Lew Alcindor - best ever "almost" UMer?

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June 18th, 2010 at 8:02 PM | Given... (Score:1)
MGoShoe
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...what was going on with Alcindor's emerging political consciousness and the leading role U-M and A2 had in the student activist movement, this doesn't surprise me one bit. 

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June 18th, 2010 at 8:09 PM | And, of course, (Score:1)
skunk bear
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Jesse Owens.

http://www.jesseowensmuseum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=res_viewDetails&id=61

June 18th, 2010 at 9:00 PM | Jeter (Score:1)
Bosch
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did attend U of M... he just didn't play baseball.  He was enrolled as a freshmen when I also was a freshmen.  He was actually friends with a kid in my hall.  Funny thinking back at how I really had no idea who he was.  What was his story anyway? 

All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.

June 18th, 2010 at 9:37 PM | Do we say "UMer"?  I thought (Score:1)
jmblue
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Do we say "UMer"?  I thought it was a mildly insulting term.  At any rate, I prefer "Wolverine."

June 18th, 2010 at 9:53 PM | I'm pretty sure that the (Score:1)
mgopat
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I'm pretty sure that the other big suitor was Bama.

 

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June 18th, 2010 at 10:27 PM | memory (Score:1)
skunk bear
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I must admit that I'm going by memory. Mostly from reading The Wolverine at that time (obviously several years ago). I'm not sure the Wikipedia article covers it very well though. Perhaps some Mgobloggers can help out here.

June 18th, 2010 at 10:37 PM | One of the best LB ever in the big ten. (Score:1)
Prestige Worldwide
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Chris Speilman

June 18th, 2010 at 10:40 PM | College recruiting - dirty as it ever was (Score:1)
robpollard
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I knew about Owens' unbelievable, world-record day at Ferry Field in '35 (thx to the beautiful plaque there, http://mvictors.com/?p=7139), but I didn't know he was ready to come to U of M.  Too bad for us.

If you go to Jesse Owens' official site (weirdly, his musuem seems to not be part of this), there's no mention of this "bidding" war w various job offers for his dad for Jesse's services. It just says, "Owens chose the Ohio State University, even though OSU could not offer a track scholarship at the time. He worked a number of jobs to support himself and his young wife, Ruth."  http://www.jesseowens.com/about/

It's good to get confirmation, once again, that college recruiting has been dirty, in all sports, for basically 100 years.

It only ends once. Anything that happens before that, is just progress.

June 18th, 2010 at 10:41 PM | I heard somewhere... (Score:1)
M Fanfare
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I heard somewhere that Alcindor was going to go to Michigan out of high school but UCLA/Sam Gilbert offered him more money than Michigan and their boosters were offering him. Just goes to show that college basketball recruiting has been dirty dirty dirty for a long time.

Hail to the college whose colors we wear,

Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

June 18th, 2010 at 10:45 PM | wow (Score:1)
umchicago
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i've never heard that story.  dammit.  could've been a couple of titles there - with cazzie and/or rudy t.

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