Over the past month, pop culture has been captivated by the beef between hip-hop artists Kendrick Lamar and Drake. It started with a collaboration between J. Cole and Drake but Lamar blasted the duo on a track with Future and Metro Boomin shortly after. J. Cole apologized at a concert, but Drake went ahead and released a track ‘dissing’ Lamar called ‘Push Ups.’ He then released ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’ which had AI versions of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, but the Shakur estate made him take it down. Drake continued to goad Lamar into a response, which didn’t come until last Tuesday, when he rel ..read more

Michigan football recruiting has been lagging (at least compared to last year but not to most years) though it’s starting to pick up. The Wolverines tend to get the most momentum in May and June and given the offseason changes with Sherrone Moore taking over in late January, it stands to reason that he would focus more on building out the current team before setting the tone for future teams via recruiting. One name that’s coming up of late is 2025 Monroe (N.C). four-star safety Jordan Young who only got his offer from the Wolverines on March 20 before visiting Ann Arbor on April 15. He subseq ..read more

Michigan football is looking for defensive back depth, not just at cornerback, and it makes sense as to why with the departure of Keon Sabb and Rod Moore’s untimely spring ball injury. But could the Wolverines steal a player away from their in-state rival? While it may seem unlikely, these things happen. And given the local ties, it wouldn’t be much of a surprise. One of the former Spartans who is exploring their options in the transfer portal is safety Jaden Mangham, a 2022 recruit from Birmingham (Mich.) Groves who had a Michigan offer during his recruitment but wasn’t prioritized by the pre ..read more

Usually, when a team wins a national championship, especially after a long rise to the top, the expectation is that they will become something of a dynasty. However, for Michigan football, given the offseason upheaval, that’s not the case. The Wolverines made three straight College Football Playoff appearances but didn’t advance beyond the semifinal round until this past year. Once they had, they won it all. But in the aftermath, Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL, there was a mass exodus to the NFL, and there will be a lot of new blood leading the team in 2024. Though there are still quite a few s ..read more

Spring ball across the country has now come and gone and now college football teams are moving into the realm of summer conditioning and recruiting. It’s difficult to somewhat glean just how good (or bad) teams may be after spring ball because intrasquad scrimmages can only tell you so much, but given the rosters that teams currently have (which will assuredly change before Week 1) and those who perhaps have emerged during the winter and spring months, we start to get an idea of just how good teams may be. USA TODAY Sports is taking a stab at predicting who the best teams in the country will ..read more

We’re inching closer and closer to a new season with spring ball having officially concluded for all college football teams. Now that teams are moving on to summer conditioning, the rosters are being shored up and pared down with fall camp coming in mid-summer. Fox Sports’ premier color commentator Joel Klatt wasn’t simply idle this spring. He actually was on the sidelines for two spring games — Ohio State on April 13 and Michigan on April 20. As he’s in the second year of his podcast, he’s been sharing more and more about the breadth of the sport and is getting into the nitty gritty of teams ..read more

Everyone is always asking which school produces the best talent at any given position, and the best way to generally determine that is to look at which schools puts the most of that position into the professional ranks. Michigan football was desperate for an identity change after 2020, and while there was a culture change in Ann Arbor with it becoming more of a player-led team than a coach-led one, the identity became clear starting in 2021: SMASH! Coined by new head coach Sherrone Moore, who was then starting his first year as the Wolverines’ offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator ..read more

It’s been a tough month for fans of the University of Michigan. First, former defensive end Craig Roh, who was a bright spot on some of the worst Wolverines teams of all time, had unexpectedly passed away after a quiet battle with cancer. Then, over the weekend, news broke that basketball point guard Darius Morris — who was also a bright spot in a tough time who helped lead the maize and blue back to prominence — also unexpectedly passed away. On Sunday, more bad news came as reports surfaced that Obi Ezeh, the former Wolverines linebacker, has also passed away at the age of 36. We are sadden ..read more

Michigan football had looked like it was in the pole position to acquire the services of 2025 Cleveland (Ohio) Heights running back Marquise Davis and the Wolverines were all in on him. But Davis had other plans and ultimately chose to make a surprise commit to Kentucky. Thus, onward to other prospects who can tote the rock for the maize and blue. The good news is one of the top running backs in the 2025 recruiting cycle, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei four-star tailback Jordon Davison, the seventh-best RB in the country, revealed his top four schools and Michigan football made the cut, along wi ..read more

Michigan football has landed a commitment from four-star offensive lineman Avery Gach. He chose the Wolverines over Ohio State, Michigan State, and Wisconsin. Gach, who plays at Wylie E. Groves High School in Franklin, Michigan, holds a .9138 grade on the 247Composite which makes him the 236th highest-graded player nationally and the second-highest-graded in Michigan. Gach is the fifth commit in the 2025 class and the third-highest-graded on the 247Sports Composite. Recruiting hasn’t gone very well for the maize and blue as of late. The Wolverines lost running back Marquise Davis to Kentucky a ..read more