The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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JANUARY 2025 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 17 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS We're just more physical. The film doesn't lie. We attacked it all game." — Senior edge Josaiah Stewart on stopping Ohio State's run game My advice to him would be to chase the suck. Chase the stuff that you absolutely do not want to do. One of the greatest things I learned from the great and legendary [late and former Michigan athletic counselor] Greg Harden was to do everything 100 percent, 100 per- cent of the time. Whether it's that class you do not want to go to that's on the other side of campus, you're going to do it. Whether it's that conversa- tion that you don't want to spend the next 30 seconds in, you sit there and you do that, because that kid, that girl, that guy, whoever it is, might need it. Just understanding that Michigan, where you are, inevitably, the people you surround yourself with, the cold, the strict academics, the strict foot- ball schedule, all of that is going to make you better. But it's, how are you going to take advantage of it in the time that you're there?" — Former U-M standout J.J. MCCARTHY on his advice for quarterback signee Bryce Underwood (via "The L.A.B." podcast) Having an off year, people look at Michigan as a bad team now. No, it's just an off year. We're going to be back. Good '25 class coming in. I feel confident we're going to be back in the national championship. The people all around the program, it's a very good place." — Michigan cornerback signee Shamari Earls I got a really nice message from a Michigan fan after the game. That's one of the best fan bases I've been around. They were nice to us during the game. They were compliment- ing us walking off the floor. I got a really nice message about how connected he thought our team was." — Iowa forward Payton Sandfort after an 85-83 loss to Michigan at Crisler Center Dec. 10 14th Is where Michigan basketball was ranked in the Dec. 9 release of the Associated Press poll, appearing in the rankings for the first time since Nov. 14, 2022. It was the Wol- verines' highest standing since checking in No. 4 in the AP poll released on Nov. 15, 2021. 8 Years of experience as a college offensive coordinator for new Michigan OC Chip Lindsey — at Southern Miss (2014-15), Arizona State (2016), Auburn (2017-18), Central Florida (2022) and North Carolina (2023-24). Lindsey was also the head coach at Troy from 2019-21, posting a 15-19 record. We're going to win in your house, and we're going to plant the flag. You should've done something about it." — Senior quarterback Davis Warren after a 13-10 win over Ohio State Nov. 30 PHOTO COURTESY NFL.COM PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL