Stonum targeting the #1 jersey
I just took a look at TomVH's twitter account, and he retweeted the following from Stonum (CornellStone22):
RT @CornellStone22 Some1 tell @theofficialbraylon to tell me what I gotta do to get that number 1.
Looks like Roundtree and Ricardo Miller are gonna have some competition! If he keeps up his hard work, I think Stonum has a very good chance.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:29 AM ^
Good for him... I'm not sure if he'll get it, but if he has the determination to go for it, it can only be good things for us. With the way the WRs have played this year, I'd say Hemingway is the most deserving and seems to fit the mold of the previous #1s the best. As long as he can stay healthy, of course.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:37 AM ^
You should never target the #1 jersey...You should take it.
October 24th, 2010 at 8:23 AM ^
Whoever can pull the sword from the rock.
October 24th, 2010 at 9:01 AM ^
love both of those
October 24th, 2010 at 12:31 AM ^
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October 24th, 2010 at 4:54 AM ^
Can you do this but with an anagram and have one side up and one side down?
October 24th, 2010 at 12:32 AM ^
October 24th, 2010 at 12:35 AM ^
Had these guys on their teams called "quarterbacks" who could throw passes downfield to them.
October 24th, 2010 at 2:28 AM ^
Had these things called "insight" and "wit" and could cobble together intelligent discourse on this board.
A dying breed.
October 24th, 2010 at 10:45 PM ^
Derp derp derpity derp DERP! I said GOOD DERP, sir!
October 24th, 2010 at 4:14 AM ^
Where's my newspaper?
October 24th, 2010 at 12:37 AM ^
Love the work ethic and emotion. But nobody on this team is anywhere near ready for the number 1 jersey. Now if Stonum finishes off the season with a couple massive 150 yard games and some highlight reel catches then we have a maybe.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:45 AM ^
At this point, Junior Hemingway is probably closer to the #1 than Stonum is.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:30 AM ^
uhhhh how so? I think jr has played in 5 games in the last 2 years. i .love him as a downfield threat but he has been waaay to injury prone
October 24th, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
Agreed, but look at how productive Junior has been when he's played... especially this year.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:46 AM ^
I bet a comparision of highlight tapes would suffice. Now if only there existed one of Darryl...
October 24th, 2010 at 12:54 AM ^
Stonum's career recieving yards total is just under 700 yards and 4 tds. Braylon had 1500 yards and 15 tds his senior year. I would love for him or someone else to earn that jersey. But c'mon man. Let's wait until we have a deserving all-american, game changing WR to give it to.
I could see Ricardo because of his frame and passion for M. I hope.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:58 AM ^
If you're standard for the #1 jersey is Braylon Edwards, you'd be lucky to have a #1 every decade.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:01 AM ^
We're never going to have that as long as Rich Rod is here. I feel like they should redefine the #1 jersey.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:06 AM ^
Isn't that the point? If you give it out every year it's not special anymore. I only want it to be given out to the Braylon, Carter, Alexander, and terrell type guys.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:16 AM ^
If your standard for the number one jersey is Braylon Edwards then it would literally be him and Carter. No offense to the others, but that's a high benchmark. Setting it at a high caliber play maker/leader is one thing, but setting it as the statistic leader in school history is another.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:27 AM ^
Terrell was a guy who had back to back 1,000 yard seasons. All-American type guys is all I'm saying. Never said they had to be Braylon. I just think the 1 jersey is a special honor for a special player.
October 24th, 2010 at 3:11 AM ^
Sincerely,
Tyrone Butterfield.
October 24th, 2010 at 4:19 AM ^
made him worthy. I've never such an over-hyped bust before. Before anyone says Kelly Baraka, Butterfield was given the #1 before he stepped on the field. The only thing that little dude had in common with A.C. was that they were both from Florida.
If I'm not mistaken, I think he had his scholarship revoked somehow due to his on-field performance. Maybe that's not possible, but I could have sworn that he was booted from his scholarship without getting trouble with the law or grades.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:34 PM ^
It should be clarified that the #1 jersey, while reserved for wide receivers after AC wore it, did not have to be "earned" until Braylon. McMurtry, Butterfield and Terrell all got it right out of high school and Alexander got it after his true freshman season (when McMurtry graduated).
October 24th, 2010 at 9:11 AM ^
I always equate #1 with Anthony Carter, because he was the trail blazer, blazing speed literally, the first I had seen at Michigan growing up. He had that ability to make a play and win a game instantly. And in Bo's offense of 3 yards and a cloud of dust, it was exciting to have that playmaker ability as well.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:03 AM ^
Those numbers are highly tainted by the fact that he had two true freshman quarterbacks throwing him the ball in his first two years (one of which was Nick Sheridan).
October 24th, 2010 at 1:31 AM ^
Yeah. Stonum has had Tate (Freshman), Denard( Sophomore), Sheridan, Threet. Liitle different than even Henne ( future starting NFL qb)
October 24th, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
henne already starts
October 25th, 2010 at 4:10 PM ^
I think the poster meant that at the time Henne played here, he was a future NFL starter, but it was worded a bit oddly.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:00 AM ^
Ever since Stonum came to Michigan I had really high hopes for the guy turning into another Manningham type. I was really pulling for the guy, but so far, he hasn't lived up to what I had considered he would do. Hopefully he can turn it up the remainder of this season and next.
October 24th, 2010 at 10:31 AM ^
This is the problem with this and all the Michigan boards right now. On one hand, people want to give Rodriguez a free pass because of Threet/Sheridan, then "having" to start freshmen and sophomores the next two seasons.
In the next breath, these RR pom pom wavers want to blame Stonum for being a bust--he's had the same shit to work with that poor lil Richie Rod has had to work with, hasn't he?
Stonum ought to get the #1 jersey for staying with this team. If he was at Arkansas or Alabama, he'd be an All American. Instead he's stuck in an offense watching quarterbacks run themselves into the ground and then throw nothing but five yard dinks and dunks.
October 24th, 2010 at 10:45 AM ^
Is that you? Flatulance tagline, painfully blunt "assessments," and general dissatisfaction: the "KIng" is back. Temporarily, I'm sure.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
Whenever I see that you have posted in a thread, I do the very thing your name implies. How fitting.
October 24th, 2010 at 7:39 PM ^
Romey is hardly a Rich Rod pom pom waver. I think you two would see eye to eye on a lot of things. Also, Stonum is averaging 13.5 ypc this year. Not Mossian, but not dinks and dunks either. I conclude that you are dumb.
October 25th, 2010 at 4:05 PM ^
I'm not a pom pom waiver. I may eat my words next year, but as of right now, I'm a little disappointed that Stonum hasn't seen more action.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:11 AM ^
the young man has set a goal to be the best. I can only hope he or any one of the receivers makes it.
October 24th, 2010 at 1:41 AM ^
Also should be stated in this thread that this whole incident started when Troy Woolfolk said he was changing his number and asked everyone what number he should be. 1, 2, 8, or 9. And everyone started telling him no on the number one and he then said something about stonum and stonum replied.
I have a new found respect for Troy after he tweeted this.
October 24th, 2010 at 4:53 AM ^
That is awesome to hear. I love the tradition of Michigan and the respect all (most?) players have for the greats that came before them.
It has been previously mentioned, but it would be awesome if that number were held for a stud defensive back. Let Vincent Smith have it, but if you wear it on defense, you have got to earn it.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:47 PM ^
Seconded (no pun intended)
To wear the number 2 on defense should be the same as #1.
That is an awesome idea and i love it.
October 24th, 2010 at 2:13 AM ^
Call me old fashioned, but I think no one should get number one.
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<br>Carter, Terrell, and Braylon were greats. And if you gave a number one to any wide receiver it's those guys. They were something special.
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<br>But I love the Michigan WOLVERINES everyone from the star wide receiver to the fourth string punter. Don't single someone out.
October 24th, 2010 at 2:50 AM ^
Stonum is all OMGWOWZSTUD and all, but my math runs like this: Roundtree == clutch == #1 jersey.
October 24th, 2010 at 9:00 AM ^
Perhaps the #1 should be awarded to a senior receiver who has been a stud in prior years. This gives them an incentive to perform, earn it and STAY (a slight dig at Manningham).. Stonum seems to have lost his KO return mojo.
On the other hand I think we should guarantee HaHa the #4 (his current #) if he tells off Saban and commits to us.
October 24th, 2010 at 10:03 AM ^
Stonum hasn't been returning KOs the last couple of weeks.
October 24th, 2010 at 11:39 AM ^
There is probably a good reason for that.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:37 PM ^
He's had a nagging hamstring injury.
October 24th, 2010 at 9:16 AM ^
Can someone tell me why Desmond Howard never sought out #1?
October 24th, 2010 at 9:24 AM ^
Probably because the #1 jersey didn't have the same significance until the motivational saga of Braylon Edwards. If I'm not mistaken, most players who wore the #1 were given the number as a freshman.
October 24th, 2010 at 9:34 AM ^
DA was the more highly regarded recruit coming out of high school. And the year before Desmond won the Heisman, DA was the man. Him and Grbac were money on those fade routes. And if you look at what he did when he came back from injury, you will see that he more than earned the right to still have #1.
I'm not pinning that loss to Washington in the Rose Bowl on DA being out, but with two dynamic receivers to cover, UW wouldn't have been able to make Desmond a non-factor.
EDIT: The injury to DA happened in the season opener to BC in 1991, Desmond's Heisman year. Desmond was good before that year, but if anyone was to predict who would win the Heisman going into that season, more people would have bet on DA. His stats were better, and he had more NFL appeal at that time.