The Maize Rage will me much larger next year. And more ragin'. Definitely more ragin'

Football:

• No. 46 Michigan — Rivals.com — Rivals’ Tom Dienhart gives his rundown of the Wolverines as they come in No. 46 in Rivals’ Top 120 Countdown. I can’t say my expectations are much higher than that right now, so this seems to fall in line with a realistic outlook on the season.
• 2009 Opponent Preview: Wisconsin — Varsity Blue — New fat running back, same old Badgers. We’ll see if Bielema adjusts to losses on both lines, as Wisconsin seems to return practically everything else.
• Recapping Rich Rod, Part 1 — Wolverine Liberation Army — Chitownblue over at the always-entertaining (and quirky, to say the least) WLA gives his take on Year One of the RichRod era. Once you get through the Stalin references (seriously), there’s really good stuff in here. Also, you have to love any ratings that are measured in Molotov Cocktails.
• 2009 Michigan Football, Position by Position: Defensive Tackle and Defensive Tackle Recruiting — Maize n Brew — Maize n Brew Dave takes a look at the DT spot for Michigan this year, as well as our recruiting at the position. He loves Mike Martin, and I am not one to disagree: the kid looks like he’ll be a beast. The DT recruiting? Not so much.
• Catching Up With Drew Dileo — UMGoBlog — A quick interview with 2010 slot commit Drew Dileo, plus some nice video of him as a sophomore.

Basketball:

• Maize Rage is getting Larger — MVictors — Student ticket sales for basketball have more than quadrupled since last season, and Greg over at MVictors loves it, as well as the school’s decision to make student seating first-come, first-serve. I’m one of those new season ticket holders, and I’m excited for a louder, more electric atmosphere in Crisler next season. Winning will do that to a place. So will more college students.

Hockey:

• Three Players Selected; Omaha to the WCHA — The Blog That Yost Built — Three future Wolverines — Chris Brown, Kevin Lynch, and Mac Bennett — were selected in the NHL Draft. Yost Built pulls together links to commentary on the three, plus gives their take on UNO leaving the CCHA. My take, in two words: that’s crappy.

Other Sports:

• Pictures of Michigan’s new digs — MFlowBlue — Michigan’s leading lacrosse blog puts together a nice slide show of the new athletic complex.
• Michigan Places Fifth in Final Directors’ Cup Standings — MGoBlue — For once, would Stanford mind letting someone else win this thing? This is getting old.
• M-Den = M-Done?? — Spawn of M Zone — M Den gets outbid by eSports for the rights to be Michigan’s official merchandising partner. Get your certified, official gear over at www.mgoblueshop.com now.

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