Troy Woolfolk and his Dog on MGoBlue
In case you're looking for light Michigan Football (or Field Hockey) related reading, MGoBlue has an article on Troy Woolfolk's Dog, and Katie Adams' Cat and Others. Troy's dog stories usually make you chuckle, and this one delivers when he is asked:
Could your pet play your sport? Who on your team is most like your pet and why?
This will be kind of offensive but it will be the truth. Yes, my dog could play football and I would have to say he would play inside slot. And the most closely related player I can compare him would be Martavious Odoms because they're both low to the ground, kind of shifty and kind of crazy when they run. Julius has good speed but he's not as fast as me. I run with him a lot. I have a lot random pictures of us running over at the dog park.
There are pictures of Troy and his best friend as well.
Oh my lord, this is one massive cat Katie Adams has. Look at that thing, it's bigger than her upper half.
That thing looks like an adolescent lion.
» Could your cat play your sport? Who on your team is most like your cat and why?
Again Chip is not in the best of shape. I would have to say Chip most resembles Christi Barwick. They are both really nice.
And... that's the whole quote.
she could have gone down as one of our favorite athletes. The correct answer to this question was:
"He's not on my team, but the cat most resembles Justin Boren. They're both big pussies."
I learned that our cat is part Maine Coon (12 pounds not fat) after years of taking her to the vet and having people tell us "That's a huge cat!" (Imagine "That's a huge b!tch" from Duece Bigalo), when finally someone told us she was part Maine Coon. We looked it up and found out that the males could be up to 30 lbs without being fat, just huge cat's. It also explained a lot of her weird traits as she likes water and will come when called. There are a lot of crazy cats out there, but if you end up getting one, I recommend checking one of these out since they are much more dog like than most cats.
Bryan Hogan's story at the end of the article was the best.
» Does it have any special skills or attributes?
Gee, I don't know. He is trained, but he has this thing for peeing on Chad Langlais' bed.
» Could your pet play your sport? Who on your team is most like your pet and why?
"He would play hockey for sure; he likes playing around with balls while I stick handle. I don't know who he's most like, probablyBrandon Burlon, because he's not that quick mentally but always full of energy. Burlon doesn't chew though.
» What's your best story of achievement or mischief that involves your pet?
He's got this talent, for attracting girls. Every time he sees a girl he will like stop, stare and run. So weird, but probably the best trait I think he has
We just might need that dog to step up at corner if we have some key injuries, it could be the difference between going bowling, or not.
...like this feature. It's a great way to show the human side of Michigan's student-athletes (and coaches).
Some of my favorite quotes:
Coach Hutchins:
I'm one of those dog owners that think there aren't any [bad habits]. He begs, which is my fault. He's not very good with personal space. He thinks your space is his space. He'll walk over you. If he happens to be sleeping in the bed with you he just walks over your head. He doesn't bother to lift his feet. But he's very affectionate. He loves his people.
Dogs are nothing but mischief. That's the beauty of them. They're happy no matter what. They just see the good in everything. You never see a dog have a bad attitude. You never see them have a bad day. He does mope around a bit when I'm clearly leaving. They really give good lessons to people because they're really simple. They don't need much, they just need love and they give love unconditionally. And they get love unconditionally because I don't care how mad I get at that dog I love him. It's a good lesson to be reminded of with people sometimes. [Clearly Hutch knows dogs.]
T-Wolf:
He does this one thing where if he sees anything nasty on the ground he likes to roll in it. I don't know why he does it. [Because he's part Beagle. My Bassett Hound and Beagle-Basset mix (Bagle) do the same thing.]
Also, there was some sort of senior dinner last year that I missed. Julius got sick and I had to take him to the doctor because my dog comes first. They had to understand that. That's my son. [Indeed.]
Me too. There was one last year about Coner and Moosman doing Macbeth. It's nice to see these guys have a little time to pursue life outside of football and academics.
the story Woolfolk told about his dog during a post-game press conference early last season? It was hysterical (if I remember correctly).