The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS When I was a freshman in French class, I forgot I had written a letter that I would open my senior year. I opened it, and it said, 'I hope you get an offer to Michigan.' That's real. That was surreal to me. I opened it on Monday when school first started." — 2022 Belleville (Mich.) High linebacker commit Aaron Alexander, who pledged to the Wolverines June 16 after receiving a scholarship offer just three days earlier When you're in those Zoom [re- cruiting] calls, a lot of them are just like the same old, same old — just kind of like a business pitch. I would say that, with [Michi- gan], it really felt more genuine. Not as much businesslike … more of, 'We want you to actually join our legitimate family.' People always say that, but you could tell that they meant it." — Michigan basketball freshman forward WILL TSCHETTER on the Defend The Block podcast THEY SAID IT OCTOBER 2021 THE WOLVERINE 13 8-2 Is Michigan football's record in night games at The Big House, fol- l o w i n g t h e Wo l v e r - ines' 31-10 win over Washington Sept. 11 in prime time. The Maize and Blue began playing home night games in 2011, when they hosted Notre Dame and posted an epic 35-31 win over the Fighting Irish. 22.1 Miles per hour is the max speed that sports technology and data company Recruiting Analytics clocked U-M running back Blake Corum at on his 67-yard touchdown run during week two of the college football season, the fastest of anybody in the country during that weekend. 851 Was the Michigan women's golf team's score in the Wol- verine Invitational Sept. 13-14, which stands as the second- lowest team total in program history and crushed the prior 54-hole women's U-M Golf Course record by 18 shots (869 by USC at the 2007 NCAA Central Regional). "Between [the 'Maize Out'], how much the fans wanted to impact the game, the pent-up energy from a couple of years between big games and the team giving them reason to cheer, it was definitely one of the top-five atmo- spheres I've ever experienced down there on the field." — Michigan radio sideline reporter Doug Karsch on the atmosphere created by the crowd during the Wolverines' 31-10 victory over Washington Sept. 11 under the lights "Neither of us wants to make this about us. It's about Michigan football. We had a great run. I have had the best run of all. It's been a dream job. Now, it's time to move on and get somebody else in there." — Michigan football radio play-by-play voice Jim Brandstatter (in an interview with The Detroit News), who, along with color analyst Dan Dierdorf, announced the duo will be retiring following the 2021 season PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN