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With Spring Practice a Week Away, Let's All Take a Deep Breath: A Counterpoint on Rich Rodriguez and the NCAA's Michigan Investigation
After Markus' outstanding hot seat piece on Rich Rodriguez, it seemed like an excellent time to take a look into what this whole "practicegate" debacle really means to Michigan Football fans rather than the program. I don’t agree with Markus on everything in his post. We’re going to be...
Silence Amid the Rancor: Michigan Football Quietly Slides into the Offseason While Michigan Basketball and Hockey Clamor On
As Monday came and went a strange calm settled over me. Normally at this point in the season I'm all atwitter with various scenarios for bowl bids, watching the polls fevorishly for highs and lows, and generally over hyping my expectations of Michigan's bowl chances. But on Monday my head was clear...
Turn the Page: Ohio State Throttles Michigan 42-7
There are only so many variations of words and phrases that can describe the all 'round butt whuppin' Michigan received this past Saturday in Columbus. To save you the trouble, just use Maize n Brew's trademarked Michigan post-game column Mad Libs: On ______, 2008, Michigan dropped another...
Pistols at Dawn
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You Got the Touch. You Got the Power.
Ed Note - If you knew what this was just by reading the title, you're just as big a dork as I am. Laurinaitis: Come out Wolverine, we all must die someday. Sheridan: Not today Laurinitis. *smacks Laurinaitis in the face*Sheridan scrambles right for no reason. Laurinaitis chases after him, with...
Pick Your Metaphor
Seasons like these make you wish for a lot of things. I wish we could pass the ball effectively. I wish the defense would stop making back breaking mistakes in pass coverage. I wish Steven Threet would stop getting injured. I wish I could stop writing that things will get better even though...
Pestering the Enemy: A Michigan Northwestern Q & A with Lake the Posts
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Steven Threet to Practice, Minor Still Questionable for Saturday's Michigan Northwestern Showdown; Basketball Wins Opener (Woo!)
Some positive and not so positive news out of Ann Arbor this morning. On the good side, Steven Threet will practice today after a week away with symptoms stemming from a concussion toward the end of the Purdue game. Mark Snyder of the Free Press is reporting Threet's as good a candidate to start...
The Triumph of Hope Over Experience: Michigan Football Dominates Minnesota for 29-6 Win
via www.mikedesimone.com During law school I clerked for a wonderful human being, who just happened to be a lawyer. He'd been as successful as you could be professionally. Argued before the Supreme Court. Made gobs and gobs of money. Was well liked by his colleagues and commanded a room...
Michigan Football v. Minnesota: Our Usual Uninformative Q & A with The Informative Daily Gopher
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