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Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings

With Big Ten Basketball Conference getting underway, it’s time to look at where each team stands. In the coming weeks and months, these rankings could—and most likely will—swing dramatically. But for...

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Will the College Football Playoff pay off?

Remember Vince Young striding into the end zone with an untouchable air palpably surrounding him? Remember Auburn’s last-second field goal sailing through the uprights amidst screams of “War Eagle?”...

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Big Ten Basketball Mid-Season Power Rankings

Halfway through the conference season, the Big Ten has been absolutely bewildering. It looked in the middle of January like the Big Ten was hands down the best conference in the country, with as many...

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Feed the Deed: Kindness Really Does Count

Over the past couple weeks, two new viral phenomena, one born from the other, have taken over Facebook: NekNominations and Feed the Deed. They haven’t become full blown in the United States just yet...

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The DOs and DON’Ts of Playing IM Basketball

Sitting on the cool, metal bench, looking over my shoulder at the bright numbers slowly decreasing, a pang of sadness hit me. It wasn’t because my intramural (IM) basketball team was about to end its...

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Why Michigan Will Return to the Final Four (and Why they Won't)

It’s that time of year again—the NCAA tournament is here, and so is all the madness that annually comes with it. Last year, University of Michigan took advantage of that madness with an unforgettable...

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The SEC College Basketball Bandwagon: Jump Off of It

One of the most popular debates in college basketball, year after year, is which conference is the country’s best. People gravitate to this debate as a point of pride. If your team is the best in a...

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Looking Ahead: Michigan Basketball, 2014-2015

It’s official: Glenn Robinson III, Mitch McGary, and Nik Stauskas are all leaving Michigan early for the NBA. For fans worried about the departure of three integral pieces in Michigan’s Elite Eight and...

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Michigan Football 2014: The Glass Might Still Be Half Full

There’s still hope. Take it from someone who was ready to call AD Dave Brandon Saturday night and suggest he fire the entire coaching staff: buried beneath Notre Dame’s 31 points—each of which felt...

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Big Ten Football Early Season Power Rankings

Mid-September is a great time to be a football fan, but this year, it’s a terrible time to be a Big Ten football fan. A once powerful and proud football conference, the Big Ten has become nothing more...

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Why Dave Brandon Had to Go

After weeks of petitions, rallies, boycotts, and hateful messages calling for Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon’s firing or resignation, it finally happened last week. University President Mark...

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B1G Predictions: Preseason

Big Ten basketball is finally back this week, to save us all from the absolute tedium that is the conference’s football season. The Big Ten should once again be one of the best, if not the best,...

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What I'm Thankful for as a Michigan Fan

It’s been a long autumn for fans of the Michigan Wolverines, filled with everything from players being kicked off the team for domestic violence, to rallies held on the University’s Diag to protest...

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A is for Education

Over the past couple of weeks, students at University of Michigan have been engaging in one of the most important and stressful activities of the semester. No, not finals. The activity that has been...

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Can Michigan Bounce Back?

The Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team’s season can be summed up in one word. Disappointing. Coming off a trip to the elite eight and a Big Ten conference championship, the Wolverines came into...

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The Dominoes are Starting to Fall

The dominoes are starting to fall. That’s right, Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines staff received their first commitment over the weekend—and then their second and third in the following 24 hours. The...

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B1G Time Mediocrity

After being arguably the best basketball conference in the country for two years running, the Big Ten has become mediocre. And it’s not only not the best conference, it’s not even in the discussion....

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National Signing Day Recap

With college football’s national signing day now in the rearview mirror, the University of Michigan’s 2015 recruiting class appears to be completely filled out. In total, head coach Jim Harbaugh, put...

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Tips for Applying to Law School (or anything else)

This Fall, I’m planning on applying to law school, and I’m approaching the point in my undergraduate career when that long time plan is starting to feel like a reality. Which is why I’m really...

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