Michigan introduces Jim Harbaugh Jim Harbaugh was officially introduced as the new coach at Michigan, calling the return to his alma mater a "homecoming" and vowing "excellence" for a football program seeking its first national title since 1997. The school announced Tuesday it had hired the former Wolverines star quarterback, just two days after he left his job as coach of the San Francisco 49ers. "Throughout my life, I have dreamed of coaching at the University of Michigan," a husky-voiced and raspy Harbaugh, reading from a statement, said at a packed news conference. "Now I have the honor to live it." Michigan interim athletic director Jim Hackett confirmed that Harbaugh signed a seven-year deal worth $5 million per year -- the same salary he received with the Niners. Harbaugh also received a $2 million signing bonus, according to Hackett. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...introduced-michigan-wolverines-football-coach
Jim Harbaugh addresses team Michigan junior Shane Morris joined a list Tuesday that includes former No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Luck and NFC champion Colin Kaepernick as pupils of Jim Harbaugh. Morris is among the next group of quarterbacks that will work side-by-side with Harbaugh, who was officially introduced as Michigan's next head coach Tuesday. Harbaugh played quarterback for three seasons at Michigan before he was picked in the first round of the 1987 NFL Draft. Morris said the opportunity to learn from Harbaugh was surreal. "I'm ecstatic," he said. "Every quarterback he's coached has been great, has had great success. I'm very excited to be able to work with him and learn everything that he has to offer." Morris, a Michigan native, appeared in just five games this season while serving as the primary backup for senior Devin Gardner. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...chigan-wolverines-ecstatic-jim-harbaugh-coach
Melvin Gordon sets Outback Bowl record, leads Wisconsin by Auburn Wisconsin hoisted Barry Alvarez into the air for one more victory ride. The school's career victory leader called it quits -- again -- after the 18th-ranked Badgers took down No. 19 Auburn 34-31 in overtime in the Outback Bowl on Thursday. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400610219
Michigan St. scores 3 TDs in 4th, bests Baylor in Cotton Bowl Connor Cook and the Michigan State Spartans want to have a different role in the playoff talk next season. With their big comeback finish in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the No. 8 Spartans could be set up as a viable championship contender next season, after their only losses this season were to playoff teams. Michigan State scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter on New Year's Day to beat playoff-snubbed and No. 5 Baylor 42-41 in the highest-scoring Cotton Bowl ever. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400610179
Cardale Jones, in 2nd career start, leads Ohio State in upset of Alabama Urban Meyer had barely sat down after the Allstate Sugar Bowl when someone told him the score from the other semifinal game. He started to bolt from his chair, feigning a sense of urgency with another game left against a team that wiped out the defending national champion. "We've got to go get ready for that one,'' Meyer said. Actually, he's not intimidated in the least. Meyer knows he's got a pretty good team, too. Cardale Jones turned in another savvy performance in his second college start and Ezekiel Elliott ran for a Sugar-Bowl record 230 yards Thursday night, leading Ohio State to a 42-35 upset of top-ranked Alabama in the second semifinal of the College Football Playoff. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400610178
It's finally official. Michigan confirmed that former Florida interim coach D.J. Durkin is its new defensive coordinator. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...rim-coach-dj-durkin-new-defensive-coordinator
Mark Snyder, who was fired after this season as Texas A&M's defensive coordinator, will join Michigan State's defensive staff, according to a source. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...-coordinator-mark-snyder-hired-michigan-state
Ohio State plans to add former Nebraska offensive coordinator Tim Beck to its coaching staff after the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T, a source told ESPN. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...er-nebraska-cornhuskers-offensive-coordinator
As Drake's "Started from the Bottom" blared from speakers, local public figures in suits glad-handed and Cardale Jones emerged 15 minutes late in a gray "12 Gauge Buckshot" T-shirt, this was a spectacle that the quarterback admitted didn't have to be. The national championship-winning QB was going back to Ohio State. At least some of the few hundred people inside Ginn Academy's auditorium expected the opposite. "I don't know why you guys made such a big deal," Jones said jokingly, minutes after bypassing the NFL draft late Thursday, the deadline for NFL hopefuls to declare. "Like I said, it was very simple for me." Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...jones-ohio-state-buckeyes-says-staying-school
Former University of Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson won't serve any time in prison for an assault that seriously injured a former Minnesota State football player. Nelson was sentenced Monday to 100 hours of community service for his part in a fight May 11 outside a Mankato nightclub that left Isaac Kolstad with a brain injury. Nelson got credit for two days he's already served in jail. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...golden-gophers-qb-philip-nelson-avoids-prison
