First up at the podium on Tuesday morning at the Breslin Center was Michigan State women’s gymnastics coach Mike Rowe. His team is No. 9 in the national rankings heading into the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor.

Michigan football started out spring ball on Tuesday and had its first of 15 practices (including the spring game on April 19) in preparation for the 2025 season. The deeper side of the ball between offense and defense definitely appears to be the latter as the majority of players who will either start or be in deep rotation dominated in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Alabama in December.

With the updated spring ball roster for Michigan football came a few surprises. Given that the weights and heights aren't updated, that means either players switching positions or number changes. We saw a handful of number changes across the board,