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Michigan's first road game muddied by Notre Dame
BY COURTNEY RATKOWIAK
SOUTH BEND — Even without the rain, the game couldn’t have been sloppier.
In a game that featured seven Michigan fumbles (four lost), 79 penalty yards and two interceptions in the last ten minutes, the Wolverines were trounced 35-17 by Notre Dame on a dreary, overcast afternoon at Notre Dame Stadium.
The Wolverines’ messy play started with the first touch of the game and became progressively worse during the first drive. Boubacar Cissoko lost track of the ball after it hit him on the opening kickoff, forcing the Wolverines to start the drive from their own nine yard line.
The Game: Michigan-Notre Dame Live Blog
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Manningham, Michigan Men shine at Super Bowl XLVI
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BY ALEX LEVINE
Michigan was well-represented at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on Sunday, and it was former Wolverine wide receiver Mario Manningham’s late-game heroics that helped the New York Giants seal their 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots.
Pipkins, Henry shore up interior defensive line corps
- Erin Kirkland/Daily
BY STEPHEN J. NESBITT
Ondre “Pee-Wee” Pipkins, a defensive tackle from Kansas City, joined Willie Henry to form Michigan’s two-man interior lineman haul on National Signing Day. The additions were crucial for a defensive line that graduated three starting seniors this month.
Hoke protects backyard, climbs rankings with 2012 recruiting class
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY STEPHEN J. NESBITT
Brady Hoke and the Michigan football coaching staff eased into their seats in the war room at Schembechler Hall and waited. It was 7 a.m. yesterday — National Signing Day across college football.
• O-LINE: Kalis headlines formidable front
• RECRUITING: Michigan announces 25-man class
Kalis leads Funk's career-best haul on offensive line, but class lacks a center
- Erin Kirkland/Daily
BY TIM ROHAN
Short-handed but not discouraged, Darrell Funk found that the hardest part of his job in 2011 was logistics. With just eight offensive lineman on scholarship — most programs have about 14 — Funk’s graduate assistant, Roy Manning, would joke with Funk that it took him a half hour every day just to figure out the rotations for practice.
SportsMonday Column: Five sons return to Barwis for NFL preparation
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BY TIM ROHAN
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — In a nondescript building 20 minutes outside Ann Arbor, Mike Barwis found a new home for his sons. He’s training them now, for the NFL Combine, for the violent game they love and for life.
SportsMonday Column: The lasting legacy of Joe Paterno
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BY STEPHEN J. NESBITT
Former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr met him. He remembers Paterno’s “competitive spirit, incredible generosity, his honesty, his integrity and his humanity.”
Kiper projects Robinson as one of top wide receiver prospects for 2013 draft
- Erin Kirkland/Daily
BY TIM ROHAN
ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. scoffed at the pundits who thought Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III would be better suited playing wide receiver in the NFL.
Out of second chances, Stonum dismissed from Michigan football team
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BY STEPHEN J. NESBITT
Senior wide receiver Darryl Stonum has been dismissed from the Michigan football team for a violation of team rules, according to a statement released on Tuesday afternoon.
SportsTuesday Column: Hoke's success grounded in grooming future leaders
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY TIM ROHAN
Simply telling the players how to lead wouldn’t be enough. Darrell Funk’s duty was to inspire organic confidence, an idea planted and prepared to sprout yet still originating within oneself.
Tim Rohan: Sugar Bowl performance prompts question, did Robinson learn anything at all?
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY TIM ROHAN
Michigan’s season ended with the sight of Denard Robinson racing across the field, mouth completely agape, screaming at the top of his lungs.
Notebook: Stonum ticketed, Hoke explains brunette girls
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BY KEVIN RAFTERY
The Michigan football team’s second-leading receiver from 2010 didn’t appear in any major stories throughout the Wolverines’ successful 2011 campaign.
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Tim Rohan: Is this how Michigan football is supposed to look?
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY TIM ROHAN
NEW ORLEANS — Lost amongst a sea of teammates and a flurry of maize and blue confetti, Michigan’s Sugar Bowl hero described how he felt.
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Van Bergen plays through injury, finishes storybook career
BY MICHAEL FLOREK
NEW ORLEANS — After fifth-year senior defensive lineman Ryan Van Bergen’s redshirt year, he played in all 49 games. At the Sugar Bowl Tuesday, he had a simple mantra to make sure he made it through his 50th.
