Wednesday Quick Hits: Witty Still Hasn’t Qualified

By Sean · Wednesday, September 2, 2009 · 4:44 AM |  Share | 1 Comment 

• One of Rich Rodriguez’s partners in the project that resulted in him getting sued is a banned Clemson booster who has racked up five felonies for breach of trust with fraudulent intent.  He allegedly stole money Rodriguez and the other investors, which could help explain how Rodriguez is a victim in this.  The reason Rodriguez is getting sued is because, according to the bank that is doing the suing, he is “the financial strength behind the loan.”
• Cornerback Adrian Witty retook the SAT again in hopes of qualifying.  He doesn’t know when the results will be out, but even if it was tomorrow and he did qualify, it’s probably too late for him to see any real playing time.  Realistically, if he ends up on campus at all, the chances of him being redshirted are probably close to 100%.  To miss all of fall camp and not arrive until after the season would leave him extremely behind.
• Mike Patrick and Craig James are the announcers for Saturday’s game against Western Michigan.  The last time Patrick announced a Michigan game was the 2008 Capital One Bowl (Lloyd Carr’s final game).  While he has an interesting personality, I hope Patrick is able to correctly say the players’ names this time around.  If I had a nickel for every time Adrian Arrington was called Adrian Harrington, I’d be rich.
• Click here for a coverage map of Saturday’s 3:30 games.  Even if Michigan’s game isn’t going to be shown on ABC for you, I believe it will be shown on ESPN or ESPN2.
• It obviously could still change, but the predicted weather for Saturday looks very promising.
• Although Inkster got beat by Ann Arbor Pioneer last Saturday in dramatic fashion, Devin Gardner played extremely well.  Gardner seems to continually be improving, at least he is in Rivals’ eyes.  Gardner is now the No. 53 in the 2010 recruiting class, the top player in the state of Michigan, and the best quarterback in the country.  That is quite a list of accolades.  (Highlights of Gardner from last Saturday can be found at mgoblog.)
• Lloyd Carr was recently interviewed by FOX 17, and it was interesting to see how uncomfortable he got when the subject turned to Rich Rodriguez.  I don’t know if this was shot before the whole practicegate thing happened or not, but Carr’s demeanor definitely changed when Rodriguez was mentioned.
• The Toledo Blade looked at the friendship Elliott Mealer and Kevin Koger had even before coming to Michigan because of their days of playing AAU basketball.
• Someone on mgoblog posted a hilarious picture made in Microsoft Paint that shows how David Cone lost his number to Denard Robinson.
• John Kryk, who wrote a book about the Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry, analyzed the presentation of the Free Press’ investigation article for The Wolverine.
• UMTailgate was featured in ESPN SportsCenter’s Blog Buzz segment.
• WolverineHistorian uploaded highlights of Michigan’s 38-0 win against Notre Dame from 2003.
• Michigan’s volleyball team is ranked 7th in the nation after upsetting Nebraska, which was ranked 3rd, and beating Kansas State, which was ranked 22nd.  This is the highest Michigan has ever been ranked in its history.
• The Pac-10 is officially part of the Alamo Bowl starting in the 2010-11 season.
• The Motor City Bowl is now known as the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.  It was originally going to be called the Little Caesars Pizza Pizza Bowl, but one “Pizza” was removed, making it sound a little less cheesy.
• Iowa running back Jewel Hampton is out for the season because of a knee injury.