8B - Monday, April 14, 2008 SportsMonday i The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2008 Spring Game Depth Chart 4 FS 1. Junior Stevie Brown 2. Sophomore Artis Chambers WLB 1. Redshirt sophomore Jonas Mouton 2. Senior Brandon Logan SS 1. Senior Charles Stewart 2. Redshirt freshman Michael Williams SLB 1. Senior Austin Panter 2. Redshirt freshman Brandon Herron MLB 1. Redshirt sophomore Obi Ezeh 2. Fifth-year senior John Thompson CB 1. Fifth-year senior Morgan Trent 2. Fifth-year senior Doug Dutch DE 1. Fifth-year senior Tim Jamison 2. Redshirt freshman Ryan Van Bergen DT 1. Redshirt sophomore John Ferrara 2. Junior Marques Slocum DT 1. Fifth-year senior Will Johnson 2. Senior Terrance Taylor DE 1. Junior Brandon Graham 2. Redshirt sophmore Greg Banks CB 1. Sophomore Donovan Warren 2. Sophomore Troy Woolfolk WR 1. Junior Greg Matthews 2. Redshirt junior LaTerryal Savoy LT 1. Redshirt junior Mark Ormann 2. Redshirt sophomore Bryant Nowicki LG 1. Redshirt junior Tim McAvoy 2. Redshirt freshman Mark Huyge RB 1. Redshirt junior Kevin Grady 2. Sophomore Jim Potempa C 1. Redshirt junior David Moosman 2. Redshirt freshman David Mok QB 1. Redshirt freshman Steven Threet 2. Redshirt sophomore Nick Sheridan RG 1. Redshirt junior Cory Zirbel 2. Redshirt freshman Zac Ciullo RT 1. Redshirt sophomore Stephen Schilling 2. Redshirt sophomore Perry Dorrestein TE 1. Redshirt junior Carson Butler 2. Sophomore Martell Webb WR 1. Sophomore Toney Clemons 2. Freshman Daryl Stonum I RB 1. Junior Brandon Minor 2. Redshirt freshman Avery Horn *This depth chart represents a best approximation of the first- and second-string offense and defense from Saturday's spring game at Saline High School. Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said several players were injured who would have otherwise been on one of these two units. He also said that many incoming freshmen will challenge for playing time this fall. SPRING GAME From page 1B ing spring practice. Fifth-year senior defensive tackle Will John- son won the Meyer Morton Award. Brown and running back Bran- don Minor shared the Frederickt Matthaei Award for juniors. Line- backer Obi Ezeh and right tacklev Stephen Schilling, both redshirts, earnedthe Sophomore Award. And redshirt freshman defensive end Ryan Van Bergen took the John F. Maulbetsch Award. Redshirt junior center David' Moosman won the Dan Dierdorf Award.c The best all-around conditioned athletes in each position group Y - redshirt freshman David Molk (lineman), senior linebacker Aus- tin Panter (middle) and Brown (skill) - were also honored. Though the spring game was originally scheduled to be the final practice, one a couple weeks ago was cancelled in order to hold more team meetings. The Wolver- ines will have to suit up on more: time for their 15th and spring prac-s tice Wednesday.W "We knew this was coming, sAID ALSALAH/Oaily sadly enough," fifth year senior Redshirt freshman Steven Threet scrambles during Michigan's spring practice on cornerback Morgan Trent said. Saturday at Saline High School. .................... ..................................................................................................................... BELL From page 2B the many museums I neglected to explore over the past four years is the crux of my true education over the past four years. Back then, the Student Publi- cations Building at 420 Maynard wasn't exactlya marvel of modern architecture, with more reported cases of asbestos-caused harm than redeeming qualities. Over the lastfour years, the home of the Michigan Daily has moved, been torn down, been rebuilt and been transformed into a state-of-the- art facility for young journalists. As cool as that transformation has been, though, it's not the building that's been so instrumental for me and the other outgoing seniors. The building itself had nothing to do with the lifelong friendships I made. The building itself wasn't there for mind-numbing roadtrip games, Caasa Bonita or "the night" in Orlando. The building itself didn't provide me amazing oppor- tunities like appearing on ESPN, covering a Rose Bowl, covering a game at Madison Square Garden, covering Michigan's lone Nation- al Championship over the past four years or meeting legends like Bo Schembechler and Lloyd Carr. The building is great, but it's the Daily itself that has given me so much. It has taught me every valuable skill I have obtained over the past four years. I've learned how to deal with people. The Daily is like a crazy social experiment. It's taking people with different philoso- phies, backgrounds, ideas and egos, throwing them into the fire and making them work together to put out the best product imag- inable. And somehow it works, with no - OK, very few - injuries in the process. I've learned how to lead. Over time, I've learned how to bend when necessary but