The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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12 THE WOLVERINE JANUARY 2018 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS FIVE YEARS AGO, 2013: John Beilein's No. 2-ranked Wolverines pulled away from Purdue in the second half for a 68-53 win at Crisler Center Jan. 24, moving to 18-1 overall and 5-1 in Big Ten play. The game saw 16 lead changes, but Michigan took control after trailing by one at the half. Sophomore guard Trey Burke led the way with 15 points and eight assists, while junior guard Tim Hardaway scored 13 and freshman forward Glenn Robinson III came away with 12 points and a team-high nine rebounds. The Boilermakers trailed by only five with six minutes to play, but a three-pointer from freshman guard Nik Stauskas triggered a run in the other direction. Freshman forward Mitch McGary powered home three buckets in a row to put the Boilermakers on ice. "As we play against better and better teams — which you see every day in the Big Ten — you've got to be poised with your decisions," Beilein said afterward. "You have to hit singles. Those days of maybe going for some home runs and still winning, it doesn't work … "Here's the big thing, they're learning. It's a lot of fun play- ing defense if you rebound, because then it puts us into transition. They're all understanding it, but especially our freshmen." 10 YEARS AGO, 2008: Michigan players carried retir- ing head coach Lloyd Carr off the field after knocking off Urban Meyer and No. 9 Florida in a 41-35 Capital One Bowl shootout. The Wolverines piled up 524 yards while limiting Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow to 154 passing yards. His counterpart, Michigan senior quarterback Chad Henne, proved fully healed from an arm injury that plagued him late in the season. Henne completed 25 of 39 throws for 373 yards with three touchdowns, with senior wideout Adrian Arrington catching nine of them for 153 yards and two scores. Senior tailback Mike Hart rushed 32 times for 129 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while Michigan's defense beat up Tebow and did just enough in the points fest on New Year's Day in Orlando, Fla. "We definitely wanted to do this for Coach Carr," Arrington said. "We wanted to have his legacy end the right way. He kept on telling us, 'Do it for the team' and we kept telling him — 'No, we're doing it for you.'" Carr enjoyed every minute. "To beat a team like Florida is an exciting way to start a new year," he said. "This is extremely meaningful on a per- sonal level . . . to come out with an effort like this and find a way to win creates memories we'll celebrate for years to come." 25 YEARS AGO, 1993: Michigan capped an undefeated season with a 38-31 win over Washington in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1. Tyrone Wheatley ran wild on the Huskies, carrying just 15 times for 235 yards and three touchdowns. Wheatley broke away for TD runs of 88, 56 and 24 yards, earning bowl MVP honors and eventually get- ting elected to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame for the effor t. The Huskies con- trolled the Wolverines in the same venue a year ear- lier, and Wheatley assured head coach Gary Moeller's squad was seeking some payback. " They year before, we hadn't played a team with that kind of team speed," Wheatley said. "They came at us with stuff we hadn't seen before, but we weren't going to use that as an ex- cuse anymore." Instead, Wheatley and the Wolverines ran away with the Granddaddy Of Them All. The U-M tailback gave great credit to an offensive line that manhandled the Huskies. "All the runs just fell into place," he said. "On the 88-yarder, I didn't get touched once." — John Borton THIS MONTH IN MICHIGAN ATHLETICS HISTORY In a 41-35 Capital One bowl victory to cap the 2007 season for U-M, senior wideout Adrian Arrington rose above the rest and hauled in nine catches for a game-high 153 yards and two touchdowns. PHOTO BY AMIR GAMZU/WOLVERINE PHOTO