Coaches' timeouts are worse. Basketball teams should get one, full stop.
"Though I received no official response to these sophisticated and elegant tweets to the Illini Athletic Department, I would like to think that Beckman spent the evening prank calling everyone in Illinois named George McLellan and then ordering an absurd amount of hats off an internet haberdashery to hoard in his home's hat annex."
in re: is GRIII on a tear
Petway nails threes to death metal. Seriously.
Mike Lantry, 1972
Career-enders coming fast and furious.
"Tonight we were reminded that Michigan is five years further down the road. Which means we have a long road ahead. The State Farm Center renovations start in a few hours and will run for three years. Let’s hope that when they’re complete, we’re Michigan."
unfortunate break for Boilers
hooray
especially not you, Adam Jacobi
Accurate.
The NCAA's 90% claim debunked.
" If the school asks about it, they are advised to send a cease and desist letter, which preserves the eligibility of the student-athletes. SI ignores the letter and we all go on about our business."
"Are yiz ... are yiz Davie Corner?" he asked disbelievingly. Corner confirmed he was. The man dropped the sword and offered his hands to be cuffed.
this is correct
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If this is an all time UM NFL players list then you are missing quite a few good players from your team. If its current players only there are some on that list who shouldn't be(Everritt, A-Train...)
This team would have a good offensive line, Tom Brady and a good defense.
As for the hole at RB, the clear solution is the greatest running QB in the history of the B1G.
There are maybe sixty teams who compete for elite recruits, and another twenty or so from whom an occasional "sleeper" or "late bloomer" develops into an NFL player. There are 32 teams in the NFL. This creates a rather obvious numerical disparity.
Even Alabama would have a problem fielding an NFL team of alums because of the QB position. It's been awhile since Namath and Stabler played. I am thinking that USC is the only school that could field a decent NFL team.
Well this is fun isn't it. http://espn.go.com/nfl/college
Auburn could probably field a pretty good team. Here goes a half hour of my life looking at every college.
Is the OP 12? I feel we are missing about 121 years of Michigan football on this list.
DBs: marlin jackson, ryan mundy, james hall, morgan trent
It could've happened a few years ago. Now the roster would be a little thin, or old. We could still probably beat the Jaguars, Browns, and Panthers. When Brady was first starting we still had guys like Jon Runyan, Jumbo Elliot, Jon Jansen, Glen Steele, James Hall, Dhani Jones, Cato June, Ty Law, BJ Askew, and Tyrone Wheatley playing.
Basically this offense is the New England Patriots:
Tom Brady with a very good, and veteran, offensive line.
No Running Backs
Average WRs, most are #3 guys on any other team, that work within Brady's system to move the chains.
If you add Funchess, you have your ball-hawking TE!!!
USC, Miami, and Texas look like they would be the teams to beat.
Miami would be pretty good... except who would their QB be?! They don't have an active QB in the NFL, and I'm not really sure who they have had recently to call up. The only one I can remember playing is Ken Dorsey, and not only has that been a while, but he was a bust. There may be a couple since him, but can't think of them being starters or anything. They would have an awesome defense to keep them in games, and then Frank Gore too, but without a QB, they might find trouble.
Texas' only QB in the NFL is McCoy, who is a backup for the winless Browns. He might have enough talent around him to get the job done though.
USC has Palmer, Sanchez, and Cassel, but not sure who they would throw too. Brady gets it done with lesser known guys, so its not that big of deal. They would have a pretty good defense, so they might be the team we would have to worry about the most.
Except they'd be playing with no quarterback. We definitely win that head-to-head, lol
Ohio would likely be pretty good too...they tend to have guys drafted. They'd have no QB though. Pryor? lol
I think he is coaching at a high school this year.
I've thought about this too, but mine was more of how would our alums in the NFL do against other schools' alums in the NFL, rather than against current NFL teams. If you're just doing active players or people who could be called up and play today(sans injury) I think we would be one of the better teams.
The most important position is QB so you have to have a quality QB to build around. We would be fine there, and would give us an edge. Look at some of the other starting QBs. Roethlisberger-Miami(OH), Flacco-Delaware, Romo-Eastern Illinois. Even Ryan-Boston College , Rivers-NC St & Brees-Purdue would probably have a tough time being able to form a full team to be competitive.
OSU sends a lot to the NFL, but even they would have a hard time competing. For QB they would pretty much be limited to Troy Smith, and .............PRYOR! USC would have some depth at QB: Palmer, Cassel, Sanchez, and would have a solid LB crew + Polamalu, but the QBs wouldn't really have anyone to throw to.
assuming we're talking about these guys when they're fresh out of college w/ no nfl experience, i'd say they wouldn't be very competitive. maybe win 3-5 games, if that. at the end of the day, they'd still be rookies.
Another interesting discussion is how many NFL teams would the elite college teams (e.g. Alabama) beat, if any? I've always wondered if the best college team could match up against the worst NFL team. Probably not, but its an interesting discussion.
Keep in mind that Alabama's players wouldn't even be rookies in the NFL right now. It's pretty rare for a rookie, however talented, to make an impact at most positions. Whatever his talent level, McCarron would be a disaster as a rookie QB. Alabama's current OL will probably produce several very good NFL starters eventually, but other than freaks like Joe Thomas or Jake Long, it's rare for a rookie offensive lineman to even be average in the NFL, so collectively the unit would almost certianly be well below average. Same thing with rookie receivers - unless you have a physical marvel like A.J. Green or Julio Junes, they probably won't make a significant impact. So you end up with an offense that would probably be one of the worst in the league overall, at very best.
It's easier for young defenders to make an impact, but even they have an adjustment period. Look at other highly regarded recent Alabama alums: Donta Hightower was an absolute stud at Alabama last year, but he's struggling somewhat with the Patriots this year. Terrence Cody went through a similar adjustment period when he was no longer the most physically imposing player on the field every play. Kareem Jackson was a lockdown corner in college, but barely an adequate starter in the NFL.
And those are only the guys who are making it. Alabama has had 18 guys drafted in the first 4 rounds of the last 4 NFL drafts, which is a ton. But if you were forming a NFL roster from the last 4 Alabama classes, which probably approximates the talent level of this year's team, 2/3 of your roster would have to be late-round guys or undrafted free agents. You would be counting on significant contributions from a bunch of guys who aren't thought of as quality NFL players by most people.
So in short, although this Alabama team is crazy talented, it's completely unrealistic to expect any college team to be remotely competitive in the NFL.
Zero, now that Millen is out of the league.
that an all UofM team of guys in the pros we would beat all other all the other all-college teams from the NFL
could pass as a running back on this roster. Does he count as someone who has graced the winged helmet in the past?
Well since we're assuming injuries don't exist...gotta hope that Charles Woodson could average around 4 yds/carry - all Brady would need out of the run game. Maybe even hand the ball off to Molk every once in a while for a little thunder/lightning action!
Someone with a lot of time should assemble this all Michigan team on madden and sim a season
I've already done this in Madden 2003 for PC.
If I remember correctly my depth chart was as follows.
I know I am missing alot of guys but this was basically a rebuild of the 1997 national championship team. Played as the Bears.
QB: Brian Griese, Tom Brady, Todd Collins
HB: Anthony Thomas, Chris Perry,
FB: ??
WR: David Terrell, Amani Toomer, Marquis Walker, and some more I forget
TE: Jerome Tuman, Jay Remersma
T: Backus, Runyan
G: ??
C??
DT Steele, Josh Williams
DE; Hall, ??
LB: Gold, Sword, Dhani Jones
CB: Ty Law, Woodson
S: ???
K Feely
Their record was 16-0 and they were SB champs, right?
The problem with doing current NFL UofM players is they're getting long in the tooth. Put a roster together 3-4 years ago minimum and we'd have a fairly good team. Now they would likely be a 3-6 game winner at best. Even on an all time we'd be thin at RB as few of our guys have had much success in the NFL, but with a great passing game that helps an average RB be better than they are.
QB- Carson Palmer, Mark Sanchez (Matt Cassell?)
RB- Reggie Bush, Joe McKnight
WR- Damian Williams, Mike Williams, Steve Smith
TE- Fred Davis, Anthony McCoy
OT- Matt Kalil, Tyron Smith
OG- Deuce Lutui, Chilo Rachal
C- Ryan Kalil
DE- Nick Perry, Everson Griffen
DT- Sedrick Ellis, Jurrell Casey
LB- Clay Mathews Jr., Rey Mauluga, Brian Cushing
CB- Terrell Thomas, Shereece Wright
S- Troy Polamolu, Taylor Mays
yup, nobody's beating that team
QB- Vince Young, Colt McCoy
RB- Jamaal Charles, Cedrick Benson
WR- Roy Williams, Jordan Shipley, Limas Sweed
T- Justin Blalock, Jonathan Scott
TE- Jermichael Finley, Bo Scaife
G- Kasey Studdard, Leonard Davis
C- Derrick Dockery?
DE- Brian Orakpo, Brian Robison
DT- Henry Melton, Lamarr Houston
LB- Sam Acho, Derrick Johnson, Sergio Kindle
CB- Quentin Jammer, Aaron Williams, Cedric Griffen
S- Mike Huff, Earl Thomas
i can't see this passing game having much success, at all; basically, the KC Chiefs
And Young is out of the NFL.
QB- Tim Tebow
RB- Chris Rainey, Jeff Demps
WR- Percy Harvin, Louis Murphy, Jabar Gaffney
TE- Aaron Hernandez, Ben Troupe?
T- Marcus Gilbert, Max Starks
G- Maurkice Pouncey, ???
C- Mike Pouncey
DE- Carlos Dunlap, Jeremy Mincey
DT- Ray McDonald, Marcus Thomas
LB- Jermaine Cunningham, Brandon Siler, Brandon Spikes
CB- Joe Haden, Lito Sheppard
S- Reggie Nelson, Major Wright
damn, Urban really did recruit some athletic players
paid fairly.
In a league of all-college teams, absolutely. Against other typical NFL teams, maybe win a few games. Very little depth. Starters are solid for the most part though.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/college/_/letter/m
Minnesota has 3 dudes in the NFL. 3!
Less than Northwestern and Indiana.
Tell you right now as a Steeler fan Mundy sucks hard.
Ok who's gong pay these guys and fy them around the league? Oh wait we have Mr Ross the owner of the dolphins.
How about rich eisen in the booth with say Dana Jacobsen on the sideline, Adam Schaefer as a reporter, Desmond Howard in the booth as well
Current Michigan players, no, but Michigan alumni, yes.
