The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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THE WOLVERINE 2017 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 11 MICHIGAN FOOTBALL somebody really like? I snore. I used to snore. Now I've got a sleep machine, so I don't snore as much. "You stay up a little bit. You talk, you tell stories, you laugh, and you get to know everybody else in the family. It's amazing. Some- times the coach comes over. There's an uncle, sometimes it's the cousins. I've had some amazing times. You pop a little popcorn and watch some highlights. "[Freshman defensive lineman] Donovan Jeter, we watched an entire playoff game. That was awesome. You get to hear what he was being coached. Now I understand what kind of player he is, things he needs to improve on, things that he does well. "Then you sit down and have a great dinner. You wake up, get breakfast, you go to school, now you meet some of the teachers and counselors. … I went to school with [redshirt freshman kicker] Quinn Nordin … "Education is wasted on the young. It's great to go back to class now." • On knowing what size shoes the Pope would wear: "My wife researched that. I don't know how she found it, but she did find it. She found our holy father is a nine or a nine and a half, I can't remember which — and he also wears orthotics. "He is an amazing, amazing person. Being in his presence … it was life-changing. Beautiful face, smile. Beautiful eyes. But a bur- den, too. You could tell. He's got pain. If Jesus were human, this is what he would look like. That was the experience that I felt. "Thank goodness for my wife, Sarah. She was able to talk. After I handed Pope Francis the helmet and the shoes, I really became like one of those marble statues … "There's a burden there — poverty, injustice, wars — and you could really see that in his eyes. He said to Sarah, 'Pray for me.' Through his words and through his eyes, there was such a goodness and such a holiness that was right there." • On putting himself on the depth chart if he still had eligibil- ity: "Yeah. I've been playing. I play in dreams. I don't ever have any coaching dreams, but I have football dreams still, and I play … "It's young me, but older-me face. Sometimes I'm right back in young me, too. It's a dream, so you don't have a whole lot of control over it. But I'm right in there playing, not coaching. I love those football dreams … "It's usually the fourth quarter. Maybe we've just gotten within seven or within three. Something might have gone bad in the previ- ous series, but I'm usually trotting out and when the dream ends, I'm out there for the final series. I haven't had one where it actually finishes." • On learning to love football: "I've been in love with football since the third day of practice, 1973. Even the third day, I was thinking, 'Hey, do I really need this? I'm a good basketball player. I'm an outstanding shortstop and pitcher.' "I had to tackle the biggest, toughest guy on the team. Your five o'clock shadow? Very similar. He weighed about 130 pounds, and I was like 95. I had to tackle him. Coach said you've got to tackle him … "I got run over, but I was still able to make the tackle. From that day on, I learned that, A, if I'm scared of something, we've got to turn fear into aggression. That was one good lesson that worked. "The other thing was, I love football. I love football. I've got to do this every day. I got a little grittier." • On what he'd be doing if sports were never invented: "Hon- estly, I knew from the very youngest age that I was going to play football as long as I could, then coach, then die. I really haven't thought about deviation from that plan." —John Borton ONLINE: www.identitychecks.com New Customers: To redeem this offer, enter the OFFER CODE from the order form. 3 EASY WAYS TO ORDER! 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