Very cleaver with Marshall and Justice.

Article here https://www.si.com/college/michigan...all-justice-haynes-unveil-incredible-nickname

Michigan Football begins spring practice next week and there is plenty to talk about.
Here are four storylines to watch including why all eyes will be on Bryce Underwood to set the tone.
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The most important thing IMO is getting in the East region. That would mean no travel out west and Newark in regional if we make it (where we will get a big fan turnout).

May has exceeded my first-year expectations. The fact that he did it with a bunch of kids who had not played together before is incredible.

OK, I'm done allowing the corrupt NCAA to rain on our day. I want to ramble a bit about the incredible accomplishment of this team.

First, for some perspective, the last time each Big Ten team won the Big Ten tournament.

Illinois, 2024
Purdue, 2023
Iowa, 2022
Michigan State, 2019
Wisconsin, 2015
Ohio State, 2013
Indiana, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Maryland, Nebraska, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Oregon, Washington NEVER!!!!!

Our opponent today, despite tons of basketball success hasn't won what we won today in 10 years. MSU hasn't done it in six years. OSU...12 years. Over half the Big Ten has never done it, including blue blood Indiana.

To return one starter and one bench player from a 3-17 last place Big Ten team and finish second in the conference across 20 games and win the Big Ten tournament is nothing short of remarkable. Historic even.

And four days ago this accomplishment seemed absurdly unlikely as the team was completely reeling.

Great coaches respond, and in addition to this being the greatest program turnaround job we've seen from a Michigan coach, this weekends tournament was one of the best responses we've ever seen.

This team just wins. Its cliche, but I never remember a team that simply found ways to win games despite various clear faults like this one. The resilience has been legendary and I'll think about it every time I look at this banner.

Consider the likelihood of each event that was required in order to win our three BTT games:

1. 25-6 assist to turnover ration on Friday. Huh? That came out of nowhere.
2. 47-18 rebounding edge. Uh.....what?
3. Cason bails out a struggling offense and keeps us in position to make a late run.

They just win, in a variety ways and now will have some fabric that will represent their greatness forever.

Nice job coach and nice job boys!!!!

Did we learn anything from the loss earlier? Hope we have some legs and energy today - love to see us in the Championship game.

Matchup predictor has it 35/65 MD but if we're playing more like last night we have more than a punchers chance.

Play winner of Iowa State/Princeton. Was this expected, etc? @phd.esq

From the Review Journal:

UNLV athletic director Erick Harper told the Board of Regents last week that his department can only cover the costs of the first two years of football coach Dan Mullen’s five-year contract.

At a meeting Friday in Henderson, Harper told regents that the university’s athletic department is $26 million to $31 million in debt. He then was asked by regent Joseph Arrascada how he plans to pay for Mullen’s $17.5 million contract.

“Because you have $3.5 million for five years … you’re running nearly $30 million in the red,” Arrascada said. “What is the plan to pay the coach, and how is it going to get done.”

Harper said he hopes to raise money through donations and increased revenue from football games to pay Mullen, hired in December to replace Barry Odom, for the final three years of his contract.

Between UM (12) and OSU (9) the schools claim 21 national championships.

The school winning the national championship is 20-1 against their rival in their title seasons.

Further, the team responsible for the 1 outlier didn't have a single player on their roster that beat Michigan at any point in their career.

Their national championship footnote is my favorite sports asteriks ever .