and LSU
01:25were trying to add guys
01:26that were on NFL rosters
01:28in training camp.
01:30Ultimately,
01:30didn't make NFL rosters,
01:32did what they could
01:33to get cut
01:34so they could go back
01:34to college
01:35and try and make some money.
01:36These guys were never
01:37on NFL rosters.
01:40It's been reported
01:41that the Miami tight end,
01:43Alex Bowman,
01:44worked out at Miami,
01:46University of Miami's
01:47pro day,
01:48but was never in camp,
01:50was not given
01:50an NFL contract.
01:51So that's the one fact
01:54that's different
01:55between these two guys
01:57and the two guys
01:58that LSU was trying to sign.
01:59Is it still the same thing,
02:00though,
02:01where they thought
02:01their eligibility was done,
02:02but now they may have it?
02:04Correct.
02:04Yes, for the five for five.
02:06Yes.
02:06I'm still of the mindset
02:07that, I'm sorry,
02:08there's going to be individuals
02:09that are just a year late,
02:12and these guys
02:13are just a year late,
02:14and now they're being added
02:15to the roster,
02:16and one of the position groups,
02:18the tight end position group,
02:19it's not like he was lighting
02:20the world on fire
02:21down in Miami.
02:22He had 18 catches last year
02:23for 166 yards.
02:25Are they bringing him in
02:26as a blocking tight end
02:30to improve the run game?
02:33Or,
02:34because there's already,
02:35you might say,
02:37stress in the tight end room.
02:39Now you're going to add
02:40another guy
02:41who hasn't been
02:42through training camp,
02:43hasn't been through
02:43the off-season program,
02:44hasn't even been here
02:45for the first five games
02:46in the bye week,
02:47and now you're adding
02:48a guy to that room
02:49who may get playing time
02:50over the guys
02:51that are currently in there?
02:52I read that they're enrolled.
02:54Like,
02:54how does that even happen?
02:55Mid-semester?
02:57They're just like,
02:57hey,
02:57I'm in chemistry now.
02:58Catch me up on what I missed.
03:01That's the other factor
03:02of this is,
03:03it's not just like
03:04adding a free agent
03:04in the NFL.
03:06Right.
03:06You actually have to get
03:07enrolled in the school.
03:10I don't like mid-season
03:11free agency
03:12in college football.
03:15I'll say,
03:16I want to be consistent though.
03:17When the stuff was happening
03:17at LSU,
03:18I said,
03:19if it's fair,
03:20as in you're allowed
03:21to do it,
03:22then it's you
03:23or your opponent.
03:24But then that quickly
03:26was shut down.
03:28Is this going to get shut down?
03:29Is the Big Ten
03:30going to step in
03:30and say,
03:31Michigan,
03:31you're not allowed
03:31to do this?
03:33Well,
03:33again,
03:33that's why I go back
03:34to the one thing
03:35that is different.
03:36These guys were never
03:37in a pro camp.
03:39They never signed
03:40a contract
03:42to try and make
03:43an NFL roster.
03:44So if that's the case,
03:45are they even good enough?
03:49Well,
03:49that's my other question.
03:50Is the other guy
03:51was second team
03:51all Mountain West,
03:52the corner?
03:54Yes.
03:55Second team all Mountain West.
03:56Is that what I said?
03:57No,
03:57I think you said
03:57all Mountain West.
03:58He was second team.
03:59Yeah,
03:59okay.
03:59Either way,
04:00second team.
04:00Are either of these guys
04:01needle movers
04:02for Michigan?
04:04I don't know.
04:05I wouldn't think so.
04:06So what's the point
04:06in doing this?
04:07I don't know.
04:09And I'm just curious
04:10because moving forward,
04:12these won't be issues.
04:13These are only issues
04:14this year
04:14because the NCAA
04:17shifted from red shirt
04:19to the four games
04:20to now late in the game,
04:22they did the five for five.
04:24So these players,
04:25had they made that ruling
04:27prior to the draft
04:30or pro days,
04:32they would have been eligible.
04:34Yeah,
04:34it's interesting
04:35because there's got to be
04:35a bunch of people
04:36that are in this spot
04:38that weren't good enough
04:39to go to the NFL
04:40that suddenly found out
04:41they had a fifth year,
04:44but they knew
04:45they had a fifth year
04:46months ago,
04:48right?
04:49Yeah.
04:49And no one scooped them up.
04:51They,
04:51I'm just,
04:52it's very bizarre.
04:53It is.
04:54It's so much about
04:55college sports right now
04:55is bizarre.
04:57And
04:58to get
04:59an injunction
05:00now
05:02halfway through the season
05:04and then
05:05to be on rosters
05:07to learn enough
05:09to be able
05:09to be productive
05:10on game day
05:11or to have an impact.
05:13I just don't understand
05:14why you would go
05:15through this exercise
05:16for guys that may not
05:17even ever play.
05:18Why didn't they try
05:19to join Michigan's roster
05:20or someone else's roster
05:21in August?
05:26I don't know.
05:27I'm looking at you
05:28like you're going
05:28to have an answer.
05:29I know you don't.
