Stevie Brown News

Michigan linebackers coach Jay Hopson is leaving the Wolverines to become the defensive coordinator at Memphis.

The chants echoed loudly across the Diag on the University of Michigan's Central Campus, as thousands of students gathered for a pep rally Friday night.

Two challenges related to the quarterback position have existed this week for the University of Michigan football team.

The prediction business is supposed to be based on past results. Before this Michigan football season, that looked like 5-7 from this spot.

Michigan players have selected defensive end Brandon Graham, left tackle Mark Ortmann, linebacker Stevie Brown and punter Zoltan Mesko as captains for the 2009 season, head coach Rich Rodriguez announced Thursday.

All Ohio State-Michigan games are big. Even one that pits a conference champ in Ohio State against a downtrodden Michigan program.

For long-suffering conference rivals looking to throw some grief back at the once-dominant Michigan Wolverines, now's the time.

Brandon Graham's first Michigan-Ohio State game three years ago came with a spot in the BCS national championship game on the line.

Scott Tolzien tied a career high with four touchdown passes and scored on a sneak, and No.

Greg Robinson is one of the best defensive minds in football. He's won Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos and been a part of many good defensive teams, such as the 2004 Texas Longhorns and in the early 2000s under Dick Vermeil and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Ann Arbor -- What still needs to be explained as coach Rich Rodriguez's football production evolves at Michigan is why this 'process' he cited several times Saturday ever was necessary at a school where football was fairly successful for 40 years ahead of his arrival.

Michigan takes a huge step backward. Think at least a few Wolverines fans who used to bash Lloyd Carr are missing him now? If you think Southern California, coming off a humbling loss at the hands of Oregon, is a lock to miss the BCS for the first time in eight seasons, think again.

On a chilly Halloween afternoon, University of Michigan students watched a spooky scene unfold on their television screens.

Jamie Samuelsen, the sports director for the "Deminski & Doyle" morning show on WCSX-FM , blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

Michigan and Illinois started the day Saturday in very different positions, one looking for a win that would punch their ticket for the post season and the other groping to find some way to end a five-game losing streak.

The fan stood in the front row at the 50-yard line behind Michigan's bench, and his mouth wouldn't stop.

You predicted U-M to beat Penn State last week . What are your thoughts after the Wolverines' 25-point loss? Notre Dame stinks.

If overall numbers are the defining measure of the defense, Michigan doesn't look terrible.

Donovan Warren and Stevie Brown sat on the Michigan bench, white towels draped over their heads, seemingly waiting for the game to end, for the nightmarish day inside Michigan Stadium to finally, mercifully stop.

A OUT CB Zac Johnson, shoulder PROBABLE RB Carlos Brown, concussion RB Brandon Minor, ankle C David Molk, foot Minor which wasn't on this list last week and didn't play against DSU is on this week.