Gentry, Michigan are on the rise
UNM to sell single-game tickets Saturday; Aggies sign on to play at UCLA in 2020
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh is in his fourth year at Michigan, where he has had time to assemble perhaps his best team.
Former Mississippi star Shea Patterson gives Harbaugh the quarterback he has been looking for since coming back to his alma mater. Patterson will have experienced running backs behind him, talent at receiver and potentially a solid offensive line. On defense, the Wolverines seem to be stacked from front to back with playmakers such as Rashan Gary and Devin Bush among the unit’s nine returning starters.
The Wolverines, though, may be hard pressed to match or surpass the 10-win seasons Harbaugh had in his first two years because of a difficult schedule. They took a step back last season, going 8-5, with losses to rivals Ohio State and Michigan State that dropped Harbaugh to 1-5 in those games.
Harbaugh seems to have toned down his off-field talk a little, too — perhaps because it’s time for him and his players to win.
“There’s been a lot more of that, collectively as a team just kind of keeping low and keeping our heads down,” tight end Zach Gentry of Albuquerque said. “We all know we have a good amount of potential we have to fill.”
It won’t take long to find out what he has to work with this season because Michigan kicks off the season in dramatic fashion under the lights Sept. 1 at Notre Dame.
Gentry, a former quarterback who according to Michigan’s athletic web site, caught 17 passes for 303 yards and two touchdowns in 2017. He has grown to 6-foot-8 and 263 pounds, figures to play a big role for the Wolverines this year.
“It’s been a constant improvement from the time he left the quarterback position,” said Harbaugh in a story published on mgoblue.com.
UNM: Single-game home tickets for the upcoming season at Dreamstyle Stadium will go on sale to the public online (unmtickets.com) on Saturday and at the ticket office at Dreamstyle Arena – the Pit starting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday. Season-ticket packages, which start at $86 for the six-game season, are still on sale. Lobo football family packs are still available.
NEW MEXICO STATE: The Aggies have signed to play at UCLA on Aug. 29, 2020, in a “zero week” game, athletic director Mario Moccia announced Thursday. The Bruins will pay NMSU $1.2 million to come to the Rose Bowl and play. This will be the second meeting between the Aggies and Bruins. In 2013, the Bruins defeated NMSU 59-13.
New Mexico State also is playing a “zero week” game to open this season. The Aggies host Wyoming at 8 p.m. on Aug. 25 on ESPN2.