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Barking Carnival

Michigan Football

Swimming in the Talent Pool

Just before Signing Day, we talked here about the Recruiting Rankings analysis that SMQ performed and he concluded how accurately Rivals was predicting winning percentages.
“Rivals was very, very good at picking the top teams – of the top 25 winningest teams of the last six years, all were either pegged in or very near their […]

Michigan Calls Rodriguez Up From The Minors

For the second time this year, Michigan made the call down to their AAA farm club in Morgantown, West Virginia to bring up a head coach. Rich Rodriguez Monday became only the 4th Wolverine football coach in the last 40 years. He joins former WVU basketball coach John Beilein on the Morgantown to Ann Arbor […]

Saban to Miles: Take the Michigan job

According to the Detroit Free Press, Les Miles is talking to the Wolverines again. Miles had a phone conversation Friday morning with Michigan athletic director Bill Martin and school president Mary Sue Coleman, according to several people with knowledge of the call.
While Miles did sign an LSU contract extension late last week, adding a […]

Greg Schiano prefers track suits to sweatshirts

Michigan is 0-2 in their head coaching search. After being turned down by LSU coach Les Miles last week, they’ve now been rejected by Rutgers coach Greg Schiano.
Schiano apparently agreed to the job on Wednesday but had a change of heart. I’m guessing some Rutgers alumni told him either his signature or his brains would […]

No Dog In The Fight: How To Choose Sides In A Rivalry Game - Ohio St/Michigan

Nothing arouses passion like the the rivalry game. The backyard brawl, the battle for bragging rights, the border war tussle. Even a fan with no dog in the fight can feel the tension…and their own confusion. Who to pull for? Investing yourself for three hours in a team that is not your own […]

College Football Bets Week 9

Well, another kiss your sooner sister last week going 2-2. Overall, 24-20-3, up four units for the year. The writeups this week will be short and sweet, mainly because it’s a big card and I’ve had a very busy week.
Wisconsin -7.5 vs. Indiana. After two disappointing road losses Wisky bounced back in […]

You must be 42 inches tall to ride the Coaching Carousel — that means you, HenryJames

As the college season makes the turn for the home stretch, it is clearly time to start talking about who gets whacked — particularly given this weekend’s Battle of the Buyouts in Lincoln. This year’s coaching carousel seems destined to be as bloody as the last 6 episodes of the Sopranos.

Yeah, I’ll fucking […]

Stanford players are smart

Just ask any one of them. They’ll tell you. They’ll even use big words when they do and speak with an English affectation. They’re not stupid like Michigan players.
They suck at football though. So when they do actually win a game against a good team, sportswriters can usually be counted on to write a story […]

Games I’ll watch this weekend

Tennessee at Florida
Remember when Phil Fulmer was thought to be a great head coach? He went 45-5 from ‘95-’98 and won a national championship. Rocky Top! He then proceeded to lose 30 games over the next 8 seasons and never won a conference title. His fall from the mountain top made Hank Williams Jr wince. […]

Lloyd Carr give his ‘Checkers’ speech

Michigan coach Lloyd Carr has to be done at the end of the year. Has to be.
How else can one explain his rambling press conference after the loss to Oregon?
Carr’s granddaughter goes to school with some kid named Peter. Carr’s daughter met Peter and asked him how he was doing.
“What I want to know,” Peter […]

  • PB @ BON: Peter Bean is channeling Kirk Bohls... Now that just hurts....
  • BrickHorn: Hi, Huckleberry. Long time listener, first time caller. If the teams ahead...
  • Texoz: I think it's time to change "I don't know how good this team is" to "Who are tho...
  • mh: Just wanted to say i really liked your post game write up. The Bob Stoops, firs...
  • Ian Powers: Say Scipio Tex. Hamilton is going to need at least 2 years. Shawn Williams is 3 ...
  • bad bob: sez steven: "Now I am not trying to take anything away from B12 QB’s, and they...
  • Ian Powers: Man u r really out to lunch if u think Shawn Williams is going to play second fi...
  • srr50: That's in the record. Akers was 5-0 in 1977, and then went 0-1-1 (loss to Arkans...
  • steven: Steven, arguing the superiority of the SEC this year is idiotic. Well I wa...
  • lowery: Great writeup as always. I had a few of those phone calls myself....

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