The Michigan football team put on arguably its best 60-minute show of the season Saturday in a 45-17 win over Nebraska. But with roughly six minutes to play in the fourth quarter, 113,718 fans inside Michigan Stadium officially turned their focus forward with chants of "Beat Ohio." The Wolverines and ...
This weekend promises to be busy in Ann Arbor as the University of Michigan Wolverines host Big Ten newcomer Nebraska: Hotels are full, restaurants are booked and catering services are busy. But with the traditional biggest game of the season still one week away, some businesses are wondering: Why isn’t ...
From kidneys to condoms to free bus rides to serial killers to Woody Hayes, here's just a thin slice of Valentine's Day in Ann Arbor history. 1996. Surgeons in Ann Arbor and Palo Alto did kidney transplants on Valentine's Day; in each case, the husband received the donation of a ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Backed up to their own goal line, Matt Barkley and Joe McKnight drove into Southern California lore. Barkley, the freshman quarterback, and McKnight, the shifty tailback, made big play after big play, and Stafon Johnson capped one of the great drives in USC's storied history with ...
DETROIT - He came to speak to the conference as a whole, but two men in the room could have predicted what Lloyd Carr would say during the Mid American Conference luncheon last Friday at Ford Field. Considering they coached under Carr at Michigan, it isn't much of a stretch. ...
The University of Michigan ranks fourth among Football Bowl Subdivision schools in revenue, the Orlando Sentinel reported as part of a six-part series on economics and college athletics Tuesday. The Wolverines brought in $99,027,105 in 2007-08, the second-highest Big Ten school on the list.
We're back from Big Ten media days in Chicago, some of us traveling by plane and others making the crucial error of train travel, complete with stoppages on the track, delayed departure, delayed arrival and the resulting lack of sleep. Not that I'm bitter. Anyway, one of the things that ...
None of the craziness really surprised Rich Rodriguez. He presided over one of the most riled-up fan bases in college sports while coaching at West Virginia, where Moutaineers fans have a propensity to burn couches and hold raucous celebratory parties. Still, Rodriguez brought the funny when he discussed his first ...