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2007 Michigan roster
This year's Wolverine squad has to replace seven starters on defense and five on offense. But the core on offense remains intact, a
Henne, Hart, Manningham, Arrington and the entire left side of the line return. On defense, there will be NFL-sized shoes to fill.
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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year
2 Shawn Crable OLB 6-5 243 5th
3 Stevie Brown S 6-0 205 So.
4 Brandon Minor RB 6-0 212 So.
5 Charles Stewart S 6-1 203 Sr.
6 Donovan Warren DB 6-0 173 Fr.
7 Chad Henne QB 6-2 226 Sr,
8 Jonas Mouton LB 6-2 235 So.
8 Nick Sheridan QB 6-1 201 So.
9 Anton Campbell S 5-11 194 5th
10 Steven Threet QB 6-5 228 Fr.
12 David Cone QB 6-6 214 So.
13 Greg Mathews WR 6-3 231 So.
14 Matt Hornaday S 5-10 200 Jr.
14 Morgan Trent CB 6-1 184 Sr.
15 Ryan Mallett QB 6-7 252 Fr.
16 Adrian Arrington WR 6-3 195 Sr.
17 Toney Clemons WR 6-2 205 Fr.
17 Lee Mondol QB 6-2 205 So.
18 Antonio Bass WR 6-0 204 Jr.
18 Ben Wright WR 5-9 203 Sr.
20 Mike Hart RB 5-9 202 Sr.
21 Junior Hemingway WR 6-3 202 Fr.
22 Jamar Adams S 6-2 214 Sr.
22 Doug Rogan S 6-1 175 Fr.
23 Carlos Brown RB 6-0 209 So.
24 Kevin Grady RB 5-9 224 Jr.
25 Johnny Sears CB 6-0 185 Jr.
26 Zion Babb WR 6-1 180 Fr.
27 Shakir Edwards DB 6-0 206 Sr.
27 Brandon Harrison CB/S 5-8193 Jr.
28 Jordan Reilly LS/S 5-9 178 Fr.
29 Jon Coonver WR 6-2 198 So.
29 Troy Woolfolk DB 6-0 174 Fr.
30 James Rogers II DB 6-1 169 Fr.
31 Brandent Englemon S 5-11 206 5th
32 Vince Helmuth FB 6-1 248 Fr.
33 Marell Evans LB 6-3 224 Fr.
34 Jason Gingell K 5-9 190 Sr.
34 Avery Horn RB 5-10175 Fr.
35 Doug Dutch Jr. CB 5-11 199 Sr.
35 Jim Potempa RB 5-6 171 Fr.
37 Chris Graham LB 5-11 225 Sr.
38 Artis Chambers S 6-1 185 Fr.
38 Mike Milano RB 5-7 187 Jr.
39 Will Heininger DE 6-5 223 Fr.
39 Ankit Kachhal P 6-1 192 5th
40 Michael Williams Jr. DB 5-11 178 Fr.
41 Zoltan Mesko P 6-4 242 Jr.
42 Chris McLaurin TE 6-3 232 Jr.
43 Bryan Wright K 6-1 218 So.
44 Mark Moundros FB 6-1 231 So.
45 Obi Ezeh LB 6-2 243 So.
46 Brandon Logan LB 6-0 220 Jr.
49 John Thompson ILB 6-1 237 Sr.
50 David Molk OL 6-2 280 Fr.
50 Ohene Opong-Owusu LB 6-1 235 Jr.
51 Max Pollock LB 6-1 218 5th
52 Stephen Schilling OL
53 Ryan Van Bergen DE
54 Austin Panter ILB
55 Brandon Graham DE
57 Zac Ciullo OL
57 Adam Kraus OL
58 Brandon Herron LB
59 Sean Griffin LS
59 Lawrence Perry DL
60 David Moosman OL
61 Patrick Lyall OL
62 Tim McAvoy OL
62 Jon Saigh DT
63 Brendan Lopez LS
64 Grant DeBenedictis OL
65 Justin Boren OL
66 William Bostic LB
67 Terrance Taylor DT
68 Bryant Nowicki OL
69 Michael Ramirez OL
70 Jeremy Ciulla OL
71 Mark Ortmann OL
72 Mark Huyge OL
6-5 298 So.
6-5 260 Fr.
6-2 232 Jr.
6-2 270 So
6-0 270 Fr.
6-6 295 5th
6-2 199 Fr.
6-2 238 Sr.
6-1 280 Fr.
6-4 290 Jr.
6-0 277 Sr.
6-5 290 Jr.
6-4 294 Sr.
6-0 244 Fr.
6-5 304 Sr.
6-3 310 So.
5-9 211 So.
6-0 308 Jr.
6-8 305 So.
6-2 277 So.
6-4 295 Sr.
6-6 297 Jr.
6-6 286 Fr.
73 Alex Mitchell DL 6-5 324 Sr.
74 Brett Gallimore DT 6-4 280 Sr.
75 Cory Zirbel OL 6-5 295 Jr.
77 Jake Long OL 6-7 315 5th
79 Perry Dorrestein OL 6-7 299 So.
80 Martell Webb TE 6-4 227 Fr.
81 Steve Watson TE 6-4 239 Fr.
82 LaTerryal Savoy WR 6-2 205 Jr.
83 Mike Massey TE 6-4 231 Sr.
84 K.C. Lopata K 6-2 226 Sr.
84 David Middleton WR 6-2 202 So.
85 Carson Butler TE 6-4 247 Jr.
86 Mario Manningham WR 6-0 178 Jr.
88 Andre Criswell TE 6-1 257 Jr.
89 Tim North DE 6-1 261 Jr.
90 Tim Jamison DE 6-3 266 Sr.
91 Tom Pomarico OL 6-3 246 Fr.
91 Marques Slocum DT 6-6 306 So.
92 Greg Banks DE 6-4 262 So.
92 Jason Olesnavage K 6-4 207 Jr.
93 Jason Kates DT 6-3 324 So.
94 John Ferrara DT 6-4 279 So.
95 Renaldo Sagesse DL 6-4 303 Fr.
96 Mike Therman TE 6-3 238 So.
97 Will Johnson DT 6-5 290 Sr.
99 Sam Buckman K 6-4 204 So.
99 Adam Patterson DE 6-2 256 So.
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consin still hove gooses agoinst Penn State.
