The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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������ inside michigan athletics guys who have been down the road you will travel at a later date,��� said former U-M linebacker Dhani Jones, the evening���s keynote speaker. ���It���s important to get that 50,000-foot view of what���s going on in life. A lot of people at the collegiate level, you get to 10,000 feet, but all of a sudden you���re in the real world and you���re back to ground level. You don���t know what obstacles are coming up, and the former players here know how to guide you through.��� Along with programs like M-PACT (Michigan Professional and Career Transition), the annual networking event has helped Wolverines plan ahead in their professional lives. ���This is what makes Michigan different,��� Miller said. ���You can talk about other schools, but Michigan sells not only the football opportunity but the university as a whole. It���s an Ivy league-caliber degree but the degree itself is not an end ��� it���s a mean���s to an end, and this is the other half of it. ���You come to Michigan, you get a great education, you play at an unparalleled level athletically and when you graduate from school there is a universe of alumni out there that are there to help you get your foot in the door and help you start your career to become very successful.��� Before the former players attended a meet-and-greet session with the Wolverine upperclassmen, Hoke gathered them in the team room to express his gratitude and discuss the ways they have helped the program. Hoke was grateful to have a formal event ��� the players showed up in suits and ties ��� where he and the staff could stress the importance of education and life after football. ���I think the response has been really positive,��� Hoke said. ���This just continues to grow. Each year is a little different like each class is, but having Dhani, who will be a keynote speaker, I think that familiarity will help. ���Roy Roundtree a year ago really got a lot out of this. I can remember him specifically talking about meeting some guys that have been very successful in what they���re doing.��� TheWolverine.com Poll Results Each month, TheWolverine.com runs a new poll for its readers to vote on. If you would like to vote, go to www.thewolverine.com. The poll is located on our premium message board, The Fort. With the Big Ten announcing it will no longer play eight conference games beginning in 2014 with the addition of Rutgers and Maryland, how many should it play? Nine ��� 35 percent 10 ��� 65 percent 805 votes Staff of The Wolverine���s consensus: 10.