Today the winners for Massachusetts and Maryland were announced. They were Mike Leach (tennis) and Mike Barrowman (swimming), respectively.
I was hoping this contest would help alleviate our off-season woes, but it appears that's not going to happen as Todd Collins, Jamie Morris, and Dhani Jones only received honorable mention today.
http://www.mgoblue.com/genrel/50-states.html
It's always rough when you
To be fair,
Barrowman won an olympic gold and the other guy is the only person in NCAA history to do something. Those are pretty impressive achievements.
more on Barrowman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Barrowman
Those are significant achievements. I think they easily outweigh what Dhani accomplished at Michigan.
Leach over Rumeal is more interesting.
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Rumeal
I was at the final four in '89 and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Rumeal hitting those free-throws. I would have given him the nod on this one in light of all the team accomplished that year. I have a signed hat from most of the team (got it that weekend) and a signed ball from Rumeal. I wonder if it was hard for UofM to give him the top spot here because of his recent legal issues. It shouldn't matter, but I wonder if it did.
I was there, too.
As great as the National Championship game was, the semi-final matchup with Illinois was an amazing game; I don't recall either team leading by more than four points the whole way. IIRC, Illinois had won both conference meetings that year.
Taking it one week at a time
Illini fans
Here's a name that's guaranteed to make them cringe if they're over 35: Sean Higgins. :)
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Not only had they won both
Not only had they won both meetings, neither game had been close. They pounded the crap out of us on Senior Day at Crisler.
Do Mike Leach or Mike
Do Mike Leach or Mike Barrowman have their own TV show...?
The dude abides.
well then
I suppose Paris Hilton and Kendra Wilkinson should be named the best performers then.
Fortunately,
neither Jon nor Kate were varsity athletes at Michigan.
Taking it one week at a time
It appears
that the Leaders and Best in 50 States is meant to highlight the achievements of all varsity athletes at Michigan.
Taking it one week at a time
Dude - Mike Barrowmen is one
Dude - Mike Barrowmen is one of the best breast-strokers (lol) in history.
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Wow
I didn't know that the University of Michigan competed in sports other than football.
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and things with... molecular structures."
Barrowman
I don't know anything about Leach, but it is hard to argue with Barrowman. Swimming gets no PR and I remember this guy. I also remember watching him in the Olympics.
Now we not only get unhappy
Now we not only get unhappy by perceived slights from ESPN, we get unhappy by perceived slights from the Michigan propaganda site?
OP needs to take a vacation or have some alone time.
agreed
Sorry, I only cheer for the football team.
I'm a Michigan (not that Michigan) Fan.
Look up
It's the point sailing over your head.
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Sarcasm detection by MGoBoarders,
not having its best day.
I believe octal was joking.
Taking it one week at a time
Well, then one of our sarcasm
Well, then one of our sarcasm detectors is broken.
It it's mine, can I claim that my snippy remark was sarcasm?
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In the anonymous forum,
you can claim anything you want; it's fine by me.
octal agreed with SchockFX, made an outrageous statement and finished up with "Michigan (not that Michigan)". Its funny.
Taking it one week at a time
Emphasis mine.
octal agreed with SchockFX, made an outrageous statement and finished up with "Michigan (not that Michigan)
Thank you sir.
I don't understand the
I don't understand the problem with the selections
Damn, this is...
...exactly what I predicted would happen.
Again, there are thousands of Michigan student-athletes who participated in sports other than football and basketball and many found significant success while at U-M. Rather than getting worked up, take it as a learning opportunity. And take a deep breath while you're at it.
I didn't know Mike Leach was the first Michigan NCAA singles champion and that he's a member of the U-M Hall of Honor. Without this feature, I still wouldn't know that. Does that beat out Jamie Morris and Rumeal Robinson? I don't know, but I can tell you if they had been selected I wouldn't have learned anything new about their careers at U-M from this feature.
Let's just enjoy learning about the siginificant accomplishments of these outstanding Michigan student-athletes and stow the outrage.
| MASSACHUSETTS |
 Mike Leach (Weston), Men's Tennis
• Mike Leach (1979-82) was the 1982 NCAA Singles Champion, becoming the first (and only) unseeded player in history to win the title, adding two NCAA All-America citations and four Big Ten titles to his U-M Hall of Honor resume. Honorable Mention • Todd Collins, Football • Jamie Morris, Football • Danielle Lund, Women's Tennis • Courtney Reid, Field Hockey • Rumeal Robinson, Men's Basketball |
| MARYLAND |
 Mike Barrowman (Rockville), Men's Swimming and Diving
• Mike Barrowman (1987-91) was a three-time NCAA Champion and a four-time Big Ten champion and won gold at the 1992 Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke. Honorable Mention • Irving Einbinder , Men's Swimming and Diving • Dhani Jones, Football • Elise Ray, Women's Gymnastics • John Scherer, Men's Track and Field |
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Mike Leach certainly has the
Mike Leach certainly has the best hair of any MA athlete alum
"But it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio."
-- Lafcadio Hearn
Mike Barrowman's eyebrows
Mike Barrowman's eyebrows respectfully disagree
EDIT: I didn't see the MA qualifier in there. Whatever, my point can still be made that Barrowman has some great eyebrows
Man, my bad, I didn't think
Man, my bad, I didn't think you guys were so sensitive. I was joking about the selections being non-football choices. Although if the Ohio choice is not a Heisman winner, I will be legitimately pissed.
FWIW,
Rob Lytle was 3rd in Heisman balloting.
Taking it one week at a time
I was kind of disappointed
I was kind of disappointed with this feature, but not for these reasons.
I was expecting more than just text; if not video, then at least photos or something. MGoBlue could've done a little better than this, considering we're in the dog days of summer with nothing better to do.
New Jersey: How about Garvie Craw?
Maybe not the top choice, but certainly honorable mention was in order for the fullback who scored two touchdowns in one of the ten biggest wins -- and perhaps the biggest upset -- in Michigan football history. At risk of stating the obvious, I speak of 24-12 in 1969.
Swimming has been by far our
Swimming has been by far our most successful sport over the years. It makes sense a swimmer was picked.
I have no problem with these.
Like so many things in sports sites, it was done as much to honor those athletes, as to raise debate.
It has done both.
(I do agree that MGoBlue could have given us more supporting data, bios, etc.)
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