Thursday Quick Hits: Michigan to Play in 2010 Legends Classic
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Leave a Comment- The spring game is going to start at 1 p.m. on April 17. Gates to Michigan Stadium will open at 10 a.m., and the festivities will get started at 11 with the alumni flag football game.
- Michigan takes on Iowa in the Big Ten tournament today at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN2. The winner will face Ohio State tomorrow at noon.
- Michigan is officially going to play in the 2010 Legends Classic, a tournament held right after Thanksgiving in Atlantic City. This is the tournament that Michigan State played in last year, and Michigan will be joined in Atlantic City on November 26 and 27 by Syracuse, Georgia Tech, and UTEP.
- Injuries are hampering Michigan’s scout team.
- The CBI is not an option this year, but apparently it may be in the future. Let’s hope it doesn’t ever come to that, though.
- Basketball recruit Jon Horford was finally offered by Michigan.
- Forbes ranked Ann Arbor No. 1 on a list of the best college sports towns.
- The Daily caught up with Charlie White and Meryl Davis to talk about their time in Vancouver during the Olympics.
- Jim Mandich is battling cancer.
- Justin Feagin was sentenced on Tuesday and is now playing football at Texas Southern.
- Notre Dame would prefer to remain independent for football, but it realizes that it may be forced to make changes in the future if conferences start expanding.
Wednesday Quick Hits: U-M Students Win Silver Medal; Shawn Conway Commits to Michigan
- Michigan students Meryl Davis and Charlie White won a silver medal in ice dancing at the Olympics, and fellow students Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates finished 11th.
- Birmingham Seaholm wide receiver Shawn Conway committed to Michigan over the weekend after being offered a scholarship. Conway, Michigan’s third commitment for 2011, is a definite sleeper considering that Michigan is his only offer so far. I know many fans out there are concerned over the fact that Conway has flown under the radar so much, but let’s keep in mind that it is only February. A lot of times players that are sleepers will suddenly jump up in the rankings after their senior year or simply once they gain more attention. That’s not to say that will for sure happen in Conway’s case, but he has good size and good hands, making it seem like he could be a solid possession receiver for Michigan someday. For more on Conway, check out mgoblog.
- AnnArbor.com has a recap and various videos of the Victors Rally that was held on Sunday. The Wolverine Blog also has a few videos from the event.
- Coaches almost decided to play Justin Turner and burn his redshirt last season. Although I imagine he would have helped the secondary, in the long run I think that was a good decision.
- Brandon Graham’s stock soared after the Senior Bowl, and if he manages to run a 4.5 40-yard dash in Indianapolis like he did in practice recently it could continue to be on the rise.
- Bill Martin’s official title from March 8 (after Dave Brandon officially becomes the athletic director) to September 4 of this year will be “special adviser to the president.”
- The USA Today profiled Dave Brandon.
- Fielding Yost was a curler back in the day.
- Five Michigan hockey recruits are in Rivals’ top 50 rankings. Two of them have five stars.
- I think John Beilein’s expression during the Penn State game last Saturday just about sums up my overall expression for Michigan sports since October.
- Beilein doesn’t expect Ben Cronin to play basketball again.
- Michigan has submitted bids to host NIT games for both the men’s and women’s teams. At this point I don’t think Michigan will even have to worry about hosting anything for the men’s NIT.
- UM Hoops and The Wolverine Blog put together a two-part Q&A on where things stand with basketball recruiting.
- Brent Petway is headed to France to play basketball.
- Former Michigan basketball player Dommanic Ingerson was arrested last week in Oakland after stealing a purse and a jacket from two women and proceeding to swim in a lake naked.
- George Sisler, who played baseball at Michigan from 1913-15, was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
- The Big Ten has hired a research firm to analyze schools that could join the Big Ten. The initial list included 15 schools. Texas was not on the list, but you don’t need to really do research to know how big of an impact adding the Longhorns to the conference would have.
- Michigan Sports Center turned four on Sunday.
