DonAZ

January 13th, 2016 at 4:48 PM ^

I'm no expert in this, but I know a few things ... if the guy is doing it right the motion over a hurdle should be fluid and not that much more jarring that sprinting.

(Any motion not fluid is wasted motion to a hurdler.  Ever see the really good ones?  It's freakin' poetry the way they stretch / step / step / step / stretch ... rinse, lather, repeat.)

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turd ferguson

January 13th, 2016 at 4:03 PM ^

I'm a little surprised that "basketball schools" like Kentucky and Duke don't exploit this rule (as far as I know).  Maybe no football coach who's worth a damn would allow it.

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SAMgO

January 13th, 2016 at 4:09 PM ^

More like no basketball player worth a damn would agree to it. Duke and Kentucky only use like MAX 9-10 man rotations, and send 3-5 pro every year. They clearly have enough hoops scholarships to continually rotate through tippy top talent to fill their rotation that won't have to be a part of the football team. What halfway decent player would agree to that?

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Wolverine Devotee

January 13th, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^

Definitely needed. The distance program is solid as MXC won the B1G in November. It's everything else that has to catch up.

Peppers and Chesson would be nice additions, as well. 

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aratman

January 13th, 2016 at 7:02 PM ^

Distance runners can also compete at cross country and indoor track season.  The number of scholarships for male track athletes is limited because the school has to offer an equal number of scholarships to females across all sports.  Football is a bunch of people on scholarship, so the place they make up the spots is by limiting track spots to men. 

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Clarence Boddicker

January 13th, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^

Johnson with a healthy knee is still our best running back till the frosh prove something. And it does look like he'll be splitting time.

"He's had a great career thus far with the football program, and I think it's awesome that football is giving him the opportunity to explore his talents. We are looking forward to working with the football staff with the knowledge that they are coming up on spring ball and coming off a fantastic season with a lot of energy surrounding the program."

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bigtim55

January 15th, 2016 at 11:21 AM ^

DeVeon smith is michigan best back hands down in all my years watching michigan I have never seen a better pass blocker are harder runner.. he never fumbles he has over 160+ plus carries and never fumble once. Best believe when next year draft come he will get drafted anywhere between 3-4 round. drake johnson is not going to be a draft pick what dont people understand he played hurt all last year after byu game. kids a beast ...jim hardbaugh made him his starter for a resaon.. hes rated #16 runningback out of 281 runningbacks by the NFLdraft experts for class of 2017NFLdraft google it. I believe in the NFL with a pro line hes going to play many years . also cut the fullback crap!!! hes michigan starter  jim will give him 20 carries a game next year. Drake will be lucky to see 7 carries a game

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gjking

January 13th, 2016 at 4:47 PM ^

Were you there when Denard won the 60m dash at the UM-OSU Dual Meet?

I was! It was his freshman year and he had played some in Football and many people knew him. I saw him outside warming up and said hi and go blue. He smiled.  That was close as I ever got to Denard!

 

 

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