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September 1st 2009 01:02

Hey guys welcome to my new blog. I recently took over this blog and it will be all about football.(as in American football for any international people viewing) I will try to update this blog every morning or evening or when ever I have a lot of time on my hands. I will try to update with the latest NFL games and college football games and some of the good latest news. I will try to put my full attention to this blog because I really like talking about this subject. Here are my other blogs if you are interested.

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Michigan looking at players allegations

August 30th 2009 23:54

Recently I have seen on ESPN, the news and articles online that Michigan is looking into allegations from players saying that Rich Rodriguez broke NCAA football rules about that they exceeded the time that they can spend in practice. Here is the full article from ESPN.com

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan announced Sunday that it has launched an investigation into allegations that its football program regularly violates NCAA rules limiting how much time players can spend on training and practice.

The announcement from Michigan athletic director Bill Martin came after a Detroit Free Press article in which players from the 2008 and 2009 teams said the amount of time they spend on football during the season and in the offseason greatly exceeds NCAA limits. The players spoke to the newspaper on condition of anonymity because they feared repercussions from coaches.

"We are committed to following both the letter and the intent of the NCAA rules and we take any allegations of violations seriously," Martin said in a written statement."We believe we have been compliant with NCAA rules, but nonetheless we have launched a full investigation of the allegations in today's newspaper," he said.

Martin also said that the school had reached out to both the Big Ten and the NCAA about the allegations. He said the university would have more to say after its inquiry was done.

Former Michigan wide receiver Toney Clemons told ESPN's Joe Schad on Sunday night that all of the allegations reported are accurate.

"The allegations are true," Clemons said. "Nothing is fabricated or exaggerated in that story. I was there on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. or 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. depending on if guys needed treatment. You were there daylight to nighttime."

Clemons has since transferred to Colorado. On Saturday night, another former Michigan starter and a current Michigan player who asked for anonymity started said the reports of excessive training and football-related activities were accurate.

"On Sunday, it was lifting, film, dinner and practice," Clemons told Schad. "I usually got out around 10:20. I truly don't want to be associated with the program back there. But I am going to help benefit my teammates back there by speaking and giving testimony."

Coach Rich Rodriguez and the university's compliance director, Judy Van Horn, have denied that the football program violated NCAA rules.

"We know the practice and offseason rules, and we stay within the guidelines. We follow the rules and have always been completely committed to being compliant with all NCAA rules," Rodriguez said in a written statement to the newspaper.

Those regulations allow players to spend eight hours a week on mandatory workouts during the offseason. However, players told the Free Press that they have spent two to three times that amount on required workouts.

The players also said the amount of time they spent on football activities during the season exceeded the weekly limit of 20 hours and often exceeded the daily limit of four hours.

A current member of the Michigan football team, who has started, also told ESPN his in-season Sundays at the football facility lasted from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., although he acknowledged the first two hours were spent in treatment, which is not counted against the restricted hours.

The player said this season players will be off on Sundays, practicing on Mondays.

The player said he worked out about twice as many hours as the allotted eight per week in the offseason. He asked strength coaches why the workouts seemed excessive and was told that some parts of the exercises, such as core work and injury prevention, were not counted as required.

The player said the strength coach told him that the workout plan had been approved by the NCAA.

Players told the Free Press that the quality-control staff often watched seven-on-seven offseason scrimmages that are supposed to be voluntary and that only training staff are allowed to attend.

The Free Press said five of the 10 current or former players it interviewed gave similar accounts of how the program is run and a sixth player confirmed most of the descriptions. Other players gave a general idea of the program. None disputed the allegations, the newspaper said.

The players acknowledged they had signed forms stating NCAA rules had been followed and had not told the university's compliance department about their concerns. One player told the Free Press that athletes would get in trouble if they didn't sign.

If there is an investigation into the allegations, it won't be conducted by the Big Ten.

Big Ten associate commissioner for compliance Chad Hawley told ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg that the conference would only be involved in an advisory capacity for any investigation of this matter. Any investigation would have to be done by Michigan and, depending on the circumstances, the NCAA.

Michigan was 3-9 last season -- Rodriguez's first year as head coach of the Wolverines -- and did not make it to the postseason, ending a 33-year streak.

ESPN.com's Joe Schad and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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New domain name

August 28th 2009 22:58

I now got a promotion to get my own domain name for this blog so I will probably be taking over an Inactive blog soon. I don't know what it will be called but I will update to tell you. I will still talk about the Michigan Wolverines but I will talk about all football too.

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Rich Rodriguez says 3 starting Qbs

August 27th 2009 18:32

I recently read an article from wxyz.com talking about who is going to be the starting quarterback for the Wolverines. They asked Rodriguez that question and he said that all 3 quarterbacks including Forcier, Robinson and Sheridan will get snaps in the first game against Western Michigan on September 5th. I think it is alright for the first game so they can see how good each quarterback does but after that they should stick to Forcier and Robinson. Nick Sheridan is not made for the spread offense like Forcier and Robinson so they should just keep him on the sideline and let him be there for a veteran role.

