This week is rivalry week in college football. Which conjures up memories of the Toledo War and the Frostbitten Convention. This weekend brings awesome games with cool names like "The Iron Bowl" (Alabama-Auburn) and "The Holy War" (BYU-Utah). But only one of these rivalry games can claim an actual war in the history of its geographic region. That's the Michigan Wolverines vs. … [Read more...] about Michigan vs Ohio: Toledo War of 1835, Frostbitten Convention
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Bret Bielema ‘very angry’ at Big Ten Refs in Controversial Michigan Loss
It has been a very emotional week for Illini coach Bret Bielema, whose mother passed away a couple days ago. He almost did not make the trip to Ann Arbor, where his team were 22-point underdogs to #3, undefeated Michigan. A time of great sorrow turned into a day of furious anger for Bielema, who lashed out at the officiating (but chose his words carefully as to try and avoid … [Read more...] about Bret Bielema ‘very angry’ at Big Ten Refs in Controversial Michigan Loss
Every Big Ten Football Program as a Character from The Simpsons
The graphic below, of which we are uncertain the origin, serves as the centerpiece of this post. We first saw this on The Big Lead, many years ago, but that link is now dead. Enjoy as we try to decipher why certain Big Ten football programs were assigned certain characters, and others...well, we really have no idea about the analogy. … [Read more...] about Every Big Ten Football Program as a Character from The Simpsons
ESPN College Gameday: How it Went From Transcendent to Unwatchable
I absolutely loved ESPN College Gameday, about a decade, decade and half ago when it was only an hour long, instead of three. Back in those days it was not overrun with incessant native advertising, and was much more about football than what's it's about today- pop culture bubble gum nonsense. Back in those days, it was long before the SEC broadcast rights deal, so it wasn't … [Read more...] about ESPN College Gameday: How it Went From Transcendent to Unwatchable
Jim Harbaugh Quadruples Down on Anti-Abortion Stance
Today was the first of the two Big Ten Media Days 2022, an event which basically consists of coaches and players talking to reporters, for hours on end, but almost never saying anything newsworthy. The final coach to speak on dais, Michigan's Jim Harbaugh, has actually had a lot to say, on issues that greatly transcend football, but he didn't say anything truly worthwhile … [Read more...] about Jim Harbaugh Quadruples Down on Anti-Abortion Stance
