WHAT'S IN THE BOOK
128 pages, none of them ads, none of it republished. Brian, Seth, and Alex provide the annual and comprehensive preview of Michigan Football. Seth, Alex, and our resident Rutgers expert Bryan MacKenzie do the same for Michigan's 2022 opponents.
Then it's on to features, like:
TWISTED BLUE STEEL
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Fortune Cookie Wisdom, by Tej Seth of Take The Pointz Podcast and MFB Analytics, discusses Michigan's place in the analytics revolution sweeping through football.
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What's in a Name, by Adam Schnepp, discusses the ramifications of Name, Image, & Likeness (in spirit and reality) on how Michigan fits in the brave new world.
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So You Made the Playoffs, by Michael Elkon of Braves & Birds, looks at the history of programs to make the CFB Playoff, their makeups, who progresses, and what Michigan needs to do to take that next step.
TECHNICAL DOSSIER
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The Meta Game, by Kyle Jones of Eleven Warriors, digs into the matchup of OSU's offense vs Michigan's defense from Meyer vs Mattison to Day vs Macdonald to see how each program has kept adapting to each other's core strategies.
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Run the Damn Ball, by Scott Bell, looks at how Michigan leaned on the run in 2021 to revamp their offense, and set up greater success on later downs.
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A Matchup Defense, by Ian Boyd, X's and O's author, editor of America's War Game and writer at Inside Texas, shows how Michigan's coverages were redesigned in 2021 to better let them choose which player covers whom.
TALES OF OLD BLUE
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Sit., by John Behee. An excerpt covering the career and experiences of Willis Ward, from Behee's seminal 1974 work on the history of Black athletes at Michigan.
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Going Under the Lights, by Craig Ross. As 'The Victors' is played for the first time, 1896 Michigan confronts its destiny as a CFP superpower, and takes on the empire that should have been.
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Let Leach In, by Steve "Dr. Sap" Sapardanis. The greatest quarterback of his era dominated the very end of it, then got passed over.
Plus our annual roundtable, better writing, and more fancystats, swear words and play diagrams than every other preview combined.Â
