The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MEMORABLE QUOTES MORE Head coach Brady Hoke, on corner- back Tony Anderson's major: "It's in Arab, Armenian, Persian, Turkish and Islamic studies. With a minor in applied statistics. You can see how those fit to- gether, right?" Anderson, on the direction of this program: "For anyone that ever had doubt about this staff, and Coach Hoke, just know this program is in better hands than Allstate." Hoke, on linebacker Marell Evans: "I'm going to embarrass him a little bit because he will not speak — he refuses to speak — and that's OK. "Because of a twist of fate with differ- ent transfers, Marell was not able to be eligible, but what he did was every day go out on our scout team, and did a tremendous job representing our op- ponent, and our opponent's defense, and on special teams. "I can't thank Marell enough for that because there would be a lot of other guys that would have said, 'That's it.' But this team means an awful lot to him, and I am very glad he made the deci- sion to stay with it." Linebacker J.B. Fitzgerald, on video coordinator Phil Bromley: "He does a great job putting our film together, but he could have taken a few of my bad clips off. That's okay, I'll let it slide." Fitzgerald, to athletics director Da- vid Brandon: "Thank you for giving us Coach Hoke, we absolutely love him. He's the boss, but he's more like a friend. A friend that makes you wear full pads all of fall camp." Hoke, to Fitzgerald: "We were going to wear full pads tonight, but too many guys couldn't get their coats over their shoulder pads." Wide receiver Kelvin Grady, on the long road to where he is today: "I'd like to thank Tommy Amaker for recruiting me to play basketball originally. Coach [John] Beilein for accepting me as one of his own. Coach [Rich] Rodriguez … after a long summer, he allowed me to come back and be part of the football program, and finish school with some of the opportunities I have now. "Coach Hoke — I'd like to thank him. The experiences I've had with him and his staff have been amazing. They've taught us some life lessons I will take with me forever." 22 THE WOLVERINE JANUARY 2012 In a lighter moment, senior tight end Kevin Koger said, "A special thanks to my mom for letting me wear this hairstyle all season. I appreciate it." PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN