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Friday Happy Hour Talks a Little Smack, Has NIT Dreams, Can't Believe Someone "Donkey Kicked" a Cop
Maize n Brew gives you your daily (or semi-daily) rundown of all the Michigan Football, Michigan Basketball, College Football, and College Basketball news you need to get through the tedium of your boring desk job. For good measure we'll throw in a little irreverent information, comedy and...
Conversations With the Enemy: Talking Penn State with Run Up The Score
Hello again. I traded a few questions about Saturday's EPIC rivalry game with Run Up The Score from Black Shoe Diaries, SBN's leviathan Penn State blog. My answers to his questions should be up at BSD shortly. Below, I'm in bold. MSU-PSU: great rivalry or greatest rivalry? Greatest, of course! ...
The Big Ten Bowl Picture
This is kind of like predicting the weather in Minnesota this time of year (note: 32 and snowing today; 50 and sunny tomorrow). But why not take a shot. The Big Ten bowl picture is always messy and although it generally resembles the final standings although most of you know that it doesn't have...
Michigan Penn State Question and Answer with Black Shoe Diaries
We're two days away from the Michigan Penn State Game, and dammit, we're excited here at Maize n Brew. In the interest of gaining as much inside information as possible, we tracked down Mike from Black Shoe Diaries at his bunker in northern Siberia and forced him to answer some questions....
The TDG Consensus on the 2009 Big Ten Final Standings
The team at The Daily Gopher has been having some friendly debates regarding the prospectus for the 2009 Big Ten season, and we've decided to take our differences public. We'll revisit this post at the end of the season in order to analyze how well our predictions held up. Following is each of...
It's ALIVE! Eleven Brews Podcast with Adam Rittenberg and Mike Hubbell Ready for a Listen
In case you missed it last night, Jason of Eleven Warriors and I got the Eleven Brews podcast up and running. This time without catastrophic failure! Two awesome guests await your ears. The audio can be played and downloaded here. Check out ESPN's Adam Rittenberg on: The Quarterback race at...
Thursday Happy Hour Honors University of Michigan All Americans, Can't wait for SEC! The Movie!, Loves Photoshop and Wonders Why Everyone's Throwing Tim Floyd Under a Bus
There's a lot going on. So take a load off. Put your feet up. Order a cold one. Don't know what you want? You can always follow Maize n Brew on Twitter if you don't know what you want. But since you're here, here's what's ON TAP: Michigan Golf University of Michigan sophomore golfers Lion Kim and...
I Miss Keith Jackson
Going through the archives of The Rivalry on this Sunday morning, I found a little piece on Michigan-Ohio State 1974, the game where the Michigan kicker missed the winning field goal. but might have made it, but instant replay was unavailable and what the hell it was 35 years ago. I mention...
Evaluating the Mechanics of Big Ten Quarterbacks - Ben Chappell
Earlier this week, I outlined a profile to evaluate the form of conference signal callers. Tonight, we'll grade the first player. Ben Chappell (Indiana) Although Indiana's Junior quarterback saw action in eleven games last season, the dismissal of the record-breaking Kellen Lewis puts the...
Northwestern Football: Was 9-4 a Fluke?
Writing about Northwestern football right now obligates one to use some variation of the following terms: Character guy, hard working, getting more out of less, gutsy, and possibly the word "spunky." As in: "Pat Fitzgerald may not have the best talent in the Big 10, but he has got more out of less...
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