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Recent news on Michigan Wolverines

August 22nd 2009 16:04

Well I haven't been blogging about the Wolverines lately because I have been busy but now I'm back and I will try to update whats happening every day or every other day with articles or what I think about something. But anyways here is an article about how the Offense is doing right now in practice from detnews.com. I can't wait for their first game and then they play Notre Dame on my Birthday. GO BLUE!

Wolverines' offense making big plays
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College Football National Title

July 22nd 2009 20:10

Which teams do you think will go National title this year?

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Big Ten Talk

July 22nd 2009 19:55

Who do you guys think will be the big contenders in the 2009 Big Ten Season?

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Welcome to my blog!

July 22nd 2009 17:48

Hello and welcome to my blog!My name is Eric and I am currently a student at college. My main purpose to create this blog was to here all the news and football talk from Wolverine fans. I have been a huge Michigan fan ever since I was a little kid and I don't miss a game especially the rivarly games of Ohio State and Notre Dame. What I want to hear from all you Wolverine fans are what you think about the upcomig
2009 season and how they are going to do. I was quite upset from last year but this year I think they will do better. Thanks for looking and GO BLUE![

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DISLOCATION KANGAROOS & RICHO'S BUTTOCK

May 7th 2009 13:21

Friday night's defeat by Gallingwood over the Kangaroos highlighted the lack of definitive direction posessed by the shinboners, not too mention how poorly they are playing. The injury to Brent Harvey is referred to as as relocation elbow by the big fella at the house Andrew The Meaty Roo, he is rumoured to have opined in private to an unnamed source who let it slip to a 3rd party that by the time boomer is fit to play north will be in west sydney or south east Queensland.
Which prompted the Abbott & Costello routine from The Meaty Roo and angle anderson. "Where are north going?" North are going West...but possibly South East" "north are going west maybe south east? what about the kangaroos?" "They have already gone south..but don't say that" "say what?" Anyway not a conversation to be had with coach tourettes, as the expletives that would follow would make an injured player feel possibly warm and wanted.
Meanwhile the hawks are back firing on all cylinders with their win over the "wavy blues", well at least Roughy is, Buddy love is apparently firing up but, it is the amorous style of igniting has his mojo going. Not to worry Fev let him off the hook with his close range dying minutes miss, apparently Setanta the fighting Irish put him off a little with his misinterpreted reminder to Fev of his own 3 quarter time rev up, Fev marshalled the blues and said "let's do it for the big fella upstairs" Setanta took a separate interpratation which he reminded Fev of as he prepared for his final kick, the pious Irishman whispered to Fev "kick this one for god" Fev declined on the grounds that the little voice in his head drove a harder bargain

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ANZAC SPIRIT & SWINE FLU

April 29th 2009 12:27

Patrick Smith was so wrong to condemn Field Marshall Bakehouse for comparing footy on Anzac day to war, Pat reckons it is disrespectful, well I think if he closely examined the detaills of the day he would see the synergy. Cast your eye over the winner of the Anzac Medal in Patrick Ryder and stands the embodiment of the parallel between footy and war.
Where else but on a footy field can an indigenous Australian lead his comrades by example and deed and be feted for such in the form of the medal, yet know inevitably that when his playing days are over his credibility will hang with his boots, unless of course he puts them back on for a "long walk" ala Michael Long to highlight the plight of the indigenous population. Where else but on a footy field will you see Messers Lovett, Lovett-Murray,Dempsey, Ryder and Jetta linking arms with there caucasian brothers (and ditto for Davis and Co. on the Pies side), as they blast out Advance Australia Fair as they await battle, other than on the actual battlefield. Ask descendants of Reg Saunders the subject of "The embarrassing Australian" by Harry Gordon, an indigenous war hero and veteran of WW II and Korea who was not served in Melbourne Pubs on his return, and despite being the first indigenous NCO in Australian army he was never considered a suitable employee for anything other than menial jobs on his return to civvy life. What would Reg reckon of the chances of Patrick Ryder walking into a coaching job after his playing career like Michael Voss?
Probably just like his own chances, despite what heroics are performed in the trenches, once back in civvys its is assumed he will return to type no doubt. A "progressive" thought process reinforced by Dermie on SEN when he revealed that Hawthorn did not draft Ryder as there "psych" evaluation suggested that he would buddy up with "Lance Franklin" and perpetuate the laziness. Attempts to talk with the Psych evaluer were thwarted by his disappearance, he was last seen in a car with a bumper sticker which inside the map of Australia has the lovely little catch phrase "Fuck off we are Full" on his way to do some work for Pauline Hanson's next attempt at the ballot box

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