Vanguard Of The Bug People
2/9/2012 – Michigan 62, Wisconsin 65 (OT) – 21-3, 8-3 Big TenBear with me here. What if Bo Ryan is actually from a small swampy planet in the general vicinity of Rigel?His homeworld is a dire place...
View ArticleMonday Recruitin' Sees Dr. Moose
Today's recruiting roundup covers a spate of new offers, Wilton Speight, and several things that don't sound like "spate" at all. Wilton Speight: Part CyborgSigning Day 2013 is over, as for the most...
View ArticleHoops Opponent Watch: Everyone Loses
The StatusChaos! This feature doomed Florida the moment it declared the Gators a one-seed lock, and then things got weird. Indiana blew a lead against Illinois. Kansas lost to TCU(!) and followed that...
View ArticleBig Ten Recruiting Rankings 2-11-13
Note: I know these rankings are a little simple, so if you want to know how I'd personally rank these classes, my favorite method is The Mathlete's. It was a relatively quiet Signing Day, but there was...
View ArticleHokepoints: The Big Ten Has a Problem
It is a day after National Signing Day and the Big Ten has inked yet another lackluster group of mostly 3-star recruits. Fearing a further drift toward mediocrity, representatives from each relevant...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Has Smart, Is Determination
Totem animal qualities. I thought this was an interesting shot from the extensive ESPN galleries put up in and around the OSU/Indiana games. It's a switch board; each player has an abstract quality...
View ArticlePicture Pages: Beating The Rail
After Michigan's first outing against Ohio State Zack Novak gave an interesting interview to UMHoops in which he described how the Buckeyes shut down Michigan's pick and roll game:Well for the first 10...
View ArticlePreview: Michigan State
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Michigan at Michigan State WHERE Breslin Center, East Lansing, Michigan WHEN 9 PM Eastern, Tuesday LINE Michigan –1 (Kenpom) TV ESPN/WatchESPNRight: Michigan's rise to prominence...
View ArticleHello: Bryan Mone
#52 in white (via Tremendous)Per Sam Webb and others, Michigan landed its third commitment of the 2014 class this afternoon in four-star Salt Lake City (UT) Highland DT Bryan Mone. A former high...
View ArticleGuess the Score, Win Stuff: Penn Shhhtate
The hell is over.How it works:I put up a winnable prize that consists of a desirable good. You guess the final scores of the designated game, and put it in the comments. First person to post a...
View ArticleNope
2/12/2013 – Michigan 52, Michigan State 75 – 21-4, 8-4 Big TenHERE IS A PICTURE OF PAD THAI. NO YOUR PICTURE SELECTION DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY PEOPLE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT BO RYAN...
View ArticleJohn Beilein Can't Make His Players Older And Other Revelations From The Past...
Dustin Johnson/UMHoopsThe past four games have been a rude awakening for a Michigan basketball team once thought to be the best in the country. That same team is now looking up at three teams in the...
View ArticleThursday Recruitin' Gets PTSD
Today's recruiting roundup covers newest commit Bryan Mone, what's shaping up to be a big visit weekend next week, the latest on Lawrence Marshall, and more. More MoneSalt Lake City (UT) Highland DT...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Gets It Or Does Not Get It
Les and Bo standing around, 1989. I'm just posting this for the shorts, really. Seriously, it's almost entirely guys just standing around. In shorts. From 1989. This thing I am the foremost...
View ArticleThis Week In The Twitterverse
Reasonable Responses to Disappointing EventsLast Wednesday was National Signing Day, which is a big day for unbalanced Twitter users everywhere. I had originally planned to dedicate this week’s entire...
View ArticleDear Diary Isn't Up to Urban's Standards
Why yes there is a story behind this photo:"I took this picture at the pre-Super Bowl NFL Tailgate Party last week of my brother and Urban Meyer. My brother's hat was backwards but he twisted it around...
View ArticleRapture Guy: The Interview
Within minutes of posting the Rapture Guy gif last week, a friend alerted me that she did, in fact, know Rapture Guy, and could set me up with an interview—that is, as soon as Rapture Guy returned from...
View ArticleMGoPodcast 4.16: Belated Recruitapalooza
[56 minutes] Our podcast this week was actually recorded in the immediate aftermath of the Wisconsin game, but due to technical difficulties I couldn't get my hands on the file for editing until...
View ArticlePreview: Penn State
THE ESSENTIALS WHAT Penn State at Michigan WHERE Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan WHEN Noon Eastern, Sunday LINE Michigan –25 (Kenpom) TV BTNRight: Yeah, it's been that kind of year. THE THEMLast...
View ArticleMichigan 79, Penn State 71
Bryan Fuller/MGoBlogMichigan looked fresh, resplendent in their 1968 throwback uniforms, several players with Fab Five-inspired fade haircuts. Crisler Center hadn't looked better as the Wolverines took...
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