The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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received his first taste of game action, participating in five contests that sea- son. "From then on, I was like, 'all right, I want to play more. I want to start,'" Glasgow said. "From then on, it was trying to get better every day and im- proving in the weight room, trying to be a better player." He broke through fully in his red- shirt sophomore season, making 13 starts. Glasgow's demonstration-team versatility proved valuable, since he drew nine starts at center as well as four at left guard. He also earned Academic All-Big Ten honors on his way to a degree in economics. He retained full-time starter status his last two years, through personal ups and downs and another coaching change for the Wol- verines. His position naturally puts him into close quarters with brother Ryan, and they engaged in a number of practice battles before Ryan's pectoral muscle injury ended his season early. Prior to that, Ryan had become one of Michi- gan's stoutest performers on defense. When sophomore nose tackle Bryan Mone went down with a leg fracture prior to the season, many considered it a monumental loss for the Wolverines. The elder Glasgow acknowledged the setback, but he wasn't conceding anything about Michigan's defensive middle. "When Bryan was playing, I would always have rather gone against Bryan than Ryan," Glasgow offered. "I'd rather go against Mone than Glasgow Jr. I don't know if it was just because he's my brother, but I knew Ryan is a fantastic player." Those practice wars might have been a little more chippy at one point, Glasgow acknowledged. As the two grew older in the program, they be- came no big deal. "It's all business now," Glasgow in- sisted. "We don't let it get emotional on each other. There is always some- thing in the back of your mind that's like, that's your brother." That relationship made it extra dif- ficult when Ryan left the Rutgers game in obvious discomfort. It soon became clear the two weren't going to be fin- ishing out Graham's final season as on-field participants. "We were in the Rutgers game where I came out and didn't see him go back in," Glasgow recalled. "That made me pretty sad. It definitely doesn't make me feel good that I'm not going to be able to finish it out with Ryan. "I'm just happy he has another year, another year to prove himself and play good ball." The Glasgows have obviously be- come rather adept at proving them- selves around Schembechler Hall and the Michigan practice fields, not to mention Michigan Stadium. The eldest actually accepted the offer to walk on at Ohio State prior to then-head coach Jim Tressel losing his job through vio- lations of NCAA rules and repeatedly lying to the NCAA about them. Glasgow headed north, and he's not looking back. "I came here, and I don't regret it at all," Glasgow said. "It worked out well for us." He's also become capable of render-