Published on: 7th January, 2010
The BCS has a new boss. You may have heard the name Bill Hancock tossed around recently. He's the new bigwig heading arguably the most despised position in all of sports. Well, new decade, new BCS commander-in-chief. Playoffs? Not by a longshot. They're further away than ever before. In a recent Sports Illustrated article, ...Published on: 8th November, 2009
Let's think about the word improvement. Teams are always looking to improve from what they were the year before, even title-winning teams want to improve. The Detroit Lions were 8-8 in 2000 and were looking to improve when they brought in new General Manager Matt Millen. The Michigan Wolverines were 8-4 in ...Published on: 5th November, 2009
It's that time of year again. Yes, that magical time is upon us again when carols are sung and Lions-fans' heads everywhere are filled with dreams of wins or just high draft picks. I'm referring of course to the NFL's mid-season point, or as it's known in Detroit, Wishing Day. It's that ...Published on: 1st November, 2009
Something is broken with the Michigan Wolverines. Something is seriously wrong. The team is 5-4 but they haven't improved from last season's 3-9 debacle. Call me crazy if you will, but allow me to explain. Five wins. This is likely all Michigan will get. Purdue remains their last credible shot at a ...Published on: 1st November, 2009
We're going to call this a blessing in disguise. I'm referring of course to the fact that Sunday's comical impersonation of an NFL game between the Detroit Lions and St. Louis Rams, which was blacked out locally. It was a joke. In one corner we had a team that had lost 17 ...Published on: 25th October, 2009
Last Saturday was a chance for Michigan Football to prove the skeptics wrong. It was a chance to prove that the win over Notre Dame wasn't a fluke, that indeed this team might just be Rose Bowl worthy, should the Hawkeyes win out. Surely there were expectations for this young Michigan squad ...Published on: 26th September, 2009
If Michigan didn't appreciate the value of a solid starting center, they sure do now. It was nearly their undoing this week against an upstart Indiana Hoosiers team. It was a game that will rank among the greatest in the long-time series between two Big Ten teams, but mistakes by Michigan's ...Published on: 20th September, 2009
The distance between Ypsilanti, Michigan, home of the Eastern Michigan Eagles, and Ann Arbor, the site of the match between the Eagles and host Michigan Wolverines, is roughly six miles. That's not a whole lot further than the nearly four football fields' worth of rushing yardage that the Wolverines poured on the unsuspecting Eagles ...Published on: 4th September, 2009
It was possibly the worst display of sportsmanship I've ever seen in a college football game, and there have been quite a few bad incidents out there. From watching Ohio State receivers turn and back into the end zone while taunting Michigan, to watching University of Miami and Florida International players ...Published on: 2nd September, 2009
Being an outspoken critic of Rich Rodriguez, as I am coming to find, is not a very desirable position. It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. I'm glad to see the University of Michigan has the same mindset. The school could have taken a number of routes after practice-gate, as ...