Michigan Monday: Mike Hart Finally Finding Some NFL Playing Time

Mike Hart has had an interesting pro career so far.

Last year, his rookie year, he spent most of the season on the IR with the Indianapolis Colts, and this year he has spent most of the year on the practice team or on the waiver wire.

He has bounced back and forth from the practice team to being cut to back to the practice team.

But the last two weeks have seen Mike not only dressed on the sidelines but also getting into the game for the undefeated Colts.

Last week against Tennessee, Mike had four carries for 11 yards and two catches for 27 yards. This week against the Broncos he had nine carries for 28 yards.

Now we're talking! Let's hope Mike continues to contribute to the Colts, and maybe there is a Super Bowl ring in his future!

Kansas and Louisville hire new coaches. I have to go on record and applaud these two schools on two great hires. Last year during this time, universities seemed to be making the worst decisions possible for their head coaching vacancies. This year it seems the ADs are smarter or learned something from last year.

Either way, the hiring of Turner Gill at Kansas is a great hire, and so is the hiring of Charlie Strong at Louisville. Both of these fine coaches should have had jobs sooner, but I bet they are not complaining about how things worked out for both of them. Congratulations!

The Michigan basketball team finally got a win yesterday against Detroit. If this team doesn't start playing defense, it's going to be a long Big Ten season. The shooting will come back; it's the defense that scares me. I also recommend not watching the Kansas game. That's going to be ugly.

Michigan has offered a LB from Florida named Darrin Kitchens. He is rated three stars but has a nice offer list that includes Florida and Florida State.

Johnathon Hankins, a DL from Michigan, visited Ohio State this weekend. His father said he is planning a decision before Christmas. My guess is it's down to Florida, OSU, and Michigan.

The strong rumor in Cincinnati is that Butch Jones from Central Michigan might be the next head coach at UC. We will see.