Meandering through the maize (and blue): Michigan football gets a Top 25 vote

How's this for surprising...Michigan actually received a vote in the Top 25.

Granted it's one coach with one vote, but still. The Wolverines were 3-9 last season, nowhere close to being a Top 25 team. Of course, we'll never know who the coach is unless he decides to inform the public because the coaches' Top 25 votes aren't made public each week.

How's that for kicking off a Friday?

FOOTBALL:

Greg Dooley from MVictors writes about Michigan's Bentley Library, which houses a bunch of sports archives.

The News-Sentinel's Pete DiPrimio writes that the pressure is on Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis, whose team has its first media day today.

FOXSports.com ranked Michigan's fan base the second most obnoxious in the country, just behind Notre Dame.

Dave Birkett of annarbor.com writes that two defensive backs, Justin Turner and Adrian Witty, are still waiting to get cleared into Michigan.

MGoBlog hung out at high school media day and chatted with Devin Gardner.

BASKETBALL:

SLAM Online has Michigan at No. 19 in its preseason rankings.