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As we inch closer and closer to September 1st, the football has crescendoed to the point of distinct audibility. Translation: we can HEAR FOOTBALL WOOO. In light of this fact, it's time to start...

Positional Breakdown * Defensive Line* Linebackers* Secondary* Receivers* Running Backs* Quarterbacks After Alex took a look at the B1G's best defensive linemen, it's time to take a step back...

The Story Exactly one month ago I wrote a few words about left tackle Taylor Lewan. Now it's time to flip to the other side of the line. Michael Schofield, who, other than sharing the same name as...

Wisconsin football has come a long way since 1990, back when Barry Alvarez was hired after a sort stint as the defensive coordinator at Notre Dame under one Lou Holtz, M.D. After a few rough years...

The Story Here is where we talk about what is clearly the manliest and thus most important position on a collegiate football squadron: that's right, THE FULLBACK. Deal with it. As a former player...

First of all, let's just get this out of the way: Michigan State is for real. If you are still clinging to the ghosts of John L. Smith and Bobby Williams like Ricky Bobby running around the race...

The Story What's the "Dileo" with Drew Dileo? After you're done groaning, I'll tell you. Done? Okay. Two years have elapsed with Denardian quickness, and the lone Louisianan on Michigan's roster,...

I am not here to moralize or judge or insert my inevitably hackneyed $.02 (which, due to the inflation that has been created in the market known as "people giving their opinions about the situation...

The Story In light of Rimington Award winner David Molk's graduation/ensuing departure for the old wooden ship that is San Diego, in addition to the seemingly next-in-line Rocko Khoury's decision...

If you told me that the Big Ten would be the conference that would effectively trigger the maelstrom of realignment that has unfolded throughout the past couple of years, I would have called you...

The Story There are many questions about the 2012 iteration of Michigan football, but the left tackle position in no way figures into any of them. Lewan, a redshirt junior, was a product of...

For the first time in many years, I, a Michigan fan, can talk about the Buckeyes during an offseason without being reminded of the previous November's failure on the gridiron. This is a new and...

The Story In what seems like a lifetime and a half ago, Craig Roh committed to play for Rich Rodriguez way back in September of 2008. As a four-star recruit out of Arizona's Chapparal High School-...

The scythe of coaching turnover has been swung quite indiscriminately in recent years: in Columbus, Ann Arbor, Champaign, and elsewhere. Jim Tressel dominated the Big Ten for a decade before seeing...

The Story Cam Gordon's Michigan career has been a decidedly up and down one. Gordon, a Class of 2009 recruit, redshirted in his first season on campus. Gordon had mixed reviews coming out of...

It was October 4th, 2000 , and I sat in the stands at Ross-Ade Stadium as Drew Henson, David Terrell, and Anthony Thomas led #6 Michigan to a 28-10 halftime lead against Joe Tiller's Boilermakers....

The Details Today we we'll take a look at what 2012 holds in store for a couple of linebackers, Brandin Hawthorne and Antonio Poole. Hawthorne, a senior, and Poole, a redshirt freshman, naturally...

Northwestern football is a strange thing. It is a brand known for its historical ineptitude, and yet, it is one that has experienced a veritable windfall of success throughout my lifetime. Since...

After taking a look at a couple of Wolverines that have been around Ann Arbor for a while now in Jordan Kovacs and Marvin Robinson, it's time to take a look at one of the members of the incoming...

When I look at the Illini program, I see PRIDE, I SEE POWER a team that has more than a little bit hope. Whereas Indiana and Minnesota might as well be called Doom and Gloom, respectively, Illinois...

When Coach Jerry Kill was hired to be the next head football coach at Minnesota, I didn't think much of it. That's not to say that I thought he was a bad coach, rather I literally did not think...

Inside the mind of an

Having seen spring ball and the Great Mustard Crisis of 2012 recently come to an end, we are now entering an unfortunately long dead period for college football. Yes, us Detroit and Chicago sports...

Now that the dust has settled and any residual angst from Michigan's first-round exit has dissipated, we all look to next season and beyond with a combination of hope and concern. While the early...

Saying goodbye to Zack Novak and Stu Douglass

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