LIVONIA -- Senior after senior got a chance to bid the Michigan football team farewell Monday night at the program's annual postseason banquet. Most of the speeches were clever, even hysterical, reflective of the Wolverines' resurgent season this year. They are 10-2 and have earned a matchup with Virginia Tech ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The way the first-half box score read, one might have thought the Michigan football team was well on its way to a walk in the park. But, thanks to several hiccups, the Wolverines' possible blowout turned into somewhat of a white-knuckle affair. Michigan out-gained Illinois 249-30 in ...
Thomas Gordon is the Michigan football team's second-leading tackler. He's tied for the Big Ten lead with three fumble recoveries and second with two forced fumbles. And that's after not playing last week. The sophomore free safety has been terrific this year, but mysteriously did not play a defensive snap ...
Troy Woolfolk lost his starting cornerback job to a freshman this year, after losing it last year to a vicious leg injury. The fifth-year senior rehabbed hard to get back into the Michigan football team's lineup, but now has switched positions to make room for Blake Countess at cornerback. Woolfolk ...
Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Mattison will have plenty of people rooting for him Saturday when the Wolverines visit Iowa (noon, ESPN). But his son, Bryan, won't be among them. Bryan Mattison, now an offensive lineman with the Baltimore Ravens, played for Kirk Ferentz at Iowa from 2003-07. And as big ...
Technically, Saturday wasn't Michigan freshman cornerback Blake Countess' first college football experience. But it was, without question, his coming out party. After Michigan senior cornerback Troy Woolfolk re-injured his left ankle in the second quarter, the Wolverines turned to the seldom-used freshman to fill the gap. He didn't disappoint, either, ...
Michigan football coach Brady Hoke said Friday night that top cornerback Troy Woolfolk and starting tailback Fitz Toussaint are dealing with previously undisclosed injuries. Both remain probable to play against Notre Dame on Saturday (8 p.m., ESPN). Woolfolk, a senior cornerback who played only one series last week after he ...
Injured Michigan cornerback Troy Woolfolk dressed for Tuesday's practice and was with the starting defensive unit for their first set of the day. Woolfolk, a senior who missed all of last season after breaking his right leg and ankle, left Saturday's season-opening win against Western Michigan in the first quarter ...