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Future Michigan Football Legends Criteria?

By HELLE — December 23rd, 2012 at 3:43 AM — 27 comments
Filed under:
  • football
  • legends patch

Since Desmond became a Michigan Football Legend at last year's UTL, I have been thinking about how future players would be deemed worthy of Legend status. I turned to the College Football Hall of Fame for insight on their criteria for election into the Hall. My thought was that this would give us a good size group to choose from given that we already have 30 players elected. This is the first criteria:

  • FIRST AND FOREMOST, A PLAYER MUST HAVE RECEIVED MAJOR FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA RECOGNITION.
  • All of the current Legends qualify under this criteria except for Ford (I think we can give Presidents a pass on this one).

    Here is the list of First Team All-Americans:

     

    1 Paul Goebel, Anthony Carter, Derrick Alexander, David Terrell, Braylon Edwards
    2 Jack Blott, Charles Woodson
    3 Tripp Welborne, Marlin Jackson
    4 Jim Harbaugh, Marquise Walker
    6 Harry Kipke, Dave Brown
    7 Rick Leach
    11 Francis Wistert, Albert Wistert, Alvin Wistert
    13 Garland Rivers
    15 Frank Culver
    16 Denard Robinson
    17 Ted Petoskey, Larry Foote
    18 Chalmers Elliott
    19 Robert Brown, Remy Hamilton
    21 Desmond Howard
    22 Ty Law
    23 Chris Perry
    24 Jack Clancy, Butch Woolfolk
    25 Tom Edwards, Tom Curtis, Ernest Shazor
    27 Benny Friedman, Charles Bernard
    28 Robert Timberlake
    29 Leon Hall
    30 Harry Hawkins, Brad Cochran
    32 Edliff Slaughter
    33 Mike Taylor
    35 Thom Darden, Don Dufek
    36 Ralph Heikkinen
    37 Jim Smith, Erick Anderson, Jarrett Irons
    39 Henry Hill
    40 Ron Johnson, Ron Simpkins
    41 Randy Logan, Rob Lytle
    42 Billy Taylor
    43 James Pace
    45 William Daley, Pete Elliott
    46 Harry Newman
    47 Bennie Oosterbaan
    49 Robert Chappuis, Richard Volk
    50 Otto Pommerening, David Molk
    52 Rod Payne
    56 LaMarr Woodley
    57 Maynard Morrison
    58 Rob Renes
    59 George Lilja
    60 Mark Donahue, Mark Messner
    63 Julius Franks
    65 Reggie McKenzie, Kurt Becker
    66 Mike Hammerstein
    67 Mervin Pregulman, John Vitale
    68 Joe Cocozzo
    69 Tom Dixon, Matt Elliott, Jon Runyan
    70 Marty Huff
    71 Dave Gallagher
    72 Allen Wahl, Dan Dierdorf, Walt Downing, Ed Muransky, John Elliott
    73 Bill Dufek
    75 William Yearby, William Paris, Greg Skrepenak, David Baas
    76 Stefan Humphries, Steve Hutchinson
    77 Arthur Walker, Paul Seymour, Jon Jansen, Jake Long, Taylor Lewan
    78 Dean Dingman
    80 Jerame Tuman
    81 Glen Steele
    83 Bennie Joppru
    85 Lowell Perry
    86 Robert Westfall, John Anderson
    87 Edward Frutig, Ronald Kramer
    88 Elmer Madar, Jim Mandich
    89 Richard Rifenburg
    94 Jason Horn
    95 Curtis Greer
    96 Calvin O'Neal, William Carr
    97 Chris Hutchinson
    98 Tom Harmon

    Obviously this list is plenty long enough for multiple lifetimes of Michigan Football Legends Ceremonies, but using this criteria, can you really keep Michigan's All-Time leading rusher (Mike Hart) from getting a patch? I guess the real question is how do we separate a great player from a Michigan Legend?

    At least the next two (after Harmon) are pretty easy in my opinion. Anthony Carter (three time first team All America) and Charles Woodson (Heisman). The hard part will be trying to find someone to wear those numbers, given what Hoke has already said about them being special. It should be fun.

