On Saturday, Lombardi returns with Northern Illinois across his chest, looking to capture some of that previous magic. Last week, he followed up with yards and a trio of interceptions in a loss to Wyoming.
Overall, Lombardi has completed 30 of 53 pass attempts Jackson, who transferred from Michigan to Washington this offseason in a less-than-amicable split, heard loud boos every time his name was called over the public address system. It is a game the redshirt junior has had circled on his personal calendar since he was a high school junior starring as a three-sport athlete at West Des Moines Valley High.
Yeah, this is a real homecoming for me. Awards flew in for the 6-foot-4, pound Lombardi after his second straight yard passing performance — the third of his career — and a win at Michigan. He also threw for yards in a season-opening loss to Rutgers while completing He loves football.
But I have heard him express to our team that he knows that this game is gonna be a physical game, and we gotta get better this week in practice.
He's verbalized that to our football team, and that's what leaders do. Michigan against Iowa ]. At the time, Tony was an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan, while Kari was the volleyball coach at Brighton High. I would either hire a babysitter or he would just sit in his little bouncy seat or 'exersaucer' or whatever while these balls flew around him. After leaving Michigan, the family moved to suburban Chicago before eventually settling in Iowa, relocating from Cedar Rapids to the town of Clive, and West Des Moines schools, just before Lombardi's freshman year of high school.
After all, the Huskies finished the season with a record of , losing by an average of over 13 points per game. Though NIU appears to have made slight improvements so far, it's highly unlikely that it'll stand much of a chance when the two programs meet in the Big House in less than 24 hours.
In a contest that will likely be completely one-sided for the better part of the afternoon, there's at least one intriguing matchup to keep your eye on when the Husky offense takes the field on Saturday. Rocky Lombardi, a redshirt junior quarterback and former Michigan State Spartan, makes his return to the Big House after torching the Wolverine defense through the air just one year ago.
In what is arguably the worst loss of Jim Harbaugh's tenure in Ann Arbor, Michigan's defense - led by former defensive coordinator Don Brown - somehow managed to make a very average quarterback in Lombardi look like an All-American and future first-rounder.
Lombardi finished the afternoon completing 17 of 32 attempts for yards and 3 touchdowns through the air. When it was all said and done, the point underdog Spartans would leave Ann Arbor with a victory and the Paul Bunyan trophy in-hand. It was a stunning loss for Harbaugh and the Wolverines, particularly against an in-state rival in rebuild mode and with a first-year head coach.
The loss to Michigan State would kick off a three game losing streak for the Wolverines - with consecutive losses to the Spartans, Hoosiers and Badgers all by an average of
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