Published on: 2nd September, 2009
Brandon Minor's status for Saturday is uncertain, due to the fact that Minor has been hobbled by an ankle injury for the past few days. He was limited for practice on Wednesday and Coach Rodriguez said the next two days will tell whether or not Minor will play. If he is ...Published on: 1st September, 2009
Well, everyone, I'm back from a long week in SC and I've been following Michigan all week long. I'm very excited for the season to start. But I am, as many of you are, I'm sure, very disturbed by the NCAA allegations that came out Sunday. So this is a ...Published on: 21st August, 2009
Coach Rich Rodriguez is considered very open with his offensive mindset. He's considered a master of the spread-option offense and he has admitted he spends most of his time working on the offensive side of the ball. So when the offense produced a number of big plays this past week, he was very thrilled. He focused less on the fact that ...Published on: 20th August, 2009
Michigan Head Coach, Rich Rodriguez, never makes any predictions about the upcoming season. Then again, it's very rare when any coach says anything much more positive in the preseason than, "We should be vastly improved," and the all-too-familiar, "We're practicing extremely hard." When Rodriguez recently was asked whether the defense will be better this fall, ...Published on: 19th August, 2009
Jason Forcier's dream ended but he already knew it had ended. The oldest brother of the football-playing Forcier family played his first two years at U-M, transferred to Stanford because he was stuck at quarterback behind Chad Henne in Ann Arbor, graduated in Palo Alto then tried to come back to ...Published on: 18th August, 2009
When I think of Percy Harvin I think of one thing—speed. Percy Harvin has a lot of speed and explosiveness that helped Florida win a BCS National Championship this past season. Harvin had 140 touches last season (40 receptions, 70 rushes) for 1303 total yards and 17 TDs. I think Harvin was ...Published on: 17th August, 2009
After a week of practicing, there is still no Michigan quarterback resolution. At least not one that Rich Rodriguez is willing to say. He insisted again on Friday that "all three -- Denard, Tate and Nick -- are sharing the reps. ... Everybody can go ahead and be patient, because there will ...Published on: 16th August, 2009
One of the most overrated statistics in football is straight speed. Rarely is any player in a position to need to simply outrun another player as if they were on a track. Yet speed might be one of the the most important attribute to the players. That's what makes quarterback Denard Robinson's arrival so exciting. After zipping ...Published on: 14th August, 2009
The most overrated statistic in football is straight speed. Rarely is a player in a position to need to simply outrun another player as if on a track. Yet speed might be the most important attribute to the players. That's what makes quarterback Denard Robinson's arrival intriguing. After scorching the Florida track season last ...Published on: 13th August, 2009
Michigan and coach Rich Rodriguez have drawn significant attention for the roster turnover in the past two years. But the most recent departing player wanted to make it clear that he still respects Rodriguez, calling him "a stand-up guy," but it just wasn't right for him. "Me and Coach Rod are on ...