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We Had Subs. It Was Regular.
2/23/2014 – Michigan 79 – Michigan State 70 – 19-7, 11-3 Big Ten[Bryan Fuller]There's a point where you cannot deny the thing you dearly wish was not true. For Michigan football, that moment was a...
View ArticleChances of winning the B1G, per KenPom
(Apologies if this belongs elsewhere, but I haven't seen this analysis done yet).At 11-3, with a half-game lead on Staee and four games remaining, Michigan is obviously in the driver's seat for the B1G...
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Monday Recruitin' Puts Ball In Hoop
Junior Day: No Commits, Still A SuccessShaun Crawford (left) and Tyree Kinnel at the MSU game [Fuller]Brandon continues to round up reactions from yesterday's Michigan State game/Junior Day, which...
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MGoPodcast 5.18: Weird Guys Overcome
Take a bow, JMo. [Bryan Fuller] MICHIGAN STATEI repeat "PLAYIN' A LOT OF WEIRD GUYS" about 60 times in a three minute span. Stauskas goes off, LeVert goes off, no respect for Jordan Morgan. Foot...
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MGoGIF: Caris Goes Running
"After I hit that shot that day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the tunnel. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And...
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Hokepoints: Who Needs SAM?
Say uaaaahhh [Upchurch] Last week when I was talking about the position moves—Jake Ryan to middle linebacker, Roy Manning to cornerbacks coach, etc.—I was mostly positive in the analysis portion,...
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The Recent Football Moves Make Me Nervous
UpchurchI mentioned this on the podcast, but here's a text version: the recent shuffling in the football program does not fill me with a feeing of warmth. Three things that have happened that make me...
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Unverified Voracity Wasn't At Full Strength
Surprise. You're probablynotsurprised."MICHIGAN HAMPERED BY STARS' NBA CONTRACTS"They did show McGary with like two minutes left, so I guess we're even?Kind of good. Tim Hardaway's assertion about a...
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One Frame At A Time: Michigan State
I believe Jen Bielema has a term for this.She calls it "terrible help defense."[The rest of the MSU game in GIFs after THE JUMP.]As usual, clicks the links/stills to open each GIF in a lightbox, and...
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Piles Of Position Moves
ROTATE [Bryan Fuller]Per first spring presser:James Ross and Royce Jenkins-Stone to SAM. Probably inevitable once Ryan move was announced. Obviously Michigan thinking more along the lines of the Stevie...
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Michigan Offers Stephen Griffin
Name: Stephen GriffinPosition: SafetyHt/Wt/40: 6'3" / 187 lbs. / 4.5Location: South Mecklenburg High School – Charlotte, NC (2015)Offers: Clemson, Tennessee, Charlotte, Duke, Georgia Tech, Michigan,...
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This Week's Obsession: March Matchmaker
Also dear yente if you could saddle Wisconsin in an impossible bracket that'd be great.In two days it shall be March. We're already familiar with the Big Ten Tourney participants, so let us look beyond...
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Last Year's Nightmares, Briefly
2/21/2014 – Michigan 4, Penn State 5 (OT) 2/22/2014 – Michigan 5, Penn State 2 – 15-10-3, 7-6-1 Big TenThey did call this. [Bill Rapai]I just don't know, man. Michigan came out on Saturday and did what...
View ArticleSpring Roster Overanalysis 2014!
A semi-annual tradition: Michigan releases a roster, I go over it to add to my ever-growing pile of slightly different numbers. To the pile!QUARTERBACKPlayer201020112012Spring 2013Fall 2013Spring...
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Preview: Purdue
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Michigan (19-7, 11-3 B1G) at Purdue (15-12, 5-9) WHERE Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana WHEN 7 pm Eastern, Wednesday LINE Michigan -7 (KenPom) TV BTN (PBP: Eric Collins;...
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Michigan 77, Purdue 76 (OT)
UNBELIEVABLE. LET'S NEVER SPEAK OF THIS AGAIN.UPDATE: GIF'd.
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WIN THE GAME
Just following coach's orders.While I'm still posting, click here for the broadcast view of the shot and celebration, both of which are magnificent.[HT: @robphillips1979, hero]
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Closing In Edition
Non-Conference Opponents RPI Effect Only TeamsRPI is dumb. It is overly simplistic, dumb, unhinged from reality, and stupid. But because the Committee looks at RPI, and this section is called “RPI...
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Six Foot Six And Rising
2/26/2014 – Michigan 77, Purdue 76 (OT) – 20-7, 12-3 Big TenDustin Johnston/UMHoops If you're wondering where I was last night on twitter, I was studiously avoiding it because I was in Auburn Hills...
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