When Coach Rodriguez took over the Wolverines in December, we knew the roster and personnel would be different for the Wolverines when they opened their 2008 campaign.
So in early 2008, Rich and his staff of coaches hit the recruiting trail and tried to land some of his prototypical weapons that he likes to use in his offense. One of those recruits is Martavious Odoms from Florida. Odom's whose nickname on the team is "Lil Wayne" lines up at 5"9 and 168 pounds. To small for Big Ten Football right? Not in this new world of Michigan football. Odoms has been impressive in Fall Camp and will take the field with the #1 Offense on Saturday.
"He's very fast and explosive and very elusive," junior wideout Greg Mathews said. "And he's so small. "I just love to look down there and see him in the slot, because I know I don't have to make a crushing block to get him open."
One of Lloyd Carr's recruits is Freshman and Internet video star - Sam "the crimedog" McGuffie who as of right now is listed as one of the starting running backs with fellow Freshman Mike Shaw and Letterman Minor and Brown. For some reason the "Crime Dog" nickname hasn't stuck and his fellow team mates have tabbed him "Vanilla Ice". Let's hope he doesn't have one great game, date Madonna and then be never heard from again.
One of Michigan roster strengths this year is at Tight End a position that really isn't used in RR's offense. But all good coaches put their best talent on the field and returning starters Carson Butler and Mike Massey (coming off an injury) will fill the role nicely. With that said, another Freshman Kevin Koger from Toledo has been turning heads in practice and will also see some playing time this fall. The team has given Kevin the nickname "Greg Odom".
Darryl Stonum is another Freshman from Texas and has been on campus almost as long as his new coaching staff and is listed as a co-starter with Greg Matthews and LaTerryal Savoy at WR.
Other Freshman that you will see on Saturday include:
- Boubacar Cissoko (plays behind Donovan Warren at CB)
- Mike Martin (plays behind Terrance Taylor at Defensive Tackle)
Hopefully these young guys will bring some SEC speed to the Big Ten and give us some mis-matches. It would be great to see these guy in the open field scoring touchdowns for the Maize and Blue.
What they don't bring is experience, so expect some Freshman mistakes but hopefully the good will out weigh the bad on Saturday's this fall.
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