Jim Harbaugh used to often say you get better at football by playing football, and that hasn’t changed, no matter who the coach is. But, along the offensive line, while there is a lot of returning experience (in Ann Arbor or from elsewhere), there are also some younger players pushing for starting roles now that fall camp has begun.
At Big Ten media days, Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore discussed the premise of having experience and how the room might shake out.
“It’s huge, there’s no substitute for experience on the football field, especially in the trenches. So to have guys that started the whole year and have the confidence to do that — I mean Evan Link went from right tackle to left tackle in the bowl game and played really, really good actually in the bowl game and the Ohio State game at that position. So people forget he was a redshirt freshman. And Gio El-Hadi was probably the guy that played the most snaps, Greg Crippen had really never played he’d been behind an Outlander, Rimington winner and a first-team All-Big Ten player.
“So to have guys that have played football, that have played in games and then bring in transfers that have experience like Lawrence Hattar and Brady Norton, those guys will just help push the group along with the talented freshmen that we have. So. stoked for it, stoked to see where we’re at, and I think we’re going to be in a good position because of it.”
He said a lot more about individual players at his podium session. Here are some snippets.
On Andrew Sprague and Ty Haywood
Just uber-talented, he’s got all the ability. Had a little injury in training camp so possibly could’ve been competing for a starting spot early in the season. Really, throughout the season, just showed his ability and did everything he could to show the ability that he could be the…
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