Refugee and Migrant
Child Health:

Updates & Opportunities

11th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture
in Child Health Policy

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

CURI KIM, MD, MPH

Director, Division of Refugee Health
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Administration for Children & Families
U.S. Department for Health & Human Services

Introductory remarks by:

KELLY ORRINGER, MD, FAAP
SHRINA EADEH, LMSW

Director, Division of
General Pediatrics
Director of Resettlement Services
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County

Registration: chear.org/meister-lecture

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
4:30-6:00p.m.
Biomedical Science Research Building
(Corner of Zina Pitcher & Ann Streets)
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4B — Monday, November 13, 2017
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
SportsMonday

One quarter and an exodus

C

OLLEGE PARK — A 
streak of red remained 
in section 12, if only 

because they were obligated to.

That group was the “Mighty 

Sound 
of 

Maryland” 
Marching 
Band. 
The 

scene around 
them, 
though, was 
far 
more 

depressing. 
There 
were 

a whole lot 
of 
empty 

seats. 
The 

ones that weren’t empty, well, 
fans clad in maize and blue 
primarily filled those.

And really, it’d be hard to 

blame the Maryland faithful 
for making the exodus after 
the second quarter that the 
Terrapins had.

“I felt like we definitely were 

clicking all together that first 
half,” said fifth-year senior 
defensive 
tackle 
Maurice 

Hurst. “It felt like everything 
was sort of working to our 

advantage. … I definitely saw 
us, at least in the first half, sort 
of clicking on all cylinders.

“We were doing a great job. I 

felt like we were a hard team to 
play against when we’re doing 
what we’re supposed to and 
everyone’s producing, scoring 
points, getting off the field. 
… That was the first time I’ve 
seen us click all together.”

Hurst isn’t wrong, but it 

started with a questionable 
decision. Maryland coach D.J. 
Durkin elected to fake a punt 
on 4th-and-7 from his own 
30-yard line. The Terrapins 
trailed by just 14, and the 
Wolverines stopped the play 
firmly in its tracks.

Brandon Peters subsquently 

threw a touchdown pass.

On the next drive, the 

referee reversed a 29-yard pass 
to Taivon Jacobs, ruling that 
the Maryland receiver hadn’t 
maintained possession of the 
ball. It was Maryland’s best 
play of the game to that point, 
but things changed quickly in 
the second quarter Saturday 
night. Durkin didn’t dare fake 

another punt, and it didn’t 
matter. Josh Metellus barreled 
into the backfield, blocked the 
punt and Michigan recovered.

Peters completed a pass to 

the end zone again.

The 
Terrapins 
finally 

showed life on their next 
drive, only to see Ryan Brand 
get picked off by David Long — 
who returned the interception 
80 yards.

There 
was 
no 
Peters 

touchdown pass this time. 
Quinn Nordin missed from 31 
yards, and Maryland rushed 
twice for three yards to end 
the half.

So began the march toward 

the exits, and there was plenty 
of reason to leave.

After all, the majority of the 

cheering came after Quinn 
Nordin’s extra points flew, 
undeterred by a net, into the 
student section.

A year after being blown 

out by 56 in Ann Arbor, the 
Terrapins looked well on their 
way to a repeat occurrence at 
home.

And 
for 
one 
reason 
or 

another, Maryland made that 
easy — the Wolverines had to 
start only one drive in their 
half of the field.

“That’s big time for an 

offense,” 
said 
redshirt 

sophomore tight end Zach 
Gentry. “It gives us so much 
confidence just because we’re 
working on such a short field. 
Credit to our special teams and 
our defense there, because we 
got a short field a lot of times 
and it just led right to scores 
for the most part.”

Added 
sophomore 

cornerback 
David 
Long: 

“We’re always kind of like one 
play away. Our coach always 
talks about that, so we’re 
just trying to hone in on just 
winning every rep, winning 
every play. And so I think we 
really did that that second 
quarter.”

That they did, and to make 

matters worse, Eyabi Anoma 
— the top-ranked recruit in 
the state who has offers from 
both Maryland and Michigan 
— was at Capital One Field at 
Maryland Stadium to see it all.

Anoma, however, may have 

seen one thing that those 
who left did not. Maryland 
outgained Michigan 228 to 93 
in the second half, averaging 
6.9 yards per play. That’s not 
to say the Wolverines didn’t 
deserve to win, because they 
undoubtedly did.

But the second half was ugly, 

and Michigan won its matchup 
in College Park during the 
second quarter.

Then again, there’s nothing 

wrong with that. After all, it 
was that quarter in which the 
Wolverines’ three phases came 
together in conjunction. And 
it was that quarter that left 
Maryland’s band look like an 
outlier among a sea of empty 
aluminum.

 

Santo can be reached at 

kmsanto@umich.edu or on 

Twitter @Kevin_M_Santo.

ARNOLD ZHOU/Daily

The Michigan football team took a commanding lead in the second quarter that sent fans heading for the exits.

KEVIN 
SANTO

Peters, tight ends finding chemistry

COLLEGE PARK — Just last 

week, Sean McKeon was on one 
end of a missed connection.

The sophomore tight end was 

wide open across the middle of 
the field. His quarterback, though, 
was busy taking a crushing sack — 
a hit that left him slow to get up. 
So McKeon ran over, and as good 
friends do, had some fun with 
Brandon Peters.

“... I was just mad because I was 

open on a crossing route for the first 
down,” McKeon recalled, grinning, 
after Michigan’s 33-10 win over 
Minnesota. “I was like, ‘Man, were 
you going to throw it to me on that 
crosser?’ (Peters) was like, ‘I was 
about to, but then I got hit.’ I was 
like, ‘Aw, man. That’s alright.’”

The two wouldn’t miss the same 

opportunity against Maryland on 
Saturday afternoon. In the second 
quarter, the Wolverines called a play-
action pass on 1st-and-goal from 
the three-yard line. Peters rolled 
out, McKeon sprinted across the 
formation into the flats and the two 
hooked up for as easy of a touchdown 
as they’ll have all season.

Of course, Peters and McKeon 

are no Hall and Oates. But there’s 
still a burgeoning connection 
between the two classmates — 
and between Peters and his other 
favorite tight end target, Zach 

Gentry.

“Sean McKeon, heck of a 

football player, Zach Gentry’s 
blossoming, heck of a football 
player,” said Jim Harbaugh. “... I 
think we’re doing a very good job 
at the tight end position. Blocking, 
catching, assignments are good, 
no penalties, we’re not turning the 
ball over. Kind of football we like.”

Before Maryland, Michigan’s 

tight ends had just two touchdowns 
on the season. Now, they have 
double that after McKeon’s three-
yard snag followed a 33-yard bullet 
down the seam to Gentry on the 
previous drive.

Peters hasn’t thrown all that 

often when he’s played. But when 
he does, chances are he’s looking 
for his biggest and burliest pass-
catchers. McKeon led the team 
in receptions and receiving yards 
against Rutgers and Minnesota. 
He’s in the midst of a seven-game 
catch streak, longest on the team, 
and is first on the team with 25 
receptions and second with 256 
receiving yards.

On 
Saturday, 
though, 
his 

teammate took over the spotlight. 
It was Gentry who led the team 
in both receptions and receiving 
yards with three for 63.

Gentry’s score may have been 

easier than McKeon’s. It was 
the first play following a failed 
fake punt. Maryland stacked the 
box with eight, Peters read the 

defense and Gentry found himself 
celebrating his second touchdown 
of the year.

“Yeah, so the one over the 

middle, their safety was just 
playing way back side and the seam 
just popped,” Peters said.

Added Gentry: “I thought it 

was a good play call. I knew there 
was a chance I was going to get 
the ball. Brandon did an excellent 
job reading the defense — read the 
safety, who went away from me, 
and it just opened up.”

Peters said Michigan uses the 

tight ends “a lot” in the passing 
game and that they’re “always 
working” on releases and route 
timing. The extra effort has clearly 
paid off. Whereas Michigan’s 
receivers have stalled, recording 
just nine catches for 59 yards 
with no touchdowns over the past 
three games, the tight ends have 
flourished.

Yet Gentry didn’t think there 

was any particular emphasis on 
throwing to the tight ends. To 
him, his position group’s success 
has been simple: a product of both 
Peters and how opposing defenses 
have lined up.

“I don’t know if there’s anything 

really different that we do with 
Brandon where he’s targeting us 
more,” Gentry said. “I just think 
that he’s making some good reads 
and the secondary just gave us a 
good look.”

ORION SANG

Daily Sports Editor

ARNOLD ZHOU/Daily

Redshirt sophomore tight end Zach Gentry led Michigan with three receptions for 63 yards and one touchdown.

FOOTBALL
Nordin continues to 
struggle at Maryland

COLLEGE PARK — With a 

minute left in the second half, 
Quinn Nordin trotted out for 
a field goal. The Michigan 
football team led 28-0, and the 
Wolverines’ redshirt freshman 
kicker lined up for a 31-yard 
kick.

With no wind, no rain and 

no excuses, Nordin booted 
the ball wide to the right of 
the post — his third straight 
missed field goal.

After 
the 
miss, 
Nordin 

walked 
off 
the 
field 
and 

exchanged 
words 
with 

coach 
Jim 
Harbaugh. 
On 

the television broadcast, it 
appeared that Nordin yelled 
back at Harbaugh, but the 
coach insisted otherwise in his 
post game press conference.

Harbaugh elaborated on the 

conversation with Nordin after 
Michigan’s 35-10 win over the 
Terrapins.

“Start 
making 
them,” 

Harbaugh said to his young 
kicker.

He later added: “He didn’t 

really snap back. I said to 
(Nordin), ‘I’m giving you one 
more shot. You’ve got to make 
the next one.’ And he said, ‘I 
got this. I will make the next 
one.’ ”

In the last four games, 

Nordin has gone 0-for-3 on 
field-goal attempts and missed 
two extra points over that span 
as well. His recent struggles 
have provided a sharp contrast 
to 
the 
season’s 
first 
four 

games, when he hit 11 of 13 
field-goal attempts to carry 
the 
Wolverines’ 
inadequate 

offense.

Harbaugh 
didn’t 
see 

exactly 
what 
went 
wrong 

with Nordin’s field-goal miss 
Saturday against Maryland, 
but 
he 
mentioned 
that 
it 

might have been a protection 
formation that the Terrapins’ 
special teams unit flashed at 
the last moment.

Last week, after Nordin 

missed a 49-yard field goal 
against Minnesota, Harbaugh 
said Nordin was kicking too 
fast.

“He’s missed a few now in 

a row, and he’s got to make 
them,” Harbaugh said.

Nordin rose to fame during 

his high school recruitment 
when Harbaugh slept over at his 
house. Once committed to Penn 
State, Nordin flipped to come 
to Michigan. He didn’t play 
last year, as former Wolverine 
Kenny Allen handled all of 
Michigan’s kicking duties, but 
once the 2017 season started, 
Nordin became a fan favorite 
immediately.

He lit up the season opener 

in Dallas with two field goals 
from over 50 yards against 
Florida, and his prominent 
‘Wild Thing’ haircut thrust 
him into the spotlight.

A few weeks ago, a clip of 

Nordin hitting a field goal 
even showed up in the second 
game of the World Series. 
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher 
Rich Hill, who is a Michigan 
alum, is known for his unique 
pitching motion that involves a 
huge leg swing.

It’s been that kind of year 

for Nordin. Just as quickly as 
he became a fan favorite, he’s 
become a target for discontent.

Harbaugh told Nordin after 

the miss that he wouldn’t 
replace him as the team’s 
kicker unless he missed again. 
Nordin only had one more 
kick to take — an extra point 
in the fourth quarter — and he 
converted.

Nordin will need to make his 

field goals, too, or Harbaugh 
won’t have any reason to keep 
sending him out there.

TED JANES

Daily Sports Writer

