"I'm too pretty to work hard"

What's it been, two, three months since there was some extremely disappointing news regarding the Michigan football program? Kevin Newsome, the 4-star Quarterback (4th overall QB of '09 according to Rivals) has re-opened his recruitment, effectively de-committing from the verbal agreement he had reached with Michigan last April. But for whatever reason, this doesn't seem like that big a deal. Had this been 10 weeks ago, it would have been the next chapter of a chaotic off-season that included the losing of Mallet and Boren, the failure to recruit Terrelle Pryor as well as the complications with Rich Rodriguez's buyout. The media's downplaying of this occurrence can only mean that the mess of last spring is over with and all eyes are now looking to the field for the results. Speaking of results, Sports Illustrated predicted Michigan to go 5-7 (3-5 in the Big 10)... Wow.

Newsome was reportedly upset earlier this year when Michigan received a verbal commitment from another 4-star dual threat QB (though ranked slightly lower), Shavodrick Beaver. It seems that Newsome was more of a Lloyd Carr player who expected a starting position to just be handed to him on a silver platter. Beaver is more of a Rich Rod mold in that he plans to work hard and compete for whatever time he can get. The time he gets could eventually be that of the starting QB, so brace yourself Michigan, a man by the  name of Shavodrick Beaver may very well be the face of the program in the near future. The MSU, OSU and Notre Dame T-shirt companies should have a fun time with that one.