• Twelve is a Quarterback’s Number – Sights & Sounds (2012: Michigan 35, the Gophers 13)

    So I’m following Brandin Hawthorne into the TCF Stadium tunnel after the game as he toted the jug back to the locker room.  I got a slight bump from someone passing by and it was enough to jar my iPhone out of my left hand.   As I was turning to grab it, a saw that a U-M player was already reaching down, in stride, and calmly scooping it up off the cement. Devin Gardner, who had just finished up an interview, handed me my phone.  I thanked him and I mumbled something like, “nice game.”   I’m not sure if there were any elderly ladies needing an escort on a crosswalk but I’m certain Gardner was there for them as well. After a frightening start, Gardner was amazing.  I’m amazed that he can spend basically one week preparing for this game and do that.  Yes, I realize it was The Gophers and like everyone else in this fanbase I’m prone to oversteer after any win, but that was remarkable.  So that is the 5-star guy that everyone was salivating over out of high school. Because he’s so cool, I’ve theorized that Gardner is the type of person who needs to get pissed or face a challenge to really get going.   In the postgame, I asked Hoke about it and he basically…