Big Ten: Who will transform tomorrow?
Each Friday during the season, we’ll be taking a look at a Big Ten player to watch when the games kick off Saturday. This week’s selection: Michigan’s Denard Robinson Saturday assignment: at Ohio…
Robinson ends Michigan career with new position
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Denard Robinson has electrified crowds and broken records as a quarterback. Now he’s winding down his college career in a way that could prepare him to play in the NFL. When the 20th-ranked Wolverines wrap up the regular season Saturday at No. 4 Ohio State, he likely will see more time at running back or receiver than QB. Changing positions doesn’t bother him a bit. ”I’ll do whatever it takes for the team,” Robinson said after helping Michigan beat Iowa 42-17 Saturday. ”If I can go, I’m going to go and not hold back.” Robinson was held off the field for two-plus weeks with nerve damage in his right elbow. The injury limits his ability to grip and throw the ball, but it hasn’t slowed his fast-moving feet. He lightly lobbed short passes more than an hour before playing the Hawkeyes, but…
O’Brien semifinalists: Miller, Robinson
The Big Ten’s two most recognizable quarterbacks are among the 12 semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien Award. Ohio State’s Braxton Miller and Michigan’s Denard Robinson are the only Big Ten signal callers on…
Big Ten lunch links
Looks like Michigan has fired the first shot in Saturday’s rivalry game with Notre Dame. Another game could be added to the semifinal rotation for college football’s upcoming playoff. The TicketCity Bowl is…
Video: One Good Thing: Big Ten
The quarterbacks of the Michigan schools — Michigan’s Denard Robinson and Michigan State’s Andrew Maxwell — both bounced back from Week 1 struggles in Week 2. Continue reading at ESPN.com – Big Ten…
Big Ten Heisman Watch, Week 2
There’s an old cliché that goes like this: You can’t win the Heisman Trophy in Week 1, but you can lose it. That may or may not be true. But it sure seems…
Big Ten Heisman watch: Week 14
This is the final week of the college football season and the final week for Heisman Trophy candidates to impress voters. Has there ever been a less clear-cut Heisman picture at this point…
The great debate: Big Ten’s best RB
The 2010 season wasn’t a great one for Big Ten running backs. The league’s best running back played quarterback (Michigan’s Denard Robinson). Illinois’ Mikel Leshoure flew under the radar but was a nationally…
WolverineNation: Big Ten’s mobile QBs
Michael Rothstein writes: Led by Michigan’s Denard Robinson and Nebraska’s Taylor Martinez, the Big Ten is seeing mobile quarterbacks like never before. Tom VanHaaren writes : The Wolverines picked up a surprise commitment…
Heisman Watch 2011: Denard Robinson, Robert Griffin Are out of the Race
Michigan’s Denard Robinson and Baylor’s Robert Griffin III were among the early Heisman favorites through the first month and a half of the season. RG3 looked to be this year’s version of Cam…
