Mailbag: Optimism, Negotiation Skillz, NCAA Whinin'
Optimism time!Hey MGoBlog team,Thought it might be fun to list what would reasonably need to happen on order for Michigan to have a B1G division championship season. I've got: dramatically improved...
View ArticleHoops Hello: Aubrey Dawkins
Michigan's picked up a commitment from NH SF/SG Aubrey Dawkins, a 6'4" sleeper sort just discussed in this afternoon's recruiting post. The son of Stanford coach and former Duke star Johnny Dawkins, he...
View ArticleAttrition Watch: April, 2014 Edition
With Signing Day and spring practice in the rearview mirror, Michigan's roster should remain basically intact until fall and possibly beyond. With the media cottoning on to the enormous hole in the...
View ArticleHokepoints: Seasoning the Line
Gardner's implied question is the same we're all asking [Fuller]The 2014 football season hinges on whether the offensive line can go from one of the worst in the country to just mediocre. We've...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Swings Really Hard At Tee Ball
I think it's really happening. Mike Babcock-to-Michigan rumors have just been turned up to 11: Mike Babcock says not worried about negotiating for extension, will either remain coach of Red Wings or be...
View ArticleSo… The Mike Babcock Thing
It could happen?Red Berenson has two years left on his contract and says this will be his last one. Speculation about his replacement has been rife. Veritably so. Folks around the program have been...
View Article2014 Recruiting: Jabrill Peppers
Previously: Last year's profiles, CB Brandon Watson. Paramus, NJ – 6'1", 210 Scout 5*, #3 overall #1 CB, #1 NJ Rivals 5*, #3 overall #1 CB, #1 NJ ESPN 5*, #2 overall #1 CB, #1 NJ 24/7 5*, #4...
View ArticleThursday Recruitin' Sees Final Four Pay Off, Finally
Roseboro follow-upNC DE Darian Roseboro took an extensive visit to Michigan last weekend and reported back favorably; Sam Webb has an article on the result, in which Roseboro's dad raves and says he's...
View ArticleB10-ACC Challenge: Beilein vs Boeheim, Round 2
Yes, yes, it's actually like round 15 or something, but round two with Beilein at Michigan.Your random ACC opponent for this year's challenge: Syracuse and their 2-3 zone and long people everywhere....
View ArticleThe Grand Opening
Previously on we-ripped-this-off-from-BHGP: ID16, ID16 part II, Urban's meeting.As you may have heard, the Big Ten opened its new office in New York City recently, and the media got its first look on...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Must Not Have Excused You While You Touched The Sky
WELL FINE THEN. Apparently Michigan earned the animosity of Jimi Hendrix.This was the Rose Bowl immediately following the legendary '69 OSU game that put Bo on the map, FWIW. Hendrix seems uncertain of...
View ArticleDear Diary Needs to Stop Raining
dramatizationI've got this dresser I'm painting to go with our bedroom furniture. A few weekends ago I got one coat on it. Then it rained and ruined half the second coat. So I took it out there again...
View ArticleMichigan Offers Shane Lemieux
Name: Shane LemieuxPosition: Offensive TackleHt/Wt: 6’6" / 300 lbs.Location: West Valley – Yakima, WA (2015)Offers: Oregon, South Carolina, Arizona State, Arkansas, Boise State, East Carolina, Miami,...
View ArticleMailbag: Pressure On The D, Basketball Minutes, Losing To Rivals, The Process...
Pressure shift.Despite being passive, Michigan was 23rd in INTs last year [Eric Upchurch]Since Hoke has taken over, it seems the expectation / criticism has been largely focused on the offense. Since...
View ArticleMonday Recruitin' Is So Nice, You'll Visit Twice
Hi, everyone! Did I miss anything?Oh, lots of things, you say? Well...Nailed it. Back to your regularly scheduled recruitin' roundup. KLS --> DTWBrian passed along the unfortunate news last week...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Considers The Moon
NEXT UPBut have you thought about Tokyo? Assertions abound that the Big Ten might fling a conference tournament to DC:Hearing the Big Ten Tournament will be moved out of Indianapolis and to Washington...
View ArticleHokepoints Has a Running Quarterback
read option [Fuller]I am determined this spring to mine every possible stat for every possible insight. This week I delved into quarterback rushes. Not sacks. I wanted to know which offenses tended to...
View ArticleAsk Rutgers Athletic Director Julie Herrmann
Ask Rutgers Athletic Director Julie Herrmann is a syndicated column found in newspapers across the country. Universal Syndication, Inc., is not responsible for the content, opinions, punctuation, or...
View ArticleOn The Periphery
Even after his meteoric rise from unheralded three-star to coveted five-star, Glenn Robinson III was never the centerpiece. In John Beilein's 2012 recruiting class, Mitch McGary commanded the most...
View ArticleThis Week's Obsession: Centerless
xkcd. it's funny because SCIENCE okay?As the Rigelians informed us, basketball it turns out is the universe's favorite sport. Of the trillions of basketball leagues worthy of broadcast, the most...
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