con- Wisconsin and Ohio State. If they
win those three games, they will
ical most likely go undefeated in the
lichi- Big Ten, and that's a guaranteed
t, a Rose Bowl bid. Pretty good for a
rence team that, by the way everyone's
hing, talking, you'd think is one of the
istsea- worst in America.
ines See BROMWICH, Page 9B
This season's not over y
PETSER SCHOT TENFELS/Daily
Sophomore Bryan Wright (43), senior K.C. Lopata (84), junior Jason Olesnavage (92) and senior Jason Gingell (34) have all learned the tricks of their trade from predecessor Garrett Rivas.
Life after Rivas
By KEVIN WRIGHT
Daily Sports Editor
Senior kicker Jason Gingell pon-
dered a reporter's question about
what would go through his mind when
he lined up for a game-winning field
goal.
"I don't know to be honest with you,"
Gingell said at Michigan Media Day in
early August. "I can't really compare
it to anything, because I haven't done
it."
It took just., one game before the
first-year starter felt the sinking feel-
ing of missing such a kick. His 37-yard
attempt with six seconds left didn't
even have a chance to split the uprights
after Appalachian State's Corey Lynch
swatted it to the field turf.
The Mountaineers' kicker, Julian
Rauch, speculated on the emotions
Gingell felt after Lynch thwarted his
chance to be the hero.
"First, he's probably jealous of my
situation," said Rauch, whose kick 20
seconds earlier held up as the game
winner. "Then, he's thinking about his.
He hates it for himself, he looks at his
teammates and their disappointment
and his heart is hurting for everyone.
A lot of the blame and the eyes get
looked on his part, but it's really a team
effort."
After the graduation of four-year
starter Garrett Rivas, the place-kick-
ing position was a question mark for
Michigan heading into the 2007 sea-
son.
Rivas was thrown into the same
situation as his replacements when he
arrived on campus five years ago. The
Wolverines had just cycled through
a combination of Philip Brabbs and
Adam Finley before Rivas settled into
the position. Four years later, he had
been named to the 2006 All-Big Ten
team and walked away from Michigan
the leader in career points.
Carr dubbed Gingell Rivas's succes-
sor more than a week before the open- posts with the game on the line?
er.
And Gingell quickly saw the down-
side to stepping onto Michigan Sta-
dium and feeling the finger of blame
point in his direction.
Following the miss, Gingell, a Michi-
gan fan since childhood, slowly trotted
off the field, eyes cast to his feet after
running Lynch out of bounds to end
the game.
Now, he'll just have to follow his
own advice.
"You just got to leave it behind you,"
Gingell said back on media day. "You
just got to forget about it and stick it
the next time. It doesn't matter any-
more. It's history. You can't do any-
thing about it."
The story for the first game has
already been written, but what kind
of a character would relish the love-
hate role of the Michigan place kick-
er? What does it take to block out the
110,000 fans and zone in on two yellow
The preparation
Michigan coach Lloyd Carr casts an
imposing shadow.
The coach always stands behind
the kickers during the scrimmage in
practice and offers one piece of advice:
"Make sure you don't miss."
Senior K.C. Lopata says it's Carr's
attempt at distraction, and it's the
kicker's job to move past the glare.
The three competitors - sophomore
Bryan Wright, Lopata and Gingell - for
the job Gingell won have never experi-
enced game-time pressure as Wolver-
ines, but their coaches do their best to
simulate it.
offensive coordinator Mike DeBord,
who works closely with the kickers,
along with Carr gather the entire team
around the group during the special
teams session in practice, which fea-
tures some unique trash talk.
See KICKERS, Page 11B
T he Michigai footall teaim
lost last weekend, and for
some reason, this campus
is making a big deal about it.
I under-
stand the
national
media is '
claiming this
is the biggest
upset in the
history of
upsets, and
that's fine, DANIEL
and yes, it's BROMWICH
mortifying Broms Away
and the team
and coaching
staff should be embarrassed,
but why is every Michigan stu-
dent talking like the season is
over?
So the Wolverines lost a game,
they lost it to a Football Cham-
pionship Subdivision team and
it happened in a year when they
expected to contend for the
national title.
Now they don't have a chance
to be in the National Champion-
ship game since nobody would
vote for a team with a loss to such
a seemingly inferior opponent,
especially one of this magnitude.
I must be mistaken with the
way everybody's talking, but isn't
that the only thing they've lost?
Nobody got injured on Satur-
day, andcthe leansmade key chang-
es to the depths chart that should
improve results throughout the
rest of the season. True freshman
Donovan Warren, the No. 3 corner-
back in the nation, replaced cor-
nerback Johnny Sears at halftime
and, barring unforeseen events,
should have the job for the rest of
the season. That gives him valu-
able experience before the meat of
the Big Ten schedule. Fifth-year
senior Brandent Englemon took
sophomore safety Stevie Brown's
spot, offering the Wolverines an
experienced sidekick for senior
Jamar Adams.
It's much better that Michigan
fixed these personnel problems
early in the year rather than realiz-
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