Michigan Wolverines
Laying out the optimistic, pessimistic cases for Michigan in 2026
Michigan is ushering a new coaching staff, departing from the Harbaugh umbrella and setting the stage for an intriguing 2026 campaign under Kyle Whittingham.
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Wetherbee had an eye on his inaugural flag football coach for a while, and then the stars aligned for him to hire Siordia as EMU's first-ever women's flag head coach.
Michigan State Spartans
The Spartans are charting course on a new era in 2026, with plenty of reason to hope for the best — and plenty to be cautious about, too.
Central Michigan Chippewas
The Chippewas have five home Saturday games this fall, and want to turn game days around Kelly/Shorts into a weekend destination for Michiganders.
Western Michigan Broncos
The Broncos are reigning MAC champs and bring a good chunk of that team back, but will look quite different in 2026.
Eastern Michigan Eagles
EMU is launching flag football as a women's sport in the spring of 2027, and head coach Jesse Siordia has quickly moved to sign six players — all with some familiarity.
Monday Reader
Looking at you, Texas Tech.
Eastern Michigan Eagles
The Eagles have remained steadfast in recruiting the high school ranks amidst the transfer portal era, and found success trying to work a year ahead.
News
Eastern Michigan got a good look at the Canadians in the trenches and didn't hesitate to extend the offers to a pair of players.
Sunday Reader
Kevin Guskiewicz's departure shakes up the Spartan Ventures board at a key moment for the fledgling enterprise.
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With McIntosh injured, the Chippewas will lean on Langston Lewis and a crew of younger receivers and transfers.
A brief meditation on Memorial Day, and digging into the underpinning analysis supporting CMU and EMU playing in Detroit in 2026 and 2027.
Central Michigan has multiple quarterbacks returning who played in 2025, and no clear starter among the group.
There's a reason no other American industries hand the future of their business model to 535 legislators.
Siordia comes to Ypsilanti after leading Siena Heights to a national title in flag football.
Plus, some scheduling tidbits about future non-conference matchups and Friday games for the Spartans.
Four future nonconference games on the books were originally meant to be played during the 2020 season that Covid disrupted.
The trio of directional schools are set to play nine buy games against out-of-state foes across the next handful of seasons,
The Michigan MAC programs will be due to get some nice respective paydays for future non-conference road games at Michigan and Michigan State.
Several legislators shared with Mitten Football concerns about the bill handing too much power to the NCAA and not serving athletes, though all agreed there's a need for a new national ruleset for college sports.
The kicker had surgery to address a lingering issue from the 2025 season, head coach Lance Taylor said.
With spring football wrapped up and the NFL Draft concluded, take a quick look back on the last week or so around the Mitten.