We all know it's been a tough year for Michigan so far. Rich Rodriguez got into that messy West Virginia contract dispute, his spread style offense hasn't clicked yet in Ann Arbor, the team was humiliated at home by Toledo, and the school is losing top recruits. But at least no one has, you know, gotten arrested yet for a violent assault yet. Well, that's about to change.
It seems some jackass Michigan football player decided to got out of his way to nearly kill a star Michigan hockey player for no specific reason this past weekend.
Steve Kampfer, a fourth-round pick of the Ducks in 2007, remains hospitalized in Ann Arbor, Mich., after he was attacked by a University of Michigan football player early Sunday morning.
Kampfer, 20-year-old defenseman on Michigan’s hockey team, was thrown head first onto the sidewalk after he and a friend were confronted by a group of young men, university police said. A Ducks spokesman said that Kampfer suffered a fractured skull.
Kampfer, 20-year-old defenseman on Michigan’s hockey team, was thrown head first onto the sidewalk after he and a friend were confronted by a group of young men, university police said. A Ducks spokesman said that Kampfer suffered a fractured skull.
The details of the fight are pretty frightening too. Because, as I said, it seemed totally unprovoked.
According to the witness, Kampfer and an unidentified friend were walking southward on Church Street when three unknown males caught up to them just past the intersection with Willard Street.
The man walking with Kampfer turned around as the group approached and said something the witness could not hear.
The witness said two of the men walked past Kampfer and his friend, shoving them aside, and then the third picked up Kampfer and slammed him into the sidewalk. Kampfer’s friend yelled at the group, but the men continued walking south on Church Street, the witness said.
He said Kampfer wasn’t moving and appeared to be unconscious after the attack.
The witness said two of the men walked past Kampfer and his friend, shoving them aside, and then the third picked up Kampfer and slammed him into the sidewalk. Kampfer’s friend yelled at the group, but the men continued walking south on Church Street, the witness said.
He said Kampfer wasn’t moving and appeared to be unconscious after the attack.
The attacker has been revealed to be a walk-on, 5'7" running back named Mike Milano who he used to be a wrestler at the school (and I would bet is on plenty of steroids).
Obviously, Rodriguez will probably throw this guy off the team, since he's useless anyway, but this is just yet another black eye for a program that can't seem to avoid them these days.
There's a saying out there, "success breeds success." But in Michigan's case, it's starting to seem like the exact opposite. This school's football program is becoming a complete and utter laughingstock.
Sources: Kampfer was hospitalized after altercation with football player [The Michigan Daily] via [The Big Lead]
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