Off Season Bulletin Board Material

Is there such a thing as off season bulletin board material? If so this ought to motivate the University of Michigan football players and coaches as they work at rebuilding the program. Bob Hunter in the Columbus Dispatch:
Put it this way: Ohio State-Michigan has suddenly begun masquerading as an OSU-Toledo game, a switch [...]

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Has Michigan Football hit bottom yet?

After the expected beatdown today that is the only question left.  Has the Michigan Wolverines football program reached the low point?
- First time ever to lose to a MAC school.
_ First losing season in four decades.
- Not going to a bowl game for the first time in over thirty years.
- First time in history Michigan [...]

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No pressure or anything, Rich Rod

Pat Forde notes yet another potential streak that could end in this Saturday’s Michigan Ohio State game:
In the illustrious history of Michigan football, 12 coaches have played against Ohio State. Their record in their first game in this rivalry: 10-1-1. Only Harry Kipke (24) failed to get it done, in 1929. The rundown:
(Note: attendance in [...]

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Rodriguez trying to make Michigan his program

Interesting article in the Columbus Dispatch on Rich Rodriguez and the trials of taking over a storied program like Michigan – and struggling mightily your first year.
A couple of things stood out to me.  One was the discipline he is trying to install:
It wasn’t just the playbook that changed.
“From practices to meetings to dress codes [...]

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An era in Michigan Wolverine football comes to an end

I am not sure why this game got to me.  It has been a long time since I have been so frustrated with a team and a game.  Maybe I was in denial.  Maybe I just didn’t want to admit that an era in the University of Michigan’s football program has come to and end.  [...]

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