Is there such a thing as off season bulletin board material? If so this ought to motivate the University of Michigan football players and coaches as they work at rebuilding the program. Bob Hunter in the Columbus Dispatch: Put it this way: Ohio State-Michigan has suddenly begun masquerading as an OSU-Toledo game, a switch not [...]
After the expected beatdown today that is the only question left. Has the Michigan Wolverines football program reached the low point? – First time ever to lose to a MAC school. _ First losing season in four decades. – Not going to a bowl game for the first time in over thirty years. – First [...]
Brian at MGoBlog tries to envision a scenario: Let’s try: Ohio State fans have been complaining about the offensive line all year, saying it’s taken a major step back and is full of fat lazy jerkos (hmmm…). The only thing that’s been keeping their run game afloat is Chris Wells stiffarms. With Michigan’s defensive line [...]
Pat Forde notes yet another potential streak that could end in this Saturday’s Michigan Ohio State game: In the illustrious history of Michigan football, 12 coaches have played against Ohio State. Their record in their first game in this rivalry: 10-1-1. Only Harry Kipke (24) failed to get it done, in 1929. The rundown: (Note: [...]
Interesting article in the Columbus Dispatch on Rich Rodriguez and the trials of taking over a storied program like Michigan – and struggling mightily your first year. A couple of things stood out to me. One was the discipline he is trying to install: It wasn’t just the playbook that changed. “From practices to meetings [...]
I was able to talk with Michael Rosenberg, the Detroit Free Press columnist and author of War As They Knew It, at an event here in Columbus back in September. And after our chat Michael was gracious enough to agree to answer some questions via email. I figured Ohio State Michigan week would be a [...]
In a Michigan football season full of disappointment and a comedy of injuries and errors, one thing has stuck out to me: Michigan’s offense has disappeared for long stretches in almost every game. This lack of scoring has absolutely killed Michigan and in many ways explains, or at least illustrates, their inability to win games [...]
There was something about Saturday’s Michigan Northwestern game that was painfully familiar. The same old mix of hope and despair we have seen all season. The defense comes of with a big interception only to have the offense fail to score a touchdown and have the field goal attempt blocked. Yet another special teams fumble [...]
Brian from MGoBlog offers insight into football and a little humor in reacting to Michigan’s win over Minnesota: Football, though… in football inexplicable things happen on a regular basis and they’re all gussied up to look like Flat Out Heart. You might think that, eventually, close observers would figure out this tendency and start saying [...]
In a year when Michigan football streaks were being broken by the handful it is nice to see a streak continue. Let’s review: First lost to a MAC team in 25 games? Check. First lost to Penn State in 10 years? Check First lost to Michigan State since 2001 and first at home since 1990? [...]