Michigan Recruiting and Press Conference News and Notes

Recruiting:

• California DB Sean Parker is planning a Michigan visit: "They're playing USC so it should be a great game and I'm looking forward to seeing what the atmosphere is like. I don't have any other visits set after Cal. I know I want to take all five and I'm going to set one with Michigan, but that's the only other one I know of so far."
• Dior Mathis DB from Cass Tech still considers his final list Oregon, Michigan, Michigan State, Miami, and Illinois (he is 5"9 166, I'm just saying).
• Casey Prather, like expected, picked Florida basketball over Michigan basketball today.
• Look for a bunch of recruits to be in Ann Arbor for the Penn State and Ohio State games (FYI Florida guys—it's usually 65 and sunny in November in Ann Arbor).
• Michigan commit-to 2010 WR D.J. Williamson had surgery on his ankle this month.

RR's Press Conference today:

• Tate's shoulder is sore and will practice again today.
• Safety Mike Williams is practicing and will be ready for Saturday.
• Brandon Minor sat out Monday and Tuesday, but practiced today.
• Boubacar and JT Floyd continue to battle for the starting CB spot. JT Turner is still a ways off, but may still see some playing time this year (you know they want to redshirt him if possible).
• RR doesn't believe the Michigan players have ever said anything disrespectful to the Spartans. He also said the players use more of the "bulletin board" material than the coaches do for motivation.
• They have worked on snaps, which seem better.  Also, they are heading up to East Lansing on Friday.