MGoPodcast 5.16: In Soviet Gauntlet
MICHIGAN STATEHooray threes, hooray Stauskas. GRIII rather absent. LOTS OF REF BITCHING. Lots of yummy Izzo tears of unfathomable sadness. Lots of open threes. Clutch execution down the stretch....
View ArticleBrendan Gibbons Expelled, Untruths Rampant
The university and athletic department handled Gibbons about as well as he handled this field goal. [Eric Upchurch]The Daily has revealed that the sketchy way Brendan Gibbons exited the program—a...
View ArticleThis Week's Obsession: All Things Go
[Dustin Johnston|UMHoops]My fellow Americans, the state of the union is lol. Abroad we have seen the greatest extension of three-point hegemony in our history. We have looked unto the face of Bo Ryan...
View ArticleOn The Union
We've reached a crossroads. Northwestern has had just about their entire football program sign on to an attempt to get themselves recognized as a union by the National Labor Relations Board. This is a...
View ArticleThe Wizardry of Nik Stauskas
Swish. [Bryan Fuller/MGoBlog]In the last three games, Michigan earned their status as the team to beat in the Big Ten by sandwiching road wins at Wisconsin and Michigan State around a home victory over...
View ArticleMichigan Offers A Pair of 2015 Tight Ends
The Michigan coaches have been on the road, checking in on recruits from all corners of the country. Multiple offers have gone out over the past couple of weeks and two of the latest are to tight ends...
View ArticleHoops Opponent Watch: Big Two Little However Many Edition
Non-Conference OpponentsRPI Effect Only Teams:UMass-Lowell (5-14) Beat Maine, but lost to New Hampshire. I’m assuming this was hockey. Houston Baptist (4-12) had a rough Bayou-centric week, losing...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Sows Chaos, Reaps The Wildcat
Important (not important). This is a frog. I have been exhorted to call this MGoFrog and make it a thing. I'm afraid that by doing so I will give Adidas an idea for a Michigan uniform, unfortunately....
View ArticleThursday Recruitin' Is Compelling And Rich
McDowell Watch: Day SomethingorotherLet's go to Sam Webb, live on the scene ($):"He talked with (Hoke) late last night," McDowell's father reported. "(Michigan's in-home) is for tomorrow. We (i.e....
View ArticlePreview: Purdue
THE ESSENTIALSWHATMichigan vs. PurdueWHERECrisler Center, Ann Arbor, MichiganWHEN9 pm Eastern, ThursdayLINEMichigan -17 (KenPom)TVESPN/WatchESPN (PBP: Joe Tessitore; Analyst: Sean Farnham)Right: Matt...
View ArticleMichigan Offers St. Thomas Aquinas Duo
St. Thomas Aquinas could probably compete with some small level colleges as they pump out D1 prospects like some clever analogy for industriousness the other guys might come up with. The 2015 class...
View ArticleMichigan 75, Purdue 66
Derrick Walton played perhaps the best game of his career [Bryan Fuller/MGoBlog]Michigan fans worried about a sloppy, letdown performance after the Wolverines emerged unscathed from a brutal three-game...
View ArticleHow Dear Diary Got Into College
A reader asked for a screenshot from that movie where a bunch of kids are going through the process of applying to and selecting their college destination and the dad of one decides to don the only...
View ArticlePure Michigan
1/30/2014 – Michigan 75, Purdue 67 – 16-4, 8-0 Big TenAlbrecht is one of six Wolverines hitting 38% or better from three [Bryan Fuller]When your friend asks what Purdue is like this year and you tell...
View ArticleOversigning Bites Indiana Back
Indiana could have used Creek (#1, left) or Abell (right)Michigan's next Big Ten opponent is Indiana, an outfit that's 3-5 in conference, 13-8 overall, headed for an NIT bid at best. While Indiana lost...
View ArticleHelpful Readers Help Unravel Gibbons Questions
[Meta: I thought given the nature of subject it was better to break all this off from Dear Diary.]Duty Calls (xkcd)In the wake of news that Brendan Gibbons had been [Michiganese for] expelled for his...
View ArticlePreview: Indiana
THE ESSENTIALSWHATMichigan at IndianaWHERE Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IndianaWHEN1 pm Eastern, SundayLINEMichigan -5 (KenPom)TVCBS (PBP: Ian Eagle; Analyst: Bill Raftery)Right: #thugTHE...
View ArticleIndiana 63, Michigan 52
Stone-cold killer (via)Yogi Ferrell (27 points, 7/8 3-pt) hit damn near everything, Indiana utilized Duke's blueprint to shut down Nik Stauskas (6 points, 1/6 FG), and the Hoosiers eventually pulled...
View ArticleI Am Not A Bystander But I Am Standing By
2/2/2013 – Michigan 52, Indiana 63 – 16-5, 8-1 Big TenStauskas was barely involved, but they don't take pictures of guys hanging around at the three point line. [Chris Howell/Hoosier Scoop]There was a...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity's Policy Is To Attend Press Conferences In The Nude
Check your spam folder? Faced with the prospect of a potentially contentious Signing Day presser, Michigan tried to defuse things by inviting select media to talk to Hoke, whereupon he could issue the...
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