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Every Big Ten team will rely on a handful of freshmen (sometimes more than a handful) to fill key roles when the 2013 season rolls around. Which newcomers will make the biggest impact in the league? Tom Luginbill, RecruitingNation's senior nationa...

100 days away ... Illinois is very much in the mix for Oklahoma State QB transfer Wes Lunt. Illini coach Tim Beckman and his assistants are social-media machines. A great look inside a week with Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges. Michiga...

These five players were highly rated prospects, and they will make an instant impact at college programs around the country this fall.

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Good news: We are just 100 days away from the start of college football. To mark the occasion, we're pulling out a checklist today of things that Big Ten teams need to accomplish between now and the start of the season. It's not quite "The Final C...

Every Wednesday, WolverineNation will take a look at Michigan's week in recruiting in Tales From The Road. This week's targets: Michigan is still searching for linebackers, and after a stellar performance at the Chicago NFTC, linebacker Jimmie Swa...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Every other week our writers invite in an outside reporter to weigh in on Michigan recruiting topics. Today, Adam Rittenberg from the Big Ten blog stops by to chat. 1. Generally speaking, at which position at the college level ...

Your questions, my answers. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, too. Peter from Myrtle Beach, S.C., writes: Adam, Could you be more insulting to Minnesota? First, you comment as if their schedule has been creampuff (think Wisconsin) for years. It was...

More Monday mail musings: Fake Harry Husker from Tom Osborne Field writes: You do not know how much I want to fire off an angry email about how the Huskers got snubbed by ESPN/ABC and the prime time TV schedule next fall. I really want to rant abo...

2012 record: 8-5 2012 conference record: 6-2 Returning starters: Offense: 6; defense: 6; kicker/punter: 3 Top returners: QB Devin Gardner, WR Jeremy Gallon, TE Devin Funchess, LT Taylor Lewan, RT Michael Schofield, DT Quinton Washington, ...

Every Thursday our writers sit down to chat about Michigan sports and the issues surrounding them. Today, they look at redshirts, hypothetical 3-on-3 basketball tournaments and early offers. 1) Of the 2013 class, which player do you think would be...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Spring practice has ended for Michigan and for the first time, the depth chart for the fall is beginning to take shape. Yes, there will still be some big competitions on Michigan's offense -- particularly at running back and wi...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan's potentially early entrants have made their decisions -- Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. in the draft, Glenn Robinson III and Mitch McGary out -- and now, the Wolverines roster for next season is starting to take shape. ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Ideally, this conversation would not happen at Michigan or many other BCS-level programs this fall or any fall. But, things occur because of injuries, attrition and coaching switches so it leads to college coaches looking at guys ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan's spring practice has ended and now the long wait for the Wolverines begin. Michigan has a little over four months until its first game of the 2013 season against Central Michigan, and while the Wolverines still have s...

The reality is that we don't get to pick where we want to be each weekend during the Big Ten football season. Travel budgets and editors get in the way sometimes. Well, reality bites. Which is why we're having some fun and picking which 2013 Big T...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan is in its first Sweet 16 since 1994. Football spring practice is nearing its halfway point and that means a ton of questions in this week's WolverineNation mailbag. Have questions for next week? Send them to Chantel at...