MICHIGAN FOOTBALL
hard, even after a 3-5 start that left
most followers stunned. Hanlon cred-
its this team for continuing to come
out and battle, even when others have
bailed on the season.
"The number one thing is, I hope
they get healed up over this bye
week," Hanlon noted. "To have the
week off and be able to work on
things that will be helpful to them
the last two games of the season will
be good.
"They need to work with each other
and really go into a two-game series
which is going to decide whether
or not they're going to go to a bowl
game. Every kid, in the back of his
mind, wants to be able to play in a
bowl game. We have to get into a
great frame of mind, and going into
Former assistant coach Jerry Hanlon praised the effort of fifth-year senior quarterback Devin
Gardner, but wondered if an ankle injury has hampered Gardner more than he has let on.
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