Welcome back to the wolverine.com podcast. I'm John Borton. We're talking Michigan football recruiting today.

And you know what that means when it's on this particular podcast. The long-awaited return of Jim S, our guy on recruiting.

We've had an interruption because of some transition issues with our own site.

But now we are back and getting ready to go on Michigan football recruiting.

No better time than this because Michigan has just brought in a new class of players.

And Jim, great to have you back on the podcast.

Hey, John, great to be back with you.

It's been a great ride the past couple of months since we last spoke.

And, you know, Michigan's getting a good place on the field and on the recruiting front.

So let's just keep our fingers crossed

that we actually get to play this playoff game in 10 days because that would be a huge

disappointment if it doesn't go through. There's no doubt about it. We'll talk about that in a

little bit, but I want to dive right into the new group of signes for Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines.

And you talked about the great season it was.

I think that had to impact the way Michigan finished this class.

And maybe a name or two that we weren't expecting,

along with making sure that you locked down those that were most highly coveted in the first

place.

Sure, exactly.

I mean, obviously, the on field performance had a huge huge impact on our recruiting.

And if I kind of take a quick scan of our sign-e list, of our top six signes, you know,

other than Will Johnson, who's the legacy

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