All-1980s Michigan team now up

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Like I said on my post awhile ago with the All-90s Michigan team, I just finished and published my All-80s Michigan team on EA Teambuilder. You know the drill, this team team works on either PS3 or Xbox for NCAA Football 13.

To be selected to this team, the player had to have played TWO seasons in the 1980s.

Just search my ID on the Teambuilder page on your NCAA Football 13 game: WolverineDevotee

Also add me on PSN! Next up, I will be working on an All-70s team. Be sure to check out my All-90s, All-2000s and 2006 Michigan teams if you haven't already.

Here is the roster of the All-80s team-

QB    4   Jim Harbaugh             1982-1986      
QB    9   Michael Taylor             1985-1989     
QB    7   Demetrius Brown        1985-1989      
QB   16  Steve Smith                1980-1983      
QB   12  Chris Zurbrugg            1983-1987      

RB    23   Jamie Morris                 1984-1987    
RB    24   Butch Woolfolk             1978-1981     
RB    42   Tony Boles                    1986-1989
RB    33   Leroy Hoard                  1986-1989      
RB    27   Thomas Wilcher           1982-1986  

FB     32   Jarrod Bunch                1986-1990      
FB     22   Gerald White                1983-1986    

WR    1    Anthony Carter              1979-1982    
WR    2    Chris Calloway              1986-1989      
WR   40   John Kolesar                 1985-1988       
WR   84   Paul Jokisch                  1981-1986       
WR    1    Greg McMurtry               1986-1989       
WR   25   Vince Bean                    1980-1984     
WR   31   Ken Higgins                   1983-1986         

TE     81   Eric Kattus                     1981-1985       
TE     82   Norm Betts                     1979-1982   
TE     89   Derrick Walker               1985-1989      
TE     80   Jeffrey Brown                 1985-1988      


LT      75   Bubba Paris                    1978-1981     
LT      73   Tom Dohring                   1986-1990      

LG     65   Kurt Becker                    1978-1981      
LG     64   Jerry Diorio                     1980-1983     
LG     76   Michael Dames              1984-1988     

C       67   John Vitale                      1984-1988     
C       69   Tom Dixon                       1980-1983      

RG   76  Stefan Humphries             1980-1983     
RG   78  Dean Dingman                  1987-1990  
RG   78  Mike Hammerstein            1982-1986   

RT    72    John Elliott                    1983-1987               
RT    72   Ed Muransky                  1979-1981       


LDE   99   Robert Thompson         1978-1982       
LDE   89   Carlton Rose                 1980-1983       
LDE   35   Dieter Heren                  1982-1986      

DT    50   Mark Messner                1984-1988      
DT    66   Mark Hammerstein        1981-1985       
DT    56   Billy Harris                      1983-1987    
DT    96   John Herrmann              1985-1989      

RDE     85    Jim Scarcelli              1981-1985       
RDE     80    Rodney Lyles             1980-1984      
RDE     33    Jeff Akers                   1981-1985     

LLB      49     Andy Moeller            1982-1986         
LLB      95     J.J. Grant                 1985-1989            
LLB      30     John Milligan           1986-1990      

MLB      42    Mike Mallory             1981-1985        
MLB      57    Tim Anderson           1981-1984             
MLB      41    Todd Schulte            1982-1986       

RLB      50    Paul Girgash             1979-1982      
RLB      40    Mike Boren               1980-1983        
RLB      48    Tom Hassel               1980-1983

CB      30     Brad Cochran               1981-1985                    
CB      13     Garland Rivers             1983-1986                     
CB      13     Keith Bostic                  1979-1982
CB      44     John Lott                      1979-1983
CB       3      Marion Body                 1979-1982
CB      15     Jerry Burgei                  1979-1982

FS      27     Vada Murray                1987-1990
FS      14     Tony Gant                    1982-1986
FS       5      Erik Campbell             1984-1987
FS       8      Doug Mallory               1983-1987

SS       3     Tripp Welborne         1987-1990         
SS      17    Ivan Hicks                 1982-1986

K        19      Mike Gillette           1985-1988
   
P        43      Monte Robbins       1983-1987

XM - Mt 1822

July 28th, 2012 at 7:41 PM ^

needs to be on that list.    And I'm glad you included Mike Mallory, a guy that wasn't even 6' tall, and maybe weighed 215, but was unique for his calm nature off the field and his tenacity on it.  

acnumber1

July 28th, 2012 at 8:21 PM ^

If 1980 and the 1981 Rose Bowl count as part of the 1980s then John Wangler needs to  be added to the QB group. If you need to drop one I imagine Zurbrugg wouldn't complain.

