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)
The Kahn Auditorium
Sponsored by the Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center - a collaborative of the
Schools of Business, Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Public Policy, and Social Work - within the Department
of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
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