Michigan Wolverines Football News - July 25, 2008

OSU football coach Jim Tressel signs books, jokes with Michigan fans

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19859014&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46370&rfi=6

Michigan Wolverines 2008 College Football Betting Preview

http://point-spreads.com/college-football/michigan-wolverines-2008-college-football-betting-preview.html

If college football were a stack of DVDs

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=435675

The Empire Strikes Back: Michigan

Michigan Jedi recruit: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid.

Master Barwis: You will be. You will be.

Michigan strength coach Mike Barwis sounds a bit like Yoda if you dropped the voice down an octave and had him read a biochemistry textbook at high speed. He is also Yoda-esque in his training methods, since he could have Michigan players lifting X-wings out of local bogs, for all I know.

Barwis and his N.W.O. (New Weight Order) have been one of the stories of the offseason as Michigan's players wept, screamed, and clawed their way through the new pain regimen in Ann Arbor. Olympic weightlifting, ab-torching core work, chocolate milk as a recovery beverage ... it's all Dagobah swamp torture in the name of saving Michigan's football universe. If all goes according to plan, the players will be force-pushing linebackers into the secondary in no time flat.

Continuing the Empire theme, Rich Rodriguez had his own struggle with bounty hunters this offseason as West Virginia refused to yield on his $4 million buyout. WVU followed him all the way to Michigan to get it, and they got it. He got to keep Barwis, though, who once had a wolf for a pet. Not. Making. That. Up.

REPORTING FROM ... CAMP BARWIS

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3486506

Dave Brown 34th Wolverine Enshrined

http://mvictors.com/?p=762

Ex-Wolverine Dave Brown was one of best at Michigan

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080719/SPORTS06/807190315/1054/SPORTS06

Adrian's Threet living a dream at UM

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/SPORTS17/807200349

College Football: Michigan Wolverine Big Ten Conference Preview

http://onlinesportshandicapping.com/news/College-Football-News/College-Football-Michigan-Wolverine-Big-Ten-Conference-Preview-071808.html

Economic problems shouldn't hurt Big House attendance, AD says

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080716/SPORTS06/107160001/1048

Coaching Approval Ratings: Rich Rodriguez

http://www.dejuiced.com/ncaa-football/coaching-approval-ratings-rich-rodriguez

Michigan Football: Mike Barwis Camp

http://gobluemichiganwolverine.blogspot.com/2008/07/michigan-football-mike-barwis-camp.html

Conference Allegiance in College Football: Who Am I Rooting for Again?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/38644-conference-allegiance-in-college-football-who-am-i-rooting-for-again

Notre Dame 2007 v. Michigan 2008: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

http://www.rakesofmallow.com/2008/7/18/573123/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall

Strength of 'new' Michigan will be speed, not brawn

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10900421

Michigan Football: Dreary Days Lie Ahead

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/38649-michigan-football-dreary-days-lie-ahead

-See my comments.

2008 BSD Big Ten Previews - Michigan Wolverines

http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2008/7/22/574977/2008-bsd-big-ten-previews

Michigan Football: Another Commit and Kevin Newsome News

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/39861-michigan-football-another-commit-and-kevin-newsome-news

Rider's Early Big 10 Breakdown

http://pregame.com/forums/blogs/tommy-rider/archive/2008/07/20/rider-s-early-big-10-breakdown.aspx