Michigan football

The Michigan Wolverines football team will face the Florida Gators in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl on January 1, 2016. This will be the fifth time that the Wolverines appear in the Citrus Bowl. The game will start at 1 p.m. ET on ABC.

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The University of Michigan football team closed out the regular season Saturday when it hosted Ohio State University. Ohio State defeated Michigan 42-13. Michigan's record is now 9-3, while Ohio State is 11-1.

The score was close at halftime, Ohio State was leading Michigan by four points, 14-10. Ohio State dominated Michigan in the second half as U-M couldn't stop OSU's rushing. Ohio State outrushed Michigan 369 to 57.

With the regular season over, Michigan waits to find out what bowl game they will be playing at. The upcoming bowl game will be the Michigan's 44th. The Bowl Selection show will take place Sunday on ESPN.

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The Michigan Wolverines women's and men's cross country teams ran in the NCAA Cross Country Championships Saturday at E. P. Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky.

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The Michigan women's team placed six overall with 264 points. New Mexico Lobos won the title with 49 points. Notre Dame's Molly Seidel won the individual 6K title in 19:28.6. Leading the way for the Wolverines was Erin Finn. Finn ran most of the race barefoot as another runners clipped both of her shoes and they came off. As did her socks. Finn continued running over grass and gravel and finished in 19th place in 20:10.2. That earned Finn her second All-America honor. The other placing Wolverines were Shannon Osika (53rd - 20:33.2), Gina Sereno (90th - 20:47.2), Jaimie Phelan (100th - 20:50.0) and Anna Pasternak (120th - 20:59.3).

The Michigan men's team finished ninth at the cross country nationals with 348 points. Syracuse Orangmen won the title with 82 points over last year's champion Colorado Buffaloes 91 points. Winning the individual 10K title was Edward Cheserek from Oregon in 28:45.8. Mason Ferlic was the highest placing finisher for Michigan in 67th place in 30:42.3. Coming in behind Ferlic was Tony Smoragiewicz (72nd - 30:44.3), Ben Flanagan (83rd - 30:49.8), Nick Renberg (92nd - 30:53.7) and Connor Mora (129th - 31:13.7).

The University of Michigan football team also played Saturday. The Wolverines traveled to Penn State. 

The Wolverines defeated Penn State 28-16. Quarterback Jake Rudock threw for 256 yards and two touchdowns. Taco Charlton had three tackles for losses and two sacks.

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Michigan wraps up the regular season Saturday when they host Ohio State. The game will start at 12 p.m. ET.

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The University of Michigan football team jumped up one spot in the AP Poll to #14 after defeating Indiana Hoosiers 48-41 in two overtimes Saturday night. Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock set a school record throwing six touchdowns in one game and set a career high of 440 passing yards. Wide receiver Jehu Chesson tied a school record with four receiving touchdowns. Chesson had 10 catches for 207 yards. With the win Saturday, Michigan is now 8-2.

Michigan will travel to Penn State Saturday for their next game. It starts at Noon ET.

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Michigan Wolverines football team defeated Rutgers Scarlet Knights Saturday evening 49-16.  Michigan's record is now 7-2. The Wolverines moved up one spot in the AP Poll to #15.

Michigan will travel to Indiana Saturday to play the Hoosiers at 3:30 p.m.

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The Michigan Wolverines football team defeated Minnesota Golden Gophers Saturday night 29-26 in Minnesota. The Wolverines stopped the Gophers on the goal line as time ran out to hold on to the win. With the win, the Wolverines won the Little Brown Jug back. Even though the Wolverines won the game, they fell one spot in the AP Poll from#15 to #16.

Michigan will host Rutgers Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

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The Michigan Wolverines football team dropped in the rankings Sunday following the 27-23 loss to #7 Michigan State Saturday. Michigan (5-2) was #12 in the country last week, this week the Wolverines drop three positions to #15.

Michigan has a bye this weekend and will play again on Saturday, October 31 at Minnesota at 8 p.m. ET.

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Michigan Wolverines, #18 AP Poll,  football team defeated Northwestern , #13 AP Poll, Saturday, 38-0. It was the third consecutive shutout since 1980. The Wolverines scored one touchdown on offense, defense and special teams in the same game for the first time since 2003. Michigan racked up 380 total yards, 201 rushing and 179 passing, and held Northwestern to 168 total yards. On Sunday, Michigan moved up in the AP Poll to #12.

Michigan hosts Michigan State next week at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN.

