Happy 40th Birthday to Glenn Robinson

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January 10th, 2013 at 7:08 PM
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Marley Nowell
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Happy 40th Birthday to Glenn Robinson

Thanks to the "Big Dog" for giving us "Light Rob"  GRIII

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January 10th, 2013 at 7:16 PM | This is how old I am... (Score:5 Normal)
WolveJD
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There was a time when I sat at Crisler as an undergrad and cursed Purdue's Big Dog for taking the Big Ten Title away from J. Rose and company. 

In a roundabout way, he may be giving it back. 

-So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

January 10th, 2013 at 8:16 PM | Re: (Score:2)
neoavatara
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Yup, I was at that game too...

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January 10th, 2013 at 8:52 PM | I remember watching our home (Score:2)
FrankMurphy
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I remember watching our home game against Purdue in '94 in which we led by 8 with two and a half minutes to go but totally collapsed down the stretch. Glenn Robinson hit the winning shot. That loss was painful. 

January 10th, 2013 at 9:16 PM | My math... (Score:3 Normal)
GRBluefan
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May be off, but given the date and GRIII's age, I suppose it is possible he initiated the process of giving it back that evening with some lucky young lass...

January 11th, 2013 at 1:25 AM | Actually GRIII was born on (Score:2)
Zak
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Actually GRIII was born on January 8, 1994. So he would've already been born when that game happened. 

Interesting fact that I hadn't heard before he was born three months premature and only weighed 3lbs 4ozs. He had to spend the next two months in an incubator with a mini basketball, according to wikipedia.

January 11th, 2013 at 12:03 AM | That game brings back some (Score:1)
718Wolverine
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That game brings back some memories. I remember camping out at Crisler the night before to make sure I was in the front row, which I was...only to see us blow the game for the BIG 10 championship. Big Dog was a beast. Didn't he posterize Big Country Reeves in the tourney that year?

January 10th, 2013 at 7:30 PM | Big Dog was one phenomenal (Score:4 Normal)
gordie bell
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Big Dog was one phenomenal basketball player at Purdue. Only thing standing between post Webber Fab Five and a Big Ten Championship  was the great Glen Robinson Jr., and I'll be damned if he didn't beat them.

The video is not very good but here is the last 2:26 of Purdue's remarkable comeback to steal the title from the Wolverines. Robinson's three point play to pull Purdue to within one will remind you of his son.

Happy Birthday Big Dog.

 

January 10th, 2013 at 10:47 PM | A few thoughts after watching that abortion (Score:1)
San Diego Mick
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  • HD > VHS, omg we're so spoiled now.
  • As much as I loved the Fab Five, they're sporadic play used to drive me nuts.
  • Why were we shooting the ball as if we were behind when leading 94-93 with 20 seconds to go?
  • This was an example to me of how Fisher was a great recruiter but an average coach, he's improved now, but man that used to frustrate the hell out of me.
  • Lastly, wow Chrisler Center > Chrisler Arena.

Happy BDay GRII, thanks for providing us with an awesome son!

January 10th, 2013 at 11:29 PM | Contrast in style... (Score:2 Normal)
Tater
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Frieder used to micromanage horribly.  Fisher was the opposite and it allowed Michigan to win it all during his first six games as coach.  Fisher's lassiez-faire/ostrich approach would cost Michigan dearly down the road, but at least it helped produce Michigan's only NCAA Tournament Championship.  

 

 

 

January 10th, 2013 at 10:51 PM | Even as a freshman (Score:5 Normal)
RayIsaac91
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Even as a freshmen, you just knew Robbie Hummel was going to be a solid player.

January 10th, 2013 at 11:27 PM | Insightful (Score:1)
San Diego Mick
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he sure was a collegian for a long time

January 10th, 2013 at 11:49 PM | Ugh - I forgot just what an (Score:3 Normal)
snarling wolverine
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Ugh - I forgot just what an epic collapse that was.  Didn't we also lose to a bad Northwestern team right after that?

January 11th, 2013 at 10:54 AM | Wow, that is brutal.  I (Score:2)
jmblue
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Wow, that is brutal.  I didn't remember the collapse being quite that bad.  We had a seven-point lead with 1:30 to go! 

It's hard to believe, watching that, that we had four three-year starters on the floor.  We looked like a bunch of freshmen there on offense, heaving up wild threes. 

January 10th, 2013 at 8:40 PM | Best college basketball (Score:1)
TheGeneral
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Best college basketball player in my years of watching college ball. Happy birthday and please tell your son to stay and develope his game.

January 10th, 2013 at 8:49 PM | Little do people know, but (Score:2 Normal)
VelikovskysDog
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Little do people know, but BIgDog was quoted sometime a year into it, that, had he known the FabFive were gonna come together, namely Webber and Rose late in the game, that he'd have come here too. Supposedly he committed early to Purdue, and then Webber and Rose essentially completed it effectively. Thus, Ray Jackson wouldve not been a FabFiver, and I really think they'd have won the ncaa title with BigDog.

January 10th, 2013 at 9:49 PM | He'd have been (Score:2)
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A Super Sixer.

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

January 10th, 2013 at 9:46 PM | Which Boilermaker has given (Score:5 Normal)
acnumber1
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Which Boilermaker has given us the most?

a) Bob Griese

b) Glenn Robinson

c) Joe Tiller

5 4 3 2 1 Touchdown!

Touchdown Billy Taylor!

Touchdown Billy Taylor!

January 11th, 2013 at 2:39 AM | Does Danny Hope count? (Score:2)
BostonWolverine
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Does Danny Hope count?

January 10th, 2013 at 9:47 PM | Go Bucks! (Score:1)
GoBlueGB
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Go Bucks!

January 10th, 2013 at 11:43 PM | go bucks? (Score:1)
quiverfull
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you get lost on your way to ohio, or maybe milwaukee? 

Quiverfull

January 11th, 2013 at 1:46 AM | I am an off and on again (Score:1)
GoBlueGB
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I am an off and on again bandwagon Milwaukee Bucks fan

January 11th, 2013 at 12:57 AM | He's a MAN! (Score:1)
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He's a MAN!

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

- Vince Lombardi

January 11th, 2013 at 9:09 AM | Has ther been any Big Dog (Score:2)
toomer18
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Has ther been any Big Dog sightings at UM games?  I havent seen him.  Whats going on with that?

toomer18

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