The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS NUMBERS AND QUOTES BY CLAYTON SAYFIE The only team in college football history to beat USC, Alabama and Ohio State in the same season, the defending national cham- pions still fell short of lofty goals in Sherrone Moore's first season following Jim Harbaugh. Much of their shot at getting back to the playoffs depends on the success of new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey." — Lindy's preseason college football magazine on Michigan heading into the 2025 season Just watch. I'm going to be an NBA player next year. Remem- ber this text." — Michigan forward/center Danny Wolf in a text message to his trainer, Stanley Boateng, in summer 2024, a year before he was selected by the Brooklyn Nets 10th Is where college football expert Phil Steele ranked Michigan in his preseason top 40, which takes into ac- count strength of schedule. While he placed the Wolverines No. 12 in his best teams list, he predicts U-M will make the 12-team Col- lege Football Playoff as the No. 10 seed. 6 Michigan football games have early point spreads released by FanDuel Sportsbook. The Wolverines are fa- vorites over New Mexico (34.5 points), Ne- braska (3.5), Washington (10.5) and Michigan State (8.5), and underdogs against Oklahoma (2.5) and Ohio State (5.5). 3 Michigan basketball players ap- peared on ESPN's early 2026 NBA mock draft: graduate forward Yaxel Lendeborg (No. 14 overall), junior center Aday Mara (No. 22) and sopho- more forward Morez Johnson Jr. (No. 33). 1.4 Seconds was all that was on the clock before Michigan women's basketball sophomore guard S Y L A S W O R D S scored the game- winning layup to lift Canada to a 76-75 d o u b l e - o v e r t i m e victory over Argen- tina to win a bronze medal at the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup. For the event, Swords av- eraged 9.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 23.2 minutes per game off the bench over the seven contests. 3:48.77 Was the finishing time in the 1,500-meter run for U-M track and field athlete BRENDAN HERGER in his gold-medal performance at the USATF U20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. He was one of two Wolverines to win an event, joining Abigail Russell, who finished with gold in the shot put with a mark of 16.07 meters (52 feet, 8.75 inches). 16 THE WOLVERINE ❱ AUGUST 2025 PHOTO COURTESY CANADA BASKETBALL PHOTO BY BECKY HOLBROOK/RUNNERSPACE