The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS than it was at the end of the year before. You've got a couple of running backs. You saw what [redshirt junior] Drake Johnson was able to do. I thought [junior] Derrick Green was playing really well before he went down. The running game was getting to where it's decent. "But you have to have a quarterback that can take care of the ball and make plays. He doesn't have to be an all-conference guy, or an All-American or any- thing like that. He just has to be enough to keep you honest. If that happens, your defense is still good enough … "If they had that last year, I don't know if Brady [Hoke] would have lost his job. If they had a quarterback who could make those plays and do what they had to do, the rest of that team might have been good enough to push them forward. "The quarterback is the biggest thing. It's always the biggest thing, but espe- cially for them right now because we don't know who it will be." — John Borton Nickname: "It started in high school, it's K-Mart. My teammates call me that, my coach calls me that, even my teach- ers used to call me that." Favorite restaurant in Ann Arbor: "I would say Real Seafood, I'm a big sea- food person. They also have the tablets with the menu on it so it's cool to go through and look at pictures of every- thing. I usually fill up on 10 helpings of the bread before I even get my meal." Best meal she can cook by herself: "I'd have to say macaroni and cheese probably. I'm not a very good cook, I always burn everything." Sports she plays besides water polo: "For five years, I actually played football. My brother is a football player and I did it with him and I thought I was cool hanging with he guys. I was also a swimmer for about seven or eight years and that's how I kind of got into water polo." Hobbies: "My favorite thing to do, when I'm in Florida because it's like minus-20 degrees here, is going to the beach. Here in Michigan I just love drinking some hot tea and watching a movie." Favorite TV show: "My favorite TV show is 'Scandal,' most definitely. I be- came obsessed with it over the sum- mer. I watched like five seasons in the matter of a week." Favorite movie: "Probably 'Bad Grandpa.' That movie just cracked me up." Dream vacation: "I'd say Hawaii. We went there on a training trip two years ago and it's not the same when you're playing polo the whole time. I'd love to go back to just see Hawaii and do all of the touristy things." Favorite water polo venue she's been to: "I don't know if I have a fa- Getting To Know Water Polo Junior Kelly Martin