Devin Gardner wowed scouts at the Elite 11 camp.

Football:

• Elite 11: Ranking the Quarterbacks ($) — Rivals.com — Premium content here, so I won’t pull any direct quotes. However, Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Barry Every ranked the Elite 11 quarterbacks, and Devin Gardner came out on top, with Every comparing him to Jason Campbell, Vince Young (!), and (sigh) Terrelle Pryor. PSU commit Robert Bolden came in third, and MSU commit Joe Boisture 12th (out of 12). Gardner was also named by camp counselors as having the best feet and being the best in the classroom.
• Las Vegas Sets Michigan’s 2009 Over/Under — MVictors — Vegas sets U-M at 6 wins this year. If I was a betting man, I’d take the over. Also, odds of winning the national title are at 150/1. Don’t even think about it.
• U-M’s running backs offer variety — Detroit Free Press — Fred Jackson compares this crop of backs to 1992, when Michigan had Tyrone Wheatley, Ricky Powers, Ed Davis, and Jesse Johnson. High praise there, although I don’t see an elite back in this year’s group yet. However, Wheatley wasn’t elite until 1992, as a sophomore. Hopefully Minor, Brown, or Shaw can step up and be that guy.
• Remember when Chris Perry… — Spawn of MZone — Speaking of elite backs … nice video of Chris Perry’s ridiculous 51-carry game against Michigan State in 2003. Without that performance, I don’t think Perry comes close to the Doak Walker Award. What a game.
• Jarrett Irons: Walking Away From the NFL – Lost Lettermen — Great blog post from Irons on leaving his NFL dreams behind to enroll in grad school at Michigan. Awesome to read about how he lived and died with the team on Saturdays while taking business classes and doing a little radio on the side. A Michigan Man, to say the least.
• Football recruiting updates: Hagan likely to pick Ohio State — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Ignore Hagan. CB Cullen Christian once again reaffirms Michigan’s place at the top of his list, and teammate Brandon Ifill (WR/DB) plans to visit Michigan on July 31. Ifill says Michigan and Maryland stand out among the teams recruiting him right now.
• Michigan could look here for 2010 opener — ESPN.com — Adam Rittenberg suggests four teams Michigan could schedule for the first game in the renovated Michigan Stadium: Virginia, Duke, Oregon State and Pitt. Out of those teams, I’d prefer Pitt … it makes sense geographically, and I’m sure Rich Rodriguez would love to beat his former rival, especially since they knocked West Virginia out of the national title game in 2007.
• Prater trims list to six; Shrock names new favorite — ESPN.com — Bill Kurelic reports that Rivals.com’s No. 1 wide receiver, Kyle Prater, has cut down his list to six teams, and Michigan is not among them. Although Michigan certainly has no need for another wideout in this class, Prater would have been a huge get, so this is a little disappointing. However, receiver is not a huge need, so this is by no means a crushing blow.
• Nick Sheridan’s goal: To start at quarterback for University of Michigan football team — AnnArbor.com — Good lord, who wrote that headline? Anyways, the headline pretty much says it all. Some good quotes from Sheridan; like I’ve said before, I really like him as a leader on this team, and as a future coach. I just hope somebody else starts, unless Sheridan has improved so much that he is completely unrecognizable.

Basketball:

• No visit from Sparty next season — The Columbus Dispatch (via MGoBlog) — The Dispatch compiles a list of all the “one-plays” for the 2009-10 season, and Michigan catches  a couple big scheduling breaks. We will not be facing Illinois on the road this year, and will only have one game against Purdue (albeit in their place). This is great for piling up the conference wins, although I hope it won’t end up being a big knock on our resume if we end up being a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament.

Hockey:

• Alumni Set to Return for 2009 Summer Hockey Showcase — MGoBlue — Friday, July 31 at Yost, fo’ free. Fans will be treated to two alumni games, the first a 35-and-over game, the second featuring the younger guys. Highlights include Red Berenson (!) skating with the 35-and-older guys, and 2008 Hobey Baker Award winner Kevin Porter in the other game. Should be a fun night of hockey.
• 2009-10 Michigan Ice Hockey Roster — MGoBlue — Get your freshman numbers! Hot off the presses! Freshman numbers!
• Hurricanes reaquire Ward from Bruins in trade — TSN — Former M defenseman Aaron Ward traded to Carolina. Interesting side story here, since in game 5 of the Bruins-Canes playoff series this year Ward was “sucker-punched” by Scott Walker of Carolina. They’re now teammates. Ward previously played for Caroline from 2001-2006 (with one year in Germany during the lockout).

Other sports:

• Lacrosse recruiting — Varsity Blue — Tim Sullivan puts together a complete list of Michigan’s incoming recruits, which is ridiculous, because it’s lacrosse and nobody knows this stuff except the coaches and apparently Tim. I can vouch for Cy Abdelnour though … I got to see the kid play at Pioneer (my alma mater) while my brother played there. He’s a dynamite goalie, and tough as all hell, making first team All-State in 2008 at 5-6, 150. I’m rooting for him to see the field at Michigan, though it will be tough, since Michigan also pulled in Conor McGee, a goalie from a Baltimore powerhouse who is the top-rated goalie in the country to go to a club team.

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