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Recruiting Reset: It's Cram Time!
Hello. With the regular season over and basketball in full flower it's time for our annual handoff of recruiting content to some guy named Brian. Let's play the feud! And by that I mean take a look at...
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This Week’s Obsession: Nobody Cares About Your Fantasy Team, Big Ten
[Patrick Barron]So the Big Ten writers and coaches held a watered down version of Draftageddon called the “All Big Ten Awards” so we thought we’d chime in. The link has the official release.Individual...
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WTKA Roundtable 12/1/2016: In Defense of Tony Boles
48 minutes[Eric Upchurch]Things discussed:Speight still hurt in this gameThe officiating, with a lot of examples.Harbaugh’s other reason for saying something.“Why didn’t we have a 2-point play?” is a...
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Friday Recruiting Is Watching Colorado Tonight
Apparently the Pac-12 championship is tonight. Is this new? Have I never watched the Pac-12 championship before? I'm very confused. I thought I'd tell you in case you are unprepared for a Friday...
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Michigan's Post Defense: A Thorough, Ugly Examination
M's best post defender? It's, uh, in the eye of the beholder. [Marc-Gregor Campredon]After Wednesday night's Virginia Tech game, I sat in on John Beilein's postgame presser, attempting to fill out my...
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Michigan Gets Orange Bowl Bid, Will Face Florida State
Zero surprise here once the championship games fell the way they did. Game is on the 30th, not the 1st, since the 1st is a Sunday this year; it's at 8 PM at whatever they're calling the place the...
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Alumni Association Orange Bowl Tour
I wanted to get this up ASAP for you guys since it tends to fill up: the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan just finalized this year’s bowl tour, and let us announce it here at the same...
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Orange Bowl Teleconference: Jim Harbaugh
[Bryan Fuller]Opening Statement:“Hi, my name is Jim Harbaugh. Thanks, Mr. Wahl [Ed. A-Orange Bowl communications director]. Uh, sorry I wasn’t able to get on the call earlier. I was on a plane. Thanks...
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Unverified Voracity Actually Isn't A Bloodbath
really should have used this for the bowl game post That is a large spread. Michigan is favored by 6.5 against FSU. S&P+ has Michigan by 11.8 and with a 75% shot at victory. Other lines that are...
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Basketbullets: An Unstoppable Set, Post Defense Follow-Up, Kennesaw Notes
Beilein has drawn up some easy layups for Wagner. [Marc-Gregor Campredon]I'm gonna try something new here with our hoops coverage. The Basketbullets posts have mostly been game column type things; I'm...
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Pre-Orange Bowl Presser: Players, Part 1
[Bryan Fuller]Jake Butt and Mason ColeJake, talk about how it’s your last game coming up and what do you know about Florida State and that matchup?“Yeah, first on Florida State, we’ve gotten the...
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Tuesday Recruitin' Apologizes For Putting A G In Recruitin' Last Time
I'm rusty. Jordan Anthony: all but wrapped up?The Big Weekend is upon usMichigan's enormous visit weekend is in a few days. Folks who say they will be on campus:5* CA RB Najee Harris. You may have...
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Hoops Preview: Texas
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #27 Michigan (6-2) vs #71 Texas (4-3) WHERE Crisler Center Ann Arbor, Michigan WHEN 9 pm ET, Tuesday LINE Michigan -10 (KenPom) TV ESPN2 PBP: Jason Benetti Analyst: Dan...
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Michigan 53, Texas 50
[Marc-Gregor Campredon/MGoBlog]"So you haven't seen us win many like that," said John Beilein to open his postgame presser. Truer statements have rarely been spoken.Let's set aside, for a moment, the...
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Pre-Orange Bowl Presser: Players, Part 2
[Upchurch/Fuller]Chris Wormley, Ryan Glasgow, Wilton SpeightWilton, what are your thoughts on Florida State and playing them?“Yeah, pretty cool. I saw that the last team, the last Michigan team, to go...
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The Catchup: Hockey
Now that football has ceased, a glance at some ongoing sports you may not have paid much attention to yet.They're real badphoto not meant to reflect poorly on Jack Lafontaine [James Coller]Let us cut...
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Goal-by-Goal Analysis: Penn State
Thursday, December 1, 2016#6 Penn State 6, #20 Michigan 11st periodSturtz GoalPSU 1 UM 0 EV 07:56 Assists: Richard & SmirnovNagelvoort’s standing to lock the post, which is perfectly acceptable and...
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Neck Sharpies: Solving the Spread Punt
A few years ago it was de rigueur on this site to talk about how college rules allowed NCAA teams to use a different style of punting, and that this style (called spread or shield) of punting was...
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Hello: Ambry Thomas
MI CB Ambry Thomas, the #2 player in the state, just announced his commitment to Michigan:Thomas is the #3 CB and #31 overall player in the country to 247; he's 5th and 58th, respectively, on Scout....
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Hello: Ambry Thomas
Rather athletic. [Left: 247Sports; Right: Bill Rapai/MGoBlog]Four-star Detroit King cornerback Ambry Thomas, the #2 player in the state, committed to Michigan last night via video announcement.An Army...
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