Now, it appears newly minted Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer has adopted something similar.

Meyer calls Michigan "that team up north" on Ohio State's football facility schedule, and also omitted the block "M" where other logos are pictured.

Thursday, Meyer took it a step further during an interview with WKRK-FM (92.3) in Cleveland by saying "we don't use their name" at all.

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Alabama running back Trent Richardson holds up the championship trophy.

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LSU fans had all but disappeared into the New Orleans night by the final minutes of last month's dreary BCS title game, leaving en masse when they figured out a team that couldn't get past the 50-yard-line wasn't going to magically find a way to cross the goal line. They weren't alone, with people across the nation abandoning their TVs in hope of finding something even remotely more interesting.

The cartel that runs the BCS got what it deserved in a rematch no one outside of Alabama wanted. A lopsided game with horrible television ratings seemed an appropriate way to cap an awful bowl season that generated less buzz than rapper M.I.A.'s extended middle finger at the Super Bowl.

How bad was it? So bad that it woke up some people who matter.

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The wife of the Michigan football team's offensive line coach didn't mind. She knew who was on the other end: Kyle Kalis, a five-star offensive lineman who was committed to her husband's biggest rival, Ohio State.

The Wolverines were trying to poach him away.

This was Kalis' first chat with Funk, who had to walk past a photo of former All-American tackle Jake Long to get outdoors for the conversation.

"We hit it off well," Funk recalled last week. "He was asking great questions, he was excited, he knew Michigan’s traditions. I told him I just walked by a big picture of Jake Long, and of course who doesn't know that guy?

"He seemed real interested, and I’m glad it’s come to pass."

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There is opportunity for playing time. Two recruits will try to seize it.

Wideouts Amara Darboh and Jehu Chesson will join the team this summer and immediately vie to fill the void left by the departures of Junior Hemingway, who graduated, and Darryl Stonum, who was kicked off the team.

Michigan also will be without receivers Martavious Odoms, who contributed in the return games as well, and Kelvin Grady.

Continue reading Michigan receivers coach Jeff Hecklinski breaks down new wideouts, where they could fit in...

Skits, shenanigans and a little skin were on display at the 13th annual Mock Rock held Tuesday night at Hill Auditorium.

But some serious dancing by the men’s and women’s track teams earned the night’s best score.

Several Michigan varsity teams injected humor into their skits -- with the Wolverines’ Big Ten rivals and other Michigan teams the butt of the jokes -- at the event, which is organized by the University of Michigan Student-Athlete Advisory Council and the Letterwinners M-Club.

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Rivals named Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Mattison, above, the best recruiter in the Big Ten Conference.

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Michigan football defensive coordinator Greg Mattison has been called one of the nation's best recruiters by everyone from prospects to national analysts -- and even current Ohio State coach Urban Meyer.

Rivals did not name him No. 1 in the country this year, but did honor him as the Big Ten's best.

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Exactly one month later, he had his Sugar Bowl watch, among other valuables, stolen from his father's house in Conway, S.C., according to myrtlebeachonline.com.

Continue reading Ex-Michigan receiver, Sugar Bowl MVP Junior Hemingway has bowl valuables stolen...

Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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All 25,000 tickets the University of Michigan had to sell for the Sept. 1 Michigan vs. Alabama game at Cowboys Stadium in Texas are gone, according to a release issued Tuesday morning.

All 25,000 to the Cowboys Classic were sold to donors and season ticket holders before a public sale could begin. The public sale was scheduled to start Feb. 29. Ticket prices ranged from $125 to $285.

“We have received unprecedented interest in tickets for the Cowboys Classic game with Alabama,” Michigan's chief marketing officer Hunter Lochmann said in the release. “The demand is on par or greater than our athletic department has ever seen.”

The university said it may receive standing-room only tickets to sell in April, and those would be offered first to Victors Clubs members, then Michigan football season ticket holders and then the general public.

The Michigan-Alabama matchup is the fourth Cowboys Classic. LSU beat Oregon, 40-27, in front of a crowd of 87,711, in the 2011 edition.

OK, I'll stop kidding around now.

Big-time college football recruiting -- even mid-level recruiting -- has become a year-round sport of its own. The bags under the eyes of Wolverines receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Jeff Hecklinski told that story during the team's signing day news conference Wednesday.

"I think somebody asked me if I’m going to get some sleep tonight," Hecklinski said, smiling. "No, we never sleep."

Continue reading Michigan football team celebrates recruiting haul by, well, recruiting for 2013...

Michigan wide receiver Roy Roundtree (with glasses) and quarterback Denard Robinson in the Maize Rage student section during a win over Michigan State at the Crisler Center earlier this season.

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The Michigan basketball student section, the Maize Rage, has gotten some extra face time recently courtesy of its newest celebrity member.

That being Michigan football quarterback Denard Robinson.

Robinson appeared inside the Crisler Center student section during Michigan's 60-59 win over Michigan State last month and was back inside the Maize Rage during the Wolverines win over Indiana on Wednesday.

Michigan basketball coach John Beilein didn't see Robinson, but that doesn't mean he wasn't impressed.

"He was back again? I didn't see him," Beilein said Monday during his weekly radio show. "That's great."

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This one, though, arrives on campus next season.

Less than three hours after Detroit Crockett tight end Khalid Hill became the third member of the 2013 class, Birmingham Seaholm offensive tackle Dan Gibbs announced via Twitter he will join the Wolverines next season.

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The Michigan football team picked up its third commitment for 2013 on Monday afternoon, and it comes at a spot where the Wolverines are thin.

Khalid Hill, a tight end from Detroit Crockett High School, was offered by the Wolverines shortly before 4 p.m. He committed on the spot, coach Brady Hoke by his side.

Hill, who stands 6-foot-2, 235 pounds, follows quarterback Shane Morris and safety Dymonte Thomas in verbally committing to Michigan for 2013. The Wolverines are the only Big Ten school with as many as three commits. Ohio State has two.

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A few moments earlier, Joe Montana had walked down the hallway just outside, but there would be no meeting of Super Bowl greats. Nor would the former Michigan quarterback join Montana in another way, as a four-time NFL champion — something he seemed destined to be at one point in the fourth quarter.

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Both, of course, are former Michigan football players. Which begs the question: