The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN FOOTBALL some tough ones in the spring game, but overall, the coaching staff likes his demeanor and talent. "When we played him last year as a true freshman we believed he was ready to do that," Drevno said. "He's very intelligent. He gets it. He can make a correction once and fix it. "He understands what you're talk- ing about when you get him in the room. The screen doesn't go fuzzy with him. He stays with you in a con- versation." It remains to be seen if Michigan will use another true freshman in 2016 like Newsome last year, but if one or two rookies impress — most likely four- star interior players Ben Bredeson and Michael Onwenu — they could com- pete for a starting job. "It would not be hard," Drevno said when asked if a rookie could crack the starting five. "We have three guys com- ing in that we have to assess where we are with them. "At a former stop, we played three true freshmen. Competition put the best guys on the field." NCAA BANS SATELLITE CAMPS In new legislation to take place ef- fective immediately, the NCAA Rules Committee has banned off-campus high school football camps for col- lege coaches, essentially responding to growing criticism from SEC schools threatened when U-M head coach Jim Harbaugh took Michigan's coaches on the road last summer as participants or organizers of football camps in Ala- bama, Florida, California, Pennsylva- nia, Texas and Indiana. "The Council approved a proposal applicable to the Football Bowl Subdi- vision that would require those schools to conduct camps and clinics at their school's facilities or at facilities regu- larly used for practice or competition," the NCAA said in its release. "Additionally, FBS coaches and non- coaching staff members with responsi- bilities specific to football may be em- ployed only at their school's camps or clinics. This rule change is effectively immediately." Big Ten Network TV host Taylor Rooks tweeted: "Jim Harbaugh is en- tering his second year in the Big Ten and already has an NCAA rule essen- tially named after him." The decision from the NCAA drew immediate condemnation from mem- bers of the media and even football coaches, including Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald, who tweeted this ruling will hurt prospective student-athletes. "Disappointed to read satellite camp news," he posted. "Better solutions than a ban." CBSSports.com's Jon Solomon openly mocked the SEC for pushing this rule through: "Whew. That was close. It's about time the SEC got a break in football. "In one of the all-time contrived controversies in college football, the SEC and ACC prevailed by getting the NCAA Division I Council to ban sat- ellite camps. You know, those camps that provided recruits relatively cheap access to exposure with prominent col- lege football coaches to possibly get a major scholarship. "Who would want that for players?"