• T-Shirt Jesus, ND Fan Piles On

    Leave to the Notre Dame fans to stick it in the open wound. Here’s the latest beauty served up by The House That Rock Built, thanks for nothing: Message to Rock blogger, Who are you tryin’ to get crazy with, ese? Don’t you know I’m loco? If you need an antedote, try this on for size.

  • Radar Ranks MSU Worst in Big Ten

    Radar.com, the New York-based mockumagazine turned its sights to the Big Ten in search of the worst school. Its extensive research ended up with the bullseye on Michigan State, citing the unruly, drunken behavior of the student body as a key factor. The Onion rip-off site didn’t stop at ridiculing the student body or the quality of education, it also reminded everyone that MSU hasn’t been to the Rose Bowl since 1988 (I know, I was there). Isn’t the haha couch-burning stuff getting kind of old?

  • Capn’ Crable?

    That’s nothin’. Wait until you see Detroit’s third string Congrats to Shawn Crable who came from someone who was presented transfer papers by Lloyd Carr to captain of the 2007 Wolverines. mgoblue.com just announced this year’s crew. Hopefully this season will end as good as it has started from Crable as he will be needed! He joins Mike Hart and Jake Long to round out the three-member leadership team. On the offensive side of the ball, Hart was a lock, and I suppose I figured the other guy would be Long (a repeat captain, first since Steve Hutchinson) or Chad Henne. Other than his trouble finding the right mindset to achieve at Carr’s level, Crable is best known for lighting up 2006 Heisman winner Troy Smith in last year’s big game. This of course extended the Buckeye’s drive and effectively ended the game for Michigan. “Ahh! We’re missing the Florida International game!” I heard Coach Carr talking on the Huge Show on WTKA about the captaincy at Michigan. Huge aka Bill Simonson (by the way, the coaches didn’t refer to the host as “Huge” thank goodness) was pressing Carr if a national championship would be one of the teams goals. Carr said that’s up to the captains and the team to decide, but added “if they’re playing a game somewhere…

  • Comrie the Socialite

    Comrie needs to tell Perez about the schoolyard truism ‘he who smelt it’ Former M star and current NHL’er Mike Comrie has been seen around town lately with teeny sensation Hilary Duff. Good for Comrie, right? Well, maybe. Gossip queen Perez Hilton refers to MC as Duff’s “hockey player boy toy”, and Perez used his deadly white pen to indicate that our M Man passed some gas inside the car. That’s the price of fame, dude. Duff was also featured in a spread in this month’s Maxim magazine, on newsstands now. Props to Comrie for letting us know that vests are back in style (good news for Tressel, bad news for Carr). Perez didn’t indicate who is chilling in the back seat, but I can confirm that #16 was in Ann Arbor on Saturday. MC isn’t the first (or last) Michigan Man to be seen and inked up inside the Perez Hilton site. David Beckham and Derek Jeter recently appeared together, and of course, Tom Brady appears on occasion due to his model exploits.

  • News Flash: Jake Long won’t win Heisman

    At least according to the Free Press. You mean they’re not ready to crown an offensive tackle with the Heisman? I refuse to believe this. Here’s the latest Heisman odds from bodog.com: • Brian Brohm 3/1 – That’s weird. • Darren McFadden 3/1 – • Steve Slaton 9/2 – Can’t see it happening. • John David Booty 5/1 – Obviously choice if SC runs table. • Colt Brennan 7/1 – Possible, if he puts up the type of numbers you can’t ignore. • Ray Rice 8/1. • Mike Hart 10/1 – Stays healthy and Michigan makes it to New Orleans? Possible. • Tim Tebow 12/1 – We’ll need to see how he passes the ball. • Pat White 15/1 • C.J. Spiller 15/1 • Chad Henne 15/1 – Again, would need Michigan to run the table. He’d have to outshine Hart or spilt votes and lose. • Colt McCoy 18/1

  • Classic M YouTubes

    First, a throwback to one of the all time great calls by Bob Ufer. Yes, it was a heartbreaker but the strain and pain in ol’ Ufer’s voice as he tried to deliver the final score over the airwaves is an all-timer. The M Zone put the audio with the clip, well done: Now fast forward to a guy who’s not even going to suit up until next fall. It’s committed recruit Sam “White Lightning” McGuffie leaping over a teammate head over heels, posted last week on mgoblog:

  • Projecting Michigan’s 2008 BCS Bowl

    Filed under for what it is worth, here’s where some of your major (and not so major) sources have Michigan ending up this season. Complete BCS bowl projections are tracked here. All the major sources have the Wolverines ending up in the BCS. Each also assume M trips up somewhere along the way or doesn’t pass another undefeated squad to make it to New Orleans for the BCS Championship. CollegeFootballNews (Scout.com): Michigan vs. Hawaii, Orange Bowl ESPN (Ivan Maisel): Michigan vs. Texas, Rose Bowl ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Michigan vs. Oklahoma, Rose Bowl SI.com (Stewart Mandel): Michigan vs. Rutgers, Rose Bowl I think the Rose Bowl is probably the right pick. While you can expect that Michigan would run through the Big Ten schedule up until Wisconsin and Ohio State, there’s still the matter of Oregon and Notre Dame in the next few weeks.

  • You Want These Tickets?

    Remember when Sam Malone went to sell his legendary Corvette [Cheers Season 8, Episode 5]? Mayday put an ad in the paper and conducted interviews with potential buyers to ensure that whoever took possession of his precious ‘Vette was worthy to own his righteous sled. Occasionally M season ticket holders are forced to offer a pair or two of their little beauties to the general public. In such cases, following Sammy’s lead, it is suggested that you offer up a few questions before giving up those babies to just anyone. Are You Worthy of These Seats? Select the best answer(s): 1. It’s early November and the forecast calls for a mix of sleet and snow. Michigan plays Cincinnati today at home at 3:30pm. The game will be covered on ABC and you’ve got a full fridge of beer and a nice fireplace. Do you: A. Chill out at home, light the fire, order a pie before settling in front of your wide screen to enjoy the game on ABC. B. See how the weather shakes out closer to gametime before making the call and what to do. C. Get your ass to the game just like any other day you Nancy boy. 2. The game is getting a little out of hand and suddenly ‘The Wave’ is summoned from the…