The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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JANUARY 2023 THE WOLVERINE 17 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS Given all the circum- stances, this one was the best [win over Ohio State in Co- lumbus he has ever seen]. In the conversa- tion for the best Michigan foot- ball game I've ever covered. They didn't leave much doubt in the end. They showed some things in the face of the most hostile environment that spoke to being a poised, composed, competitive, fo- cused, well-coached team." — Michigan radio play-by-play commentator Doug Karsch on the Wolverines' 45-23 win over Ohio State Nov. 26 If you look at the last 18 months, it's actually Michi- gan with the second-best record in college football. Georgia, the No. 1 record, and they've been dominant, obviously defending champ. And then Michigan kind of put themselves in that position where, OK, they may not have recruited on the level that the others have, but I do find it fascinating that over the last 18 months they've been the second- best program in the country." — FOX analyst Joel Klatt THEY SAID IT PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL KRIS JENKINS We had a lot of great stuff ready to go. We were ready for everything — overtime, two-point shoot- out, whatever came up. As it turned out, the big plays made it, so we didn't really need to use a lot of the stuff we had saved up that was ready. A lot of big plays hit, and that was training camp stuff from the first day." — Michigan co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss on the 45-23 win over Ohio State Nov. 26 I would say this is our home, too. We've been here last year, this year, and when we did our walk-through, it was just like, yeah, this is our home right here. We were com- pletely comfortable be- cause a bunch of us have already played here last year, so it was just another day in the office." — Michigan sophomore running back DONOVAN EDWARDS on playing in the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis "I want to get that flag and put it in our museum." — Jim Harbaugh on his players planting a Michigan flag at midfield after beating Ohio State 5 Michigan hockey players were named to the USA World Junior Championship preliminary roster — freshman forward Gavin Bridley, fresh- man defenseman Seamus Casey, sopho- more forward Dylan Duke, sophomore defenseman Luke Hughes and freshman forward Rutger McGroarty. In addition, freshman forward Adam Fantilli was se- lected to Canada's National Junior Team Selection camp. The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship will be held Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Moncton, New Bruns- wick, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. 9-0 Start for the Michigan women's basketball team for the second time in the last three seasons, one victory shy of the program record (10-0 in 2020-21). The No. 14 Wolverines suffered their first setback of the season Dec. 8 against Toledo, 71-68. "You want to talk about big games? This guy comes alive in the big games." — Jim Harbaugh on sophomore running back Donovan Edwards PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER