Michigan (7-2, 4-2) hosted Minnesota (4-5, 1-5) this past Saturday night and left the Gophers’ greasy, grimy guts strewn all over the Michigan Stadium field. The Wolverines walked away with a dominating 33-10 win to keep their Big Ten title hopes alive. Any time Michigan faces a team that cannot throw the ball, the ending is never in doubt.
Not to put too much pressure on redshirt freshman quarterback Brandon Peters, but he may have just salvaged 2017 for the Wolverines and saved Michigan’s 2018 season entirely. Due to a largely ineffective performance by starter John O’Korn in the first half, Peters entered Saturday’s game against Rutgers with 7:01 remaining in the…
Michigan wasn’t expected to win Saturday night at Penn State, but they were expected to compete. The Nittany Lions came out swinging and jumped to a 14-0 lead. The Wolverines withstood the hot start to get back into the game at 14-13, but that breath of life was actually just Michigan’s death rattle as Penn State would go on to score…
Yeah, it’s Tuesday, I know. I could give you all of the excuses that I have, but you’ve already heard them all before and they are all still valid. And anyway, I’m not the one on trial here, Michigan is. The Wolverines (5-1, 2-1) went on the road this past Saturday and defeated Indiana (3-3, 0-3) 27-20 in overtime. It wasn’t pretty.
Little brother is back, and he looks like an annoying pain in the ass again. Michigan State went into Ann Arbor and outraced a monsoon to a 14-3 lead at the half against Michigan, and then battened down the hatches in the second half, withstanding win, rain, and pretty much nothing of any substance from the Wolverines on their way…
Michigan moved to 4-0 (1-0) on the season with a 28-10 win at Purdue. The Wolverines were actually trailing 10-7 at the half, but they used the halftime to go have a good schvitz, and then they came out in the second half and treated Purdue like the Boilermakers deleted everything on Michigan’s DVR. An entire season of Blue Bloods gone.
Ohio State and Michigan both hosted service academies this past weekend, which gave us an interesting look at how the Big Ten’s only two megapowers handle the triple option. The Buckeyes beat Army 38-7 and the Wolverines defeated Air Force 29-13. Ohio State struggled to lead Army by 10 at the half, while the Falcons went…
Michigan (2-0) hosted the Cincinnati Bearcats (1-1) this past Saturday and despite a bit of a worrisome effort at times, the Wolverines pulled away late for a 36-14 win. Michigan led just 17-14 late in the third before making this one a laugher. Though, to be fair, some of it was nervous laughter. The Wolverines won this game because…
The Michigan Wolverines looked pretty good this weekend in their 33-17 win over Florida, so we’ll keep this short. Just kidding, there’s still plenty to talk about. First, I feel like we need to begin with a couple of caveats. The first caveat is for Michigan fans — this game was against a team with 10 players suspended, including…
Look, even during the season I don’t always get Michigan Monday done on Mondays, so you can’t fault me for being two days late while I’m on vacation. And yes, this is just a Mailbag full of submissions that I requested a few days ago in hopes that I could actually get it done on Monday. And yes, it is now Tuesday night…
Michigan football must replace 10 starters on defense from last season, but I think quarterback Wilton Speight is still the biggest question mark for the Wolverines headed into 2017. For much of the season last year, Speight was at the top of the passer rating charts in the Big Ten. A shoulder/collarbone injury…
