ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith isn’t exactly known as a college football guru, but he does give his opinion every now and then. Michigan fans may remember that Smith was one of the most outspoken analysts last season when it came to the sign-stealing saga and how to handle it.
“I think it’s a big mistake on the part of the Big Ten to let this slide,” Smith said in November. “You have to put the momentum, the heavy hand of the conference on that program. If they don’t give you answers you like, you’ll keep them from representing the conference in the College Football Playoff.
Of course, Michigan represented the Big Ten in the College Football Playoff and ultimately captured the 2024 National Championship.
On Friday, Smith offered another opinion that Michigan fans will likely take issue with — this time regarding the reversal of five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood.
Stephen A. Smith weighs in on LSU losing Bryce Underwood to Michigan:
“You didn’t lose it to Kirby Smart. You didn’t lose it to Prime Time. Did you lose it to Sherrone Moore? In Michigan? That’s not Jim Harbaugh’s coaching at Michigan.”
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“And then to lose a top (recruit)… you didn’t lose him to Kirby Smart, you didn’t lose him to ‘Prime Time’. You lost him to Sherrone Moore? And Michigan? That’s Jim not Harbaugh coaching at Michigan? No disrespect to him. But I’m like, “Wait a minute.”
I applaud Smith for throwing in “no disrespect” there, but that entire statement was a disrespect to Sherrone Moore as the head coach of the University of Michigan. What Smith essentially said is that Moore isn’t worthy of a recruit like Underwood. Kirby smart? Certainly. Deion Sanders (who hasn’t won anything of value at the collegiate level)? Absolute. But Moore? No, that doesn’t make sense… at least not according to Stephen A. Smith.
Regardless of Smith’s opinion of Moore as a coach or recruiter, the reality is that the Wolverines now have a Top 10 recruiting classes nationally with the addition of Underwood – and more to come.
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