22 THE WOLVERINE
OCTOBER 2019
BY JOHN BORTON
O
akland Raiders cornerback
Lester Hayes, "The Human
Fly Trap," used to smear
the eventually banned sub-
stance Stickum all over himself for
NFL games.
He once boasted he could catch a
football behind his back and on one
knee, with the dark yellow goo slath-
ered on his uniform. New Michigan
offensive coordinator Josh Gattis
could be forgiven for at least looking
into bringing it back.
The Wolverines' ultimate statistic
through their first two games in-
volves their record — 2-0. How they
got there (barely) drew much more
discussion in the days leading up to
the Big Ten opener at Wisconsin.
Jim Harbaugh's crew lost five fum-
bles in its opening two games, two
more than got away in all of 2018.
U-M matched last year's three in the
BALL INSECURITY
Turnovers Taint Early Returns On Offense
Senior quarterback Shea Patterson did not throw an interception in the first two games, but fumbled the ball four times and lost three of them. As a
team, the Wolverines lost just three fumbles all of last year.
PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL
