Opponent Watch 2016: Week 6
About Last Week:Michigan scored 78 points, which is pretty hard to comprehend. So let’s try to put 78 points in context. Imagine each point is a Honda Civic.Hot DAMN that’s a lot of Honda Civics.Put...
View ArticleMinnesota, Hour Four: An Endzone Excerpt
John U. Bacon has added a 60-page afterword to Brandon's Lasting LessonsEndzone detailing Harbaugh's first season in Ann Arbor. A paperback edition is coming out to accompany this afterword, and...
View ArticleBilly Donlon Media Day Quotes
Billy Donlon protects the rim against Xavier Simpson. [Isaiah Hole/247]I planned to spend the assistant coaches portion of media day splitting time evenly between the three assistants. After wanding...
View ArticleMailbag: Coachin' Poachin', Injury Redshirts, Shelton Johnson And Shelton...
Will someone raid the braintrust this offseason? [Bryan Fuller]Coaching turnover?In your last UV you talked about how there's basically air behind Tom Herman as far as possibly available decent head...
View ArticleFuture Blue Originals: Oak Park vs. Clarkston
[Nasternak/MGoBlog]Apologies for skipping FBO last week, but there’s only so much time in a week and the hockey preview wasn’t going to write itself. (Someone on North Campus just read that sentence...
View ArticleWTKA Roundtable 10/13/2016
45 minutes[Patrick Barron]Things discussed:Brown played a lot of the game in a dime-ish package with three down linemen—looked like Michigan practicing against Ohio State. Odd fronts, Taco at LB...
View ArticleMoving the Stati-Sticks: Post-Rutgers
[Barron/MGoBlog]Bill Connelly used a photo from the Michigan-Rutgers game to head his Week Six Five Factors box scores, and it’s not hard to see why. Scrolling across the stats will lead to either your...
View ArticleMidseason Expectations Revamp: Offensive Backfield
QUARTERBACK[Bryan Fuller]SEASON PREVIEW TAKE: Some concern generally overridden by Harbaugh's flawless track record as a QB coach and developer:On one level, "who is the starting quarterback?" is the...
View Article2016-17 B1G Basketball Preview: Michigan
[Bryan Fuller – MGoBlog]PREVIOUSLY: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, MarylandJohn Beilein’s entering his tenth season at Michigan – making him the fourth-longest tenured coach in the Big Ten. At this point,...
View ArticleDear Diary is Waving Like He Just Don’t Care
THIS MONTH IN MGOBLOG HISTORY:Happy 10-year anniversary, Anthony. Anthony? You can get up now. Seriously you guys just scored or something I think.I LIKE YOUR DISTRIBUTIONThe conference win...
View ArticleMGoPodcast 8.7: The Possible Dream
1 hour 49 minutes[Bryan Fuller]SponsorsA big thanks to our sponsors. The show is presented by UGP& Moe's and frankly would not be happening without them; Rishi and company have been on board here...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Should Run The Option
[Eric Upchurch]The best quote. ESPN was offered full and frank access to a Wisconsin DBs meeting before the Ohio State game. This was kind of a questionable decision since ESPN published some takes on...
View ArticleMonday Recruitin' Adds To OL Pile
Exit: Chase LasaterI'm a little late getting to this after the bye week, but fullback Chase Lasater is no longer a member of the class. Lasatar announced his decommitment on his Twitter account, which...
View ArticleMonday Presser 10-17-16: Jim Harbaugh
[Fuller/MGoBlog]Graham Glasgow started for the Lions. Did you see that, and is there some kind of a similarity between him and Jordan [Glasgow] in terms of temperament; he was just Special Teams Player...
View ArticleMonday Presser 10-17-16: Players
[Upchurch/Barron-MGoBlog]Kyle Kalis and Mike McCrayKyle, you guys went back to the knee braces after the Newsome thing. Was that a direct order from the coaches, and would you have done it anyway?“Me...
View ArticleMidseason Expectations Reset: Offense Part II
Previously:Offense Part I.WIDE RECEIVER[Patrick Barron]SEASON PREVIEW TAKE: Jehu Chesson was given top billing as the preview went with on-field production and Chesson's trajectory over Amara Darboh's...
View ArticleDraftageddon 2016: Roundtable at the Midpoint
Previously:We drafted teams.As is tradition, in lieu of a short hot-takey preseason all-conference list, this past offseason the MGoBlog staff drafted entire teams from the pool of Big Ten players....
View ArticleHoops Preview 2016-17: Point Guards
Previously:John Beilein media day transcript, Billy Donlon media day quotes, MGoPodcast 8.7, Alex's team previewDerrick Walton did most of his offensive damage from beyond the arc.Michigan learned a...
View ArticleRecruiting Mailbag With Steve Lorenz: Harbaugh Effect, Sparty Struggles,...
Jim Harbaugh's NFL connections add to his recruiting appeal. [Bryan Fuller]Ed-Ace: Recruitnik extraordinaire, regular podcast guest, and noted darts enthusiast Steve Lorenz of Wolverine247, aka The...
View Article2016-17 B1G Basketball Preview: Michigan St.
[Eric Upchurch – MGoBlog]PREVIOUSLY: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, MichiganDespite finishing behind Indiana in the regular season Big Ten standings, it feels inarguable that Michigan State had the...
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