Correction: The second note, "Brown revitalized," was not originally posted in its entirety in the online version of this article.

After Lloyd Carr's retirement, new Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez didn't miss a beat.

At least when it comes to the Women's Football Academy. The event, which Rodriguez said he heard about soon after being hired and wanted to continue, began under Carr. Originally a benefit for the Coach Carr Cancer Fund, it was held for the 10th-straight year Saturday despite a coaching change and construction on Michigan Stadium.

The clinic raised more than $101,000 for the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The event was put together in just seven weeks this year. Usually planning begins in November.

Participants cycled between stations run by position coaches and coordinators in Oosterbaan Fieldhouse and Ray Fisher Stadium. They learned such things as how to run a pass route from wide receivers coach Tony Dews and how to read a quarterback and break on the ball from defensive coordinator Scott Shafer.

"Any coach is going to try to take the concepts and simplify them," Shafer said. "So we're doing the same thing here at the clinic - trying to simplify some things and actually teach them about football."

Rodriguez roamed between stations, but settled at the quarterback training for much of the day.

Several players came to the clinic, and many camped out in the weight room, where Mike Barwis, director of strength and conditioning, led the women in stretches.

"To see that Mike was so serious, making them doing it exactly right, was kind of funny," said senior defensive tackle Terrance Taylor.

Most of the coaches were relaxed on the sunny afternoon, using the day to calmly teach football. But moments of competitiveness came out of the coaches.

"I actually think they like it when we yell at them," Rodriguez said.

Brown revitalized: The preseason hype for then-sophomore free safety Stevie Brown was nearly deafening last year.

But there was hardly a whisper when Brown was benched after the Wolverines allowed three touchdowns and 249 yards in the first half of Michigan's season opener against Appalachian State.

"It may have been complacency, or it may have been satisfaction thinking I made it," Brown said. "So right now, I'm trying to stay as far away from that as possible. I'm trying to keep the hunger every day."

Over the next few weeks, Brown considered transferring as coaches told him if he improved in practice, he would get more playing time.

"And then weeks gone by and I'm still sitting on the bench," said Brown, who played in each of the Wolverines' 13 games, but started just the first. "I know I'm playing well in practice. I was just like, 'Something's not adding up here. And I was like, 'I don't see why I should be out here if coaches are going to lie me,' things like that. I mean, that's what I was thinking. They really weren't lying to me. I just wasn't doing as well as I thought I was doing."

Brown's parents reminded the Columbus, Ind. native how much he loved Michigan growing up, and he decided to stick it out.

Brown will likely begin the season
as the starting free safety again this year, and he has taken steps to ensure he will keep the job. He has been watching film of Michigan's first three opponents, even spending time at home to do so.

"I watched film a little bit here and there, but I was never really like a student of the game," Brown said. "I would watch it so if the coaches asked me, I could be like 'Yeah, I watched it.' "

Brown sees himself as one of the leaders on the defense and said even when he didn't start last year, many of his teammates went to him with questions. He said he has done well with identifying trends in the film when he actually focused on it. With that added knowledge, Brown should be much more of an asset

On second thought: Taylor, who was All-Big Ten second team last year, started the spring game on the second team this year. He shuffled between the first and second team in the game.

Taylor said his place on the depth chart was due to "clashing" between himself and the new coaches as they got used to each other's personalities.

"Situations happen, problems occur," Taylor said. "But as the (spring) season went on, things worked out. I'm going to go out there and play. No matter if I'm third, fourth, fifth team, I'm going to go out and play like I'm on the first team, so it wasn't a big deal."

One more time: Freshman wide receiver Darryl Stonum clarified the controversy that surrounded the No. 1 jersey Saturday.