Michigan Recruiting Insider: Staff changes, Peter Bourque decommitment, & more
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On this week's edition of The Michigan Recruiting Insider, Sam Webb, Steve Lorenz, and Brice Marich discussed recent changes in Michigan's recruiting and personnel departments. The crew began by delving into Sean Magee’s departure and outlined the desired criteria for his replacement, before moving on to discuss the potential impact of Kayli Johnson’s departure. Next, the conversation turned to coaching staff updates, as Larry Black is expected to be announced as the new defensive line coach, replacing Lou Esposito. The hosts highlighted the importance of Black's Midwest connections and his potential impact on recruiting. The episode continued with analysis of Peter Bourque's decommitment from Michigan and his reevaluation of his college decision. Finally, the team identified key defensive line recruits, including Marcus Bakatou, George Toia, and Luke Starcevic, and emphasized the need for Michigan to secure these top prospects.
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome back, folks, to another edition of the Michigan Recruiting Insider. |
| 0:23.1 | The best crew in the land, been holding it down while I was away with the wife on the 20th anniversary cruise. |
| 0:30.6 | 32 years together, 20 years, Mary. |
| 0:33.4 | And she's still around. |
| 0:35.6 | And so, look, when you put up with me for that long and my kids for that long, not my |
| 0:40.6 | our kids. |
| 0:41.8 | It's like I brought kids to the table, but she's going to divorce me by the second. |
| 0:44.8 | I got other kids somewhere. |
| 0:46.6 | But put up with me for that long, I had to do something special. |
| 0:50.0 | So we went away on a cruise and a shout out. |
| 0:53.3 | So I was on the boat. And a guy from Detroit, I should have got his name. |
| 0:58.5 | He came up and said, man, Sam, I watched the show every week. |
| 1:03.3 | So I was like, even on the boat, we had some TMI folks on the boat out in the middle of the Caribbean. |
| 1:08.6 | That was really, really cool. |
| 1:09.9 | So Detroit was deep. |
| 1:12.0 | Lions jerseys on Super Bowl night everywhere. |
| 1:15.1 | Detroit was deep on the cruise. |
| 1:16.8 | So shout out to all the Michigan fans and Detroit Lions fans |
| 1:19.8 | that made it on the Maxwell Cruz this year. |
| 1:23.9 | Outstanding, outstanding experience. |
| 1:25.6 | But missed the crew, missed the best crew in the land who really held it down on the recruiting insider front, |
| 1:31.5 | starting with Bryce Marriage. Bryce, how you doing? |
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