Drake Johnson Tears ACL, Out For Season
Bad news for #20: RB Drake Johnson will miss the remainder of the 2013 season with a torn ACL.Johnson tore that on a vicious-looking clothesline on kickoff coverage late, so thanks for that, Central....
View ArticleRows Of Teeth
8/31/2013 – Michigan 59, Central Michigan 9 – 1-0oh yeah Kalis and Magnuson beardin' it up yo [Upchurch]You may not remember this because of the recent history of Michigan football, but often after...
View ArticleMGoPodcast 5.1: The Central Cannot Hold
RATHER LONGERAn hour and 22 minutes.Bryan FullerOFFENSEGardnerpicks, offensive line talkin', I mention Norfleet's near-catch from Morris twice, Gardner as Vince Young, Fitz lookin' good. Taylor...
View ArticleHey, You: Ask John U Bacon Stuff
Noted author and man about town John U Bacon has just published a book, as you probably know from the excerpt that hit this space last Friday. John's been kind enough to give us the same opportunity he...
View ArticleMonday Presser Transcript 9-02-13: Brady Hoke
Bullets: Boo boo watch: Joe Reynolds "feels better each day." I don't know what that means. Courtney Avery is "close" to being able to play. Derrick Green is second on the depth chart. Brady Hoke...
View ArticleMonday Recruitin' Shook The College Football
Oh, Cool, We Get To Root For The Blue Guys AgainIt's a very odd experience to have Cass Tech playing a marquee game and not have several Michigan commits/targets to root for wearing green and white,...
View ArticleHokepoints: Charting Defensive Rotation
Wot it sez up dere^. Despite the blowout nature we got a good look last Saturday at the various positions that Michigan will rotate this season. So I charted who was in at what spot for every play. The...
View ArticlePicture Pages: Return Of The Stretch
GOOD? I think probably yeah. [Bryan Fuller]You know that basketball game column after the Wisconsin halfcourt shot game where I laid out a scenario in which Bo Ryan was the vanguard of the bug people...
View ArticleOne Frame At A Time: Central Michigan
Football is back, and major props go to drum major—and Belleville native—Jeff Okala for nailing the traditional back-bend in his very first game:I love that the BTN showed large portions of the pregame...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Catches Up
Note: some of this is very old, because last week was not good for UVing things.AHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHAnybody in the world who had anything to do with this stopping: I hate you. Other hype...
View ArticleTuesday Presser Transcript 9-3-13: Greg Mattison
Opening remarks:"All right, here we go. It's a big one. This has always been a big game. I probably know this game better than most people, having been on both sides of it. This is a rivalry game. This...
View ArticleGuess the Score, Win Stuff: Poultry
Michigan isn't playing anybody of significance, certainly nobody that might sue people who call them names, so rather than make this post all about Michigan's next opponent, I'm going to talk about...
View ArticleTuesday Presser Transcript 9-3-13: Al Borges
Opening remarks:"Wait, I just looked at Mattison. He had about three or four of these [tape recorders] here. Can somebody explain that to me? I get up here and [omg there are so many.]"You talk softly....
View ArticleWe On: The Excerpt
The captain of Michigan's 2012-13 basketball team, Josh Bartelstein, has written an e-book on the team's remarkable Final Four run featuring a forward from Zack Novak and excerpts from Trey Burke, Tim...
View ArticleUpon Further Review 2013: Offense vs CMU
FORMATION NOTES: Michigan didn't do anything particularly weird that I had to call out. Hey, look, it's an I-Form.WHAT SORCERY IS THISI called this 4-4 for Central Michigan, FWIW.No idea if the...
View ArticleWednesday Presser Transcript 9-4-13: Brady Hoke
Bullets: Courtney Avery will probably be available for Saturday. If he is, he'll be in competition with Jarrod Wilson for the safety spot opposite Thomas Gordon. Joe Reynolds is fine. Will play. The...
View ArticleThis Week's Obsession: Shakin' Down the Echoes
I always have trouble sorting what's real and what's not when it comes to Notre Dame, especially because they're so darn active on Wikipedia these days. Did they really push Lou Holtz out the door so...
View ArticleVicious Electronic Questioning with UHND
Nix. [Upchurch]An old tradition around here was to team up with a blog that covered the team we're about to play, ask each other some burning questions about what they see in themselves, and wait for...
View ArticleOpponent Watch: Week 1
Behold! I have destroyed Heiko and taken hold of the Opponent Watch. My plan is almost complete. For those new to the internet, every week we’ll take a look at the happenings amongst Michigan’s past...
View ArticleFee Fi Foe Film: Notre Dame
Stephon Tuitt, All-American defensive end and all-around terrifying humanNotre Dame opened the season with a 28-6 victory over Temple that could've either been much worse or much better, as both sides...
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