Word: michiganisms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...told the disgruntled athletes that he would consider it a good season if they won four games. He not only taught, but explained to them a system of play which had proved itself at Michigan. And he made them want to be part of a team--his team...
...turned out some pretty fair teams, as may be gathered from the three-year record of the squads Nelson played on. Minnesota was the only team which gave real trouble, winning the Little Brown Jug game three straight times. Indiana (in 1941) was the only other team to beat Michigan over the same stretch...
...examine the 1945 Navy-Michigan game--won 33-7 by the Middies--to discover why the Michigan offenses failed. "It was a study in offensive execution and defensive anticipation," Nelson says. "Then I broke the game down into individual failures, both in execution and in physical stamina...
...first weeks of pre-season workouts, following the maxim, "You can't play without practice," he maintained a killing pace for himself as well as for the backfield squad. There's been less actual field work since then--"it never seemed to get dark so early out in Michigan...
...Deacons, who won from Eliot in a playoff Tuesday after the two teams had ended the season in a tie, will rely on their crafty Michigan-style single-wing spinner formation, with its effective trio of plunging backs: Jerry Glynn, Willie Thompson, and Jacques Winter. Rounding out the backfield is quarterback Hollis French, who handles the team's passing...