As the U football team's equipment manager, Kelly Sharitt and his assistant Chris Hawkes are responsible for ensuring that each of the 71 players and 30 members of the coaching staff have everything they need for road games.

The Utes are one impressive road victory away from crashing Michigan's open-house party, and it could spell a sign of things to come.

More than their on-field Michigan opponents, the U must defeat a crowd of 111,000 fans spitting golden bile this Saturday. The Wolverines will be looking to not only beat the Utes, but also avenge a loss that occurred one year earlier.

Following an extremely displeasing season to Michigan football standards8212;three home losses, most painfully to rival Ohio State8212; Wolverine fans might be biting their lips in anticipation for the Utes.

To attempt to sum up the way the U football team ended fall camp, compared to the way it started, one could simply use the cliche, "night and day."

With the opening day matchup between Michigan and Utah less than a week away, both teams have been preparing for the season in hopes of starting out on the right foot.