http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ We're strangely transfixed by all this en-us jonathanberndt@mac.com 2006-09-15T20:56:02-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000306.shtml Y'know, it's not really football season until it's time for Michigan-Notre Dame. It's fine to have a game, maybe even two, as a tuneup, but once the students start moving in, it's time to bring on a real game. The IndyStar has a preview that focuses on Michigan's newfound running game. It's early, but they point out that U-M is #10 in the nation in rushing, while the Irish are... 306@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2006-09-15T20:56:02-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000295.shtml Fall practice has started, so maybe we'll resurrect things here and point out some of the football previews. Today's entry: senior safety Ryan Mundy is coming back after missing almost all of last season with a nerve injury. Oh, and there's a note about available tickets (to get Iowa, you have to buy Ball State).... 295@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2006-08-09T22:48:30-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000157.shtml Football used to be played by big people, some of whom were fast. Those days seem to be over. In an NFL combine preview, the Philadelphia Inquirer notes that speed is what everybody is looking for, especially on defense.... 157@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2006-02-23T23:07:56-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000141.shtml The bowl game previews are starting to focus on individual players, though AP's coverage of Nebraska's pre-bowl press conference does note that coach Bill Callahan sees this game a quite the building block for his program.... 141@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Alamo Bowl 2005 2005-12-17T17:21:43-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000140.shtml Lloyd Carr has apparently decided that it's time for major college football to have a playoff -- 16 teams on the field. Maybe getting passed over for that New Year's bowl caused a little more hurt than Big Blue was letting on.... 140@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2005-12-17T16:27:59-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000139.shtml Been a little tardy but there's a few stories out there about the history between Lloyd Carr and Bill Callahan (both longtime Big Ten assistants) and the new offense the Huskers are working on.... 139@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Alamo Bowl 2005 2005-12-13T22:29:14-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000138.shtml In college football, recruiting is almost as rough a battle as the game itself. In Michigan, they're showing off a new building. In Nebraska, they're fretting about how little some of the high schools are getting visited by the new head coach.... 138@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Alamo Bowl 2005 2005-12-10T21:36:16-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000137.shtml Here's one of the differences between college football in Michigan and in Nebraska: in one place, they occasionally get distracted by things like basketball. That place is not Nebraska. Most of today's Michigan sports pages focused on the basketball game between the Wolverines and Delaware State, and had nothing about the football team. In Nebraska, they were blessed with stories surrounding the start of bowl practice.... 137@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Alamo Bowl 2005 2005-12-08T22:20:52-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000136.shtml Nebraska gets its bowl practices underway today, using its new indoor practice facility. These would be the extra practices that didn't happen after last year's team wasn't eligible for a bowl game, extra practices that the elite football programs get almost every year to develop young players and sharpen everybody's work habits.... 136@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2005-12-07T22:33:04-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000134.shtml I've run across a few other places, mostly where these papers attempt to run blogs. Who knows, some of them might even be worth reading.... 134@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2005-12-06T19:47:02-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000133.shtml It's a game of tradition-rich programs, a game people have been waiting eight years for, a game that features two coaches blah, blah, blah. It's a December bowl game on cable. But for one team its a step up, a step back toward rebuilding. For the other, its a step backward after some disappointments in an injury-riddled year.... 133@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2005-12-06T09:26:11-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000132.shtml I'd be remiss if I didn't take over coverage of this year's Alamo Bowl. After all, I know all of the principles. For the first time since 1986, Michigan will face Nebraska, in a game that the Wolverines didn't want to be in, but I think the Cornhusker faithful are happy to get to, since they had to stay home last season.... 132@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2005-12-05T21:29:29-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000116.shtml It's a big week for college sports, at least in my world. Basketball tips off and football winds down, at least if you call the biggest game of the year winding down. And an innocent visit to the old college paper gives me plenty to link to.... 116@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan 2005-11-13T22:55:42-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000106.shtml Egad, I've been so bad about posting. And there have been interesting headlines, features, games. Yep, all kinds of stuff going on. Today, I'd like to point you to a Steve Breston feature the Free Press did: Mighty with ball and pen — U-M's Breaston can return kicks and write with soul.... 106@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2005-10-22T12:21:45-05:00 http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/archives/000103.shtml When it comes to the Michigan football team, it's starting to become painfully obvious that if we know anything at all, it's not what we wanted to hear. Maybe we know the defense is as bad as we thought. The offense certainly isn't good enough, or poised enough, or experienced enough, or deep enough to cover up any other shortcomings or mistakes that might be made. And we really aren't... 103@http://www.originaljb.net/sportslog/ Michigan Football 2005-10-11T09:47:46-05:00