Michigan Football

December 31, 2012

: Erin Kirkland/Daily

Notebook: Hoke, Spurrier downplay Big Ten-SEC angle

BY BEN ESTES

TAMPA, Fla. — The Big Ten has taken more public floggings recently than a 17th-century criminal. As the conference’s football teams have stumbled their way through their seasons in recent years, with mediocrity generally the rule and excellence the exception, it has become a rite of fall and winter for analysts and other conferences’ fan bases to rip the Big Ten for its relative weakness. But on Monday, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier downplayed that aspect of this year’s Outback Bowl, saying that in his mind it was simply “our 11 guys against their 11 guys.”

December 30, 2012

: Erin Kirkland/Daily

Photo Gallery: Beach Day at the Outback Bowl

BY ERIN KIRKLAND

A selection of photographs from the Outback Bowl sponsored Beach Day in Clearwater, Fla. Fans gathered to play games and watch performances by the University of Michigan and University of South Carolina Marching Bands and Cheer Teams.

December 29, 2012

: Erin Kirkland/Daily

Lighthearted as usual, Spurrier preps for close game against Michigan

BY BEN ESTES

TAMPA, Fla. — Saturday’s Outback Bowl press conference proved at least one thing: off the field, Michigan coach Brady Hoke and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier hold the same in job title only.

December 29, 2012

: Erin Kirkland/Daly

Notebook: Denard Robinson could return kicks in Outback Bowl

BY ZACH HELFAND

TAMPA, Fla. — If you believe his coach, Michigan senior quarterback Denard Robinson is a player who can do just about anything. That excludes punting, a fact which Michigan coach Brady Hoke repeated for comedic effect.

December 16, 2012

: Adam Glanzman/Daily

Floyd, Hagerup and Hawthorne suspended for Outback Bowl

BY ZACH HELFAND

The Michigan football team has suspended fifth-year senior cornerback J.T. Floyd, senior linebacker Brandin Hawthorne and junior punter Will Hagerup for the Outback Bowl, the team announced on Sunday.

December 15, 2012

Report: Michigan ranked second in football profits last season

BY ZACH HELFAND

Michigan can hold at least one bit of supremacy over the Southeastern Conference: money.

December 12, 2012

: Marissa McClain/Daily

To recreate nighttime magic, Michigan will play Notre Dame in primetime in 2013

BY ZACH HELFAND

The Michigan football team will play Notre Dame in a primetime game in 2013, the Athletic Department and ESPN announced Wednesday.

December 03, 2012

: Adam Glanzman/Daily

Notebook: Michigan playing to restore Big Ten's battered image

BY ZACH HELFAND

The Big Ten hasn’t been quite so big in recent years come bowl season. In 2012, the conference was a combined 1-4 in New Year’s Day bowls, with three losses to Southeastern Conference teams. A year prior, the Big Ten was swept on New Year’s Day — with another three losses to SEC teams.

December 02, 2012

: Todd Needle/Daily

SportsMonday Column: No end in sight for Big Ten inferiority

BY STEPHEN J. NESBITT

The Michigan football team’s season was bookended by losses to two of the nation’s best — No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State. The first came to a close with strains of ‘S-E-C, S-E-C’ buffeting the air inside Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, the second with chants of ‘UN-DE-FEA-TED’ in Columbus.

December 02, 2012

: Erin Kirkland/Daily

Michigan headed to Outback Bowl vs. South Carolina

BY BEN ESTES

Break out the Bloomin Onions and get the barbie fired up — the Michigan football team is spending New Year’s Day at the Outback Bowl.

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