Punt-Counterpunt: Notre Dame 2014
PUNT – Notre Dame 9/6/14by Nick RouMelI made it out of town for this week’s game. All around me are the reminders of the rich history of Notre Dame: travels down Notre Dame Street, and the majestic...
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View ArticleZero Point Zero
Notre Dame 31, Michigan 0Michigan had never been shut out in the history of the Michigan/Notre Dame rivalry. Michigan hadn’t been shut out in any game since Ronald Reagan’s first term. Neither of those...
View ArticleNotre Dame Postgame Presser: Brady Hoke
file[Note: I wasn’t in South Bend, so this was all transcribed from the video provided by the Athletic Department’s site.]Opening remarks:“Obviously Notre Dame played a very good football game and we...
View ArticleI Learned How To Put Myself In A Box A Long Time Ago
9/6/2014 – Michigan 0, Notre Dame 31 – 1-1[Bryan Fuller]I set a new record for earliest departure from a Michigan game Saturday: 10 minutes and change, besting the 2007 Oregon game that I left with...
View ArticleLemons And Serendipity
There is no GIFs post this week, because hell no, so instead I'm taking the opportunity to write about lemons and health and whatnot. If you're looking for the video of Brian finally fulfilling the...
View ArticleMGoPodcast 6.2: Ten More Minutes To Go
53 minutes[Bryan Fuller] WHEN CAN WE FIRE THIS GUY SECTIONInevitable and mandatory. This was a gamechanger. OFFENSEThrow it to Funchess. Line didn't feel as bad as last year despite the issues....
View ArticleMonday Presser 9-8-14: Brady Hoke
fileNews bullets and other items:Hoke will tell us if someone is out for the year. That’s about all you can expect as far as injury updates go. Graham Glasgow is taking snaps at center and right guard....
View ArticleMonday Presser 9-8-14: Doug Nussmeier
Can you talk about some of the positives you took away after watching the film?“Well, you know, I think when you look at the football game and you say, ‘Okay, what were the things that we can take out...
View ArticleHokepoints Is Apparently In No Hurry
existential comicsThere were a lot of things that went wrong on Saturday, and some things that went better than you would think from the 31-0 score. Like when David Price lost a 1-hitter this summer,...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Says Let's Win Football
SPORTS. TALK. RADIO. A somewhat agitated man called into WTKA after the game Saturday night. That guy can get bent with his engineering cracks. If the football team was as good as solar car we'd all...
View ArticleMonday Presser 9-8-14: Greg Mattison
file Opening remarks:“Well, let’s get right to it. Obviously disappointed that we didn’t win the football game and disappointed that we didn’t do a couple of things better on defense and we’ve got to...
View ArticleTuesday Recruitin' Steps Out Of A Large Shadow
Jon Daniel RunyanI missed this last week, but it's a must-read; MaxPreps' Joseph Santoliquito wrote an excellent feature on Jon Daniel Runyan (you may know him as Jon Runyan Jr.) becoming his own man...
View ArticleMichigan Negotiating Home And Home With Texas
This has been in the rumble stages for a month or so now, but this is the first mention from an actual reporter in the wild: Texas and Michigan are currently negotiating home-and-home football series...
View ArticleMonday Presser 9-8-14: Players
Frank Clark, Jake Ryan, Dennis NorfleetCould you guys talk about the receivers as a group beyond Devin Funchess and what you guys feel like you can give to this team?Dennis Norfleet: “We’ve become one....
View ArticleThis Week's Obsession: A Turkey, Huh?
How last week shoud have ended.So: do we panic? Where is the 2014 season now on a scale of imminent raptor* attack?"What species is this?" "It's a velocirapator." "You bred raptors?""They were testing...
View ArticleMailbag: All The Coach Dissatisfaction You Can Muster
[DATELINE: THE BURNED OUT HULK THAT USED TO BE ANN ARBOR.] CONNECTION SHAKY. MASS PANIC AND RIOTS. WHOLE FOODS RAIDED. SINGLE ENDIVE LEAF ALL THAT REMAINS. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT BUNKERED IN WHAT IS...
View ArticleFuture Blue Originals: Brian Cole
Dave Nasternak/MGoBlogDave really came through as the MGoRightHandMan last week, driving out to Saginaw to film Brian Cole's Heritage squad take on Flint Powers Catholic while I was at home, under the...
View ArticleUpon Further Review 2014: Defense vs Notre Dame
FORMATION NOTES: Michigan spent the entire night in a nickel package save for some short yardage/goal line snaps. Notre Dame was the same passing-oriented spread they always are. It was in fact eerie...
View ArticleWednesday Presser 9-10-14: Brady Hoke
fileNews bullets and other itemsWe’re not going to talk about injuries.Kalis and Glasgow are taking snaps at right guard, and Glasgow is also taking snaps at center.Kenny Allen and Matt Wile are...
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