Sunday, September 28, 2008

Detroit News: Article by Angelique Chengelis

Wolverines' flashy back McGuffie shuns spotlight

U-M tailback would rather play than soak up attention

Angelique S. Chengelis / The Detroit News

ANN ARBOR -- The YouTube fame, well, that's just something that is part of Sam McGuffie.

Not because he wants it to be. It just is.

Have you seen the videos?

McGuffie is part tailback, part Superman as he front-flips over a defender. He unfurls his cape as he leaps over another.

"He's a tremendous football player," said Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema, whose ninth-ranked Badgers open the Big Ten season at Michigan today. "I have YouTubed him as well as I'm sure everybody else in the country has. He has a lot of raw talent that converts to being a very good football player.

To read the rest of the article please visit: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080927/SPORTS0201/809270341/1131/SPORTS0201

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