Toledo Blade: Article by Joe Vardon

Fate pits Koger against Rockets
Whitmer grad starts for Michigan

By JOE VARDON
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

ANN ARBOR — The contract for today's Michigan-Toledo match-up hadn't even been signed when the Rockets came calling for Kevin Koger.

According to Koger, Michigan's freshman tight end and newly appointed starter at that position, UT offered him a scholarship in the summer of 2006, following his sophomore year at Whitmer High.

'Ha, well, we knew about him a long time ago,' Rockets coach Tom Amstutz said in a nod toward verifying Koger's claim. 'We knew he was a good player, a special talent, and we put an offer out to him.'

Of course, circumstances unfolded in a way that the player UT coveted at such a young age will line up against the Rockets in their first-ever trip to Michigan Stadium. If you believe in fate, how all this came to be is a feather in your cap.

First off, UM and UT entered into a contract to play today's game on May 17, 2007 — the tail end of Koger's junior year at Whitmer.

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