Joe Stabnick was freshman at the University of Michigan in 1959. A few months into his first semester, his father died and he returned East to be with his family, eventually graduating from Connecticut. Saturday, he was back at Michigan Stadium for the first time since his freshman year. He ...
Week 1 of the Michigan football season is in the books, and by almost every measure imaginable it had to be considered a success. A renovated Michigan Stadium received rave reviews and a fireworks-and-flyover opening ceremony, a world record number of fans packed the joint and kickoff was preceded by ...
Note: Story updated at 9:41 p.m. A few times Saturday, Denard Robinson talked so fast that he needed to repeat himself in the huddle. “We’re from Florida, so our slang, the way we talk, is different,” wide receiver Martavious Odoms said. “So some of the plays, he’s got a certain ...
Michigan Stadium, refurbished after a four-year, $226 million renovation, offers college football fans different views. A record 113,090 fans watched the Michigan football team beat UConn, 30-10, on Saturday. Here's a bit of what they saw, including a peek into a suite.
Editor's note: A sentence about Tate Forcier leaving the field after the game was removed. “All you need to know is I’m out.” - Tate Forcier Less than a minute had passed since the Michigan football team beat Connecticut, 30-10, in the season opener and sophomore quarterback Tate Forcier appeared ...
Randy Edsall had seen it all before. Four times before, the Connecticut coach game-planned for a Rich Rodriguez offense, knowing it is predicated on a quarterback capable of picking defenses apart in multiple ways. Four times, his Huskies failed to find a suitable solution. And once Denard Robinson got going ...
Michigan 30, UConn 10: Vincent Smith scored on an 11-yard pass from Denard Robinson. Robinson also had a 43-yard pass play to Terrence Robinson in the 89-yard drive. Record crowd: The announced attendance is 113,090, the largest crowd at Michigan Stadium ... or at any football ever. Third quarter Robinson ...
Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant took a few minutes to chat this week about Connecticut football and what fans should expect to see when the Huskies play in Ann Arbor on Saturday (3:30 p.m., ABC). In many ways, the Huskies sound like a team somewhat like Michigan - secondary ...
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Freshman punter Will Hagerup isn’t trying to be the next Zoltan Mesko, the All-American who now is with the New England Patriots. He's content to use his first season with the Michigan football team to make a name for himself in a special teams department filled with question marks. Hagerup ...
When then Michigan athletic director Bill Martin announced a $226 million plan to overhaul Michigan Stadium in 2006, he knew there would be detractors.
Zach Frazer never imagined it would take a transfer and five seasons before he played at Michigan Stadium. On Saturday, the Connecticut quarterback plans to look around and capture a few memories. “I’ll be enjoying everything,” Frazer said. “Just the general scene and everything, if they are booing us or ...
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Mike Shaw will play for the Michigan football team Saturday. Fitzgerald Toussaint will not. The statuses of the two running backs were the biggest question marks remaining for the Wolverines heading into Saturday’s season opener against UConn (3:30 p.m., ABC) at Michigan Stadium.
Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez will see a familiar opponent Saturday when the Wolverines open the 2010 season. A lot will be new Saturday, from the look of Michigan Stadium to the majority of the defensive backfield and possibly the Michigan quarterback, but seeing Connecticut on the field could give ...
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