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Backfield tandem does Michigan proud.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Michael Rosenberg
TAMPA _ This is how B.J. Askew ended his Michigan football career: He begged his coaches to put him on the field so he could not touch the ball.
How strange . . . and how appropriate. For three years, Askew insisted he was a tailback who should handle the ball as much as anybody on the team. This year, he swallowed his pride and moved to the less-glamorous position of fullback.
Then Askew broke the second metatarsal in his right hand early in U-M's 38-30 win over Florida in Wednesday's Outback Bowl. Most players would have sat out. Askew continued to play _ not as much as he normally would, but he played.
"He ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Backfield tandem does Michigan proud.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)