also how to be a dick if the situation calls for it. I've learned how to deal with setbacks. I learned early on that you can put absolutely everything you have into obtaining some- thing you think is the only thing that matters and still end up empty-handed. And I've learned it's even more fulfilling when you finally get it. I've learned how to not take myself so seriously. If there's one thing IScan stress to anyone that's a) made it this far and b) is some- how looking to me for advice, it's this: Do your job, do it damn well, but make sure you're having a great time while you do it. I've learned how to manage time. Shockingly, working 60 hours a week, taking 16 credits a semester and trying to have some semblance of a personal life is a quasi-difficult task. Despite what some readers believe, judging by some e-mails I've gotten, I've learned how to write. From long features to quick deadlines, the Daily has given me skills that 17 years of writ- ing instruction couldn't quite get across. I've learned how to shut up when necessary. This one's still a work in progress, though. I've learned to give thanks when it's due. So thank you to everyone who has made this experience so incredible. Thanks to my parents for their sacrifices, to my co-workers for their dedi- cation, to my roommates for their understanding, to my friends for the much-needed occasional Daily distraction, to girlfriends for much-needed and more-fun- than-what-my-guy-friends-can- give much-needed occasional Daily distraction, to the readers for their feedback, to those who came before me for their example, to those who are following for their potential and to Michigan State for being Michigan State (love ya, little bro). I've learned there's more to life than straight A's. That there are more important things than sim- ply playing things by the book. That it's OK to do what feels right instead of doing what's supposed to feel right. So take your historical dates, your scientific methods and your put-me-to-sleep-on-the- extremely-rare-occasion-I-actu- ally-went-to-them-in-the-first-place lectures. I'll take practical skills and hands-on experience any day of the week. Maybe this is just a rationaliza- tion for my less-than-sterling 3.1 grade point average. Maybe it's my last chance to make a recruit- ing pitch to students about the Daily and just how amazing an experience it can be. Maybe I'm just rambling and refusing to end this column because I'm terri- fied of what happens when I don't have my SportsMonday Column anymore. When I don't have the Daily to turn to. When my Uni- versity of Michigan experience is over. There's probably some truth to all of that. But I can truly say I'll take this college experience over any other one. I'll take the Daily over any paper. And I'll take my friends and colleagues I've met here over any other group. It has been a hell of a ride. An even better one than I ever could have envisioned. Thanks. - Bell can be reached at scotteb@umich.edu 4 a 40 NOTEBOOK From page 1B AROUND THE HORN: Redshirt freshman Avery Horn is the quick- est player running backs coach Fred Jackson has ever seen play for the Wolverines. Jackson has been at Michigan for 16 years and coached eight backs drafted into the NFL - not includ- ing Mike Hart. As a high school junior, Horn ran a 100-meter dash in 10.5 seconds, about three tenths of a second slow- er than the Michigan track and field record. In Saturday's scrimmage, Horn displayed that speed.He regu- larly found open space, explod- ing through the gaps and eluded defenders. "I really like his attitude," Rodri- guez said. "He's eager to learn. Obviously, he's behind a couple of veterans there, but it's going to be interesting to see how these guys do this sum- mer." On one play midway through the practice, he ran the ball to the left side, juked to avoid a defender and move into space near the left sideline and sprinted upfield before being tackled after a gain of more than 20 yards. In addition to helping him com- pete for playing time at running back, Horn's combination of speed and agility should make him a can- didate to return kicks this fall. 1 ARE YOU AN INTERNET GURU? The Daily is looking for students who know CSS, PHP and HTML to work on its new website. E-mail Andrew Grossman at grossman@michigandaily.com i L (,) ( ~, t, f 5 ) e , A A stealthy new thriller by rising novelist, Kennebrew Surant, Life on the Line spins the story of Danny Summers end, an ex-hitman who comes out of retirement after his twenty-six year old daughter is killed in an unsolved hit-and-run accident. Summers end heads to Detroit in search of the culprit and soon receives information about a woman who may have killed his daughter because of a suspected illicit affair between the woman's husband and Summers end's daughter. 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