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Hokebits Assemble
Mike Martin returns. Here's one punch in the solar plexus avoided: "Yup, I'm staying," said Martin, a junior defensive tackle from Detroit Catholic Central who reportedly considered leaving U-M early...
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Football Luncheon Notes
Michigan's new football coaching staff met with the media today prior to the start of spring ball. Here are some excerpts of what they said. Video coming tomorrow. Head Coach Brady HokeI spent much...
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Coaching Clinic Notes: Offense
The second half of Craig Ross's recap of the coaching clinic.Borges and the Offense Borges, unlike Mattison, obsessed over last year’s tape. This makes sense since the O was pretty effective for much...
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Football Media Day 2011: Assistant and Player Notes
Apologies for the brevity of the updates, but I wanted to talk to a bunch of different people instead of going in-depth with anybody in particular. PlayersDenard Robinson Denard is adapting to the new...
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Unverified Voracity Trolls The Free Press
Countdown: 8.Son, never throw a punch at a redwood.Tom SelleckSecond amendment say what.Borges:"We'll be gunning more than we've ever gunned — than I've ever gunned," Borges said. "We use a lot of...
View ArticleNational Signing Day Presser Transcript: Coaching Assistants
I was tasked by Brian with a couple specific MGoQuestions for coaching assistants following the press conference. Here are those answers and whatever else I could get. Darrell FunkCan you assess your...
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Belated Recruiting Bits
Via Craig Ross, impressions from the signing day press conference.Kalis; WilliamsKyleKalis: looks like an initial shot at RT according to Darrell Funk. No particular reason, he might end up elsewhere,...
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Clinic Notes: Darrell Funk
Guest post by Craig Ross. I talked to Coach Darrell Funk for a bit before his three sessions (all on the inside zone game) and asked him about his impressions re: the defense last spring. He said, “I...
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Sound Mind/Sound Body 2012: Recap
2013 OL commits Logan Tuley-Tillman (left) and David DawsonYesterday's Adidas Sound Mind/Sound Body camp at Southfield High School featured some of the Midwest's best talent, including five of...
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Unverified Voracity Spikes The Football
Welcome to College Football Blood Bowl. Warhammer 40k is generally too dorky even for me, but if you're vaguely familiar with their science fiction orc-dwarf-elf-demon football spinoff "Blood Bowl"*...
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Media Day Things
It came and went with one piece of news—Antonio Poole's departure—and a lot of mean questions for Urban Meyer. Brady Hoke said Brady Hoke things, like eight wins is "unacceptable" and anything other...
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Mailbag: NCAA Reform #1, DL Moves, Coaching Evaluation, Bo Pelini's Secret Twin
SHOW ME THE HENRYHow to resolve the NCAA being terrible thing.Brian,My friend and I were having a discussion about the best way to compensate college players, and he came up with the idea of paying...
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Dear Diary Bans Brian
It would seem obviousEvent reminder: MGoBlog is coming to Chicago next Friday. Moe's Cantina, River North, 6-9 p.m. The coping mechanisms kicked in about Tuesday, and the diaries flowed. The best, I...
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Mailbag: We Should Have Been Screwed, Funk Position Paper
"I hope we're all up on the latest changes to the NCAA rule book." [Fuller]Wait, substitution. Wait. Wait, what?Yo Brian, So when the bearded lady rushed into the center ring to launch the football out...
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Nussbag: Nuss This, Nuss That, Nuss The Other One It's Got Bells On
the solution to Michigan's OL issues is clear: get the mustache backYeah but all those other guys.Brian,I am shocked that a discussion regarding Nussmeier working with last year's assistant coaches has...
View ArticleUnverified Voracity Replaces Suit Guy
SOUNDS ENCOURAGING. Oy.Michigan OL coach Darrell Funk says young linemen must move forward, 'we don't have any choice'I already bombarded you with grim news about the OL yesterday, so I'll forgo that...
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Mailbag: Funk As Gibson, Opt-In Student Tickets, Bag Man Rehash
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BAD TIMEBrian:You asked today “how Borges is Nuss?” I think equally appropriate is “how Gibson is Funk?” It seems to me that their respective backgrounds, personal ties to the HC...
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