Spring Practice Takes

So Michigan has been in Spring Practice for about a week now. With 15 total spring practices the players and coaches have a ton of work putting in two new systems on both sides of the ball. We all want August to start out better then it did last year. There is a ton of fluff coming out from the media on Spring Practice. I will try to sort through some of that for you and give you the good stuff.

• Coach Rod is saying that all QB's are getting equal snaps but Stephen Threet (aka Todd Collins) is getting the most snaps with the first team. I look for #10 to be the starter in August.



• Conditioning will remain an issue with the Wolverines. Coach Rod's practices fast and the Wolverines need to get used to the quicker pace. With new S&C Mike Barwis, I know the team will be in great shape in August.



• Greg Mathews gives us some great insight on Spring Practice and coach Barwis. The best quote from the video is that Coach Barwis used to be a cage fighter! Now that is the type of guy we need!



• Yesterday was the first practice in full pads.



• April 12th will be the spring game but Ford Field is booked so Michigan is looking at local High Schools to have the Spring Game. They should do it at Eastern.



• Carlos Brown rumored to maybe get some snaps at QB broke his finger lifting weights. That guy breaks his hand or finger about every 3-4 months. Carlos is out for the rest of the spring drills. Kevin Grady is back from a mild hamstring pull.



• Coach Rod says that Morgan Trent and Brandon Minor have become the leaders on Defense and Offense.



• Mario and Mike do better in Pro Day last week which might have helped their draft status. Mario is trying to stay in the first round by running a 4.38 in the 40 and Mike is trying to stay in the first day. Nothing on Adrian Arrington. If he is going in day two, turning pro wasn't the best idea. I'm sure he has signed with an agent but if he hadn't he should have come back to Michigan.



• More on injuries: Tailback Avery Horn, defensive tackle Will Johnson and Grady have all returned to practice after recovering from hamstring injuries. Wide receiver Zion Babb, a freshman last season, is still out with a hamstring issue. Rodriguez added the defensive tackle Renaldo Sagesse, also a freshman in 2007, will miss the remainder of the spring because of an injured shoulder.
• For those Buckeye fans that I have been taking mail from on getting beat on and off the field regarding Pryor. Here is a quote from Urban Myer on creating team chemistry this year:

  Along with finding some chemistry this spring, Meyer said the Gators are also in search of the chip they wore on their shoulders during the 2006 national championship season and during the four-game winning streak at the end of the regular season last year, before the bottom fell out with the humbling 41-35 loss to Michigan. "(The loss) is a hard one to swallow, but it's probably what the team needed," Meyer said. "We got beat. That wasn't a fluke. We got beat.

Remind me again how you did against the Gators? :-)