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Brown Shares Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Award
Release sent out by UM. Northwestern QB Mike Kafka shared the honor.
PARK RIDGE, Ill. – University of Michigan senior superback Carlos Brown (Franklin, Ga./Heard County HS) shared the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week by the conference office Sunday evening (Sept. 20) followingâ...
Michigan Fan Day 2009
August 23, 2009 by
Maize & Blue Nation
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My fotos from fan day:
All in all, a great event. Luckily, the rain held out while I was there. The lines for autographs were long, but fans seemed to be enjoying themselves anyway. I did not participate in the autograph sessions, but did try to get around to see as many of...
Postgame Presser Notes: Eastern Michigan
After a little time to digest it all, here are important notes from the postgame press conference.
David Molk suffered a potentially serious foot injury, and Rodriguez hopes it's not broken. If he's out, Moosman and Khoury will step in at the center position. Tate's...
Week 5 Injury Report
October 02, 2009 by
Maize & Blue Nation
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University of Michigan Football Injury Report
For the Michigan State Game (Saturday, Oct. 3)
Out
Zac Johnson (shoulder)
David Molk (foot)
Probable (75% chance of playing)
Mike Williams (ankle)
Um...no Tate Forcier on this list? Looks like Mike Hart ain't the...
Handle With Care
[Editor's Note: Mad Men spoilers below. Abort now if you care even a little bit.]
9/21/2009 – Michigan 45, Eastern Michigan 17 – 3-0
I'd never heard 100,000 people moan before. I've heard gasps and anger and worry and fretting and relief. I've heard an involuntary...
Defensive Analysis: Penn State
[Editor's note: bumped for obvious reasons. I was just going to say the same stuff about the long handoffs anyway in UFR.]I just finished breaking down the first half plus the first series of the second half from the Penn State game. Overall, the defense was generally solid...
The Justin Feagin Chronicles
August 10, 2009 by
Maize & Blue Nation
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It was reported by us that former Michigan QB/turned slot WR Justin Feagin who announced his intention to transfer a few weeks ago, would transfer to Appalachian State...of all places. Well, some new stuff has come to light in the past couple days that have ended any such transfers...
Links for 2009-09-11
Corwin Brown played at Michigan, coached at Notre Dame and will be a dynamic head coach one day
"There’s legend around Notre Dame of a pre-game speech, a one so motivational, so inspiring that it gave the Irish all the energy they needed to go out and dominate an opponent...
The Cardiac Kids
September 26, 2009 by
Maize & Blue Nation
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Photo: Angela Cesere, AnnArbor.com
It's pretty clear now that at some point this season, this football squad is going to give this Michigan blogger a heart attack.
Just some quick thoughts about today's game...
• Tate Forcier was born to have the ball in his hands...
Upon Further Review: Offense vs Delaware State
Personnel notes: Everyone gets in. One correction from Monday's game column: the second-string center in this game was Tim McAvoy, not Rocko Khoury.
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Michigan Has "Gone Blue"
September 03, 2007 by
AccuScore.com
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AccuScore College Football analyst, Zach Rosenfield takes a look Michigan's latest humbling loss that has become a staple of the Lloyd Carr era.
David Molk Out 4-6 Weeks
September 21, 2009 by
Maize & Blue Nation
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We mentioned it earlier today, center David Molk is out for 4-6 weeks with a broken foot. Rodriguez addressed it today in his Monday morning presser. Molk is most certainly considered the leader of the Michigan O-line, and one of the most experienced linemen we have.
Filling in...
Improvement ‘09: Snap Counts?
In which your humble blogger grasps at straws trying find a way, any way, Michigan will improve from last year.
There were two ways that the Michigan offense’s inexperience showed with disadvantages in the snap count. No, I’m serious. They were something of opposites: 1) Early...
Michigan hires Rich Rodriguez as their new football coach
December 16, 2007 by
FrontRowSportsReport.com
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In what has to be another case of bad timing, the University of Michigan athletic department made the announcement earlier today that West Virginia head football coach Rich Rodriguez will be leaving to head over to the Coach the Wolverines.
Michigan linemen delivers a low blow
25 days ago by
The World of Isaac
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It was a bad Saturday for the Wolverines. Frankly, its been a bad year for them in general. The 1-6 Fighting Illini absolutely rolled over them in the second half en route to a 38-13 blowout.
And some of the Wolverines didn’t take it too well. Mark Ortmann, an offensive...
Get Out Of My Cab
Warning: post rated PG-13 for f-bomb drop.
11/6/2009 – Michigan 1, Miami 3 – 4-3, 2-1 CCHA 11/7/2009 – Michigan 36, Purdue 38 - 5-5, 1-4 Big Ten 11/7/2009 – Michigan 1, Miami 5 – 4-4, 2-2 CCHA
In the aftermath of The Horror, my coping strategy was to shut off the...
Kurt Wermers Got Out When He Had To
Weeee!
Former Michigan offensive lineman Kurt Wermers was academically ineligible when he announced his transfer to Ball State last week, sources told ESPN.com.
… But according to sources with knowledge of the situation, Wermers was already out.
His academic struggles would have...
The Great Heisman Campaign: Odoms v. Shaw
June 29, 2009 by
Varsity Blue
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Martavious Odoms burst onto the scene last year as a true freshman. He led Michigan in receiving yards, though he didn’t end up scoring a single touchdown through the air. His first touchdown as a Wolverine instead came on a punt return against Purdue. Odoms looks to be Michigan...
The Decimated Defense, Part II: the Statisticating
[Editor's note: holy hell, man. This is like a PhD thesis.]It hits you like a thousand knives stabbing you all over your body.
You can't breathe. You can't think. At least, not about anything but
the pain.I'm searching for a metaphor.Amidst the phantom flags and the...
Looking Back at Week 1 - WMU
September 07, 2009 by
Maize & Blue Nation
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First of all, let me say that looking back, I really enjoyed watching Michigan have their way with an over-matched opponent for the first time in Rodriguez era. When it was happening though, it was almost surreal. Watching Forcier pass the ball with precision for 3 touchdowns and seeing...
No More Preseason Polls ... Just Ask the Master Coaches or the Fans in the Big House!!
September 02, 2007 by
Master Coaches Survey
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Many college football experts predicted Michigan to be playing in the National Championship game .... without playing a game. After watching the Michigan Wolverines get outplayed by former Division 1-AA two-time National Champions Appalachian State Mountaineers yesterday, how can anyone...
Upon Further Review: Defense vs Delaware State
Personnel notes: Um, well, there were a lot of them. The most interesting things from my perspective: Sagesse reclaimed his spot as the backup NT, and Kovacs was the deep safety whenever Michigan went to eight-man fronts, which was frequently. Kenny Demens and Brandon Smith didn'...
The next head coach at Michigan must be . . .
September 09, 2007 by
Stiles Points
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A complete change in mentality is needed in Ann Arbor.....
http://stilespoints.blogspot.com/
Picture Pages: Cut It Up, Tate
Yet another in this site's series "counters to the scrape exchange."
This one doesn't take a whole lot of explanation. Michigan's in its H-back set and Notre Dame in the nickel it used all day. It's first and ten on Michigan's field-goal drive right...
Agony of Defeat: Are There Any Meaningful Streaks Left?
19 days ago by
Maize 'n' Brew
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This team has managed to find new and varied ways to tear its fans' hearts out over the past month and a half and yesterday was no exception. A classic recipe of a crippling turnover, a genius playcall by the opposing coach, a missed extra point, and just to top it off...
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