Skip to main content

Michigan

Latest news and updates about the Michigan

RSS Feed

Happy Valley Rewind: Penn State-Michigan 1995 (“Snow Bowl”)

Our latest edition of Happy Valley Rewind takes a look back at a game best known for a snow storm, snowball fights, and a fake field goal touchdown run for the ages. I’m talking of course, about the 1995 showdown at Beaver Stadium between Penn State and Michigan. It was a game that required an […]

“I Was Frustrated”: Sixth-Year Michigan Veteran Shares Crucial Health Update After ACL Tear

Michigan football fans finally got some reason to celebrate regarding star safety Rod Moore. After enduring a brutal two-year battle with his right knee, the Ohio native announced on the In the Trenches podcast that he is feeling the absolute best he has since 2024. “I’m feeling the best I’ve felt since March 27, 2024 […] The post “I Was Frustrated”: Sixth-Year Michigan Veteran Shares Crucial Health Update After ACL Tear appeared first on EssentiallySports .

Duke-Michigan Game Is About To Relocate South

Well this is exciting: after Fox and the Big Ten had a hissy fit about Duke scheduling Michigan in Madison Square Garden, arguing that they they should get a cut of the take from Amazon Prime, it looked like it might be a snag. We first suggested moving it out of the shared territory of […]

Broadcast conflict reportedly sends Duke–Michigan to a baseball stadium

A broadcasting dispute is reportedly forcing a marquee Duke–Michigan college basketball game scheduled for the fall to be moved from Madison Square Garden to LoanDepot Park, the home of the Miami Marlins. In April, Amazon Prime Video announced an agreement with Duke to air three neutral-site games featuring the school: against UConn on Nov. 25,…

Oklahoma football snags 2027 Top 30 recruit over Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Miami

Oklahoma football got off to a bit of a slow start in the Brent Venables era, but the Sooner got right back to the top of college football in 2025. Oklahoma finished the regular season 10-2 last season thanks to a great defense, earning a spot in the College Football Playoff. Now, it all becomes […] The post Oklahoma football snags 2027 Top 30 recruit over Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Miami appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Drake Maye’s first MayeDay celebrity softball classic a hit at Polar Park

Drake and Ann Michael Maye have quickly become fan favorites across New England.  On Sunday night, that love was on full disable in Worcester, where more than 9,000 fans attended the inaugural MayeDay Family Foundation Celebrity Softball Classic at Polar Park. “They’ve embraced us since I got drafted,” Maye said. “I really love these fans, […]

Commit! Alabama Football lands 2027 4-star running back, Nigel Newkirk

Alabama just landed a big pickup for next year with the commitment of Nigel Newkirk. Alabama football has its first commitment from the first big weekend of official visits. Nigel Newkirk has committed to the Crimson Tide, he told Rivals on Sunday. The four-star running back picked Alabama over LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State […]

Alabama Just Landed One of the Nation’s Most Coveted Running Backs

Alabama football added another major piece to its future recruiting plans on Sunday when elite running back Nigel Newkirk announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide.Hayes Fawcett first reported the news on social media, as the highly sought-after Georgia native officially chose Alabama over Ohio State, LSU, and Michigan. The commitment marks another significant recruiting victory […] The post Alabama Just Landed One of the Nation’s Most Coveted Running Backs appeared first on HEAVY .

Four star DL commit chooses Ole Miss over Georgia, Penn State and Michigan

Pete Golding added to his 2027 recruiting class with a massive four star defensive lineman by way of Germany and Connecticut. Marvin Nguetsop, 6’7” 265 lbs., grew up in Dusseldorf an ocean away from the likes of Oxford, Mississippi, but after playing high school football in Connecticut at St. Thomas More, he committed to the […]

Unpopular Opinion: Ohio State and Michigan doesn’t have to start at noon

From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about unpopular opinions. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our “Unpopular Opinion” articles here. There are three certainties in life. Death, taxes, and Ohio State […]

President Guskiewicz Leaving East Lansing

On a day when the big piece of news was supposed to be the pending decision coming from Jeremy Fears, Michigan State University was met with the blindside announcement that Kevin Guskiewicz, the school’s president, is resigning in order to take the same position at Clemson. Sports Illustrated has a good piece on it. For […]

2025-26 Player Grades: What else can you say about Porter Martone?

With just over five minutes to go in the NCAA Worchester Regional Final between Michigan State and Wisconsin in late March, the Spartans, led by Porter Martone, had a two-goal cushion. All they had to do was protect the lead, or at least not make two miscues in the final five minutes. However, less than a minute later Wisconsin tied things up, and won it in overtime. Martone’s collegiate career was over. But within hours the next chapter was being written. Philadelphia, then in the midst of tr...

Farewell to Canvas: A Live Q&A on Big Ten Football?

Not for that reason, though. Teaching is tiring enough as it is—at baseline, I’m annoyed, frustrated, and underpaid. Happy Finals Week. Students don’t read, can’t write, and yet Michigan State’s admission rates aren’t getting any better. (This is a Big Ten blog, remember.) Use of artificial intelligence abounds, and some Big Ten institutions are just […]

The Big Ten Would Like A Slice Of Duke’s Amazon Deal

That didn’t take long: after Duke and Amazon announced their three-game package for next season, the Big Ten let Duke know that it believes it owns the rights to the Duke-Michigan game in December. As we understand it, that’s because the game is scheduled for Madison Square Garden, and that’s considered shared territory between the […]

5 things to know about Detroit Lions 4th-round pick Jimmy Rolder

With their fourth-round pick the Detroit Lions continued to tick away at their biggest needs. With the 118th pick, the Lions selected Michigan linebacker Jimmy Rolder. Here are five things you need to know about the Lions’ newest linebacker. 1. He’s only a one-year starter, but showed great instincts in 2025 Rolder was with the […]

Michigan State Reacts Survey Results

What up, TOC Nation?! We are officially in the offseason now but there are still going to be surveys. If you have any survey questions you would like to have answered by the community, please mention it in the comments. This past week, I asked you all to predict what MSU will do in the […]

Michigan State Reacts Survey

Well, today was awful. Actually, I have more to say about it. I went to bed early so I would not have to watch the game. But going to bed just after 9 PM caused me to wake at 2:15 AM. Then I tossed and turned for a couple of hours. Finally fell asleep and […]

Open Thread: Discuss the 2026 Final Four in Indianapolis

The Big Ten has a chance to win the 2026 NCAA tournament with Illinois and Michigan in this year’s Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The conference has not had a program win the national championship since Michigan ... The post Open Thread: Discuss the 2026 Final Four in Indianapolis appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .

Jeremiyah Love wants to see the Notre Dame VS Michigan rivalry come back

Yeah… we’re bringing back the Triple Option for Notre Dame here at OFD, and from here on out, you should expect it every weekday moving forward. So let’s jump right into it (or pitch it out). TRADING TROJANS FOR SKUNKBEARS Recently, Jeremiyah Love went on Hard Count with JD Pickell for a nice conversation about […]

2025-26 CHN Rookie of the Year

The race for our Rookie of the Year came down to some obvious candidates: Gavin McKenna of Penn State, Porter Martone of Michigan State and Ethan Wyttenbach of Quinnipiac.Because of how close this is, we decided, for the first time, to step back and do some deep statistical analysis, with the help of Claude.In the end, it went to Martone, who has already signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers...