The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS BY THE NUMBERS tenure at one school, Virginia Tech's Bud Foster (25 seasons), than Michigan's Fred Jackson (20), after Penn State said goodbye to Tom Bradley (32) and Bill Kenney (23). Assistant coaches in college football with a longer 1 blogger Adam Rittenberg. He listed Michigan State first. Ranks of Charles Woodson and Tom Brady, respectively, among current NFL players that could have played in any era according to an ESPN poll of 20 Pro Football Hall of Famers. No. 4 & No. 11 classes that decomitted from one school and signed with another according to SI.com, including original U-M commits Jerimy Finch (2007), Bryce McNeal (2009) and Dee Hart (2011). Percentage of the Rivals100 recruits from the 2007-11 12.4 Economic impact of a home football game in the city of Ann Arbor according to athletics director David Brandon, who speculates an even greater number when the NHL Winter Classic is held at Michigan Stadium Jan. 1, 2013. $14 million Active NFL quarterbacks in 2011, out of 100, that hailed from Big Ten states, second only to the 32 signal-callers from Pac-12 states (and Idaho) per SI.com. 24 Percentage indicating BRADY HOKE's approval rating in his first year at Michigan according to 1,103 votes cast by U-M fans on TheWolverine.com. 98.3 Fans that attended the four BCS bowls in 2012 — the Sugar, Rose, Fiesta and Orange — down 8.4 percent from a BCS-era high 319,936 in 2005. 293,247 Total attendance for college football games in 2011, a single-season record according to the NCAA. Amount Michigan spent on recruiting its student-athletes in 25 varsity sports in 2010-11 per businessofcollegesports.com, ranking U-M ninth nationally and first in the Big Ten. 49,699,419 $1,480,357 16 THE WOLVERINE MARCH 2012 Michigan's post-National Signing Day Big Ten foot- ball power rank for 2012 according to ESPN.com No. 2 PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL