The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS THEY SAID IT "He's not going to play a down and neither am I. "I know Urban, he's a good foot- ball coach, a good guy, and I'm go- ing to welcome him in. But this is still Michigan and Ohio, and it's still going to be that rivalry and neither one of us is going to play a game." — Brady Hoke on new Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer's impact on the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry. "I want to say Michigan probably needed this win over Ohio State to solidify what we did this season as a program." "I didn't want to say it before the game because I didn't want to put the pressure on my teammates, but it solidifies what we did this year as a team." — Senior defensive end Ryan Van Bergen on the importance of Michi- gan's victory over Ohio State. "We went out to the field after and just kind of stood out there and soaked it in and looked at what this team had done. "It's special. It's something that we're never going to forget, some- thing that we did together." — Senior defensive tackle Mike Martin on cel- ebrating with fans on the field following the Wolverines' victory over Ohio State. "Reset the clock. Reset the rivalry. After seven straight losses and 2,926 days, Michigan ended the agony against Ohio State and took another big step back to national relevance" — The Detroit News columnist Bob Wojnowski on the impact of Michigan's 40-34 victory over Ohio State. "What I worked very hard to cre- ate was an effort to unify Michigan football fans around our coaches and players, to get everyone mov- ing in the same direction, and to get us back competing for champion- ships, and create that energy and ex- citement and passion that Michigan football has always been about. I re- ally believe we've taken a huge step forward, and I give all the credit to Brady Hoke, his staff, and Team 132, because they have accomplished something very special." — Michigan athletics director David Brandon on the program's direction under Brady Hoke. "It's frustrating to watch them, I don't mind telling you, because those are all my guys. But I'm proud of them because they're doing so well."— New Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez on watching his former team excel under Brady Hoke. "He's put in tough situations. We're asking him to bail us out too often. Everything that could go wrong is going wrong, and yet he's still making some good saves. "He's a barometer of our team. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL We're only good if our goals against are down. We gave up 10 goals in two games [over Thanksgiving] … how can you feel good about that? At home. "That's a team issue, and it starts with goalie, but it's defense, it's forwards. If everybody doesn't do their job without the puck, then we have no chance." — Hockey coach Red Berenson responding to criticism that goalie Shawn Hunwick is the root of Michigan's six-game winless streak entering December. DECEMBER 2011 THE WOLVERINE 19 Redshirt sophomore offensive tackle Taylor Lewan on coming out of a game because of an injury "The only time I'm going to come out of the game is if I can't walk or something is out of the skin."