Michigan Wolverines NCAA Football News

Devin Taylor takes a knee on the sidelines of the Lions' practice facility, admiring brightly colored wrist bands that drape both arms.

Always there is talk about who will play as freshmen. And that is fine because what else is there to do in May? The easiest way for redshirt and true freshmen to find the field, as freshmen, may be to make the special team assignment.

Brian Cleary, shown at left trying to evade Jeremy Clark during the spring game, is a redshirt freshman walk-on quarterback.

Home >> Coach's Corner >> Michigan Football: Coach's Corner - What is the difference between Strong-side Defensive End and Weak-side Defensive End? Could someone explain what type of players the staff is looking for at Strong-side Defensive End and Weak-side Defensive End? January 1,2013; Tampa, FL, USA; Michigan Wolverines defensive tackle Jibreel ... (more)

There are plenty of 2013 changes for the Michigan offense that have either been explicitly stated or widely postulated in off-season discussions.

Starting things off against a team that shall remain nameless is like when your parents bring up embarrassing pictures or stories to your friends or a girlfriend.

Michigan linebacker Jake Ryan is on pace to return to the Wolverines in October, after tearing an ACL during spring camp.

Denard Robinson center, chases Michigan State's Isaiah Lewis after throwing a pick at Spartan Stadium in 2011.

Michigan's Denard Robinson heaves a pass during the 2011 game against Notre Dame, when the Wolverines wore their popular "Under The Lights" uniforms.

In most cases, for numerous reasons, players are encouraged to go through winter and then spring practices to get a gauge of where they stand going into 2013.

Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez is coming off the best season of his career, while Michigan's Devin Gardner is still somewhat of a question mark at the position.

Sam McGuffie didn't work out at Michigan -- but he's still landed in the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

It's no secret that Michigan's offense is still a work in progress, as there will likely be severe growing pains at times here in 2013.

The looming end of the Michigan-Notre Dame series has left the Wolverines wondering what happened - or maybe knowing what did.

The Wolverines confirmed Monday morning that safety Marvin Robinson and linebacker Mike Jones have left the team.

Here's a preview of that pesky team to the northeast. Denard Robinson has graduated and they lost their best defender to a knee injury but the Wolverines return plenty of talent and signed a great freshmen class in February.

Two things here about Marvin We are glad at GBMWolverine about is we will not have to answer anymore questions about "When will Marvin overtake Jordan Kovacs" and also "how can a 4-5 star recruit not beat out a walk-on"? Wish him well, but this is one reason why "recruiting" isn't that big of deal for us at GBMWolverine anymore or follow it on a ... (more)

Zach Travis is a manager of the Wolverines blog Maize n Brew . His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

Incoming freshman quarterback Shane Morris tweeted Saturday night that he would be wearing the number to pay homage to former Michigan quarterbacks such as Rick Leach, Drew Henson and Chad Henne.

Inspired by Florida's "#ComePlayWRFortheJoker" campaign , our recruiting writers looked at other ways schools can sell themselves on the trail.