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with Tate playing well, this should ensure that we NEVER see sheridan on the field again! |
04-23-2009, 11:31 PM
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SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In the moments before Michigan's spring game, two teenaged quarterbacks shared a handshake and a short chat on the Big House turf. Tate Forcier, in the maize and blue uniform, and Denard Robinson, wearing a tan and red jacket over jeans, met for the first time. So started what should be 2009's most fascinating college football relationship.
Coach Rich Rodriguez signed both players to help resuscitate a Wolverines squad that last year scored 31 touchdowns and committed 30 turnovers. Each player, according to the recruiting experts, possesses the skills and poise to lead this team in the fall. But as Robert Marve and Jacory Harris proved at Miami a year ago, there's likely room for only one of the prospects.
Score Round 1 for Forcier, in part by default. The kid from California enrolled early and spent the spring conditioning with his teammates and learning the offense. His performance Saturday was solid, though it came mostly against backups and walk-ons who would struggle for playing time across the street at Pioneer High.
Forcier completed the easy passes, the 6-yarders to wide-open receivers that Steven Threet and Nick Sheridan struggled to hit a year ago. Forcier also sprinkled in a pretty 50-yard pass to Roy Roundtree and lived up to his reputation for escaping the rush and scampering upfield.
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05-01-2009, 12:27 PM
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U-M has options at quarterback | detnews.com | The Detroit News
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There isn't what you would call a quarterback controversy at Michigan. It's really not a quarterback quandary, either.
By the beginning of the football season on Sept. 5, it might not even be about who starts -- although that always matters -- but who plays, because there is a good chance that there will be multiple quarterbacks taking snaps for the Wolverines .
"Whatever it takes to win -- that's our main focus," said U-M quarterbacks coach Rod Smith. "We will do what's best for Michigan. You've always got to have a couple ready, because you never know when the injury bug gets you, so you want to have two to three guys ready.
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05-06-2009, 07:50 PM
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Big Ten spring wrap - Big Ten - ESPN
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3. Wolverines feel great with Tate -- Michigan's quarterback competition is far from over, but Rich Rodriguez can feel a bit better about the position after the way true freshman Tate Forcier developed this spring. Forcier, an early enrollee, had his growing pains but also showcased the mobility and creativity Michigan needs at quarterback and sorely lacked in 2008. The freshman left Michigan fans feeling good after tossing four touchdown passes and running for another score in the spring game.
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05-07-2009, 03:07 PM
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Best of the spring in the Big Ten - Big Ten - ESPN
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Best performance by a freshman -- Early enrollee Tate Forcier left Michigan fans feeling a bit more comfortable about the quarterback position after the spring game. Forcier tossed four touchdown passes and ran for another to complete an encouraging spring in Ann Arbor. He still has a ways to go, but he impressed the coaches this spring with his playmaking ability and willingness to learn the system.
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10-06-2009, 05:03 PM
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LeGarrette Blount, Tate Forcier, Clemson Tigers, LSU Tigers and the art of the apology - ESPN
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Contrast that apology with this surprising burst of accountability from Michigan freshman quarterback Tate Forcier (4). Less than 90 minutes after the Wolverines lost in overtime to Michigan State, 26-20, The Dash got a text from Forcier declaring, "I take complete fault for that loss."
Forcier did make a final, fatal error by throwing an OT interception in the end zone. But until that point he was almost the sole reason the Wolverines had a chance. He led two touchdown drives in the final five minutes to tie the score, the last of them a 12-play, 92-yard expedition through driving rain in which he threw or ran on every down.
By the end the kid was so exhausted he could barely stand up straight. But he kept making plays until the game was tied with two seconds left. Then he made one bad pass in OT, and felt compelled to take all the blame afterward.
Understand, Forcier has never come to The Dash looking for all the credit -- or any credit -- after any of the Wolverines' season-opening four victories. This was a quarterback willing to step up when times were bad -- and what fan base wouldn't want a guy like that calling signals?
"That's the way he is," said Forcier's father, Mike. "He just wants to win. It's about winning for him."
And The Dash is pretty sure Forcier received no legal aid in crafting his text.
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Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier rehabbing shoulder injury, battling staph infection - AnnArbor.com
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The shoulder injury Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier played through last season was a slightly torn right labrum, a person familiar with the injury said Friday.
Forcier was diagnosed with the injury when he underwent an MRI while home for Christmas break. He’s rehabbing the shoulder now and doesn’t need surgery, and he’s also recovering from a staph infection in his right knee, the person said.
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Nice to see this confirmation - it seemed obvious Forcier was hurt in the Indiana game and that explains why he played the rest of the season much less effectively than prior to the injury. I'm thinking without the injury UM might've made a bowl game.
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Nice to see this confirmation - it seemed obvious Forcier was hurt in the Indiana game and that explains why he played the rest of the season much less effectively than prior to the injury. I'm thinking without the injury UM might've made a bowl game.
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It certainly would explain it, though the loss of Molk and the constant injuries to Minor and Brown probably didn't help things either. |
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