Teams that could disappoint loom in every college football season. It’s inevitable, given the din that fills a long offseason, that a few squads garner unrealistic expectations. Not all of the following five teams that could disappoint in the coming season will. At least one should fall short of expectations, however. Click the page numbers […]
From the man who brought you a “borderline erotic” kneel-down, Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Bret Bielema is bringing sexy back to SEC media days. Play that saxophone! On the cancellation of a scheduled nonconference game against Michigan: “I know Michigan-Notre Dame sounds sexy. I think Michigan-Arkansas sounds sexy.” On the Razorbacks’ identity compared to that […]
The 2016 season marks the 10-year anniversary of the last Big Ten Heisman recipient. Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith won the 2006 edition of the award in a landslide, beating out Arkansas running back Darren McFadden 2,540 votes to 878. It stood as the Big Ten’s biggest rout of the SEC all the way until […]
Haters will say CFB Huddle’s Game Balls concept is a weak facsimile of other weekly rundown column elsewhere. Thanks to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, I’ve learned to brush it off. Enjoy the best of the week in college football. Haters Will Say These Kicks Are Faked Forget Dude Perfect: University of Minnesota specialists turned the […]
Paramus Catholic, a prep school in New Jersey, is the new epicenter for the latest Jim Harbaugh controversy. Paramus Catholic produced Michigan standout Jabrill Peppers and 2016 signee Rashan Gary; Harbaugh hosts one of his much-debated satellite camps there this month, much to the chagrin of Rutgers staff; and 2017 linebacker Drew Singleton is a […]
The moniker “Michigan Man” may lack precise definition, but Wolverine legend Ron Kramer might best embody the essence of a Michigan Man. Kramer played three sports at Michigan in the first half of the 1950s — football, basketball and track — but football made his name. He earned two All-American nominations in his time wearing […]
Rarer than a clear photo of the Loch Ness Monster, Chris Fowler posted a Harbaugh-Urban selfie to his Twitter account late Friday night. Kayfabe in college football is dead. OK, this Harbaugh/Meyer selfie is focused better. So I'll also share it for posterity, never to be recreated! pic.twitter.com/siZZt5LXaF — Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) May 14, 2016 […]
Present the elevator pitch for Chris Ash’s top priority as Rutgers head coach, and it probably goes something like this: prove Scarlet Knights football worthy of its place in the Big Ten. A simple enough concept in theory, but Chris Ash has certain challenges inherent with the program itself that make his task tough. Rutgers […]
Forget satellite camps: Jim Harbaugh should reach out to Michigan alum and Georgia-based business owner Scott Steiner for the recruiting hook-up. Retired WCW champion Scott Steiner wrestled in a more legitimate sense at Michigan in the 1980s. His Big Ten background weaved into Steiner’s persona early in his professional wrestling career, and he made frequent […]
The NCAA-ratified satellite camp ban, announced Friday, hurts college football’s programs that stand to benefit the most. Jim Harbaugh may have to wear his shirt more as a result of the satellite camp ban, but Michigan will soldier on. Harbaugh’s NFL resume and unorthodox yet winning ways combine with the Wolverines’ historical prominence to ensure […]
With exactly a month until WrestleMania 32, the WWE flagship event intended to compete for an indoor attendance record is shaping up to be a dud. Just three matches are announced for WrestleMania 32, none of which have the intrigue of those that headlined WWE’s most attended event in its history, WrestleMania III. That card […]
Outstanding letters of intent aside, National Signing Day 2016 nears its conclusion. Feel free to take a breath and give your index finger a break after it spent the last few hours furiously hitting F-5. National Signing Day 2016 brought college football recruiting to a whole new level of spectacle, between Bleacher Report’s increasingly elaborate […]
Hello, and welcome to Michigan Recruiting Squares, the game where nine celebrities help 4-and-5-star prospects sign their national letters of intent to the Wolverines! I’m your host, Jim Harbaugh. Let’s meet the board of celebrities. First up, he’s the man with as many titles reigns as Alabama football — though fewer of his are disputed […]
Feel better, USC fans? Less eager to see Kevin Sumlin exit College Station or Charlie Strong leave Austin, Aggies and Longhorns? Chip Kelly really isn’t making his return to college football — not for at least another few years, pending the particulars of his new contract with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers announced Chip […]
College football’s is the shortest of all major sports seasons. It was less than three months ago that the first Saturday Six-Pack of 2015 toasted the beginning of a new campaign. Less than three months. Neither the NBA nor MLB have reached the All-Star Break by this juncture in their season. College basketball has yet […]