m Thursday, August 7, 2014 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FOOTBALL 'M' to hold scrimmage Aug.16 at Big House PAUL SHERMAN/Daily " Devin Funchess officially moved from tight end to receiver in the offseason and now brings much-needed experience. Funchess' experience guides receiving corps By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The Michigan football team's Oct. 11 game against Penn State won't be the only football played under the lights at Michigan Sta- dium this year. Head coach NOTEBOOK Brady Hoke announced Wednesday that the Wolverines will also hold a scrim- mage Aug. 16 at the Big House, open to the public. Hoke hopes that playing at Michigan Stadium and at 8 p.m. will get his team into a game-ready mindset and prepare them for night games this year, including Penn State, at Notre Dame on Sept. 6 and at Rutgers on Oct. 4. The fact that the public will be able to experience the scrimmage for free also ing in practice. ACL tears last year against Minnesota, Indiana and Central Michigan, respectively, ended their seasons prematurely. Hoke said sophomore tight end Jake Butt is progressing well after an ACL tear in the spring. The only recent injury is sophomore defen- sive back Delano Hill, who broke his jaw in a collision in practice this week. Michigan hopes to have him back for the season opener against Appalachian State on Aug. 30, but it's too soon to tell whether Hill could return. He's doing alternate conditioning, including running and weight lifting, but is not par- ticipating in contact drills. "We're just not going to put him in there where he's got a chance of having a contact or collision," Hoke said. Hoke also INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP Faces in the Crowd: A handful of 109, 318 at Michigan Stadium Countess healthy after May surgery, will wear No. 2 By JAKE LOURIM ManagingSports Editor Junior Devin Funchess has always been near the top of the depth chart, and he has always been a target, whether at tight end or wide receiver. This year, something is differ- ent: He's finally one of the more experienced NOTEBOOK players, too. With wide receiver Jeremy Gallon drafted into the NFL, Funchess - now officially a wide receiver after coming into the program as a tight end - fills Gallon's role as a top receiver and go-to target for fifth-year senior quarterback Devin Gardner. So Funchess will be counted on to provide more than just leadership, but he's taking the responsibility of being a second- year starter seriously. "I came in, and we only had Mike Kwiatkowski and Brandon Moore," Funchess said. "They got hurt, so I looked to one per- son. Now you have Jehu and me and (fifth-year senior) Anthony Capatina to look to in our room. I just embrace it. I just want to help people be the best they can be on the field." For the soft-spoken Funchess, that includes leading by example on the field with his work ethic, which he said has improved since last season. But it also includes mentoring some of the young receivers on the team, including incoming freshmen Drake Har- ris and Freddy Canteen. "Coming into college, every- thing is brand new," Funchess said. "They ask questions and questions and questions like a kid in a candy store. I just try to answer all the questions I can as best as possible." Funchess will have to fig- ure out the answers to his own questions as he learns the new offense put in place by first- year offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier. "My football IQ is off the charts," Funchess said. "I knew all the positions, made sure I knew all the formations and just got everybody set when we were doing summer 7-on-7s." COUNTESS HEALTHY AGAIN: Redshirt junior Blake Countess has the hype. He has been mentioned on two award watch lists this summer - the Bronco Nagurski Trophy and the Jim Thorpe Award - and was selected to wear the famous No. 2 jersey this fall. Now, he says he has the health he'll need to back it up. Countess, who missed the final 12 games of the 2012 season with a torn ACL, had surgery in late May to repair an abdominal inju- ry that bothered him throughout last season. The abdominal pain limited his mobility, and though he never missed a start, he men- tioned it to coaches and trainers as the year went on. "I played all last year banged up a little bit," he said. "I recov- ered fine, and I'm going into camp at 100 percent." Still, Countess was realistic about his improvement heading into this season. "I don't know if I feel super- human, but I definitely feel bet- ter," he said with a smile. "I feel healthy. Going into camp, I feel just where I felt last year." That could mean a big season for a player who was recently given the former jersey num- ber of Heisman winner Charles Woodson. He always wanted to wear the jersey after growing up admiring players like Wood- son and Deion Sanders, and after conversations with head coach Brady Hoke, he will be given the honor this season. excites Hoke. Hoke said his decision isn't a reflection of the team's recent performance in openers - he noted that last year's opener, a 59-9 rout of Cen- tral Michigan, was one of the Wolverines' best p the season. "Really, they w front of people, so play in front of peoj Through three ahead of next we mage, Hoke said appears to have smooth transition into camp. "We took advant we could spend w summer, which is n "It was good for u older guys - if you' play, you're old en done a nice job of ing. There's a nice team." INJURY UPDA won't start practi pads until Friday, I Wolverines are rela Junior defensive Pipkins, fifth-year