Whoosh. That sound you hear was the recruiting dominos cascading en masse Thursday. The No. 1 prospect in the 2025 class Bryce Underwood stole the thunder of Top247 QB Julian Lewis’ McAfee-televised commitment to Colorado earlier in the day, two massive strokes of recruiting news that settled nicely in time for us to enjoy the ramifications of an important Week 13 slate in college football. National Signing Day — aka, the first day of the Early Signing Period — is Dec. 4, earlier than ever. It’s nice to get much of this out of the way now, we think.

Still, we have some fresh info to unpack regarding the Underwood’s flip from LSU to Michigan in today’s insider notebook, along with happenings of the on-field and off-field (job vacancy) variety. Here’s what we’re unpacking. 

Inside Bryce Underwood’s secret trip to Ann Arbor to clinch the flip Michigan’s plans for its 2025 QB room still include a transfer  LSU is re...