Exit Scott Sypniewski
According to his Twitter bio, Michigan long snapper Scott Sypniewki won’t be returning to the program for his redshirt senior season in 2017. Sypniewski has been Michigan’s starting long snapper since...
View ArticleFee Fi Foe Film: Florida State Offense
Much of the information in this post is provided by Pro Football Focus.So, yeah, that guy might be a problem.Personnel. Seth's diagram [click to embiggen]:While FSU's most serious injury issues are on...
View ArticleFee Fi Foe Film: Florida State Defense
Previously: Florida State Offense...damn.As it turns out, not having a functional passing game against Florida State's defense is a serious issue. Florida, a subpar-at-best running team, managed a...
View ArticleMGoBBQ: MOJO Pork for CUBANOS
[ed-Seth: Special thanks this year to Matt Gase, Michigan grad and CEO of Eat Well Embrace Life, for being a most excellent sponsor of Joe Pichey’s most excellent recipes. I don’t know if I’d have...
View ArticleSal Volatile: The Career of Ryan Glasgow
[Eric Upchurch]On September 7, 2013, Ryan Glasgow stepped onto the turf at Michigan Stadium in front of 115,109 fans (and another 8.65 million watching at home) for what was undoubtedly the biggest...
View ArticlePreview: 2016 Orange Bowl
EssentialsWHATMichigan vs Florida StateWHEREThe Orange Bowl, Miami, FLWHEN8 Eastern December 30th, 2016THE LINEM -7TELEVISIONESPNTICKETSFrom $184WEATHERclear, 60-ish Many numbers herein courtesy Pro...
View ArticlePunt/Counterpunt: 2016 Orange Bowl
Wanting it more [Patrick Barron]PUNTBy Bryan MacKenzie"Who wants it more."You hear that from broadcasters and talking heads all the time. And it's usually a dumb trope to try to explain an outcome that...
View ArticleHoops Mailbag: More Weezy, Late Clock Offense, Best Five
What's German for "you should play me more"? [Marc-Gregor Campredon]Michigan begins Big Ten play on Sunday at Iowa. As the team's long holiday break comes to a close, it's a good time to take some...
View ArticleOrange Bowl Liveblog
FSU links: Preview, FFFF Offense, DefenseDr. SapThis is how it ends.New features this week: Nothing. We’re going to be rolling out a suite of questionably functional things for a basketball game...
View ArticleFlorida State 33, Michigan 32
Dalvin Cook lived up to his billing. [Bryan Fuller/MGoBlog]Sometimes you make it a game despite yourself and the human lightning bolt that is Dalvin Cook and then a freshman receiver who looks like a...
View ArticleHoops Preview: Iowa
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Michigan (10-3, 0-0 B1G) vs Iowa (8-6, 0-1) WHERE Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa WHEN 2:21 pm ET, Sunday LINE Michigan -2 (KenPom) TV BTN PBP: Brian Anderson Analyst: Jon...
View ArticleIowa 86, Michigan 83 (OT)
Look past the final result and you can see this year's Michigan squad taking shape. Derrick Walton is more off-guard than point guard. Zak Irvin, filling the void, is a point-forward. Moe Wagner and DJ...
View ArticleExit David Dawson
[Bill Rapai]Senior OG Dave Dawson announced today on Twitter that he does not plan on returning for his grad year:I will forever be thankful, GO BLUE pic.twitter.com/WK02dhbwAb— BIG DAVE (@DaveDawson_)...
View ArticleHoles, And The Digging Out Of Them
11/26/2016 – Michigan 32, Florida State 33 – 10-3, 6-2 Big Ten, season over[Joseph Dressler]I can feel the hot take brigade trying to get through the door already: tweets about how much of this gets...
View ArticleExit Jedd Fisch
[Bryan Fuller]Michigan is in the market for a new offensive assistant. FoxSports's Bruce Feldman reports that passing game coordinator and QB/WR coach Jedd Fisch will be UCLA's next offensive...
View ArticleMGoPodcast 8.14: Wherein We Resolve to Be More Like Pitbull
53 minutes[Smoothitron]The show is presented by UGP& Moe's and their latest venture, the Bo Store, and frankly would not be happening without them; Rishi and Ryan and their people have been huge...
View ArticleExit Jabrill Peppers, Per Report
[Bryan Fuller]We don't usually put "per report" in these titles but this is on the borderline between solid and, uh, not solid. So take it in that spirit. Per Darren Heitner, citing agent sources:...
View ArticleTuesday Recruitin' Is A Tree Stump
Nose tackle troubleMichigan had its sights set on three NT sorts and hoped to get two; 3.5* TN DT Rutger Reitmaier decided to stick with Oregon, and now 5* GA DT Aubrey Solomon has a defined leader...
View ArticleGoal-by-Goal Analysis: Great Lakes Invitational
[James Coller]Thursday, December 29, 2016Michigan Tech 2, Michigan 01st periodBirks GoalMTU 1 UM 0 EV 05:36 Assists: AukAuk carries the puck in and shoots, the shot going wide and rimming around the...
View Article2017 Big Ten Week One Recap
[Dylan Buell – Getty]Note: last night’s Indiana-Wisconsin game happened after most of this post had already been written and technically happened in the second week of Big Ten play, so it will be...
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