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Hoops Opponent Watch: Primer
Yea, and God did say unto his people, “hot damn, I’m glad it’s basketball season, for verily, football season sucked.”~ First Letter of St. Paul to the AnnarboritesWith the dong-punching albatross of...
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First Look: 2014 Defense
DEPARTURES IN ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCEBlack and Gordon are the only two starters departing. [Eric Upchurch and Bryan Fuller]DT Jibreel Black. Went from average-sized SDE to undersized three-tech to...
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Preview: Minnesota
I managed to navigate New Year's Eve and a Michigan State Rose Bowl win without overindulging myself, so of course I'm currently suffering from some sort of avian death flu.* The combination of black...
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Michigan 63, Minnesota 60
Photo via Marilyn Indahl/USA TODAY SportsIt looked for all the world like a road loss. Zak Irvin, with just five made shots, led the team in scoring. Nik Stauskas finished just 3/7 from the field....
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Dear Diary Puts 2013 Down
I bet 2014 won't get rabies and try to kill me!Let's have one more official reiteration: if the "2013 Must Die" meme shall go forth to the greater internet, let's all be on the same page as to its...
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Preview: Northwestern
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Michigan vs. Northwestern WHERE Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan WHEN Noon Eastern, Sunday LINE Michigan -14 (KenPom) TV BTNRight: Is "hitting hardwood bottom" a term? If so, it...
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Michigan 74, Northwestern 51
The "Game ... Blouses" dunk came early today. [Bryan Fuller/MGoBlog]After a rather aimless first ten minutes, Michigan poured it on against a hapless Northwestern squad, led by Nik Stauskas and an...
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Your Heap Is Smoldering And Is Not Our Heap
1/5/2014 – Michigan 74, Northwestern 51 – 10-4, 2-0 Big TenMETAPHOR ALERT: Drew Crawford jumping futilely as Stauskas is about to put a dunk on the Wildcats' faces. [Bryan Fuller]Game. Blouses....
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Monday Recruitin' Transcends Fred Jacksoning
I Have To Praise You Like I ShouldHigh School All-American week is officially over. Jabrill Peppers unofficially won the week. Just ask ESPN's Tom Luginbill, who wrote this in response to a question...
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Michigan Offers Jeff Jones
Position: Running BackHt/Wt: 5’11" / 196 lbs.Location: Washburn High School – Minneapolis, MNOffers: Minnesota, Florida, Iowa State, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri,...
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Unverified Voracity Bids Crystal Adieu
It's over. Hooray?And lo, it ended. It ended for us before the new year, and now it's all over, all of it: the season, the BCS, the goofy bowl scheduling. Next year, there are three large games on New...
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Hokepoints: Attrition Update, the Worst is Over
"Whatever you need to make you feel, like you've been the one behind the wheel, the sunrise is just over that hill." —Cursive, The Gentleman Caller,...
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Mailbag: Argument For Borges, Montgomery Departure Effect, Emo Business,...
Brian Sipe and Al Borges did not see eye to eyeQuarterback coach?Quarterback coach?-BML, BrooklynNope. When Borges arrived someone asked him about having a QB coach, and he said that he wasn't a fan of...
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One Frame At A Time: Minnesota & Northwestern
In the late stages of last week's narrow victory over Minnesota, John Beilein drew up a beautiful post-timeout play that culminated with Jon Horford dunking over three Gophers (capital 'G', of course,...
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This Week's Obsession: Naughty and Nice
Right? (No not really)I could have asked this when 4th and Long came out, or that time when a recruit gushed about Alabama's honesty and academics, or countless other recent days when the rusty nail of...
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Al Borges Fired
File photoPer the Athletic Department, offensive coordinator Al Borges has been fired. Here's the entirety of the press release:ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke...
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A Totally Useless List Of People Michigan Might Hire But Will Not Hire, Probably
NOPE. / Please!UPDATE: Kirk Herbstreit says it is a current college OC.I'm going to try to keep this realistic, which means Oregon OC Scott Frost is out, RichRod OC Calvin Magee is out, and the two...
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It's Looking Like Doug Nussmeier
Sam Webb is a connected person, and it appears that the Michigan OC choice is a barely-hidden secret amongst the connected, so when he posts an article titledMichigan's Ideal CandidateWith a picture of...
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Borges Out, Nussmeier In, Recruits React
The firing of offensive coordinator Al Borges obviously shook things up among Michigan fans as Twitter and MGoBlog almost exploded once the news dropped. Then all that happened was a pluck-job of...
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Al Borges In Repose
happier times with HeikoAl Borges is gone from Michigan after three years. And I'm… relieved. Yes. I think that's right.Not exactly happy, of course. A dude just got fired. This site had a bizarre...
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