2011 MAIZE and BLUE FOOTBALL...Power I Formation....Power Toss Right....Power Toss Left....4-3 Defense...Bump and Run

Ex-University of Michigan Football Coach Rich Rodriguez aka RICH-ROD is what they called him.......had a very Successful Stint in Rebuilding the Boys from Morgantown West Virginia to National Prominence.

The MICHIGAN Athletic Department did their homework and thought Rich-ROD was their guy. It looked like the right choice their for a minute or two. Then something struck the BLUEDUDE....He isn't a MICHIGAN/Bo SCHEMBECHLER Guy.....heck he isn't even a LLOYD CARR Guy......what in MAIZE&BLUE is going on HERE.

Well a few years later and some Minor Football Violations by Rich-ROD.....the WOLVERINES have come full-circle and GOT THEIR MAN. He isn't as Ballyhooed as you would think but he BLEEDS MAIZE n BLUE and that's all that MATTERS,

MEET and GREET the New UM ANN ARBOR BALL COACH....Brady HOKE. Ok so he is not a Michigan man through and through but was an assistant coach in Ann ARBOR from 1995-2002. He played his college ball in Indiana at BALL STATE (the other famous ALUM from BALL STATE in MUNCIE INDIANA.....David LETTERMAN). HOKE held assistant coach's jobs at Grand VALLEY ST (MI), Western MICHIGAN (MI), Toledo (OH), and Oregon ST (OR) before becoming a Head Coach at SDSU for the AZTECS (San Diego STATE......2011 NFL HOF Inductee RB Marshall FAULK Alma MATER).

Coach HOKE had successful Stints at BALL STATE and SDSU....with BOWL APPEARANCES at Both Schools. Now he has his DREAM JOB and the MAIZE and BLUE are looking for a little RETRIBUTION.....If you will.

The WOLVERINES will have to do a little STOP GAP Job this season and although IT'S MICHIGAN their schedule is tough......LOOKING at the New BIG TEN and UM'S 2011 Schedule:

First 5 Games at the BIG HOUSE in Ann Arbor
Western Michigan
the IRISH
Eastern Michigan
SDSU
the GOPHERS
@ Northwestern ROAD
@ SPARTY ROAD
BYE WEEK
Biolermakers HOMECOMING
@ KINNICK STADIUM (IOWA)
@ CHAMPAIGN-URBANA (ILL)
BIG RED from LINCOLN.....NEBRASKA
BRUTUS...O-H-I-O....BUCKEYES

The Schedule is favorable for them to compete for the Top of the BIG TEN they miss VAMP RANDALL and the BADGERS and PENN STATE.......it looks like a 7-9 Wins.....finishing up with Home games vs the CORNHUSKERS and BUCKEYES will be tough even though the WOLVERINES might have their 1st advantage in a long time vs BRUTUS and his BOYS.

The BIGGEST Part of the MICHIGAN Program that has fallen off highly due to Ohio STATE'S Dominance the past 9-10 Years has been recruiting. Now with the BUCKEYES doing Damage Control the WOLVERINES and HOKE.....not by Design have and will reap HUGE BENEFITS from the BUCKEYES Indiscretions.

As we speak the 2012 UM FOOTBALL Recruiting Class as 16 COMMITS and ranked 6th i the NATION by ESPN and #1 in the BIG 10.
In that bunch 7 from MICHIGAN, 7 from OHIO 1 from California, and 1 from ILLINOIS. UM has NINE 4-Star Recruits and SEVEN 3-Star Recruits.......lookout Big 10 and looking to add in the other 9 Scholarships some more TOP 100's.

DID Michigan get the RIGHT GUY?.....YES.........Does COACH HOKE have the MAIZE & BLUE pointing in the RIGHT DIRECTION?.....YES......And are the UM FAITHFUL...HAPPY and very Optimistic?.....Rightfully SO.......to Coach HOKE and the 2011 WOLVERINES......GO BLUE!

For @7Boss1 and @MrStats11......this post is for you n all my FOLLOWERS @bluedudesports who roll with the WOLVERINES......go MAIZE&BLUEsmurfs...........