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The Michigan Difference: seeking input on offseason article topics and the first request being about punting and then getting a quick second! Ask and you shall receive.MGoUser stubob asked whether or...
View ArticleThis Week in the Twitterverse
PSA: For those of you who didn’t kickstart the Basketball/Hockey HTTV because you didn’t want an ebook, this is your friendly reminder that the magic number has been reached. The print version of the...
View ArticleThursday Recruiting: What Day Is It Again Edition
Basketball? BasketballMichigan's extremely-critical 2014 class has a couple of guys who already sport offers but have not committed for reasons that are unclear to me. I mean srsly, you can play for...
View ArticleHello: Maurice Ways
Detroit Country Day receiver Maurice Ways has committed to Michigan. Surprise! He's the second receiver in the class, joining Drake Harris, and is in much the same mold: long, rangy, downfield threat....
View ArticleDear Diary from A to Z
Just a few more days to get in on the pre-sale of HTTV and the now-happening Hail to Hoops and Hockey and the Victors and Michigan Wooo. (working title). A lot of you held off on the second book until...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Spikes The Football
Welcome to College Football Blood Bowl. Warhammer 40k is generally too dorky even for me, but if you're vaguely familiar with their science fiction orc-dwarf-elf-demon football spinoff "Blood Bowl"*...
View ArticleMonday Recruitin': Linebacker Dominoes And Other Such Things
Running back: I guess we should get oneJonathan Hilliman has two Is in his last name.ESPN's Jared Shanker reports Michigan was visiting NJ RB Jonathan Hilliman recently. Sort of: Michigan was at the...
View ArticleHello: Juwann Bushell-Beatty
According to Sam Webb, Michigan just picked up their eighth commitment of the 2014 class—and third in the last week—in Paramus (NJ) Catholic OL Juwann Bushell-Beatty. Bushell-Beatty joins Mason Cole...
View ArticleKickstarter Reminder: Get Your Bids In
wowThe HTTV 2013 Kickstarter closes at 4 PM, so if you want in, click away. We have reached the stretch goal and will put down a basketball/hockey magazine in pretty printed material, so if you're just...
View ArticleThe Hot Take: Divisions
AAAAAHHHHHH OOOHHHHHHHHH HONORING EASTS AND BUILDING WESTS/soulful electric guitarIT'S BEEN A BIG TEN TRADITION FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURSWE HONOR THE EASTS WHO'VE GIVEN US MOMENTS WE'LL NEVER FORGET EVEN...
View ArticleMailbag: Scrimmages, GA Strategy, Big WRs, Cute
this would have been far less awful to behold if it was officially an exhibitionbrian, i seem to remember that rodriguez had some idea about doing spring game scrimmage with d2 or d3 schools. after...
View ArticleBig Ten Recruiting Rankings 4-30-13
At long last, ESPN released their 2014 rankings, which means I no longer have an excuse to not put this together. With a new recruiting cycle comes some changes to the rankings: Between the addition of...
View ArticleHokepoints Draws Up Rolex
Sorry this one's short, since I'm neck deep in the HTTV editorial right now. When we did the Marlin Q&A I shot him a question over email after the fact about his favorite type of defense. The...
View ArticleHTTV Preorders: Available
Gentlemen who missed the Kickstarter or wanted to order multiple copies but couldn't because Kickstarter doesn't let you do that, here are the answers to your issues. You can preorder HTTV on the...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Keeps A Straight Face
In retrospect, I bet this is false. But if it's not... A tweet claiming that the six Big Ten hockey programs will receive a two million dollar bonus from the BTN made the rounds, spurring many...
View ArticleThe Hot Take: Horses Should Play The Other Football, Which Is Soccer
MORE LIKE COMEPLAY WITHDRAWN FORWARD FOR JURGEN KLINSMANNO reader, I bring to you a topic of great significance. The blogosphere has been riven by controversy after a horse tried to play football on...
View ArticleThis Week in the Twitterverse
Ouch. My Retinae.You probably heard that Jason Collins came out of the closet on Monday, making him the first active athlete in one of the four major sports to do so. And as you would expect, the...
View ArticleOpeners and Bye Weeks: Which Coaches Do the Most
Football commentators regularly talk up the value of the bye week or a big early season game for the opportunity to add extra preparation from a coach staff. This week I dug into the data to see how...
View ArticleThursday Recruitin' Recognize Real
J-Reall Recognize Real, That IsJabrill Peppers is doing pretty well for himself. The five-star recruit is one of the most sought-after prospects in the country. His highlight tape is 12 minutes of...
View ArticleCollege Football Playoff Is Brought To You By Lars Von Trier, Of Course
Via @mocomber, can you pick out the cofopoff logo?You cannot, because you cannot decide if the current state of the NCAA is a Lars Von Trier movie or not. Specifically: Dogville, progenitor of THE MOST...
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