Unverified Voracity Founds Iowa City Torch And Pitchfork
Let's check in with Iowa City. Hell no they ain't happy after a narrow escape against Ball State and then the missed-it-TO-made-it sequence to lose to Iowa State for the ninth time under Ferentz. The...
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Monday Presser 9-15-14: Greg Mattison
file“Alright, let’s get going on this next one. Go ahead, start it right out.”As far as pass rushing, your guys are getting there. Like Frank [Clark] said last week, they’re not always finishing the...
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Future Blue Originals: Marcus Lewis
Gonzaga (DC) senior Marcus Lewis is the #10 athlete on the 247 Composite, and this week he reaffirmed that Michigan leads Oregon and Miami in his recruitment. Given that news, this seemed like the...
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Picture Pages: Learning As You Go
Michigan's run game started out with a thud, with a series of short gains and even the occasional Dread Pirate TFL rearing its ugly head. As with the Notre Dame game, the problems due to were a mélange...
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Monday Presser 9-15-14: Players
Jack Miller, Brennen Beyer, Derrick GreenJack, you guys had so much attention on the offensive line coming in to the year. Through three games can you kind of rate how you guys have done and do you...
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Unverified Voracity Exclaims About Thick Air
Extremely important fainting goat update. The conversation did not quite go as asserted yesterday, but it's pretty great anyway:“He told me the play of the week, the special teams funky deal, was a...
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Michigan Announces Home-And-Home With Texas
photo viaAs rumored last week, Michigan will play a home-and-home series with Texas. The athletic department officially announced the dates a few minutes ago; here are the pertinent details from the...
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Fee Fi Foe Film: Utah Offense
Red zone threat: check.Utah is coming off a bye week, so they've only played two games this season: a 56-14 pasting of Idaho State and a 59-27 pasting of Fresno State. I chose to break down the latter...
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Upon Further Review 2014: Defense vs Miami
FORMATION NOTES: Michigan actually played their SAM linebacker extensively for the first time this year. Behold:That is Jenkins-Stone over the slot. This mostly indicated zone coverage; almost...
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Wednesday Presser 9-17-14: Brady Hoke
fileNews bullets and other items:Ty Isaac’s appeal was unsuccessful, which means he has three years of eligibility beginning next fallHe currently is able to participate on the scout teamOpening...
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Guess the Score, Win Stuff: Yoots
How this works again: Readers predict the final score of a designated game by placing a guess in the comments, preferably in the format of [M score][hyphen][Opp score], for example "41-30" or "35-31...
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MGoBBQ: Smoked Tri Tip
Sponsored by:-----------------------What this is: We yoinked Joe Pichey from MMMGoBluBBQ to share his tailgating recipes and Stubb's offered to sponsor it. This is one of those things where we really...
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Opponent Watch 2014: Week 3
About Last Week:Note from Samuel L. Jackson to Big Ten defenders: hold onto your Butts. The Road Ahead: Utah (2-0, 0-0 PAC-12)Yep. Them.Last game: ByeRecap: No recap. Bye.This team is as frightening...
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Thursday Recruitin' Makes Empty, Creepy Promises
KLS Update: Another Contender EmergesMichigan and UCLA have long been the top contenders for five-star CA WDE/OLB Keisean Lucier-South. After Lucier-South's first official visit, however, there...
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Upon Further Review 2014: Offense vs Miami
FORMATION NOTES: Hello tiny TEs. Michigan used a lot of formations where they would bring a wide receiver tight to the line to act as a blocker. Here's Chesson in what I called "pistol biggish,"...
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Fee Fi Foe Film: Utah Defense
Previously: Utah Offensewell thenThe above is representative of Fresno State's level of offensive competence, which I guess is as nice a way as I can muster to say they had none. Given the Bulldogs are...
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Odds on Favorites: Chalk It Up to Big Tennnitude
[Ed-Seth: You all know Jamie Mac, he of Just Cover Blog and the MGoPodcast, and expert on sports betting. I was at his tailgate last week for the Miami (NTM) game, and between Draft Kings’ offer to to...
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Dear Diary Maintains Gap Integrity
Immediately place your mouse here, tap your index finger, and be whisked away to my all-time favorite series of preview diaries: EGD’s Four Plays. He draws up two base offensive plays for Michigan and...
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Preview: 2014 Utah
EssentialsWHATMichigan vs Utah Utes Of Utah (We're From Utah!)WHEREMichigan Stadium Ann Arbor MIWHEN3:30 Eastern September 20th, 2014THE LINEM –4TELEVISIONABCTICKETSFrom 23 bucks for a real game?...
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Punt-Counterpunt: Utah 2014
expect PLANES today apparentlyPUNTBy Nick RouMelThis weekend is already a success! I sold my tickets for $30 each, a significant improvement over the $20 I obtained for my Miami ducats. This does not...
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