got to be kidding me.' We've got a
guy hitting him and the coverage
isn't awful, and he put it right there.
We just have to continue to go back
and forth between some zone and
man, so they don't know exactly
what you're in all the time."
HEALING UP
Having a full complement in the
secondary wouldn't hurt, either.
Peppers might be a freshman, but
he showed in the Appalachian State
game he has a chance to be a differ-
ence maker. He closed quickly on
one short pass after showing great
instincts and tackled like a veteran.
"It wasn't too big for him," Matti-
son said. "I was very impressed with
that part of it. I watched him early
pregame, how he acts, and it was
just how I thought he would be. The
plays he made, a couple tackles —
that's what I thought I would see.
The guy is very, very explosive. He's
going to bring it. That was good.
"When a guy has earned the right
to be a starter, any time he's not in
there, that hurts you. He's a starter.
The thing he brings is a lot of fire
Sophomore cornerback Jourdan Lewis notched the U-M defense's only takeaway of the sea-
son's first three games, when he snared an interception versus Miami (Ohio).
PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL
