The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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NOVEMBER 2022 THE WOLVERINE 17 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS THEY SAID IT PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETICS PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL "I know, as a Michigan man, no Michigan State fan is ever going to like you. So why even try? I'd rather them just really hate me than be average. For me, I think it's funny. I try to be funny, and I have a great time with it. I enjoy making fun of the little brother and Ohio State, so it's just fun for me." — Junior center Hunter Dickinson on his social media digs at rival fan bases "These guys look like an NFL defense. They're big, they're strong and they're athletic. Other than that, no problem." — Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz before playing Michigan The pass rush has be- come like the closer in baseball. If you have a lead, and Michigan's defense can pin their ears back, they are tough to stop." — Michigan radio play-by-play commentator Doug Karsch You play together, you trust each other, you're going to be pretty successful. We had to take their juice from them, and I think we did that." — Senior left guard Trevor Keegan on Michigan starting its 27-14 win over Iowa Oct. 1 with a touchdown drive on the game's first possession Every game, feel- ing it out more. The more success I have, the more I'm be- lieving in myself and the more confident I am when I go out there. And the team looks at me as, 'We believe in you, Mike,' so that's just more of a confidence booster. I'm getting more and more confident." — Senior edge Mike Morris on his growing confidence as the team's premier pass rusher 57 First-down runs for Michigan junior run- ning back Blake Corum through seven contests, ranking first among all players in the country. PFF has credited Corum with 36 missed tackles forced on 146 carries, and 455 of his 901 yards have come after contact. He also has 23 runs of 10-plus yards, tied for the fifth most in the sport, already 1 more than his 2021 total (22), which came on 144 rushes. 21 Former Michigan hockey players on 2022-23 NHL opening day rosters, which leads all college programs. Of U-M's 21 athletes, 17 are on the active roster with four on injured reserve. Fifteen of the league's 32 teams had a Wolverine on their opening day roster. Two squads are captained by former Michigan standouts — the Detroit Red Wings, Dylan Larkin, and the New York Rangers, Jacob Trouba. 0.94 0.94 Points allowed per drive for Michigan football's defense through six games, the second-best mark in the nation be- hind Minnesota (0.85), per The Athletic. The Maize and Blue faced 72 drives and with an 83.3 percent stop rate. Stop rate is "a basic measurement of success: the percentage of a defense's drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs," the site's Max Olson wrote. "This simple metric can offer a more accurate reflection of a defense's effectiveness in today's faster-tempo game than yards per game or points per game."