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Tweet This is a really really simple post I put together last week when I compiled how many likes on Facebook each respective college program has. Some teams like USC obviously are not social media friendly while some programs may surprise you with the numbers they’ve compiled. Enjoy: Ohio 1,260,457 Florida 1,019,480 Texas 988,666 Michigan 916,217 . . . → Read More: What is the “Reach” of your favorite team?   Comments are closed  Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Lacrosse, Recruiting, Softball  Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio Buckeyes, Texas Longhorns Tweet The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) recently announced its rankings of top selling institutions & manufacturers for the 2011-2012 year. After coming in 4th last year, Michigan came in 5th, still far and away the leaders of the Big Ten teams. Kentucky jumped up four spots from 7th after winning the national title. O$U is not . . . → Read More: Top Selling Institutions & Manufacturers (2011-2012) Comments are closed Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Lacrosse, Softball Alabama, Big 12, Big Ten, Collegiate Licensing Company, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, SEC, Texas Tweet Multiple outlets are reporting that Michigan Alumnus Mike Matheny will be named the new St. Louis Cardinals manager tomorrow. During his playing career Matheny earned four gold gloves and earned the nickname “The Toughest Man Alive.” Earlier this year, Michigan Daily writer Daniel Wasserman wrote a great piece on Matheny and how he almost . . . → Read More: Michigan Alumnus Mike Matheny Named St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tweet What a series against the Yankees. From the rain delay which cost Tigers ace and soon to be AL Cy Young winner Justin Verlander a 2nd start in the series, to 2 Yankee routs. It all ended yesterday with Papa Grande throwing some cheese to Alex Rodriguez, and A-rod whiffing like a 3 year old . . . → Read More: Tigers ALCS Prediction Comments are closed Baseball Alex Rodriguez, Alexi Ogando, Detroit Tigers, Doug Fister, Jose Valverde, Justin Verlander, Texas Rangers Tweet The Michigan Wolverines Athletic Program finished 15th in the 2010/2011 school year standings. The Leerfield Sports Directors’ Cup gives points to the top ten programs male and female for each respective Division 1 sport. Stanford won the Director’s Cup for the 17th year in a row. Other Big Ten teams: Ohio State finished 2nd, . . . → Read More: Michigan Finishes 15th In Directors’ Cup Standings Comments are closed Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Lacrosse, Softball Big Ten, Director's Cup, Michigan Wolverines Tweet Don Lund earned 9 Varsity Letters during his time at the University of Michigan playing Basketball, Baseball & Football. Despite being drafted in the first round of the 1945 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, Lund instead chose to follow a career in baseball. On April 12, 1947, Lund was called up to the Brooklyn . . . → Read More: Alumni Of The Week – Don Lund Tweet The class of 2003 was ranked 8th overall by Scout.com & 17th overall by Rivals.com The Michigan Wolverines Recruiting Class of 2003: Pos. Name High School QB Clayton Richard McCutcheon (IN) RB Jerome Jackson Saginaw (MI) TE Will Paul Parkway West (MO) OL Jake Long Lapeer East (MI) . . . → Read More: What Happened to the Recruiting Class of 2003? Tweet Bob Chappuis was a World War II Hero, football & baseball star in the 1940’s. Chappuis came to Michigan from Toledo, OH, with big shoes to fill. Tom Harmon, Heisman Trophy winner, was the Wolverines’ predecessor at halfback. After one year at Michigan Chappuis’ career was halted by military service from 1943 to 1945. . . . → Read More: Alumni Of The Week – Bob Chappuis Tweet Over at Black Show Diaries, Run Up The Score has a post reviewing Michigan and sums it up by saying: “Prone to sudden outbursts of frustration and futility, yet there’s a lurking sense that they’ll be back and annoying us sooner than later. Their success makes them even more unbearable. Enjoy the quiet . . . → Read More: Michigan In The News (6/10) Tweet John Baldoni, FastCompany.com, wrote a really good article about Dave Brandon entitled, “Leadership Lesson: David Brandon at Michigan” Connecticut paper, The Courant, takes a “A Look At The Michigan Wolverines” in its early preview of their match-up to open the season on September 4. Elitekickoff.com ranks their top ten impact freshman for the upcoming . . . → Read More: Michigan In The News (6/3) Tweet George Sisler donned the Maize ‘n Blue from 1911 to 1915. Branch Rickey, then head baseball coach, remembers Sisler’s tryout, “The workout was unforgettable. He pitched batting practice and, for the next 20 minutes, created no end of varsity embarrassment. His speed and control made him unhittable. All his moves were guided by perfection of . . . → Read More: Sisler Named to the 2011 College Baseball HOF Tweet - Don Jozwiak of VisitDetroit.com wrote about the Frozen Four coming to Detroit’s Ford Field. Red Berenson had the following to say: “The Frozen Four is a lot like basketball’s Final Four. The off-ice stuff is just as much a part of it as the games themselves. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for . . . → Read More: Michigan – In The News Tweet Barry Larkin played baseball for the University of Michigan for three years from 1983 to 1985. He was drafted by his hometown team, the Cincinnati Reds, in the second round of the ‘82 MLB Draft, but instead chose to go to Ann Arbor. Larkin was the first two-time winner of the Big Ten Player of . . . → Read More: Alumni of the Week – Barry Larkin (7/6 – 7/12) Tweet Jim Abbott, now 41, once amazed even those non-baseball fans by playing handicapped. Abbott was born without a right hand, but never seemed to let it hinder his dreams/ambitions/drive to play. He attended U of M from 1985 to 1988, only after turning down the Toronto Blue Jays. (Provided by MGoBlue) While . . . → Read More: Alumni of the Week – Jim Abbott (6/29 – 7-5) Tweet This week we profile Charlie Gehringer. Gehringer played baseball, basketball and football for the University of Michigan in 1922. In 1923, Gehringer was discovered by Detroit Tigers LF Bobby Veach who invited him to a week long tryout to show current player-manager Ty Cobb what he could do. . . . → Read More: Alumni of the Week – Charlie Gehringer (5/18 – 5/24) |
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