I’m proud to share a new venture between me and longtime Ann Arbor sports talk radio host Steve Clarke: Professor and The Pundit podcast. It’s now available on Apple, Spotify, and your favorite podcast network. We’ll cover a range of topics related to Michigan athletics including fandom, rivalries, culture, and current issues (e.g., NIL, transfer portal). As the season approaches, we’ll get into our perspective on the goings on the gridiron. You’ll also get insight into my current classes at Michigan on NIL, The History of College Athletics, and Leading by Coaching. We hope you like it.
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Education & Equity in Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) | University of Michigan EDUC 335
This course explores the rapidly-changing and controversial landscape of college sports in light of recent NCAA regulations that allow athletes to be compensated for use of NIL (Name, Image, Likeness).
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Giving Jerry Green a Pass
Longtime writer Jerry Green was the honorary team captain at yesterday’s game. Bumping up this story originally posted in 2017 – congrats to Mr. Green!
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Returning to The Fiesta, Great Winning Stretches | This Week in Michigan Football History
For the epic CFP semi-final in the Fiesta Bowl, we start with a brief look at our first and only previous trip to this prestigious game in 1986. We then take a deeper dive and historic winning runs given Coach Harbaugh and crew have won a stunning 25 of 27 games heading into this one. You know the names: Yost, Yost again, Kipke, Crisler and of course General Bo. Go Blue!
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Where Bob Ufer Laid Woody Hayes Away
How Bo and Ufer laid Woody Hayes away.
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The Harbaugh Era
About five years ago I took a crack at defining the major "eras" of Michigan football. One question I had concerned defining the correct end of the Schembechler era, and if it ended, what was it called, etc. With U-M's victory over Ohio State in Columbus on Saturday, I feel we have an answer--Jim Harbaugh has established a new era at Michigan since his arrival. Here's a look:
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Hail Haskins, Roasting Stagg, Beating Ohio | This Week in Michigan Football History
Ahead of one of the biggest editions of THE GAME we salute Mr. Hassan Haskins, who entered Meechigan Football's Valhalla after his five-touchdown performance against the Bucks in 2021. Haskins turns 23 on Saturday so let's hope it's a maize and blue birthday for #25. We also revisit the history of U-M playing on Thanksgiving Day and other recent victories against Ohio including the Ten-Year War. Go Blue!
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Cutting Brutus Down (1983)
Perhaps inspired by big Dave Gallagher and the M Men during the 1977 Buckeye game, check out what happened when Brutus tried to get loose in 1983. U-M diver Bruce Kimball wasn't having it:
