Let?s kick off this party with a nice Q&A in the Minneapolis Star Tribune with Gopher AD Mark Coyle. Coyle has a lot on his plate as he looks to stabilize an athletic department that needs leadership ? and fund raising. *** It was great for Michigan to add Notre Dame back to its sked […]
If time and money weren?t issues, which Big Ten games would you want to attend this season? Let me help you out. I have built the ultimate Big Ten itinerary for 2016, identifying what I feel will be the biggest game in each of the 13 weeks of the upcoming season. You?re welcome. [ MORE: […]
Ask any coach, and he?ll tell you the most difficult position to recruit is defensive line. It?s a challenge to find players who are big AND quick. That?s why good d-linemen are so cherished. And, Michigan State has a good one in Malik McDowell, who leads my list of top 10 Big Ten defensive linemen. […]
Thoughts and prayers to former Michigan RB coach Fred Jackson, whose nephew was a shooting victim in Baton Rouge. Montrell Jackson, 32, a 10-year-veteran of the Baton Rouge Police Department, was one of three police officers killed in an ambush shooting just a mile from police headquarters. *** There are some interesting QB battles in […]
Football is won in the trenches. Without a good line, an offense has little chance for success-no matter how many five-star running backs are on the roster. [ MORE: Top 7 quarterbacks | Top 10 wide receivers | Top 10 running backs | Full unit rankings ] And no one in the Big Ten is […]
No Big Ten team will have a better DB than Iowa corner Desmond King, who won the Thorpe Award. But instead of turning pro coming off that season of glory, King opted to return to Iowa City. And that?s a big reason why the Hawkeyes top my ranking of Big Ten West defensive backfields. [ […]