Michigan State wide receiver Macgarrett Kings Jr. is in trouble with the law for an alcohol-related incident for the second in the last 12 months. Police arrested Kings, 21, in East Lansing at 2:36 a.m. Saturday morning on charges of drunken and disorderly conduct and obstructing, resisting, hindering or assaulting an officer, according to court documents. Both charges, first reported by the Detroit Free Press, are misdemeanors. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...gs-jr-arrested-again-alcohol-related-incident
Michigan State running back Delton Williams is in police custody and has been suspended from the team, coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday. Williams was brought to Ingham County (Michigan) Jail shortly before midnight Monday night. Charges have not been filed, according to a check of the county's online database Tuesday afternoon. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...ichigan-state-spartans-suspended-indefinitely
The Michigan Wolverines suspended redshirt senior Graham Glasgow on Monday after the offensive lineman admitted to violating terms of his probation during the weekend. Glasgow told the court he had consumed alcohol after he blew a .086 on a Breathalyzer test Sunday morning. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...lasgow-michigan-wolverines-suspended-bac-test
Michigan will add one more quarterback to its roster for the 2015 season. Fifth-year senior Jake Rudock plans to transfer to the school and play for the Wolverines next fall, according to a source close to the situation. Rudock, who started the past two seasons at Iowa, received a waiver from the Big Ten that will allow him to play in his first year at his new school. His experience will likely help him jump to the front of a long list of quarterbacks battling for the starting job this year. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...erines-adding-ex-iowa-hawkeyes-qb-jake-rudock
URBAN MEYER GETS A RAISE. After leading Ohio State to a national championship, Urban Meyer got himself a nice raise and a contract extension that will pay him an average of $6.5 million per year through 2020. That's a base pay that ranks second in college football, just behind Alabama coach Nick Saban, according to USA Today. Meyer was previously the sixth-highest paid. Meyer could have potentially earned even more, given his accomplishments, but according to Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman, he has "no desire to become the highest-paid college football coach in the country." Of course, Meyer gets a lot of non-monetary perks. Read more http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...er-salary-contract-raise-extension-ohio-state
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has been sidelined with an appendectomy. Read more http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ohio-s...-undergoes-appendectomy-170525302--ncaaf.html
When the sun rose Saturday in the Buckeye State, it cast a glow over a land where seemingly everything is bright and shiny, especially those national championship rings worn by Urban Meyer and his Ohio State players. From Cleveland to Cincinnati and everywhere in between, Buckeyes fans woke up Saturday with smiles on their faces. For so many reasons. Maybe they thought about Meyer's declaration the day before that Braxton Miller would return for the 2015 season. While other national title contenders scramble to find a quarterback, the Buckeyes will have three excellent options at their disposal. Read more http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/119563/buckeyes-shining-four-years-after-dark-day
No. 5 Michigan St. tops W. Mich 37-24, sets sights on Oregon Michigan State looked as if it needed a tuneup before playing Oregon. Madre London ran for two touchdowns in the first several minutes of his college career to help the fifth-ranked Spartans build a big lead they needed to hold off Western Michigan for a 37-24 victory Friday night. Read more http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400763470
Clayton Thorson, Justin Jackson lead Northwestern over No. 21 Stanford Northwestern wanted to prove a point against No. 21 Stanford, and the Wildcats drove it home with a strong running game and solid defense that produced a season-opening surprise. Or as defensive end Dean Lowry put it: "We unleashed a caged bull today." Freshman Clayton Thorson ran for a 42-yard touchdown while playing turnover-free ball at quarterback, Justin Jackson added 134 yards rushing, and the Wildcats beat the Cardinal 16-6 on Saturday. read more http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400756891
No. 1 Buckeyes, Miller pull away from Va. Tech Braxton Miller has clearly found a new home at wide receiver, and No. 1 Ohio State has found another dangerous weapon. Not what the rest of the college football world wanted to hear. Miller scored two touchdowns -- one on a 54-yard catch-and-run where he had to tiptoe down the sideline, the other on an electrifying 53-yard run -- and the star-studded Buckeyes began their title defense with a 42-24 victory over Virginia Tech on Monday night. Read more http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400756905
