The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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inside michigan athletics They Said It "We're not becoming a spread team. Get that out there. But we're going to have that dimension in our offense." — U-M offensive coordinator Al Borges on the suggestion that Michigan relied on more spread formations against Indiana than it did a week earlier against Penn State "We're just looking for consistency to carry through in practice and carry through in games. Any shuffling has been the result of guys not doing the things we need them to do on a consistent basis in games. You don't like to be in that position, but by the same token when you see bad things repeated in games you have to make decisions." — Offensive line coach Darrell Funk on utilizing nine different linemen this season U-M hockey coach Red Berenson, when asked about poor officiating in a series at New Hampshire Oct. 18-19 "I've seen people that look like a cowboy, smell like a cowboy but they couldn't ride a horse." "You were the big fish in the little pond, but now you're the little fish in a big pond." — Sophomore hockey forward Boo Nieves on the transition U-M's 10 freshman skaters and goalie must make "From a schematic standpoint, I don't think there is anything we would want to do differently. From an execution standpoint, we need to do some things different. We gave up [seven] plays of 20 yards and that's something we can't do as a defense. When you have opportunities, you have to make those plays. We photo by lon horwedel had our hand on the ball four times where we didn't come away with the football." — Head coach Brady Hoke on the seven big plays Michigan allowed to Indiana