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NCAA declares Michigan QB Jack Tuttle eligible for 2024 season
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Before Michigan’s national championship game, backup quarterback Jack Tuttle, who had transferred from Indiana before the 2023 season, had filed paperwork with the NCAA hoping to be granted an additional year.
If it didn’t come through, Tuttle said the next step would be to launch his coaching career.
That backup plan is on hold. Tuttle posted on social media Saturday night: “So many memories and great people. The journey continues” followed by a blue heart. Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell shared Tuttle’s post and added a “Yes sir” and a saluting emoji.
Michigan spokesman Dave Ablauf on Saturday confirmed to The Detroit News that Tuttle, 24, was cleared for the additional year of eligibility and plans to be back for the upcoming season, his seventh.
This is a positive development for Michigan which, will spend the offseason looking for a replacement for J.J. McCarthy, who was 27-1 as a starter the last two season and helped lead Michigan to a national championship last month as a junior. McCarthy declared for the NFL Draft.
Tuttle (6-foot-4, 210 pounds) was 15-of-17 for 130 yards and a touchdown last season at Michigan and ran four times for 35 yards as McCarthy’s primary backup along with Alex Orji.
He began his college career at Utah in 2018 but didn’t play and transferred to Indiana. Voted a captain at IU in 2022, the fifth-year senior played one game before suffering a season-ending injury. Tuttle told The Detroit News this year in Houston before the national title game that he was “in the process” of attempting to secure another season of eligibility.
“Basically, my goal has always been to be a player or coach at the highest level possible and reach a championship in college and a championship in pros,” Tuttle said at the time. “Whatever that means for me, whether I get to play another year here or I get to coach, I’m excited to do it. I’m going to attack whatever I get to do and have opportunity to do.”
During the team media day before the national title game in Houston, Campbell, who was promoted to offensive coordinator under first-year coach Sherrone Moore entering this season, was asked how he had seen the rest of his quarterback room, not including McCarthy, improve in 2023.
“Every single one in that room has taken a step way in the positive direction,” Campbell said. “Jack Tuttle, he’s a veteran guy, came from this spread offense and coming into more of an under-center, play-action, pro-style offense. So just learning a lot there. Alex Orji, his fundamentals, footwork, timing is insane in his development. Jayden Denegal might be the most improved player on the entire roster. Great accuracy, huge future for him. Then you throw in Davis Warren, he went through some injuries this year, but his footwork, cleaning up some of that stuff and he’s playing on time and playing as confident and fast as you can.
“So summarizing that all, it would be the confidence of the group. Understanding pre-snap what we’re going to probably get post-snap and be able to execute once that ball is snapped.”
Freshman Jadyn Davis, a four-star out of Charlotte (N.C.) Providence Day, was with the team during the CFP run as an early enrollee and will go through spring practice.
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Chicago says goodbye to summer with last dips in Lake Michigan
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CHICAGO (CBS) — We may not be ready to say goodbye to summer yet, and for the last beach day, the water wasn’t as rough Monday as it was over the weekend, but starting Tuesday, the beaches will be closed.
Just south of North Avenue Beach, in the area known as Concrete Beach, many come to take a dip in Lake Michigan, including six young ladies from DePaul University, before classes start on Wednesday.
“I haven’t been in the city much, though this is my first time at the Concrete Beach. I’m having an amazing time. I love it here. I’ve heard so much about it,” said DePaul student Kaylin Victor.
“It’s just a pretty spot. So we’re like ‘Let’s go.’ More it’s something to do. It’s a gorgeous view,” said DePaul student Lulu Lindsay.
If you weren’t in the water, you may have spent the day relaxing on the beach or in the shade to get out and enjoy what could be limited sunshine.
On Monday afternoon, the lakefront was packed with people trying to squeeze in the last bit of summer during the holiday weekend.
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'The Shark' Is Trying to Swim Across Lake Michigan Again
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An ultra swimmer says he will try again to cross Lake Michigan, from Michigan to Wisconsin, just a few weeks after trouble with a GPS device forced him to give up after 60 miles. Jim Dreyer says he will set off early Monday evening in Grand Haven. He says the journey to Milwaukee will cover at least 80 milesin the water and last 72 hours or more, the AP reports. Dreyer, 61, will also be towing a small inflatable boat with supplies.
“Sorry for the last-minute notice, but chaos is often part of this open water swimming game,” he said on Facebook. He also posted “Here I Go Again,” a 1987 power ballad video by Whitesnake. Dreyer, who calls himself “The Shark,” crossed Lake Michigan in 1998, starting in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and finishing in Ludington, Michigan. But three attempts to do it again have been unsuccessful since 2023. His last effort began on Aug. 6. The next day, he paused to get fresh AA batteries to keep a GPS device working. But during the process, Dreyer said he somehow lost the bag in the lake.
