Preview: Spring Game
WHAT | Michigan v. Michigan |
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WHERE | Michigan Stadium |
WHEN | 1 PM, April 16th 2010 |
THE LINE | Fun –7! |
TELEVISION | BTN live stream (2.99) or BTN tape delay @ 8 PM |
WEATHER | 40 degrees at 8 AM warming to about 47 by game time. Windy, slight chance of rain. |
- Michigan's lots are open and free to the public, but the golf course is closed and Pioneer is charging thirty bucks.
- Stadium gates at 10 AM.
- EIGHT FOOT CHARLES WOODSON BOBBLEHEAD.
With the weather looking slightly nasty, parking probably won't be a problem.
Locker Room Tours: Friday 6:30-8 PM and Saturday 7-9:30 AM.
Alumni Flag Football Game: 11 AM start at Michigan Stadium
Softball vs Northwestern: 6 PM @ Alumni Field, also 3 PM Sunday.
Men's Lacrosse v. Purdue: 7 PM @ Oosterbaan Fieldhouse.
Men's Tennis vs Notre Dame: Noon Sunday.
Michigan Run Defense vs. Michigan
Uh… how about…
A General Philosophy For Watching This Thing
Other than "have a good time with the closest thing to football you'll see in months": paradoxically, you'll probably learn the most by observing the players you've already seen a lot of, because those players will be going up against other Michigan players you don't know anything about and you'll have a baseline to compare them against. Unfortunately, there aren't a whole lot of one-on-one matchups that promise to put an experienced player up against a noob, especially if they don't run ones versus ones. If and when they do:
- Taylor Lewan is likely to be blocking a blitzing Craig Roh, Ryan Van Bergen, or Greg Banks.
- Troy Woolfolk will probably be locked up on an inexperienced wide receiver much of the time he's out there (if he's out there much at all).
- Will Campbell will contend with a couple of guards who we've seen play.
- Experienced tight ends will be going up against Michigan's new spurs and recently deployed linebacker Craig Roh.
Other than that, I'll be doing what most people will: anxiously attempting to see Denard Robinson's rumored improvement, trying to figure out what's up with Justin Turner, doing a hype check on everyone named Gordon, and hoping like hell the first defense seems tough to run against and not particularly prone to giving up the big play. Seeing the 3-3-5 in extended action will be interesting, as well. Also there's that Devin Gardner guy and the tailback war.
There's plenty to check out this year, which will be fun tomorrow and paralyzingly fear-inducing for UConn. A roundup and impressions post of epic length will naturally appear in this space on Monday.
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- The hardware store
- Work on the sprinkler system.
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