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WHEN HART STOOD UP, THE IRISH TUMBLED OVER

WHEN HART STOOD UP, THE IRISH TUMBLED OVER

September 16, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
When the chips are down, it's good to take heart. But it's better to take Hart. Or give it to Hart. You gotta have Hart. It's all about H-You get the point.On an afternoon when hiking the ball was a challenge and both starting quarterbacks still remember their high school locker combinations, the most valuable everything was Michigan senior running back Mike Hart, who last week guaranteed a victory to lift his school out of the funkiest of funks.
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Finding His Footing

Finding His Footing

September 12, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
He had never had surgery before. Never spent a night in a hospital. Never went under anesthesia. Heck, he'd never even broken a bone. Pretty much anything having to do with being sick or injured, Kevin Jones wanted no part of - and for the first 24 years of his life, he blissfully got his way.But in one day, one play, the bliss was over.And now he was experiencing it all.
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WOO-HOO! | TAKE A BOW, LIONS! YOU DID WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO

WOO-HOO! | TAKE A BOW, LIONS! YOU DID WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO

September 10, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
OAKLAND, Calif. - Calvin Johnson took his place on the line, broke free on the snap and was open over the middle. Jon Kitna found him with a pass, Johnson cradled it in, took a few long strides with those two long legs and dove into paydirt. It was his first touchdown in his first game on the first week of the season, and he got up and ran excitedly through the end zone. In his exuberance, the youngest player on the Lions forgot about the ball. But Roy Williams, his fellow receiver, handed it to him as a souvenir.
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Maize & Boo

Maize & Boo

September 9, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
The sky was a gentle blue, but it was raining all afternoon on the Wolverines, a kind of rain they rarely experience in the Big House. They were getting embarrassed, shown up, outplayed on national television in every way you can get outplayed in football.And it was raining boos.Those were Michigan fans making that ugly noise, fans wearing maize-and-blue T-shirts, fans who came out believing last week's shocking loss to Appalachian State was a fluke. And perhaps it was. Last week was an upset. This was just a butt-kicking.
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