The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS "I don't think I've ever seen another game where a team was handed a win like that." — Former Michigan offensive lineman, longtime NFL analyst and current U-M color commentator Dan Dierdorf after Michigan's 27-23 loss to MSU "What is true — not in a hazy, sentimental sense, but in a real one — is that Michi- gan's football team is back. And one byproduct of the revival is that the Michigan- Michigan State game was again at the epicenter of the college football universe on a midseason weekend." — Chuck Culpepper, The Washington Post "In tangible ways, Michigan's future looks bright. The recruiting class for 2016 is rated the fifth highest, according to Rivals.com. The university was set to host Isaac Nauta, the top-rated tight end in that class, on Saturday. "As [former head coach] Lloyd Carr said during the fourth quarter, just before Michigan kicked a field goal to extend its lead to 23-14, 'Even if we were 3-3, this program's on track.' "The same holds at 5-2. The Wolverines are off this week and then, on Halloween, travel to Minnesota. One imagines that before that game, they will again end their warm-up with a ritualized punt." — Marc Tracy, The New York Times "I think we realized that we weren't going to let State beat us that easily, and that we had so much ability to beat them. So we came out stronger and knew exactly what we had to do. We had a scouting report we put in more in the third set, and that helped us get energy." — Michigan volleyball freshman Carly Skjodt following Michigan's five-set win over Michigan State Oct. 3 in which the Wolverines rallied from two sets down for the win THEY SAID IT Michigan special teams coach John Baxter in a tweet following U-M's 27-23 loss to Michigan State "We stand united by our motto, 'The team, The team, The team.' No one play defines us, but it cer- tainly fuels us! We believe! We own it. Move on!" PHOTO BY BRANDON BROWN