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The Michigan Wolverines football team climbed four spots in the AP Top 25 Poll to #18. They were previously #22. Michigan moved up in the poll after defeating Maryland Saturday 28-0. That was Michigan's second straight shut out win. The last time Michigan had back-to-back shutouts was October 2000. With the win, the Wolverines record is now 4-1.

Michigan hosts Northwestern next Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

Super Bowl XLIX

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The New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 Sunday in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.

I watched about five minutes of the Super Bowl. I needed to go to bed early because I had to work at 4 am Monday morning. I was happy to see that New England won the game. I'm not a big fan of New England, but I do like Tom Brady. Brady did go to Michigan. As for Seattle, I'm not a fan of theirs. Never have been. Probably never will.

Pleased that Brady has won four Super Bowl titles and was named MVP for a third time. #GoBlue

Super Bowl

The teams for the Super Bowl is set. It will be the defending World Champions Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots.

To reach the Super Bowl, Seattle overcame a 19-7 deficit against Green Bay Packets to tie the game at 22 in the fourth quarter. The game went to overtime. Seattle won the coin toss and drove down the field to score the winning touchdown. Seattle defeated Green Bay 28-22.

In the AFC Championship game, the New England Patriots defeated the Indianapolis Colts 45-7. The Colts were only able to score once in the second quarter. Tom Brady threw for 226 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. LeGarrette Blount had 30 carries for 148 yards and three touchdowns.

Super Bowl XLIX will be played on Sunday, February 1 at 6:30 pm ET on NBC. Unfortunately for me, I can only watch the first half hour of the game. I will be going to bed at 7 pm because I have to work the next morning at 4 am. I don't even remember the last time I watched an entire Super Bowl. Oh well. I can always watch SportsCenter for highlights of the game.

National Championship

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The first ever College Football National Championship game took place Monday in Arlington, Texas. The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks 42-20.

It seems like everyone was happy with the playoff. Now that the playoff went well with four teams, it seems like the playoff could be expanded to six or eight teams. The playoff games were exciting. Division II and III have a playoff, why can't Division I do the same?

Coach Harbaugh

Jim Harbaugh was announced as University of Michigan head football coach on December 30, 2014.

Harbaugh was recently the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. He lead the team to back-to-back NFL West Division titles and a spot in the 2012 Super Bowl. Harbaugh's record with the 49ers was 44-19-1. Before coaching the 49ers, Harbaugh was the coach for Stanford University Cardinal. At Stanford, his record was 29-21. Stanford won the Orange Bowl in 2011 defeating Virginia Tech 40-12.

Harbaugh played in 177 NFL games. He was drafted to Chicago Bears in the first round in the 1987 NFL draft. After Chicago, he also played for the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers and Carolina Panthers. Harbaugh threw for 26,288 yards and 129 touchdowns in his career that ended in 2001.

As a quarterback at the University of Michigan, 1983-1986, he lead the Wolverines to a Rose Bowl in 1987, where they were defeated by Arizona State 22-15,  and was third in the Heisman Trophy voting.

Harbaugh has had success everywhere he has coached. Hoping that the 2015 Michigan football season will be better then 2014.

Sometimes you have to go back

The big rumor around here and the entire United States is that Michigan is trying to get Jim Harbaugh to be the next head coach of the maize and blue. That would be great if Harbaugh came back to Michigan, but we will have to wait and see.

Until then, watch this amazing video.

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The fall sports season for the University of Michigan started on Friday. The women's cross country team participated in the Michigan Open at Hudson Mills Metropark in Dexter.

Michigan's Shannon Osika won the race by inches over teammate Erin Finn. Osika and Finn both finished with the time of 17:01.5. Brook Handler was third in 17:35.8. Taylor Pogue was fourth (17:45.4) and Anna Pasternak rounded out the top five in 17:51.9.

According to mgoblue.com: "Finn, Osika, Handler and Pogue led the group from the gun and helped pace a group of Wolverines that remained tightly knit through the first mile. Over the second mile, Finn and Osika spread things out and with about 500 meters to go, the two were deadlocked. Both finished strong over the final stretch, with Oiska earning the win by the slimmest of margins."

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The Wolverines will be back in action at the Black and Gold Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa on September 20.

Michigan Wolverines football team opened their season Saturday against Appalachian State. This was not a repeat of 2007 when Appalachian State defeated the Wolverines. The Wolverines beat the Mountaineers 52-14. Michigan's quarterback Devin Gardner and wide receiver Devin Funchess hooked up for three touchdowns before half time. Tailbacks Derrick Green and De'Veon Smith had a good day as well. Green rushed for 170 yards and Smith had 115 yards.

Michigan will travel to South Bend, Indiana next week to take on Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game will start at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on NBC.

Losses

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This past weekend was not a good weekend in sports for the teams I like. They all lost.

It all started Saturday when the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team lost to Minnesota Golden Gophers 85-69. Michigan held the lead at halftime, 38-34, but couldn't hold on to the lead. Two Minnesota players, Amanda Zahui and Rachel Banham lead all scorers with 24 points. Siera Thompson was Michigan's leading scorer with 19. Michigan falls to 14-8, 5-4 Big Ten and Minnesota is 14-9, 3-6 Big Ten.

No. 17 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team lost a close game in OT to No. 2 Syracuse Orange Saturday night. Syracuse topped Duke 91-89 in OT. Duke's Jabari Parker and Amile Jeffereson fouled out of the game in the last two minutes of regulation. Rasheed Sulaimon of Duke tied the game at 78 when he made a 3-point basketball before the buzzer to send the game into overtime. The Blue Devils lead in OT 87-84, but the Orange were able to rally to the win. Syracuse's C.J. Fair lead his team with 28 points and Rasheed Sulaimon was Duke's leading scorer with 16 points. Duke's record is now 17-5, 6-3 ACC and Syracuse is perfect at 21-0; 8-0 ACC.

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No. 10 ranked Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team was defeated by Indian Hoosiers 63-52 Sunday. Michigan was undefeated in Big Ten play. Michigan trailed 25-22 at halftime. In the second half, but Michigan tied the game at 29. Indiana then went on a 11-4 scoring run and Michigan couldn't catch up. Indiana's Kevin Ferrell lead all scorers with 27 points. Derrick Walton, Jr. was Michigan's scoring leader with 13 points. Michigan's record is now 16-5, 8-1 Big Ten and Indiana is 14-8, 4-5 Big Ten.

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No. 3 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team fell to No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sunday 88-67. Duke lost its first home ACC game since 2008.  They previously won 42 ACC games at home. Kayla McBride lead Notre Dame with 23 points. Duke's Tricia Liston also scored 23 points. The Irish held the Blue Devils to a season low 39% shooting. After the win, Notre Dame is in now alone in first place of the ACC. Duke is now 21-2, 8-1 ACC and Notre Dame is 21-0, 8-0 ACC.

The final loss of the weekend was Denver Broncos losing to Seattle Seahawks 43-8 in the Super Bowl. The game started out so horrible for Denver. The Broncos center snapped the ball over Peyton Manning's head and went into the endzone for a safety. For the quarter or two that I watched, Denver couldn't do anything at all. Seattle's defense was really good. The top performers for the game; Passing: Peyton Manning (DEN): 280 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT; Rushing: Percy Havin (SEA): 2 carries, 45 yards and Receiving: Demaryius Thomas (DEN): 13 receeptions, 118 yards, 1 TD.

The final two

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The final two football teams standing are the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks. They will face each other in the Super Bowl on February 2 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

To reach the Super Bowl, Denver Broncos defeated the New England Patriots 26-16 in the AFC Championship and the Seattle Seahawks beat San Francisco 49ers 23-17 in the NFC Championship on Sunday.

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Now that the teams are set, I want Denver to win the Super Bowl. Peyton Manning has returned from neck surgery and has had the best season of his career. Manning is a classy player and person. Manning is 37 and is
playing his 16th season in the NFL. He won't be in the league that much longer. Peyton could go out on top with a Super Bowl victory. I say that would be a perfect way to close out a wonderful career, if he plans to retire.

NFL playoffs

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This past weekend in the National Football League, four games were played. The teams that won will play in the American Football Conference and National Football Conference championship this coming Sunday. The first game of the day will be the New England Patriots vs. Denver Broncos at 3 p.m. EST on CBS and San Francisco 49ers play Seattle Seahawks at 6:30 p.m. EST on FOX.

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Who I would love to see play each other in the Super Bowl on February 2 is Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks. The reason I like Denver is because of Peyton Manning. He is a tremendous quarterback and I have liked him since he started playing for the Indianapolis Colts. The reason I like Seattle is bit superficial. I love their team colors. Who doesn't love bright green, blue and silver? I do wish that Seattle would alter their logo. The Seahawk could look cooler. The logo has changed just three times since the 1970s. This alternate logo is pretty neat. They should use it. Look at the mean face and claws of the swooping seahawk. It's just awesome.

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