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9/30/2023 – Michigan 45, Nebraska 7 – 5-0, 2-0 Big Ten This column is about being grateful but first a digression into obscure lexicography, as the readership demands. Despite an Atlantic article that accidentally implies that the noun "fantods" was a neologism sprouted from David Foster Wallace's mother, Merriam Webster asserts that Charles Fredrick Briggs deployed in 1839; indeed, it actually found its way in to Huckleberry Finn: "They was all nice pictures, I reckon, b...

Slowing down Nebraska quarterback Heinrich Haarberg in the running game will be a key for Michigan on Saturday.

The transfer portal runs college football now. How did Michigan do this offseason?

UFR GLOSSARY is here. Note: "Amoeba" means they drop a DE. FORMATION NOTES: I did my best but the BTN camera work is the worst, and Michigan was doing a lot of pre-snap shifting off-screen so the secondary looks are not going to be accurate. Michigan had a safety high and one teasing the box which isn't new but I'm going to start labeling 1.5. The front is a 5-1 with one of their ILBs on the edge, which they used a lot, occasionally shifting to something else right before the...

Retail and cloud firm Amazon faces a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, which has suffered a series of recent high-profile defeats.

Retail and cloud firm Amazon faces a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, which has suffered a series of recent high-profile defeats.

Michigan star cornerback Will Johnson was nursing a knee injury that kept him sidelined for the first three weeks of the season. Now, he feels great.

A few former Michigan football players stood out on Sunday in the NFL, plus more in our Michigan Wolverines news roundup.

Best:  Woken Up

J.J. McCarthy threw a tiebreaking, 18-yard touchdown pass to Semaj Morgan late in the first half and No. 2 Michigan went on to beat Rutgers 31-7 with coach Jim Harbaugh on the sideline for the first time since serving a school-imposed three game suspension.