05:29I mean,
05:29this is such a bizarre
05:30situation.
05:31I mean,
05:32you answer it.
05:32Fair or foul?
05:33I think it's foul.
05:34I think it's foul for,
05:36like,
05:36this is a pro move.
05:39And I know everybody
05:40talks about,
05:41hey,
05:41there's free agency
05:42now in college sports
05:43and there's,
05:44you know,
05:45you're paying college athletes,
05:46all of those different things.
05:47But
05:50this is a one-off.
05:52It's not something
05:52that'll come up next year.
05:54And
05:54it's just,
05:56I'm sorry for
05:57a handful of individuals
05:59that are trying to exercise
06:00the right.
06:01Move on.
06:02You weren't good enough
06:02to play in the NFL.
06:04You weren't,
06:04you know,
06:05this rule was changed
06:06after your
06:10eligibility expired.
06:11So,
06:12I'm sorry,
06:13but it's not,
06:14life ain't fair.
06:15Yeah,
06:15you would say,
06:16like,
06:16rather than grandfathering
06:17these players in,
06:18it's just,
06:18sorry,
06:19you slipped through the cracks
06:21and we're just moving forward.
06:22And now all of a sudden,
06:23hey,
06:23in a room where there's
06:24always a little bit,
06:25already a little bit of stress,
06:26we're going to insert
06:27a new player
06:28and he may actually
06:28take the reps that,
06:30limited reps,
06:31but reps that we had
06:33already earmarked for you.
06:34Maybe these guys
06:34are waiting to go somewhere
06:35where they're not
06:36held accountable.
06:39How long are you
06:40sitting on that one?
06:41A couple minutes.
06:42Okay.
06:42Okay,
06:43Greg.
06:44Come on.
06:46What?
06:48Texas.
06:48They can cheat.
06:50Adding players
06:51to the roster
06:51after the season begins
06:53is foul.
06:54End of story.
06:55Yeah.
06:56What classes
06:56did these two players
06:57enroll in this semester
06:58to even make them
06:59student athletes
07:00in Michigan?
07:01Again,
07:02yeah,
07:02that's what I don't know.
07:03Like,
07:03how do you even
07:04enter a college class
07:08mid-year?
07:09What were those classes
07:09people were calling in about?
07:11Like,
07:11wine tasting
07:12and golf
07:13and that's what they're doing,
07:15right?
07:15How to sell vacuums.
07:17Oh.
07:18Brandon,
07:18I'm just kidding.
07:19Would you like to go
07:19through the entire list?
07:21Tom's just getting
07:21on my good side today.
07:23Can I,
07:24now that I've been brought in,
07:25can I bring up a point
07:26real quick?
07:26And I didn't hear
07:27your opinion,
07:28but I do want to note
07:30a couple weeks ago,
07:31you were the guy
07:31that said Tom Izzo
07:32was being too nice
07:33because he didn't put
07:34Jackson Kohler
07:34on the roster
07:35to fill a spot.
07:37Yeah.
07:37No,
07:37I said that.
07:38I want to be consistent
07:38because with LSU,
07:39I said if you don't do it,
07:40someone else will.
07:41Okay.
07:41So I loathe
07:43that it is acceptable,
07:44but if it's allowed,
07:46you are allowed
07:46to do it.
07:47I don't like
07:48that it's allowed.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Right.
07:50And it doesn't mean
07:51you have to.
07:52If it makes you better,
07:53though.
07:54Okay,
07:54but do you think
07:55these guys fix?
07:56No,
07:57no.
07:57That was my other thing,
07:58too.
07:58I don't know
07:59how much these guys
08:00will actually help.
08:01I mean,
08:02it's more of a head
08:03scratcher than anything.
08:04Yeah,
08:04I just,
08:04it's one of those things
08:05where you just look at it
08:06and you go,
08:07huh,
08:08I don't understand.
08:10Does it kind of feel like
08:11they had already had plans
08:13to,
08:13they thought they were going
08:14to be the five and five guys
08:16and they got denied,
08:17so then they tried to get
08:18some other work around
08:19and it just happened
08:20six weeks later
08:21than they thought
08:21it was going to,
08:22and they're like,
08:23well,
08:23we might as well go play
08:24since we're here.
08:25We might as well go play
08:26at Michigan.
08:27It's just very weird.
08:28But I think they were already
08:29trying to play at Michigan,
08:30and then they got denied
08:31the five and five
08:32like everyone else.
08:33Yeah,
08:33I guess,
08:33I mean,
08:33the reporting hasn't gone
08:35that deep into it
08:36to know,
08:37is this something
08:38that's been going on
08:39for two months?
08:41Right,
08:41right.
08:41And they just finally
08:43had their day in court.
08:44I think we're all
08:45on the same page with this.
08:47Yeah,
08:47it's not necessary
08:48in college football.
08:49No.
08:50To start the nine o'clock hour,
08:51I'm getting some weird
08:52vibes from John.
08:54I want to make sure
08:55that we have a unified front
08:56on something else.
08:58I think I'm pretty
08:58straightforward.
08:59You normally are,
09:00but this is one
09:00I need to figure it out
09:02because I'm not sure.
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