Calling all past or present Maize Rage members (or if you can help, please do)

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

I'm working on a project about the Maize Rage and I'm trying to get together a picture of every t-shirt design. If anyone could identify what year this shirt was made in/worn in, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm completely stumped on this one.

Wolverine Devotee

February 8th, 2012 at 7:51 PM ^

If you have shirts from your other years at Michigan as well and could get some pictures of them for me I would really appreciate it.

And yes, the shirt has been identified as being from the 2001-02 season.

99bobcats

February 10th, 2012 at 8:47 AM ^

The nice Nike one above is from 99-00. The one in 00-01 is ugly and has a big ad for Xanedu.com which was Ellerbe's wife's site. Then No Timeouts in Crisler was 01-02. I think I still have all three.

rynoisneato

February 10th, 2012 at 2:00 PM ^

The maize rage was baptized with shirts midway through the '98-'99 season. I've got the shirt. I'll send a snapshot of it. It has some dumb cliche on the front suggesting the maize rage can't be stopped, it can only be contained. I think there was also one other one before the Nike shirt. There's definitely a non-Nike shirt that was paid for with a big, obnoxious ad for an internet site emblazoned across the back. I should be good to send those three (original/ad/Nike).

groesser

February 11th, 2012 at 10:54 AM ^

It was the first year that the Maize Rage had bleachers.  I was there with Reza Breakstone, Aaron Ruhlig, Histo, Jason Oh, Brian Galvin and a few others when we met with Tom Brooks, the then Marketing Director at Michigan, to start a revitalized Maize Rage.  Before then there was no organization, just the students in the theater-style seats who were given shirts from time-to-time.  We became offically organized in the 2000-01 season, but this shirt coincided with Amaker's arrival and the bleachers being brought in.  I, along with Ruhlig and Izzone transplant Ryan Cook came up with the slogan as we were sitting right behind the opponents bench and made continued noise during timeouts to disrupt the opponent's huddle.  I don't know if they still do that. 

What type of history are you compiling?  I'm sure I can provide a lot of early information when the Rage first started as an organization.  From the initial meetings and elections,  first website, Full Court Press, Dom Bombs, etc. I was there for all of it.  My freshmen year had the sect of Crawford's Crazies and my sophomore year Ruhlig and I created the Pitino heads that led to the rally for Pitino on the diag that nearly landed him as coach instead of Louisville. 

If you need any help with your project, let me know.

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Nacho Mama

February 20th, 2012 at 6:38 AM ^

Four friends and I wore maize shirts in the 4th row behind the visitors bench in the 1995-1996 season. They always held 3 rows for visiting players' families and friends.  It was our senior year and the first year they awarded tickets in the student section based on seniority and not first-come, first-serve. I wish I could take credit but it was my friend's idea.  I don't have my shirt, but my friends do.  We will send the pics to the email.  If you watch any televised game (which in those days could always be seen on Raycom if not CBS, ESPN) they will show us.