Thanks to all the contestants who sent or posted haikus, limericks or other posts for the Bo Schembechler DVD. The contest was pretty much over once Michael Hacker of Washington, DC typed these words: I caught up with the winner late last night who offered, “I am honored and I am humbled. Thank you!”. When asked what inspired this brilliant haiku, Hacker pointed to Columbus, “What can I say? The Bucktards bring out the best/worst in me.” They were all very good, some incredibly clever and even a few anti-Michigan beauties snuck in, including this limerick from Jeff: There once was a coach from Vir-ginny Who liked players short, fast and skinny. He jumped to the Blue, And brought his spread too, But was fired with nary a win-nie. Brian delivered a few great lines, here’s my favorite: Coaches Rodriguez, Barwis and team Made them faster, stronger and more lean After weeding out the cowards They made a team of Desmond Howards Soon another Heisman pose might be seen. And this late entry from ‘Nash’ almost propelled him to glory: Our QB’s throw darts Our O Line can’t be breached This Kool-Aid is good You can order your copy here from Amazon.com. Still want to win? Maize and Blue Nation has a contest of its own, asking for the total…

Michigan football beat writers Angelique Chengelis and Bob Wojnowski hosted on WDFN this afternoon and talked a lot of Michigan football. Here’s one of the segments: [display_podcast]

Win this Bo Schemebechler DVD before it is released! Today is the last day to get in your fresh haikus. There’s been some sweet ones. I’ll post the winner tomorrow. Rules: ….Want to own a FREE copy of this DVD before it is released? The first (and probably last) MVictors contest, email me or post a haiku or spicy limerick related to the upcoming football season before Friday August 22nd and I’ll pick a winner and send it to you. If you post, leave your email address (it won’t be displayed to readers). Points of course for a good laugh and on a creative take on the season.

More props to Michael Phelps for once again owning the cover of Sports Illustrated, this time in a Mark Spitz+1 pose: Next stop for Phelps, Columbus?[Webmaster’s note: That’s actually Spitz’s ‘stache lifted off of his poster. The whole process was downright creepy; I showered like 3 times yesterday.] Follow MVictors on Twitter Related: A Better Sports Illustrated Cover

If you know by now (5pm EDT Tuesday) that Kevin Newsome decommitted from Michigan, congratulations, you’re a bonafide maize and blue geek. I follow recruiting and appreciate the work on several sites especially on mgoblog but just don’t get too worked up over the whole thing. I’ve seen way too many 4-5 stars come here and do nothing. That said, I realize that most folks who reads the blogs and message boards crave recruiting big time. One of the most read posts on this site was a short blurb about Terrelle Pryor from earlier this year. So you won’t get any major reaction. Instead, I’ll just offer that I love that Brian at mgoblog took the time to drop a few suggestions to readers and commenters, who no doubt canceled their dates with hot chicks to react to the Newsome departure: Some comments from on high about the reaction: * Please check to see if there’s already a thread about it on the message board before posting the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th thread. * Don’t be that asshat who posts something misleading in the subject line only to say “ha ha not really” in the text. This is never funny and makes people think you are mildly retarded. * Criticizing kids who decommit is always tiresome; skip it.…

A few clips from the Big Ten Network’s coverage of Michigan’s practice yesterday. First my impressions: * I know everyone talked about the pace of the practice, but you really got a sense for it. Everyone is constantly moving, doing down-ups, running back and forth between drills. * There are still a few semi flabby dudes out there. After all of the Barwis talk (I’m still waiting for someone to on NBC to speculate that Barwis must have worked with Michael Phelps), I expected everyone on the roster would look like Chippendale dancers (Swayze, not Farley). * Not a surprise, but you can see that Rodriguez is a tough S.O.B. * The quarterbacks looked pretty brutal. I mean, there doing that little 12 yard out drill with no pressure and they’re consistently throwing shaky passes, whether it was throwing to the inside or just missing the guy. Feagin looked rough, Sheridan threw a couple nice balls but it’s clear Threet has the stronger arm. Here’s the quarterback drills from BTN: You can also see Rodriguez’s interview here. Classic: They showed last year’s Michigan State game before the practice and I took in the fourth quarter. Chad Henne’s touchdown pass to Manningham will always be remembered as the play of the game, but the pass he delivered to Arrington a few…