 

Earlier comment suggested adding Tony Boles.  I don't disagree, but if you do the very last thing you should do is drop Leroy Hoard, who you have as the 5th RB.  Not sure how the rankings are set, but Leroy was the heart and soul.  He should be no lower than 3rd.

 

Love to see Kenny Higgins on the team.

readyourguard

July 28th, 2012 at 8:48 PM ^

Greg Skrepenak OT started in 88&89. I realize he became AA in 90&91, but he set a record for consecutive starts as an OT, and that streak began in the 80s. Besides, I dug the guy.

EDIT:  Eddie Garret FB.  He hard hard. 

 

dj89

July 28th, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^

I would not allow a Boren on any list of Michigan men.  I appreciate the career he had here, but as far as I am concerned, he renounced his ties and he has no place on this list.  Petty of me?  Whatever.  He can take his family values and stick it.

turtleboy

July 28th, 2012 at 9:35 PM ^

That's just a few names under the scholarship limit, looks like a nice roster, lol. Great to see the familiar names like Mallory, Gant, Woolfolk, and Moeller in there, too.

UofM Snowboarder

July 28th, 2012 at 9:43 PM ^

These lists are pretty dumb. In a ten year span, you have, probably 4 starters, tops, at any given position (and, in general, the standouts will start for 3-4 years, so that brings it down to about 3 players vieing for an 'All-1980s Michigan' position). So you're listing 4 players, out of ~4 starters.

Hurray! Pointless lists! Names!

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Wolverine Devotee

July 28th, 2012 at 10:28 PM ^

It's not a "list". It's an actual roster for the All-80s team I made on Teambuilder in my All-Decade series I am doing.

I don't think you know what the NCAA Football video game series is by that post.  When you make All-Time or All-Decade teams, you take the best players at their positions from that time period and put them on the team.

XM - Mt 1822

July 28th, 2012 at 10:22 PM ^

You must have just broken up with your girlfriend, been left at home by your fishing buddies, run out of vacation time at work, or some other dastardly life circumstance.   Most positions have a much higher turnover due to many reasons, including injuries, academics, transfers, etc.   For instance there were probably 30 linebackers on the roster through the 80's (quick, somebody please check), so picking a few out is still, as one poster put it, a nice stroll through memory lane. 

Thorin

July 28th, 2012 at 10:00 PM ^

No offense but were you even alive in the 80s? Tony Boles was All-Big Ten on two Big Ten Championship teams and team MVP in 1989.

Wolverine Devotee

July 28th, 2012 at 10:15 PM ^

For some reason I thought I had every back covered. I tend to not focus on the later part of the decade since most of the impact players only played one season in the 80s. But it completely slipped my mind about Boles. Going to make an update now to include him.

rob f

July 29th, 2012 at 2:30 AM ^

were very special players.  Mark Messner was the only player from that era that I ever personally met, just a nice guy thru and thru that morphed into a monster when he walked out on to that Michigan turf.  Kolesar was--and still is--one of the top 5 or 6 receivers I've seen in the 34 years I had my season tickets.  Imagine the numbers he could have put up in a passing offense!

And Tripp Welborne?  Quite possibly the best DB other than Charles Woodson to play for Michigan in the last quarter of the 20th Century.   Would have been a star on Sundays if not for injury.

Roy G. Biv

July 29th, 2012 at 11:08 AM ^

Great list and great memories, despite what some who may wish to present themselves as above it all may say. AC was my very first U-M hero as a kid (despite being a fellow Flint native, I was just a bit too young during the Rick Leach era).  Brad Cochrane was a stud CB.  Mike Hammerstein was a beast on the D-line--I used to be excited when that defense took the field.  Humphries/Dixon were the first O-lineman I was a fan of.  Well done, your list really brought a smile to my face.