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    2012 Football Road Trips

    By HELLE — March 27th, 2012 at 2:30 AM — 39 comments
    Filed under:
    • away game, football road trips
    • football

    If anyone on MgoBlog is like me, this is the time of the year you start thinking about possible Away Game Road Trips for the upcoming Michigan Football Season. It would be great if I had the time and money travel to every away game, staying in a hotel at a prime location for a long weekend of bars and football, but I’m not at that point in my life right now. I (like most others) have to find a balance between time, effort and cost in deciding which away games to attend. The following information is to help people with their planning and hopefully you guys can help me with any advice you may have. These away games are a huge part of my Michigan Football season, and I have always said that one away game equals three average home games. I love visiting the towns, meeting the opposing fans and hearing a nearly silent stadium every time Michigan scores a touchdown. Go Blue!

    9/1 vs. Alabama

    Arlington, Texas

    Getting There: 1203 miles/ 19hrs. 29min. Flights from DTW: $471+

    Where to Stay: 20+ hotels available within 4 miles of the stadium at $50-$324/night

    Early StubHub Prices: $315+

    My Take: My first reaction when I heard about this neutral site game was “I wish it was a home and home”. I would have paid almost anything to travel down to Alabama. I can’t justify paying $1000 for air fare, $600 for a hotel, $600 for two tickets and a couple hundred for a rental car. That’s almost $2500 for a couples days with a football game thrown in. Yes, I could have extended the trip and maybe drove down to Austin to make a vacation out of it but that’s a lot of money for Texas. 

    9/22 at Notre Dame

    South Bend, Ind.

    Getting There: 169 miles/ 2 hrs. 55 min.

    Where to Stay: 6 hotels available within 2 miles of the stadium at $269-$420/night

    Early StubHub Prices: $315+

    My Take: South Bends close proximity to Ann Arbor makes this really tempting. I would probably drive there in the morning and tailgate all day. Then drive home after the game. $300 is a lot for a football ticket but given the fact that my only other expense would be food, gas and parking, it would actually be one of the least expensive away games to attend.

    10/6 at Purdue

    West Lafayette, Ind.

    Getting There: 296 miles/ 5 hrs. 4 min

    Where to Stay: 1 hotel available within 2 miles of the stadium at $244/night

    Early StubHub Prices: $70+

    My Take: I already booked my hotel room for this game. Purdue is an easy ticket to get and a laid back stadium atmosphere. This is the first time I’m staying in West Lafayette. I’m staying at the Holiday Inn Downtown and I have been told that there are bars and restaurants within walking distance of the hotel. The last time I visited Purdue for a game we drove down that morning and arrived two hours before the game. We drove back immediately after the game. It was a long day but still a great time.

    10/27 at Nebraska

    Lincoln, Neb.

    Getting There: 748 miles/ 12hrs. 38min. Flights from DTW: $453+. Another option that I am considering is taking the train from Ann Arbor for $109 roundtrip (17 hours).

    Where to Stay: 2 hotels within 1 mile of the stadium. $225-$600/night. 16 hotels available 1-3 miles for the stadium at $43-$346/night.

    Early StubHub Prices: $219+

    My Take: I’m definitely going! I have family that lives five minutes from the stadium. Yes, ticket prices are expensive but not having to pay for a couple nights at a hotel easily offsets the ticket price. I have friends that are also making the trip to Lincoln that have said the hotel choices are pretty bad. They said that you either pay a ton for an average hotel or you are staying in a dump. They actually opted to stay a 30 minutes outside of Lincoln.

    11/3 at Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minn.

    Getting There: 650 miles/ 11 hrs. 29 min. Flights from DTW: $316+

    Where to Stay: 10+ hotels available within 2 miles of the stadium at $80-$150/night

    Early StubHub Prices: $99+

    My Take: I have never been to Minnesota but I love the fact that they have their own outdoor stadium now. With affordable tickets and cheap hotels, I will definitely be making a trip up there sooner rather than later. Other than the Mall of America, I know absolutely nothing about Minnesota.

    11/24 at OHIO

    Columbus, Ohio

    Getting There: 191 miles/ 3 hrs. 11 min.

    Where to Stay: 11 hotels available within 2 miles of the stadium at $75-$230/night

    Early StubHub Prices: $323+

    My Take: This would definitely be a “get in and get out” type of road trip. I know everyone has their stories about Columbus but I have to get down there for a game one day to see for myself. Again, tickets are and will always be expensive to OHIO, but at least it's close and you don't have to stay the night.

    * all mileage is from Ann Arbor*

    I hope this has got everyone thinking about their 2012 Away Game Road Trips. So where are you planning to go this year?

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