The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS … Tuesday on, what he studied was Iowa's team, Wisconsin's team or Illinois' team, putting together a rack of file cards to display on his table during the games. Backup tight ends from Illinois got their names pronounced correctly the second they made a play. "His reason behind that was, 'That kid's dad, that kid's mom, might be listening, and I have to get that name correct.' That's a rare degree of professionalism." Ufer's legend lives on, in good works. "I am tired of hearing about Coach Harbaugh; I think he needs to get in check with reality because, at the end of the day, you can't talk smack about a rivalry when you haven't won a rivalry game. You've got to win ballgames to be able to talk behind it." — Former Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott on The Paul Finebaum Show in response to all the attention Jim Harbaugh has gotten since his return to Michigan "It was a feeling of fulfillment and excitement for the kids of the Midwest area and all over the country. If felt great to know that people here [in Michigan] would recognize the fruits of our labor. I think that coach [Jim Harbaugh] show- ing support for satellite camps was the most profound statement that could be made." — Rod Oden; Sound Mind, Sound Body Camp director of college coaches, after the ban on satellite camps was rescinded by the NCAA (Mlive.com) "I had a chance to play in some fantastic places — New York City, Anaheim, Chicago and Milwaukee. Coming from Flint, Michigan, I never dreamed I'd be a New York Yankee or play on the West Coast, where I live today. "I don't want to sound corny in saying this, but to be honest with you I cherish my connection with the University of Michigan as much as anything. It really means a lot to me and it's grown in its importance to me because so much was possible because of the opportunity I had to play at Michigan, the exposure that I received and what [Coach] Bud Middaugh did for me."— Former Michigan and MLB pitcher Jim Abbott (MGoBlue.com) THEY SAID IT Former Michigan point guard Spike Albrecht, now a graduate transfer at Purdue on playing in Ann Arbor as a Boilermaker (The Chicago Tribune) "It'll be weird going back, but at the same time, you gotta do what you gotta do."