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Michigan starting cornerback lost for season; torn ACL

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  University of Michigan football sophomore cornerback Blake Countess (Owings Mills, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) will miss the remainder of the 2012 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in last Saturday's game against Alabama. The loss to the Crimson Tide was bad enough, but now there's injury added to insult for the Wolverines. … [Read more...] about Michigan starting cornerback lost for season; torn ACL

Michigan Wolverines’ Taylor Lewan: next big OL NFL Prospect

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The Big Ten has been great at producing offensive linemen prospects for he NFL lately. The Wisconsin Badgers are a factory, but there's also been a bunch in the few year coming out from the Illinois Fighting Illini, Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines. Who's the next Jake Long? Maybe Michigan junior left tackle Taylor Lewan. Part of what makes these o linemen from … [Read more...] about Michigan Wolverines’ Taylor Lewan: next big OL NFL Prospect

Michigan Wolverines announce 2014-16 nonconference schedules

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The Michigan Wolverines announced today (Wednesday, June 27) updates to the non-conference schedules for the 2014-16 football seasons and the future schedule with Notre Dame. The Wolverines will play a slate that includes teams from the Pac-12, Mountain West and Mid-American conferences as well as independent Notre Dame. Michigan will play three of its four non-conference … [Read more...] about Michigan Wolverines announce 2014-16 nonconference schedules

Michigan Wolverines, Big 10 announce 2015, 2016 conference schedules

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The University of Michigan football team in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference announced today (Monday, May 21) the conference schedules for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. The Wolverines will open the 2015 and 2016 conference slate with in-state rival and Legends Division foe Michigan State.  U-M will travel to East Lansing on Oct. 3, 2015 and host the Spartans on Oct. 1, … [Read more...] about Michigan Wolverines, Big 10 announce 2015, 2016 conference schedules

Michigan’s Brady Hoke Wins National Coach of the Year

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When the college football season started, University of Michigan Head Coach Brady Hoke made some very arrogant comments at Big Ten media day. He said "we're not rebuilding," and "we're Michigan" a few times. He proved right, and us media types wrong as he was selected as the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year for the 2011 season. Hoke wasn't the Wolverines … [Read more...] about Michigan’s Brady Hoke Wins National Coach of the Year

Wolverines Really Didn’t Deserve BCS Bowl Win, or Bid in the first Place

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It was kind of ridiculous that both the ACC and the Big Ten got two BCS bids this year when each conference only deserved one. Of course, that's nothing compared to #23 West Virginia getting an Orange Bowl bid when the Big East clearly didn't deserve it's automatic qualifier this year; or last year for that matter. The Michigan Wolverines didn't deserve to be in New Orleans … [Read more...] about Wolverines Really Didn’t Deserve BCS Bowl Win, or Bid in the first Place

Michigan Wolverines Lineman Achieves All-American, Center Honors

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Michigan Wolverines fifth year Center David Molk (Lemont, Ill./Lemont Township HS, hey that's close enough to SICA! Holla!) has been named recipient of the 2011 Rimington Trophy, announced during the ESPN College Football Award Show last night in Disney World. Molk becomes the second Michigan player to win the Rimington Trophy, named after former Nebraska center and two-time … [Read more...] about Michigan Wolverines Lineman Achieves All-American, Center Honors

Penn State is “Radioactive” to Bowl Selection Committees; Big 10 Bowl Projections

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"They're radioactive," a bowl official told Herb Gould of the Chicago Sun-Times yesterday. "[Bowls] wanted Joe Paterno 's last game, not a nightmare." The Nittany Lions finish the season at Ohio State and Wisconsin. The OSU game looks like a toss-up, and the Badgers will likely destroy them. That season ending tilt is looking like it'll be the Leaders division championship … [Read more...] about Penn State is “Radioactive” to Bowl Selection Committees; Big 10 Bowl Projections