#20 Abides

From Espn chat: (2006)

Drew (SC): Mike, what player hits the hardest?

Mike Hart: I would say Dave Harris on my own team, honestly.

Nate (mich): Mike how many Tds are you putting on the buckeyes next?

Mike Hart: Probably four.

Matt (cleveland, OHIO): Mike, Do you think in a rematch between osu at a neutral site the wolverines would come out on top?

Mike Hart: Definitely. No question.

Mike Hart transcript from Quite Frankly ... (2006)

Mike, I hear you speaking for you and Ohio State, but USC? They lost to Oregon State and UCLA.

"Oh, I think USC's defense is definitely better than Ohio State's defense," Hart said. "There is no question in my mind. They have a better front seven, better safeties. They'll be as good a defense as we've faced all year. They're a great defense."They're faster, they're quicker. Their linebackers are a lot faster, and just a lot better players. Their safeties will come down and hit. Ohio State's safeties really didn't come down and hit. USC – they're the real deal on defense."

From Rivals (Aug. 1, 2007)

Topic = Harbaugh

"That's a guy I have no respect for," Hart said. "You graduate from the University of Michigan and you're going to talk about your school like that? A great institution like we have, to say we're not true student-athletes? It's coming from a guy that, I don't know … maybe he wants to coach here and he's mad that he didn't get a job here? A guy like that, I have no respect for."It's funny to me, because he just said we're not student-athletes, then he accepts one of our transfers [in quarterback Jason Forcier]. What sense does that make? He obviously wants guys like us at his school; he's just mad that he can't get them. It's nothing against Stanford, it's just that … I don't know, I just have no respect for that guy. I don't know how you can say that. He's not a Michigan Man, and I wish he had never played here. I don't want to meet him. I've never met him, and I don't want to."

Same article, Hart's thoughts on Jake Long:

"It's just his personality. Jake is a guy that you just have to love. There's no one I've met that doesn't like Jake. He comes off great, and he's just a great person. He's awesome, and when you get him on the football field, he's amazing. He just got a tattoo of a block M on his arm … that says it all right there. When you give up 12 or 15 million dollars to come back, you have to love Michigan. A guaranteed 12 or 15 million? You have to love Michigan."True to form, Hart opined Long would have trumped many of the players drafted high last year. "There would have been no [Penn State tackle] Levi Brown [drafted] at No. 5. And [Wisconsin's] Joe Thomas is not better than Jake, either, but he got more hype. But Levi Brown … he'd better share some of that signing bonus [with Jake]."