Hail to the Victors Valiant . . . .

Alex Hunt Kills It.




Alex Hunt and the Michigan Wolverines Volleyball team kicked the Hoosiers in Bloomington Saturday. Hunt had 16 kills and 4 blocks in a phenomenal effort versus Indiana.

Game Recap here. Michigan stats:

   Michigan               |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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1  Rood, Veronica......  3|  5   3  11  .182|  1|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  1|  0|   5.5
2  Karpiak, Beth.......  3| 12   3  25  .360|  0|  0   1|  0|  1| 0  4  0|  0|  14.0
6  Bruck, Karlee.......  3|  6   1   9  .556|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  4  0|  0|   8.0
8  Hunt, Alex..........  3| 16   3  32  .406|  0|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  1  0|  0|  16.5
17 Zimmerman, Lexi.....  3|  3   2   8  .125| 51|  0   1|  0|  8| 0  6  0|  1|   6.0
18 Paz, Juliana........  3| 13   5  34  .235|  0|  2   1|  0| 13| 0  2  0|  0|  16.0
3  Donhoff, Sloane.....  3|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   2|  2| 11| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
5  Bower, Megan........  3|  5   2  12  .250|  1|  0   0|  1|  7| 0  0  0|  0|   5.0
12 Busch, Maggie.......  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
16 Hance, Kerry........  3|  1   0   3  .333|  1|  1   1|  0|  6| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
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Totals..............  3| 61  19 134  .313| 56|  3   6|  3| 51| 0 18  1|  1|  73.0

Michigan plays Iowa, at home at Cliff Keen arena Friday at 7pm. Get out and support the Wolverines. Go Blue! I look forward to singing Hail to the Victors in a winning effort (or least a competetive one).


Being John Beilein.

Mark Snyder of the Free Press relates his starring role. An interesting look into the game day prep at Crisler.

Slurs from the Peanut Gallery.

Lou Holtz puts his ass in his mouth in criticsm of Rich Rod, and ineffectively explains his comment.

Note to Rod Smith.

I Am Available Saturday. If Steven Threet can't go on Saturday, I am willing, and I can't do any worse than Nick Sheridan. If I get hurt, the season ticket holder to my left could also fill in at the same level as Nick. Please give me a call, we want to help.

And, as long as I'm on the subject of how to keep Steve Threet a little bit healthier, here's Rod Smith's comment from the Detroit News:

Smith said maybe the coaches consider running Threet less -- he had 14 carries for 50 yards in the game -- but the injury came on a pass play.

"The thing is, Steve didn't get hurt on a run, he got hurt when he was throwing," Smith said. "He got hit on a sack, on a play-action, the kid came from the back side, and that's when he hurt it. He ran the ball well. He likes doing that once in a while."

The drop-off at quarterback is the issue now. Sheridan, who started the season opener, entered with the game tied and took a safety, giving Penn State its first lead. He was 3-of-9 for 5 yards and clearly struggled, as did the entire offense.

"We've got to find some plays somehow once Steve goes out," Smith said. "I thought Steve did some good things. We've got to get someone to step up and get ready to fill his shoes if he's not in there."

R0d, just because I couldn't perform any worse than Nick Sheridan doesn't mean we'd have any better chance to win, so let me help you out.. Could you consider running spread offense with 4 wideouts and quick passes from Threet to the wideouts, or is that just too complicated an adjustment? Maybe mention that to Ricardo, huh. And, in case you haven't scouted your opponent for Saturday yet, their dbs, are shall we say, suspect.