He had only a compass and nature to help him try to keep moving west. But Dreyer ended up swimming north instead, burning precious time and adding more miles as risky weather approached. A support crew pulled him out of Lake Michigan on Aug. 8. “What a blow!” Dreyer said at the time.
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Michigan State’s Jonathan Smith pumps brakes on overreacting to opening win
EAST LANSING – Tanner Miller snapped the ball and then created a massive opening up the middle at the left hash.
Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams took the handoff and sprinted through the hole for a 63-yard touchdown in the second quarter to give Michigan State a 16-0 lead.
That brought Spartan Stadium fans to their feet, at least those who already found their seats. Inclement weather resulted in a delay opening gates to spectators and lines outside the stadium remained – especially for the student section – until late in the first half. Those who weren’t inside when Lynch-Adams crossed the goal line didn’t witness a single point scored by the home team.
Michigan State topped Florida Atlantic 16-10 on Friday night in a stressful opener under first-year coach Jonathan Smith.
“Game ones, you’re going to learn a lot about your team and we’ve got a lot to work on,” Smith said. “What I did learn and was pleased with is that there’s a response in this group. We are going to play for four quarters. You win the game in the fourth quarter and we were able to do that.”
Season openers can be sloppy and that was the case for the Spartans, with a new staff and schemes and 61 first-year players on the roster. Michigan State committed three turnovers, 12 penalties for 140 yards and was a mess in the red zone. It was far from a clean performance but Smith, now in his seventh season as a head coach, pumped the brakes.
“I do think a little bit about Week 1 is kind of overreaction Saturday,” he said late Friday night. “The first impression, right, this is the first time that team’s out there. Well, then you begin to label, oh, they’re good on this side, they’re not good on this side. These guys can go to the playoff, these guys are out. It’s overreaction Saturday. We go back to work.”
So, no panic. That’s the measured approach but doesn’t quiet concerns about the product on the field. It was a shaky debut for quarterback Aidan Chiles, who completed only 10 of 24 passes for 114 yards, two interceptions and rushed for a score.
“I’m taking full responsibility for everything that happened today,” Chiles said amid frustration. “You always want to come out and play good football and do what you’ve got to do and I felt like I tried to do that and didn’t do what I’m used to doing. I play football for a living and I didn’t come out and perform to my best today.”
Chiles showed flashes of his talent but wasn’t sharp in his first college start. Amid an attempted revival for an offensively starved program, the sophomore needs other playmakers to stand out.
“He wants to play better,” Smith said of Chiles. “Well, I think the other 10 guys on offense want to play better. We’ve got to help the guy out.”
Smith’s Oregon State squad had the No. 1 red zone offense in the nation last season, scoring on 41 of 42 trips. The Spartans finished 1-for-4 in the red zone on Friday with a pair of turnovers while struggling to pound the ball inside the 20. Wipe out Lynch-Adams’ 63-yard score, he and starting running back Nathan Carter combined to average just 3.1 yards per rush.
“We’ve got to be able to run the ball and make the thing physical,” Smith said. “That will help red zone offense.”
On the other side of the ball, Michigan State’s defense keyed the season-opening win under new coordinator Joe Rossi. The Spartans limited the Owls to 248 yards and 3-for-13 on third down.
“We talk about response all the time,” defensive back Angelo Grose said after a team-high 12 tackles with an interception. “When things ain’t going our way, how are we going to respond, how are we going to go out there and still do what we need to do? I feel like we really emphasized that and that’s what we went out there and did.”
Although Michigan State’s defense got the stops needed to secure a win, penalties were a major problem. Starting safety Malik Spencer was disqualified for targeting and linebacker Jordan Turner avoided the same outcome after a review for his hit on Florida Atlantic quarterback Cam Fancher. And there were other errors to correct.
“We want to play with some aggression, but we’ve got to have some technique at the same time,” Smith said. “It’s not just, oh, it was a late hit. We got a horse-collar here, we’ve got to be smart around the sideline.”
Michigan State accomplished its overall Week 1 goal by picking up a win but needs to regroup quickly for the start of Big Ten play. The Spartans hit the road to face Maryland, which rolled to a 50-7 victory against UConn in the opener.
“We’re probably going to go in there with disgust,” Chiles said of watching film from the season opener. “We don’t want to go in there and watch that. We didn’t do what we were supposed to do, we didn’t do what we know we can do. It’s a new week, we get another opportunity. We won the game, go us, and we get to come back and do it again.”
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