Michigan Thursday: Press Conference Notes and GPA Tracking

• Tate didn't practice on Tuesday but was expected to on Wednesday. If things go well, he will start on Saturday.
• Minor and Brown are both healthy, expect to see Shaw and Smith to get more snaps on Saturday.
• Moosman is doing better at center
• Kelvin Grady has gotten less time in bigger games due to Odoms game experience
• Woolfolk will stay at CB for now, since they like having two upper class man at each corner.

Press release content from Tim at mgoblog

-The Freep is also reporting that the Michigan Football Team can't confirm that the football had the highest GPA ever on the team, since they don't keep those records. Coach Rod has made a couple of public statements saying the team had achieved the highest GPA ever. Here is his statement: “I have mentioned publicly several times that the football team last year achieved the highest average GPA ever, and I’d like to set the record straight on that statement. Last fall, in order to boost academic performance, I asked the Academic Success Program for the highest ever team GPA and challenged the players to beat it. The ASP doesn’t track team GPAs, so they provided me with an estimate based on their experience dealing with individual performance. They did not make it clear that the number was just an estimate and not an exact calculation. We apologize if this has caused any confusion.

“That said, I want to re-emphasize how proud I am of the academic performance of our team members. We have implemented several activities aimed at motivating each player to succeed in the classroom as well as on the field. A number of them have achieved their ‘personal best’ GPAs, and I believe that each of them will continue to strive for excellence.”

GPA's for the team or individuals should be kept confidential in my opinion.

The Freep is also reporting that last Friday, someone in the metro Detroit area called into work sick, when they really were jumping on a plane for a long weekend in Vegas.

They followed up that story with; "Who is painting the leaves? - Why are they turning different colors?