Jake Long News

Jake Long has never lacked for confidence in his ability to play at the NFL level.

It's tough to win over the home crowd if you're not a Michigan Man. Just ask first-year Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez.

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez was asked yesterday if he ever thought of delaying his implementation of the spread offense until the Wolverines had players more suited to that scheme.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Rich Rodriguez's debut at Michigan got off to a rocky start, losing the opener to Utah at home and two weeks later at Notre Dame.

By: Andy Van Sistine /The Daily Cardinal - September 16, 2008 Columnist Andy Van Sistine marvels at the fall of the Michigan Wolverines and attributes it to the lack of character shown by Rich Rodriguez over ...

Former Michigan quarterback Tom Brady, the NFL's best under center, is reportedly done for the year only one game into the season.

Michigan's new era opened in a painfully familiar way for the 108,000-plus fans at the Big House: With an ugly-looking loss.

Protecting a 14-13 lead with 10:51 left in the game, Corunna closed the deal with its ball-control, power running game.

Michigan freshman quarterback Steven Threet is a sort of microcosm of the football team as a whole at this point.

The Miami Dolphins are looking to come back after a 1-15 season last year, and few people expect them to cause a stir.

Key #14: How does the defense prepare? Key #15 : Can the offensive line survive? Things looked tough enough on the O-Line when Jake Long graduated, and got even more daunting when Justin Boren left for ... ...

It is not often that an NFL team holding the top pick can survey its draft board and have every decision-maker agree on one player as an ideal fit.

Two Jakes played together at Lapeer East. Both went on to play college football -- one at Wayne State, the other at the University of Michigan -- and now both are continuing their football careers.

There is no comfort zone. But, then again, there was no choice. When Lloyd Carr left as head coach and Rich Rodriguez arrived, it made for some interesting dynamics.

Rich Rodriguez is not even sure what to expect in his first season at Michigan, where expectations are modest for a team in transition.

There's no use dancing around it - Michigan's offensive line is one of the biggest question marks in the entire conference, let alone Ann Arbor.

Rookie left tackle Jake Long, the first overall pick of April's draft out of Michigan, is listed at the No.

Ex-Michigan Wolverine and current Miami Dolphin Jake Long is having an impressive camp so far.

The Kansas City Chiefs have reportedly signed defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, ending the specter of a prolonged holdout by the fifth overall pick in April's draft.

The Kansas City Chiefs have reportedly signed defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, ending the specter of a prolonged holdout by the fifth overall pick in April's draft.