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W ith the new college NCAA football season under- way, we are revisiting the achievements of two brothers from the reigning University of Michigan National Championship team. The Wolverines beat the Washington Huskies, 34-13 in Houston at NRG Stadium. This is Michigan’s first Championship since 1997. Keshaun J. Harris (Sigma 2022) and Jerome B. Nichols (Sigma 2022) discuss the championship win and how the lessons shared are timeless. Nupes Take It To The Big House
“EVERYBODY’S SAYING, ‘ MAN THE NUPES WON THE SUPER BOWL. ’” – Darryl D. Hill
McMikle: We talk about achievement in every field of human endeavor and clearly, winning a national championship is a tremen- dous achievement. How does it feel to be a national champion? Keshaun J. Harris: It feels surreal. I’ve been a huge Michigan fan all my life so this is kind of like a dream come true and was a goal of mine. I’ve always wanted to play football at Michigan. So I’m still on cloud nine. I don’t think it has hit me yet. I’m still trying to relax and just enjoy the moment. This is truly a blessing. Jerome B. Nichols: I completely agree with Key. When I first came to the University of Michigan, it was during Covid. We were each in a section, in pods. The coach assigned me to
be with Key. We went from being 2-4 my freshman year during Covid to National Champions. It is surreal. It was amazing. Cole: Brother Nichols, talk a little bit more about the relationship that you and Brother Harris built. As you said, you got together and built that relationship from 2-4, and eventually, you guys rose to the mountain- top and got the national championship. Talk about that relationship and how you started it from day one to when you won the championship. Nichols: I remember Day One. We were on the field it was conditioning. Again, it was Covid, too, so you only had so many people in the facility at a time. I walked into the weight room, and I read the list of people I was
We had these gloves on. I’ve never twirled in gloves before. So I’m making the moves again and again and again, trying to feel the weight of the cane. It is not the same. We’re talking about our bows and I was like, ‘D, I’m hitting the flow, Bro!’ We’re trying to get hyped. The whole cast is getting hyped. We went out there and we saw all those people. Then it was just like boom, locked in. McMikle: So the crowd hyped you up? Roller: Well, we couldn’t really hear the crowd. We had ear monitors in our
ears because the echo that would have come off of the stadium to the stage. I wish I could have heard the crowd a little bit more. But definitely seeing them was enough. Hill: I think it warmed our hearts truly. Everybody’s saying, ‘Man the Nupes won the Super Bowl.’ ♦
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