The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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inside michigan athletics I'll do that. Maybe something in business. My dad owns his own business." His Focus On Baseball: "The MLB Draft is in June. I'm just going to one game at a time and help our team here win as many games as I can. I try not to think about the Draft right now. But the ultimate goal is the big leagues." Role Models: "My uncle Paul O'Neill [who played 17 seasons with the Reds and the Yankees]. He always kept a clean image, and it's something I can look up with. And my parents, Mike and Sandy. They make it to almost every game and have supported me so much." On Spending Time With His Uncle: "When the Yankees won the World Series in 1998, I was in the locker room after the game. I had the whole team sign a baseball. When Comerica Park opened, he took me, and I got to eat lunch with the whole team." His U-M Experience: "It's been wonderful. Not only is it an unbelievable athletic institution, with all these facilities, but it's such a great school. It has allowed me to grow as a person. I'm young for my grade, so I was only 17 when I came in. You're still a little immature, but I have grown up around the type of people that are here at U-M." — Andy Reid Michigan To Play Duke In Big Ten/ACC Challenge Michigan drew perhaps the toughest test of any Big Ten squad for the 2013 Big Ten/ACC Challenge, called upon to travel to Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on Duke. The matchup will feature a pair of preseason top-10 squads, among a roster of battles for the Challenge, which began in 1999. The Big Ten has won the last four series in the annual challenge. The Wolverines face Duke on Dec. 3. The most recent meeting between the teams saw the Blue Devils edge the Wolverines 73-71 in a battle to reach the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2011. Here is a look at the rest of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge lineup. 2013 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Tuesday, Dec. 3 Florida State at Minnesota Illinois at Georgia Tech Indiana at Syracuse Michigan at Duke Notre Dame at Iowa Penn State at Pittsburgh Wednesday, Dec. 4 Boston College at Purdue Maryland at Ohio State Miami at Nebraska North Carolina at Michigan State Northwestern at North Carolina State Wisconsin at Virginia