In honor of 22 days to go: My All-time Starting 22
In honor of 22 days to kickoff I had an idea to name the 22 all-time starters I've ever seen. These lists are dumb, but I find them fun to put together. Tried to avoid M bias but that's damn tough, obviously.
Let me know what you think and submit your own. Or don't, I'm not the police.
Mine:
QB: Tommie Frazier (NUred) - Seemingly unstoppable and seemingly changed every game he was in. Eddie George is holding his Heisman for him. Consecutive national champion
RB: Barry Sanders (OkS) - The greatest college runningback of all time, hands down.
OW: Denard Robinson (M) - Obviously a biased pick. But he was damn fun to watch and a great kid.
TE: Mercedes Lewis (UCLA) - TD machine. ~2000 yards and 22TDs. Go-to weapon for his time in pasadena
LT: Orlando Pace (tOSU) - Legit tie for the most dominant OL I've ever watched with Jake Long. Just unreal.
RT: Jake Long (M) - Larger than life, literally. Shocking this era of M has 0 MNCs to show for it with how good he made the entire line.
LG: Steve Hutchinson (M) - Converted DL turned into an AA and 1st rd pick. '97 NC team.
RG: Chance Warmack (ALA) - Just a mauler. Three BCS titles in four years. Unanimous AA '12.
C:Barret Jones (ALA) - Staple of the Alabama OL during the renaissance under Saban. Played almost every position along the line. 2 time AA. played the 2012 BCS NCG with 2 torn ligaments and a lisfranc injury and still manhandled Louis Nix.
WR: Braylon Edwards (M) - If you saw the 2004 Michigan State game this makes perfect sense.
WR: Michael Crabtree (TTU) - Him and Graham Harrell had Texas Tech at #2 for a spell. that play against UT to win it....wow.
DE: Brandon Graham (M)- His hit on Glenn Winston. The fact that he was the only bright spot on the '08 defense. All Time Sacks leader
DE: Terrell Suggs (ASU)- 2002 statline: 24 Sacks, 31.5 TFL, 6 FF. Just a legendary season.
DT: Ndamakong Suh (NUred) - Should have won the Heisman his last year at Nebraska. As a DT. Unreal.
DT: Glenn Dorsey (LSU) - Lott, Nagurski, Lombardi, Outland awards, SEC DPOY, SEC champ, BCS champ,
LB: Derrick Johnson (UT) - Big play machine. First round pick, dominant player appeared to cause a fumble every time he made a hit.
LB: Dat Nguyen (ATM)- Led ATM in tackles 4 straight years, Averaged 10.5 tackles per game, 1995 SWC Newcomer of the year, 95-98 First team all B12. Bednarik, Lombardi, Lambert awards, AA, B12 DPOY
LB: Lavar Arrington (PSU) - A guy who you can boil down a single play to define how terrifying he was. 1998 PSU v. Illinois. HE LEAPED OVER THE LINE AND TACKLED THE FB IN THE BACKFIELD ON 4TH AND 1. 2X First team AA, 2X first team All B1G, butkis, lambert, bednarik awards
CB: Marcus Trufant (WSU) - No one scored a touchdown against him his last two years at WSU. Unremarkable teams (except for the 2003 team which lost the rose bowl). Four year starter. I just remember him being a very flashy player and he's always stuck wtih me.
CB: Charles Woodson (M) - He did everything you can do at the college level. Its more impressive than you remember, trust me and even though this is a college only list: his NFL career just might be MORE impressive if that's even possible.
S: Eric Berry (UTn) - Thrope award, 2x Tatum award, 2x Unanimous AA, 2X 1st team All SEC, SEC DPOY. JUST BEAT CANCER TO RETURN TO FOOTBALL.
S: Roy Williams (OU) - Unanimous AA, 2X All B12, Nagurski, Thorpe, Tatum. Legendary performance in the RRR.
August 12th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
BC my other options were to piss my pants at the Jeff Moss Article or the Cowherd-Utah news. and I could give a flying fuck about either of those.
August 12th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
So, you're saying you actually do care about the Jeff Moss article and Cowherd/Utah news....
August 12th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
Whoa, 10.5 sacks per game? I knew Nguyen was good but those are NCAA '14 numbers on JV level with the sliders all tilted.
August 12th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
I would prob sub in Calvin Johnson for WR and Ed Reed at safety. Also for QB I'd prob go Vince Young (the college version) who was amazing.
August 12th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
As much as I like Brandon Graham, there's no way I'd take him over LaMarr Woodley...
August 12th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
That was the most glaring omission I saw as well. Graham is amazing, but Woodley is on another level.
August 12th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
A list of your all-time starting 22 from Michigan. Slightly disappointed, but interesting list nonetheless.
August 12th, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
Exactly what I thought. I didn't read the entire thing because it isn't an all Michigan team.
August 12th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
that's been done about a dozen times. wanted to do something different.
August 12th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
are you only doing guys you actually saw play? Not a bad list, but my glaring omissions would be Deion Sanders, Warren Sapp..at receiver i think Randy Moss, Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson would all be better choices. Id actually put Desmond and AC above of Braylon. Ed Reed was probably the best college safety i ever saw.
August 12th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
I don't think I saw Ed Reed play much when he was in college. I do remember Sean Taylor though--that dude could ball. RIP.
August 14th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
Here are some Sean Taylor highlights from his college career. Recruiting video music aside, the highlights are dang impressive. 1:50 to 2:15 give a pretty good summary of his abilities really quickly.
August 12th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
I was skeptical when you included Denard, but you lost me when you added Braylon.
August 12th, 2015 at 4:24 PM ^
QB: Denard
RB: Denard
WR: Shoelace
WR: Desmond Howard
WR: 16
TE: Denard
LT: Shoelace
LG: Shoelace
C: Denard
RG: 16
RT: Shoelace
DT: Denard
DT: 16
DE: Shoelace
DE: Denard
LB: Denard
LB: Shoelace
LB: 16
S: Denard
S: Denard
CB: Charles Woodson
CB: Charles Woodson
August 12th, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
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August 12th, 2015 at 4:43 PM ^
I know it's what if, but a senior Drew Henson would probably be the best QB (at least pro-style) of all time.
August 12th, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^
Dat Nguyen tho.
August 13th, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
GOAT?
Junior Seau should be on this list. 19 sacks in the 1989 season. Michigan won the Rose Bowl against the Trojans, and finished #4 in the county.
August 12th, 2015 at 7:32 PM ^
Still, I'm very glad he opted for MSU and not UM (although I dunno if we even recruited him).
August 14th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
We didn't recruit Charles Rogers because of his academics. That is why he ended up at State. Same as Aaron Burbridge.
August 13th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
this sucked butts
August 13th, 2015 at 1:21 PM ^
Love brandon graham but you got to think that Woodley makes the list before him
August 13th, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
I thought this would be Michigan All-Time Starting 22. That sounds more fun.
August 13th, 2015 at 5:21 PM ^
Let's say your general cutoff is the Barry Sanders era since he is the oldest person on this list. Here are just a few names to consider:
Jonathon Ogden - OT - UCLA
Tim Brown - WR - ND
Rocket Ismail - WR - ND
Michael Irvin - WR - Miami
Peyton Manning - QB - Tennessee
Ty - Detmer - QB - BYU
Russell Maryland - DT - Maryland
Jerome Brown - DT - Maryland
Steve Emtman - DT - Washington
Marvin Jones - LB - FSU
Derrick Brooks - LB - FSU
Derrick Thomas - LB - Alabama
Deion Sanders - DB - FSU
Ronnie Lott - DB - USC
Mark Carrier - DB - USC
Ed Reed - DB - Miami
Sean Taylor - DB - Miami
August 14th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
Steve Emtman was the most dominate college DT i ever saw. And picking your two starting CBs is the easiest part. It is Woodson and Prime Time, hard to make an affective argument for any other two CBs.
August 15th, 2015 at 4:38 AM ^
August 14th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^
If we go purely off of college careers I think that Champ Bailey, Terrell Buckley, and Dre Bly warrant some consideration for the second spot. In the end I would probably still go with Deion second to Charles.
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