Wow, I’ve got some catching up to do.
For now, get ready for a rivalry on ice…tonight at 7pm…ESPN2. (UPDATE: That’s 7pm local…9pm for us in Ann Arbor) The Godfather, who does his grocery shopping in South Bend, will be using tonights game to get past the weekday drinking restrictions imposed by the Godmother.
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The Michigan hockey team dispatched of Miami of Ohio 2-1 on Saturday night at the Joe, virtually locking in the overall #1 seed when the tourney pairings are announced tomorrow morning.  It’s a long road to Denver for teh Frozen Four, but it will be nice to be following a team that dons the Maize [...]

The Hoover Street Rag provides you with the stat of the season: On Friday, the hockey team was 10 of 40 shooting. The basketball team was 10 of 50.
Brackets tomorrow.

Had a conversation with G-Daddy this afternoon…that’s the Godfather to you at home. He told me he’s actually hung a noose from the ceiling fan with all the depressing news about Michigan Basketball, Terelle Pryor, and RichRod lawsuits, and that he is prepared to use it if things don’t start looking brighter on UMTailgate.com.
Fear [...]

Fifteen minutes until tipoff. No tickets. Ahhhh, but this is Michigan Basketball. Tickets can be had at the box office my friends. Even on Jalen Rose Day, you too can garner blue level seats.
It was an odd celebration. It was more about Jalen’s charity, the Jalen Rose foundation, than it [...]

…you do it yourself.  So for today’s two-sport double header action, instead of watching from the couch, a limited crew from UMTailgate.com will be in the stands.  Both Michigan Hockey and Michigan Basketball are coming off of disappointing losses, and play back to back today/tonight just 40 miles apart.   Tip off for the Jalen [...]

I’m sure there will be a YouTube or BTN video clip of it soon enough, but head coach Rich Rodriguez addressed the crowd at halftime of the Michigan-OSU basketball game. It came off of an alumni weekend and a Friday event that had 300 plus in attendance. From the Sporting News:
During his remarks, [...]

Yes, I am doing this post just to keep up my streak for lent.
Congrats to Marty Turco, who just logged his 200th career victory.  Marty was in the nets for two Michigan Hockey National Championships.  More importantly, I used to don a full bright yellow Turco Michigan jersey during my time at the U.  It [...]

Wolverines Advance
You can take the ‘M’ off the ice, you can take away our home lockeroom, but you can’t take away our fans. On Saturday night, in front of a raucous crowd at a neutral looking Yost Ice arena, the Wolverines showed everyone what they’re made of. Jed Ortmeyer’s goal with 1:21 left to play [...]

WE BEAT STATE!
Well, it’s about damn time. The University of Michigan defeated the Michigan State Spartans Sunday 3-2 to capture the CCHA Tournament Championship. This Championship Trophy will sit next to the CCHA Regular Season Championship trophy, and earned Michigan an automatic bid to 2002 NCAA Tournament. As luck would have it, the NCAA Tournament [...]