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Class of 2020 U of M Lineman?

Spencer Hall of Sporting News

Debunking myths about speed in the SEC and Big Ten

Consider the case of the Big Ten Sloth Myth....

Bringing us to the future, a.k.a. the West Virginia/Michigan training program. I mentioned Michigan's superb record against the SEC above; now consider how well Michigan did using training techniques from the 1970s, as it did until this year's complete revamping of the training program.

(Fun story that's been floating around college football circles: Under the former management, Michigan linemen, in order to gain weight, were allegedly told to "eat a whole pizza" at night. I'm amazed they didn't flounder like sick race horses on Saturdays. Also: no squats. The most basic fundamental move in weight lifting simply did not exist in their machine-dominated training program.)

Michigan is now busy reprogramming its players to play in the 21st century, demanding speed at every position (yes, even for pizza-mobbing offensive linemen) and totally rebuilding their talent development system.

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Scratch the itch

Video, Mike Barwis Strength and Conditioning

Wolverine Defeats Superman

Ron English puts together a defensive scheme to stop the "Man of Steel" and the ever so DOMINANT SEC (Riiight). Against all odds, a big point spread, four turnovers, Michigan still puts up 532 yards of offense on the "invincible" Gators. And to top it all off Michigan makes the Ohio State loss to Florida a year ago, look that much worse. (GO LSU!)

Lloyd Carr goes out with a win in his final game.
122-40 as Michigan Head Coach, My hat is off to this Class Coach. Good luck to him, and Go Blue!

University of Michigan Wolverines 41 Florida Gators 35 BOX SCORE

This Courtesy of MGoBlog.com:
"Attention SEC fans, and I mean this with all the deepest sincerity I can muster: suck my balls."