Brady Hoke never took his eyes off the field, even though he had watched the scene unfold countless times before.

As the defensive line coach at Michigan from 1995-2002, Hoke knew what happened to young quarterbacks at the Big House. Their voice would quiver, their hands would shake, their passes would wobble and their signals would crisscross. Eventually, they would leave Ann Arbor bruised and battered, never looking back.

Last November, Hoke, the Ball ...

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