Preview: Houston Baptist
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Michigan (5-2) vs Houston Baptist (2-5) WHERE Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan WHEN 2 pm ET, Saturday LINE Michigan -23 (KenPom) TV ESPNU PBP: Lisa Byington Analyst: Brooke...
View ArticleDear Diary Spams Disaster Button
dramatizationThis was how my interview for MGoBlog happened. Long ago, I was just some reader who wrote diaries. After I wrote one about one-high safeties (that I won't link for reasons that are about...
View ArticleHello From The Future: Ja'Raymond Hall
Isaiah Hole/247SportsMichigan added their second commitment from a "Pipeline 9" in-state junior today, as Scout's Allen Trieu reports 2017 Oak Park OT Ja'Raymond Hall will stay close to home for...
View ArticleMichigan 82, Houston Baptist 57
Duncan Robinson (19 points) and Caris LeVert (28) led the onslaught. [Barron]There once was a game in Tree City For the foe we only felt pity The home team scored lots The road team did not While you...
View ArticleMichigan vs Florida In The Citrus Bowl
The Oldest Bloggers In Existence bowl is on again. Points are projected to be a bit less than last time, as Florida enters with a brutal defense and an equally brutal offense, albeit in opposite...
View ArticleAttrition Watch: December 2015
I haven't done one of these in over a year. If you want a last glimpse at the 2009 class, hit up the 2014 preseason version of this post. You would be surprised that you might—that was a good class....
View ArticleMonday Recruitin' Is Blindsided
Vicious Vic DecommitsI've decided to decommit. pic.twitter.com/6IZroWgdrY— Victor viramontes (@Vicious_Vic10) December 7, 2015The MGoStaff is going to have to find a new favorite commit. Three-star CA...
View ArticleMailbag: Peppers As LB, Bowl Injuries, Next Year, Let's Dwell On It
[Bryan Fuller]Let's add another position to Peppers's bio?Is it absurd to think Jabrill could fill in at LB next year? He's listed about 30 pounds lighter than Bolden, yes, but he's faster, tackles...
View ArticleCitrus Bowl Teleconference: Jim Harbaugh
[Fuller/MGoBlog]Opening Statement:“We’re very excited to be invited to the bowl and sounds like it’s gonna be great, fair, honest, healthy competition. We’re looking forward to it.”Have you decided on...
View ArticleMonday Presser 12-7-15: Players
[Fuller/Barron/MGoBlog]Graham Glasgow and Joe BoldenJust thoughts on the bowl game and the Citrus Bowl and the matchup with Florida, generally speaking.JB: “Florida’s a good team, solid team. I think...
View ArticleThe Tucks Medicated Pad Annual Article About Name Sponsorships on Bowls
HT PoorYorickEntertainment: Hey there, Steve!: [sigh] Hey Carol-Sue.: Why so glum?: Well I told my wife last weekend that I want to go to the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. Then she went and booked our...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Discusses Robot Bloopers
[Bryan Fuller]Early entry tea leaves. In a welcome change, Michigan has a number of underclassmen good enough to consider entering the NFL draft. This, unfortunately, brings with it the possibility...
View ArticlePreview: SMU
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Michigan (6-2) at SMU (6-0) WHERE Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas WHEN 9 pm ET, Tuesday LINE SMU -5 (KenPom) TV ESPN2 PBP: Dave O'Brien Analyst: Len ElmoreRight: Larry Brown,...
View ArticleSMU 82, Michigan 58
mood: whiskeyThe excuses don't quite cut it.Yes, Michigan didn't have their starting point guard, Yes, they went on the road against a good SMU squad, and couldn't fly to Dallas until this morning....
View ArticleThis Week's Obsession: The Little Bowls
[This week we've changed up the format a little bit. I posted the question in a chat group and people weighed in when they got to it. So it's a bit more conversational.]The Question:Do you like low...
View ArticleGoal-by-Goal Analysis: Wisconsin
Friday, December 4, 2015#12 Michigan 6, Wisconsin 41st periodUM 0 UW 1 PPG 06:28 Kunin from Hughes & DavisonWisconsin’s lucky this play even unfolds. Not only is the pass to the point almost...
View ArticleAll Right, Fine, Let's Talk About That
[Patrick Barron]You said this would be a good basketball team.What are YOU doing here, bolded alter-ego?I'm bothering you. You said this would, and I fake quote, "not be a festering trash-heap."I...
View ArticleJimmystats: A New Bowl Eligibility Plan
The 2013 Motor City Bowl between Pitt and Bowling Green, via StadiumJourney blog.In our roundtable yesterday I suggested a new way of calculating bowl eligibility. It struck a chord, and it's...
View ArticleThursday Recruitin' Gets Bad Info
Attrition, Expected and... Not So ExpectedIn a move that should surprise no one, three-star in-state ILB David Reese announced his decommitment from Michigan yesterday so he can find a program that...
View ArticleSpike Done
[Bryan Fuller]The worst press release ever:ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan men's basketball senior guard Spike Albrecht announced today (Friday, Dec. 11) he has elected to step away from the...
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