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TAMPA, Fla. — Every now and then it’s nice to remember that even with the NIL deals and championship praise, the private flights and free gear, Michigan football players are people, just like the rest of us.
Spending the afternoon with the Wolverines at Tampa amusement park Busch Gardens served as a reminder of that.
That’s where the defending national champions hung out on Saturday following their practice, riding roller coasters, enjoying a safari ride and interacting with dozens of fans throughout the park by posing for pictures and signing autographs.
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The Free Press was one of a few outlets allowed to tag along with the Wolverines as they explored the park and even got to join them on some rides. Let’s just say this: Anybody who hasn’t watched Ernest Hausmann feed lettuce to a giraffe really hasn’t seen it all.
“That was way more gnarly than I expected,” quarterback Davis Warren said after he finished a ride called the Serengeti Flyer — a catapult-like contraption that sends riders whizzing through the air at 68 miles per hour.
Junior edge rusher Derrick Moore had a more visceral reaction to the ride.
“Get me out of here,” Moore said when the Flyer came to a halt. “Get me to the hotel.”
While it was certainly terrifying in its own right — Moore and Warren were joined by Hausmann, TJ Guy and Max Bredeson while Gio El-Hadi opted out, citing a traumatizing experience at Cedar Point as a freshman — it paled in comparison to the Busch Gardens ride known as ‘Falcon’s Fury’.
Just rode the Serengeti Flyer with Davis Warren, Derrick Moore, Max Bredeson, Ernest Haussmann and TJ Guy.
Warren: “That was way more gnarly than I expected.”
Moore: “Bro, get me out of here. Get me to the hotel.”…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/day-behind-scenes-michigan-football-121311773.html
Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-12-29 12:13:00
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