sive lineman Joey redshirt sophomor Drake Johnson are announced Sunday that "Our older guys sophomore wide receiver Csont'e they've done a York is suspend- ed indefinitely nice job of being for an unspeci- fied violation of demanding." team rules. SHUFFLING THE SECOND- ARY: Hill's inju- erformances of ry has provided the opportunity for some other players to get a few 'ant to play in extra reps in the secondary, where let's have them the distribution of playing time is ple," he said. still undecided. days of camp, True freshman Brandon Wat- eekend's scrim- son, an early enrollee last spring, the team also has gotten a number of reps at undergone a safety. Junior Jarrod Wilson, who from summer started eight games at safety last season, has also contributed. tage of the time Hoke also mentioned sophomore ith them in the Dymonte Thomas, redshirt sopho- ew," Hoke said. more Jeremy Clark and finally s that way. Our sophomore walk-on AJ Pearson as re old enough to contributors. ough - they've Despite Hill's injury, top recruit being demand- Jabrill Peppers is still focusing on bond with this strictly nickel. "He's got good recovery skills, kTE: Michigan so he may take a step the wrong cing with full way but he's got make-up speed," but for now, the Hoke said. "He's physical, and he's tively healthy. instinctive. Those things all help, e tackle ,Ondre but that position - if you're in a r senior offen- slot, or you're blitzing him, or it's Burzynski and just man coverage, or are you going e running back to tweak cover-six a little bit - fully participat- there's a lot that's on his plate." ALLISON FARRAND/Daily Mayoral candidate Christopher Taylor receives applause from his supporters at a watch party at the Black Pearl Tuesday. Taylor celeb rates landslide Avictoryinmayoral prhnary Ann Arbor draws thousands from all over the world By MAX BULTMAN and JAKE LOURIM Daily Sports Writer and ManagingSportsEditor The Michigan Athletic Depart- ment said they would come, and they did, in full force. They sport- ed Cristiano Ronaldo jerseys and scarves, and they kicked soccer balls in the parking lot. The fra- ternities looked dormant, but the party went on anyway, with tail- gates filling the lawns on State Street and the stadium parking lots alive as ever. Even before Ronaldo unex- pectedly entered Saturday's game between Real Madrid and Man- chester United, Michigan Sta- dium's soccer experiment was a roaring success. Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti had previously main- tained that the megastar would not play in the record-breaking meeting at the Big House, taking away some of the excitement of the game. But in the 74th min- O a N O NI It 00. hi NS Crowded primary field features four city council candidates By EMMA KERR and SHOHAM GEVA Daily News Editor and ManagingNews Editor Amid a crowded field in the Ann Arbor Democratic mayoral pri- mary, city council member Chris- topher Taylor has won the position, carrying 7,070 of 16,591 votes cast for a total of 47.57 percent. He will face Bryan Kelly, an independent challenger, in the race for city mayor Nov. 4. "This has been truly incredible," Taylor, who declared success at about 10 p.m Tuesday night, said in a victory speech. "Politics is in many varyingwaysaveryhumbling thing to get involved in. I am so delighted that, this night, the form of humbling that I am receiving is one of confidence and trust. For all of you here and the voters of Ann Arbor, I want to thank you. This is incredibly meaningful and I will never forget it." Fellow Councilmembers Stephen Kunselman (D - Ward 3), Sabra Briere (D- Ward 1) and Sally Hart Petersen (D-Ward 2) also ran in the Democratic primary. Total voter turnout was atl16.67 percent. In an interview Tuesday night, Taylor said he sees multiple priori- ties to address for the city. "The city's needs are multivari- able, and our charge is to find the right balance amongthem," he said. "There are big projects that we have: transportation, storm water See MAYOR, Page 2 ute, Ronaldo came onto the pitch and solidified a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all who came to see it. Ann Arbor had the look and feel of a football Saturday, only instead of a sea of maize taking over the town, it was swarms of red and white. Perhaps the biggest difference in atmosphere from a Michigan football game to Saturday's match was the diversity of the people inside the stadium. Everyone wanted to be a part of history - and they were, as the game drew the largest crowd in U.S. soccer history at.109,318 - but they each descended on Ann Arbor by dif- ferent means and with their own story to tell. As far as summer internships go, Matty Berman effectively hit the jackpot. A rising senior communications major at Marist College in Pough- keepsie, New York, Berman was chosen as an intern with Relevent Sports, the company organizing the International Champions Cup. As a college soccer player and See SOCCER, Page 10 INDEX Vol.CXXV,No.118O2614 The Michigan Daily NEWS .........................2 OPINION ..............4 ARTS............. .....7 CLASSIFIEDS........ ...........8 CROSSWORD.....................8 SPORTS ................................10 * - * -"" NEWS UMEC Engineering student government set to rework constitution. >>SEE PAGE 2 OPINION Prisonnreform From the Daily: Michigan's correctional institutions need budget reform SEE PAGE 4 ARTS Lollapalooza A Daily Arts editor and Lolla veteran explores the music and crowd >>SEEPAGE 7 SPORTS New Scrimmage The Football team has planned an additional match, Aug.16 at 8 p.m. >> SEE PAGE 10