On December 17, news broke that Aubrey Solomon was planning to transfer from the University of Michigan. Embed from Getty Images Today, the former 5-star defensive tackle hopped on Twitter to reveal that he will be transferring to the University of Tennessee. Let’s get to work ✊🏾…. #GBO pic.twitter.com/pDVliCKQ3x — Aubrey Solomon (@AubreySolomon91) December 21, … Read more
The University of Michigan football program has added their eighth hard commit from the Class of 2019 and it comes in the form of a flip from former Tennessee pledge Te’Cory Couch (Hollywood, FL). STORY: #Michigan adds four-star CB Te'Cory Couch to the fold; sixth four-star in the 2019 class: https://t.co/vxVfMur7wg pic.twitter.com/tYZLTokonn — Steve Lorenz … Read more
It’s hard to believe that it has been already 20 years since one of the more iconic and still often-debated Heisman Trophy races in college football. That was the year, Michigan do-everything defender Charles Woodson “upset” Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning to take home the hardware. It was one of the more deeper Heisman classes as … Read more
In 2015, Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions were struggling to score points under the playcalling of then offensive coordinator, Joe Lombardi. After dropping a game to the Minnesota Vikings to drop to 1-6 on the season, Lombardi was fired and Jim Bob Cooter, who is the current OC, was promoted. Embed from Getty Images … Read more
Brady Hoke, who spent four mostly unsuccessful years as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, is getting another shot at running things for a college football team. The news came out Sunday morning that Tennessee has fired head coach Butch Jones, and Hoke will take over for the rest of the year. Can confirm … Read more
ESPN’s Todd McShay has released his second NFL mock draft, in which he predicts that the Detroit Lions will select Tennessee’s Derek Barnett with the number 21 selection in the first round. The 6-foot-3, 265-pound defensive end was a starter from the very beginning of his tenure with the Tennessee Volunteers and would fit in very well … Read more
According to reports, former University of Michigan head coach Brady Hoke is expected to become the next defensive line coach at Tennessee. SOURCE: Former #Michigan HC Brady Hoke expected to become #Vols new D-line coach: https://t.co/5HaClRObxF — Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 6, 2017 Hoke, who went 31-20 in four seasons at Michigan, spent the 2016 season as … Read more
Mascots are a unique part of the college sports experience. Programs can become defined by their mascots if they are popular enough: like the Seminoles for Florida State or the Buckeyes of Ohio State. These mascots are personificatIons of the team and the fan base and continue to rile up their respective crowds to this … Read more
Need something to do this weekend? Do what you have been doing already for the last six weeks and park yourself on the couch and watch college football all Saturday long. Need some games to watch because the Michigan Wolverines are off this week and not sure what you’ll get out of the Michigan State Spartans? Not … Read more
78-0. That’s a Big Ten conference game final score. Tennessee almost came back from a porous first half again. Alabama took care of business yet again. Schools that had success the year before continued to struggle as well. Storied programs like Texas, Notre Dame, Stanford, and Michigan State continued to struggle in 2016. Here are … Read more
Even though Michigan State has faltered lately and the Michigan Wolverines FINALLY have a road game, albeit a pedestrian game against Rutgers, there are still going to be some games that are ‘must-see TV’ this weekend. We’ve got you covered here at Detroit Sports Nation with a snapshot of the five most interesting games this coming weekend. Click through and tell … Read more
Week 5 brought with it a sense of real purpose. Three top-10 matchups were played and many teams showed whether they were really pretenders or competitors. Michigan and Wisconsin duked it out in Ann Arbor, Clemson and Louisville had an ACC shootout, and Washington shut down one of the best players in the country. Things … Read more
Hard to believe it’s already week 4 of the college football season, but here we are as the Big Ten and Pac-12 conference schedule gets underway this weekend. Meanwhile down South, ESPN College Gameday is taking a trip to Knoxville for yet another clash between the Gators and Vols. Can Tennessee snap its 11-game losing … Read more
Every Saturday during the fall, millions of fans pack college football stadiums around the country. Every stadium has its own distinct look as well as unique traditions. While some are enormous in size and capacity, others make up for lack of magnitude with distinct structural features and picture perfect backdrops. However, it’s not just the … Read more
The USA Today Coaches Poll is out for the upcoming college football season. The ranking is decided by the votes of 64 FBS coaches. Here’s the official explanation from USA Today: The Amway Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen … Read more
The Alabama Crimson Tide returned to the top of the college football world in 2015 as they returned to the College Football Playoff where they defeated Big Ten champion Michigan State in the National Semifinal and an undefeated Clemson team to claim head coach Nick Saban his fifth national title (fourth at Alabama). Although none … Read more
