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According to A2.com's Kyle Meinke, Brady Hoke intends to begin reserving the number 2 jersey for the top Michigan cornerback. Also, no one will wear the number 1 jersey this year.

The first-year head coach said Friday at the Big Ten media days in Chicago he not only will continue the tradition of handing out the No. 1 jersey to Michigan’s top receiver, but hopes to institute a similar decorum for the No. 2 jersey.

He would like to save that number for Michigan’s top cornerback.

Hoke, who coached on that 1997 team’s defensive staff, was asked if any of Michigan’s talented wideouts would wear the No. 1 this year.

“No, they gotta earn it,” Hoke said. “And they’re going to have to earn No. 2, after (Vincent Smith) is gone.”

How does Nebraska-Iowa become "The Heroes Game"? I guess Chilren of the Corn has a copyright. Since this seems so retarded and completely made up, I wonder if this tweet from CBS is not completely accurate http://twitter.com/#!/McMurphyCBS/statuses/96915912682250241.

If these guys can claim Heroes, I say it is time to reopen the naming for other trophy games in the conference. Not sure if you have any better ideas, but there has to be a few marketing majors on the board..

Was perusing another Michigan blog and found a cloud tag graphic created from a transcript of Hoke's presser at yesterday's B10 media event.

As coachspeak is an artform in itself, I thought it would be fun to share that graphic along with similar graphics I created for comparison using transcripts from some of our rival coaches.   In case you're interested in the tool used to create the tag clous, check out www.wordle.net.

EDIT: Resized graphics to better avoid 'nom nom nom' on sidebar.

Note: Click images for larger size.

Coach Hoke:  In a word, TREMENDOUS!   (courtesy of TheWolverineBlog)

Coach Paterno

Coach Dantonio

Coach Fickell

As folks are now aware, The Dean of Discipline referred to Saint Jim Tressel as a "Tragic Hero" at the Big Ten Media Days.  Given that the scoreboard webcam cannot capture the back of the board work, it seems there's not much else to ponder today (not expecting BBQ commitments until later in the weekend).  So, I thought I'd toss it out for the good people herein to suggest others who fit that label just as well as Tressel.

Some suggestions for parallels to Tres the Tragic Hero:

-Puff the Magic Dragon
-Ron Artest
-Plaxico Burress
-Casey Anthony
-Kwame Kilpatrick
-Rich (just kidding...do you really think I was going there?) -ard Nixon
-Maurice Clarett
-etc.

Oh, football season...please start.

Here is the new NFL league minimums as I read through the contract. Thought maybe some would like to see it.

Year 0 is the rookie year.

Edit: Added the 3 previous years scale