Michigan football lands only 1 player in ESPN's top 100 list
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WolverinesWire on MSNESPN ranks Michigan RB Jordan Marshall as top breakout star for 2025 with Justice Haynes
Coming up with a list on Wednesday, ranking the top second-year breakout players in 2025 across college football, Marshall ended up being ranked second of the 11 players who made the cut, just behind projected OSU QB starter Julian Sayin.
Dominic Zvada was snubbed by college football’s top kicking award last season, but ESPN continues to recognize his talent. The Michigan senior made the outlet’s All-America team, released on Monday, as the first-team placekicker.
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Michigan receives fine of over $20 million for sign-stealing scandal that rocked college football
The NCAA went after Michigan’s wallet. Michigan received a fine of at least $20 million that could top $30 million — according to ESPN estimates — for its alleged 2023 sign-stealing scandal involving staffer Connor Stalions.
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WolverinesWire on MSNESPN’s Pete Thamel expects Michigan’s ‘signgate’ ruling to bring fines, no bans in 2025
Outside of Connor Stalions, if anyone has been the face of Michigan football's 'signgate' saga, it's been ESPN reporter Pete Thamel. The one reporting on the allegations throughout the process, he became a villain to fans in Ann Arbor and a hero to those in Columbus and East Lansing.
It wouldn't be college football without awesome uniforms and iconic helmets. And on Tuesday, ESPN put together its list of the 11 best in the sport. There were some predictable schools on there like Michigan's classic winged design and Phil Knight's experimentation at Oregon — but the network left
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Spartans Wire on MSNESPN's Football Power Index gives Spartans slim chances of reaching bowl
The computers and numbers behind ESPN's Football Power Index are not high on the Spartans reaching a bowl game this season
Ex-Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer takes aim at NCAA over Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal punishment. The Michigan Wolverines dominated the college football headlines over the weekend after the NCAA handed down a punishment for the program’s role in a sign-stealing scandal under former head coach Jim Harbaugh.
The most painful blow came financially. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Michigan will lose roughly $30 million, with at least $20 million of that tied to a two-year postseason fine. That’s a big number, but Thamel noted the Wolverines could easily offset it with about $25 million in College Football Playoff revenue changes coming in 2026.