The #22 Illinois Fighting Illini (5-1, 2-1) will host the #24 Michigan Wolverines this Saturday for the Memorial Stadium Rededication Game. This comes 100 years and one day after Memorial Stadium's initial dedication game, which saw Red Grange score six touchdowns (four in the first 12 minutes), as the Fighting Illini blew out the Wolverines 39-14. Grange took the opening … [Read more...] about #22 Fighting Illini vs #24 Michigan Wolverines FYIs, Lines, TV, Ticket Info
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#24 Michigan Wolverines at #21 Illinois Fighting Illini Game Preview, Prediction
It's here! The TRUE Homecoming weekend for the Illinois Fighting Illini in 2024. We say that because this is the real "circle the date" game on the calendar, as the defending national champion Michigan Wolverines come to town. It's the real homecoming because all the alumni and University luminaries will be back on campus for this special occasion centennial. It's a sold … [Read more...] about #24 Michigan Wolverines at #21 Illinois Fighting Illini Game Preview, Prediction
Puppy Crawl: Greatest Halftime Show Ever
When it comes to Puppy Crawl, you can have a debate about it. That debate is: "was is is the greatest halftime show in Big Ten Tournament history? Or "was it the greatest halftime show in basketball history?" One can't say a lot good things about how the Illinois Fighting Illini played last night, in their 2023 Big Ten Tournament loss to Penn State. (We already covered that … [Read more...] about Puppy Crawl: Greatest Halftime Show Ever
Final 2024 NFL Mock Draft Update (4-25-24)
Detroit Rock City is ready to rock tomorrow night, as the NFL Draft is here! (Ready to rock, but not ready to roll. Rock is still here, but what happened to "roll?") Meaning it is time for our final 2024 NFL Mock Draft. Projecting who each NFL team will take on draft night is a very popular activity, as there are literally hundreds of NFL mock drafts available on the … [Read more...] about Final 2024 NFL Mock Draft Update (4-25-24)
7 Essential Tips for Those Striving to Enter the Sports Field
The sports industry offers a vibrant selection of career opportunities that go beyond athletic performance to include roles in management, marketing, event planning, and more. This field attracts individuals passionate about sports who seek to combine their love for the game with their professional aspirations. The allure of working in sports is not only in the excitement and … [Read more...] about 7 Essential Tips for Those Striving to Enter the Sports Field
When Jim Harbaugh Took His Michigan Team to Paris and Normandy
Editor's note: With the National Championship game tonight, we re-up this Jim Harbaugh piece from Big Ten Media Days 2017. As the Allies marched toward victory in Europe during WWII the saying was "first you take Paris, then you take Berlin." For Michigan Wolverines Coach Jim Harbaugh, it's Rome this past spring, and Paris is up next. … [Read more...] about When Jim Harbaugh Took His Michigan Team to Paris and Normandy
Jim Harbaugh Once Linked Covid-19 Pandemic with Abortion
Editor's note: With the National Championship game tonight, we re-up this Jim Harbaugh piece from 2020, which alludes to Big Ten Media Days 2017. In April of 2020 Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh spoke to the media for the first time since the covid-19 pandemic shut down sports. Harbaugh made some controversial, eye-brow raising comments in this MLive article that truly buried … [Read more...] about Jim Harbaugh Once Linked Covid-19 Pandemic with Abortion
Jim Harbaugh Quadruples Down on Anti-Abortion Stance
Editor's note: With the National Championship game tomorrow, we re-up this Jim Harbaugh piece from Big Ten Media Days 2022. The final coach to speak on dais at Big Ten Media Days, Michigan's Jim Harbaugh, has a whole lot to say, on issues that greatly transcend football, but he didn't say anything worthwhile during his time at the podium. … [Read more...] about Jim Harbaugh Quadruples Down on Anti-Abortion Stance
Rose Bowl CFP Semifinal Preview: Michigan Wolverines vs Alabama Crimson Tide
Recently freed political prisoner Jim Harbaugh, and his merry band of inspirational, overly oppressed freedom fighters known as the Michigan Wolverines football team are back in the College Football Playoff for the third straight season. Having endured unfathomable levels of adversity this season, as perfectly articulated by OC/late season Interim Head Coach Sherrone Moore … [Read more...] about Rose Bowl CFP Semifinal Preview: Michigan Wolverines vs Alabama Crimson Tide
Ex-ESPN Pres. John Skipper Predicted College Sports Reckoning in 2014
The total chaos that is unfolding right now in college sports may or may not have been predicted by John Skipper, then President of ESPN, back in 2014. The comments he made almost a decade ago, although vague, were prescient in the grand scheme of things. Let's flash back to that now, and then consider how those remarks stand up today, given what's going on in regards to … [Read more...] about Ex-ESPN Pres. John Skipper Predicted College Sports Reckoning in 2014