The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS "That's the Jim Harbaugh I know." — Michigan athletics director Warde Manuel on what he was thinking when he watched head coach Jim Harbaugh, then at Stanford, exchange "What's your deal?" with then-USC coach Pete Carroll after his team beat the Trojans several years ago "It's not even about the sport. It's about us being together, and we have an op- portunity now to be together." — UCF head basketball coach Johnny Dawkins on taking the job at the school after being released by Stanford and bringing his son, former Michigan wing Aubrey Dawkins, in as a transfer (The Orlando Sentinel) "You have to be aware of what your rival is doing at all times. You can't be caught five years behind and if something is out there … and I'm not going to name any schools, but there are some really good, creative ways of recruiting. "I'm not talking about the craziness. I'm talking about things of substance." — Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer when asked if he'd sleep at a recruit's house to try to land him (ESPN.com) THEY SAID IT Graduating Michigan center Graham Glasgow on preparing for the NFL and how he's handled the pressure of talking to different teams "It's pretty stressful, but it's good. It's definitely different than college. I had to start reading books because I felt like my brain was going to mush." PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN