Newsstand: Michigan football nominated for two ESPY awards
Tweets Of The Day
Michigan football has been nominated for a pair of ESPY awards from the 2023 season. The squad was nominated as ‘Best Team’ and cornerback Will Johnson and running back Blake Corum were nominated for ‘Best Championship Performance.’ The ESPY’s will be held July 11 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Here are the full nominees in Michigan’s categories:
Best championship performance
• Michigan’s Blake Corum and Will Johnson in football championship game
• Boston College’s Kayla Martello, Most Outstanding Player in women’s lacrosse tournament
NJ/NY Gotham FC’s Midge Purce, MVP of NWSL championship
• Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown, NBA Finals MVP
Best team
• South Carolina women’s basketball team
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Michigan football team
• Las Vegas Aces
• UConn men’s basketball team
• Oklahoma softball team
• Boston Celtics
• Florida Panthers
• Texas Rangers
A look at Michigan’s 15 touchdowns from its three consecutive victories over rival Ohio State from 2021 to 2023. The Wolverines won 42-27 in 2021, 45-23 in 2022 and 30-24 in 2023. Prior to the three-game stretch, the Maize and Blue hadn’t beaten the Buckeyes since 2011.
Mr. Brightside at Michigan Stadium:
Quote Of The Day
“Coach Campbell had a 1-on-1 presentation with him and showed Taz how he would move him around. He coached at Penn State before and compared him to Jahan Dotson. We’ve heard that from numerous colleges. We probably spent an hour with him just the three of us looking at schemes and talking football. How he envisioned the offense moving forward. He cleared up a lot of stats. Some might say the offense doesn’t throw, but he showed all the fourth quarters where (J.J.) McCarthy didn’t play because they were up so much. Sometimes stats can be deceiving. He’s a Western Pennsylvania guy like us and was very straightforward.”
— Taz Williams Sr., the father of four-star Red Oak (Texas) High wide receiver Taz Williams, on meeting with Michigan offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell during their official visit to Ann Arbor over the weekend
Headlines Of The Day
• EJ Holland, The Wolverine: Father of four-star WR Taz Williams gives Michigan official visit high marks
• Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Michigan snubbed in EA Sports College Football 25 offensive, defensive ratings
• EJ Holland, The Wolverine: Mother of Michigan TE commit Eli Owens goes in-depth on official visit
• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: Phil Steele predicts Michigan will make 12-team College Football Playoff in 2024: ‘They could be dangerous’
• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: With physical play, Michigan zigged while others zagged, took the ‘low-hanging fruit’ and turned college football on its head
