JUST IN: LINEBACKER HAS GOOD NEWS AHEAD OF ROSE BOWL

Colson, Michigan’s top tackler and starting middle linebacker this year, still anticipates playing in the Rose Bowl with casts on both hands.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan: Linebacker Junior Colson had a dilemma as the Michigan football team celebrated winning its third straight Big Ten Championship on December 2 at Lucas Oil Stadium amid a shower of blue and yellow confetti.

Many of his teammates started giving photographers the three finger salute as they reveled in the unusual three-peat of Big Ten dominance—the Wolverines’ first three-peat since 1992 and their first-ever three-peat victory.

Colson, the starting middle linebacker for Michigan and the team’s top tackler this year, had just played his second game in a row while wearing protective casts on both hands.

It was possibly the only thing he hadn’t been able to accomplish in the previous many weeks. Colson started donning a protective cast during Michigan’s Nov. 11 game against Penn State, and on Nov. 25, he added another one for Ohio State. In the past four games, he has a team-high 30 tackles, including 19 in the previous two weeks

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According to Colson, he will most likely don the clubs again in the Rose Bowl when Michigan takes on No. 4 Alabama. But, given on his performance with them against the Buckeyes and Hawkeyes, the junior will have no trouble handling two casts. He was selected the team’s Toughest Player of the Year by Michigan players.

According to Colson, he will most likely don the clubs again in the Rose Bowl when Michigan takes on No. 4 Alabama. But, given on his performance with them against the Buckeyes and Hawkeyes, the junior will have no trouble handling two casts. He was selected the team’s Toughest Player of the Year by Michigan players.

According to Colson, he will most likely be wearing the clubs.

“What I admire about Junior is his willingness to sacrifice, to put himself in harm’s way for his teammates, for Michigan, for this program,” defensive coordinator Jesse Minter said this week. “He was named the toughest player. The guys have witnessed what he’s been through this year. He’s really athletic, large and fast, and he’s still a very sure tackler, in my opinion. I’m looking forward to seeing him go out there and play against these guys.

“I think they’re still going to be in the cast for the game,” Colson added. They are still part of the cast. But I’ll be OK.”

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