The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS Brady Hoke during his National Signing Day press conference know none of you will ask the question — is this a good class — because it is. We don't try and recruit bad classes. But I've been asked that before, so I was hoping to save anybody an em- barrassment. " — Michigan head coach great questions, he was excited, he knew Michigan's traditions. I told him I just walked by a big picture of Jake Long, and of course who doesn't know that guy? He seemed real interested, and I'm glad it's come to pass. "We hit it off well. He was asking igan offensive line coach Darrell Funk on his first conversation with 2012 five-star commit Kyle Kalis " — Mich- It always comes down to one or two plays. If you make them, you're cel- ebrating. If you don't, you don't sleep for a week. "That's what it comes to in football. terback Tom Brady on a crushing Super Bowl loss " — Former Wolverine quar- really bad about myself. I didn't want to hurt my teammates more. This is Zack Novak, Stu Douglass and Corey Person's last season. I want to just give it all I've got, and make a concerted effort to just do the little things." — Sophomore guard Tim Hardaway Jr. on helping the team during the stretch run of the season "After that Michigan State game I felt an outdoor game. If you want the im- pact of a record-breaking crowd, and in a facility that is located in a pretty central location — you know it's pretty easy to get to. It's already worked here. We had that ice in, and it fit. It had great sight lines, and everything was perfect. "I can't imagine a better place to play Berenson on The Big House hosting the 2013 NHL Winter Classic " — Michigan hockey coach Red 'Would we consider it?' I think my re- sponse was, 'We'd consider anything. "I got a call, and the question was, But I needed to learn a lot more, so we got together and had a couple meet- ings, and we brought some of the NHL in here, and they toured the stadium and saw what we had here. It all kind ' "This class we're very excited about. I THEY SAID IT Senior guard Zack Novak on tallying his 1,000th career point in a U-M uniform "If I did it in a timely fashion, it'd be cool. But I just feel like, at this point, I've been playing like 35 minutes a game for four years. I don't think that averages out very well." PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL of grew from there." — Michigan athlet- ics director Dave Brandon on reaching a deal with NHL that will bring the 2013 Winter Classic to Michigan Stadium gan basketball head man John Beilein on gan State game and just said to him, 'He must be wonderful to coach be- cause of the way he carries himself in these crowds with people. "I texted Brady Hoke after the Michi- '" — Michi- quarterback Denard Robinson's repeated appearances at Michigan athletic events be absolutely ready for it, and our kids will have a clear understanding of what that game means. And, obvi- ously, Coach [Jim] Tressel did a fan- tastic job of that as well. "That is the greatest rivalry. We will head football coach Urban Meyer on the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry " — Ohio State MARCH 2012 THE WOLVERINE 19