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OT: The 68 "Coolest" People to Attend the Tournament Schools
March 19th, 2013 at 12:22 PM | 
Sam McGuffie
Sam McGuffie
March 19th, 2013 at 12:51 PM |
And landed
And landed
in California
I love Greg Mattison
March 19th, 2013 at 12:33 PM |
That map
That map
I knew SEC basketball was terrible, but that map really drives the point home. Zero teams from the states of Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina made the tournament, and almost as many teams made the tournament from the state of New Mexico (2) as the entire SEC (3).
March 19th, 2013 at 1:04 PM |
And if it wasn't for Florida
And if it wasn't for Florida
having played beating up all these major schools in a major conference, NM teams would be seeded on par or better.
I love Greg Mattison
March 19th, 2013 at 12:44 PM |
What, no H.H. Holmes or Charles Guiteau?
What, no H.H. Holmes or Charles Guiteau?
No love for serial killers and presidential assassins I see. (Both attended UM in the latter half of the 19th century.)
"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Urban Meyer!"
March 19th, 2013 at 12:49 PM |
Infamous Bracket
Infamous Bracket
Michigan's infamous NIT would also need to include François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Nathan Leopold, and James McDonald Vicary
Craig Barker || The Hoover Street Rag || Twitter
"The Michigan fanbase: a cynical, Eeyorish bunch even in the best of times."
March 19th, 2013 at 12:54 PM |
Not Leopold--Loeb.
Not Leopold--Loeb.
Nathan Leopold did not attend the University of Michigan, but his co-defendant Richard Loeb did.
March 19th, 2013 at 2:55 PM |
Aggh
Aggh
Every time! Thank you!
Craig Barker || The Hoover Street Rag || Twitter
"The Michigan fanbase: a cynical, Eeyorish bunch even in the best of times."
March 19th, 2013 at 12:45 PM |
Why no Ann B. Davis?
Why no Ann B. Davis?
She was the coolest member of the Brady Bunch.
"[The University of Michigan] was, in short, the testing ground for all my prejudices, my beliefs and my ignorance, and it helped to lay out the boundaries of my life."--Arthur Miller
March 19th, 2013 at 12:46 PM |
Just so you know
Just so you know
Working on the 96 seed Bracket of the "Coolest Michigan alumnus/alumna" broken into four regions, Sporting, Politics/Commerce, Arts, and Science and Technology.
Why 96? Because I got to 64 and there were too many cool people to leave out. Cool being defined in my mind as "person whom you have the least shame reminding people went to Michigan", which is the essence of alumni bragging.
Oh and Moses Fleetwood Walker is on the list.
Craig Barker || The Hoover Street Rag || Twitter
"The Michigan fanbase: a cynical, Eeyorish bunch even in the best of times."
March 19th, 2013 at 12:49 PM |
Brady MF
Brady MF
Hoke
I love Greg Mattison
March 19th, 2013 at 6:37 PM |
Did not attend. But I still
Did not attend. But I still
Did not attend. But I still love that he is your pick
March 19th, 2013 at 1:35 PM |
Jim Abbott
Jim Abbott
Not many major leaguers have thrown a no hitter, let alone do it with one hand. Need to give Jim some props!
March 19th, 2013 at 1:47 PM |
Honestly, half the people on
Honestly, half the people on
Honestly, half the people on that list are "cool" in that they are involved in music or sports. What qualifies as cool seems to have a pretty narrow definition.
March 19th, 2013 at 2:34 PM |
NU - Cindy Crawford
NU - Cindy Crawford
Definitely some of the coolest Northwestern alums would include Cindy Crawford, Warren Beatty, Chuck Heston, but probably Cindy Crawford is the all around coolest.
What? Northwestern didn't make the tournament this year? Huh...
March 19th, 2013 at 3:19 PM |
I nominate a three time Super
I nominate a three time Super
I nominate a three time Super Bowl winning quarterback who lives on the cover of GQ and is married to one of the world's most beautiful women. Has he changed the world like some of the others mentioned in the thread? No. But for pure cool, it has to be Tom Brady.
March 19th, 2013 at 10:00 PM |
How about Mike Wallace.
How about Mike Wallace.
How about Mike Wallace.
March 20th, 2013 at 12:17 AM |
As a Colorado alumn, I have
As a Colorado alumn, I have
As a Colorado alumn, I have to bitch about our choice too. Christopher Meloni is OK, I guess, but I can't believe there's a person alive who thinks he cooler than Robert Redford (or a host of others).
1. Great Name
2. YouTube Legend
3. IIRC, he hurdled the Grand Canyon
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