The real story for the upcoming "SuperBro" (or "Harbowl") is actually not Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh, but rather Flacco vs. Harbaugh. This is Flacco in college:
This is Jim Harbaugh during his early glory days:
SEE THE HELMETS????!!!!
so much for that
The real story of the upcoming Superbowl
January 21st, 2013 at 8:18 AM
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The real story of the upcoming Superbowl
January 21st, 2013 at 8:26 AM | 
They took er helmets!!
They took er helmets!!
January 21st, 2013 at 8:40 AM |
iirc
iirc
This actually happened as the result of a Michigan man coaching deleware
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January 21st, 2013 at 10:45 AM |
My Brother-In-Law
My Brother-In-Law
My brother-in-law is a Princeton Grad, he has reminded me about a million times where UM got its wing helmet idea.
January 21st, 2013 at 10:53 AM |
We got it from Crisler, who
We got it from Crisler, who
We got it from Crisler, who invented it while there... not from Princeton. There's a distinction. That said, their colors are atrocious.
Touchdown Michigan!
January 21st, 2013 at 1:48 PM |
Except that almost certainly, Crisler didn't "invent" it.
Except that almost certainly, Crisler didn't "invent" it.
It was just a standard Spalding sporting goods design.
January 21st, 2013 at 1:56 PM |
As I understand it, the
As I understand it, the
As I understand it, the "wings" were standard, but the stripes were not. I don't think anyone used the 3 stripes + wings combo before Crisler.
January 21st, 2013 at 2:07 PM |
Nope.
Nope.
From the most unlikely imaginable source -- "SpartanJerseys.com" -- comes the most exhaustive analysis I have ever seen.
http://www.spartanjerseys.com/michigan-state-football-jersey-helmet/winged-helmet/
Turns out that Michigan State College (later MSU) and the Ohio State University both briefly wore "winged" design leather helmets before Crisler came to Michigan, and there is conclusive photo evidence that many schools wore the design, including three-stripe versions, in the early thirties before Crisler at Princeton.
The whole story of Crisler's personal involvement in the helmet design is mostly manufactured as far as I am aware.
January 21st, 2013 at 2:02 PM |
Even better, I'll be sure to
Even better, I'll be sure to
Even better, I'll be sure to use this next time.
EDIT: NOOOOOOoooo
Touchdown Michigan!
January 21st, 2013 at 3:19 PM |
Ultimate troll move
Ultimate troll move
State wearing winged helmets for a throwback jersey against Michigan.
*shudders*
Football is both an identity and a terminal illness. A rhythm and a chaos and an opiate for the mind all at once.
-Johnny Danbury (umichedme.blogspot.com)
January 21st, 2013 at 11:43 AM |
Yeah, Princeton thought it
Yeah, Princeton thought it
Yeah, Princeton thought it was such a great idea that they abandoned it for 50 years, until they saw how iconic it became for Michigan and decided to piggy back on our success.
M'Dog
January 21st, 2013 at 12:29 PM |
And yet this still wore it
And yet this still wore it
And yet this still wore it before we did. We may have made it iconic by being successful, but we did not come up with anything, princeton wore it first and its better to just accept that and that is associated with us because we win a lot more.
January 21st, 2013 at 12:52 PM |
If you consider Fritz Crisler
If you consider Fritz Crisler
If you consider Fritz Crisler a Michigan Man, then yes, "we" came up with it.
January 21st, 2013 at 1:28 PM |
David Nelson
David Nelson
He was a HB for Michigan from 1939-1941 and then apparently brought the winged helmet with him when he coached UD from 1951-1965
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Nelson
Rudy watches inspirational movies about Shawn Hunwick
January 21st, 2013 at 8:42 AM |
Harbaugh looks better.
Harbaugh looks better.
Harbaugh looks better. Delaware's version looks like a genericized version of the uniform you'd see in those early-90's video games that couldn't get the official rights to the schools' colors and uniforms.
January 21st, 2013 at 11:50 AM |
Like this?
Like this?
"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"
January 21st, 2013 at 12:03 PM |
Where's the STP sticker?
Where's the STP sticker?
It looks like it needs a pit crew.
Where's the STP sticker?
M'Dog
January 21st, 2013 at 4:39 PM |
That jersey actually does need one more patch.
That jersey actually does need one more patch.
As if it didn't have enough patches, that #11 jersey needs one more patch; the Wistert brothers Legends patch. (Perhaps sensitive to the scolding over patch-filled jerseys coming from places like MGoBlog, the Michigan athletic department substituted bowl patches with "Legends" patches on those jerseys. Watching the game, I wondered if Michigan may have been violating a contract with the bowl by not including bowl-promotion patches on every player's jersey.)
Here's a representative photo. Roh (88) Bolden (35) and Campbell (73) with the standard Outback Bowl patches and Desmond Morgan (G.R. Ford Legends patch) #48:
January 21st, 2013 at 8:54 AM |
Please don't give Adidas any
Please don't give Adidas any
Please don't give Adidas any more ideas...
January 21st, 2013 at 9:03 AM |
Helmets? I thought you
Helmets? I thought you
Helmets? I thought you meant both of them were holding brown footballs.
January 21st, 2013 at 9:08 AM |
holy crap! they are both
holy crap! they are both
holy crap! they are both holding brown footballs!
MUAHAHAHAHA! MUAHAHAHA!
January 21st, 2013 at 9:04 AM |
The helmets?
The helmets?
Almost missed that. Instead of SuperBro, I vote for SuperBaugh (not my creation, it's used in another thread)!
January 21st, 2013 at 10:14 AM |
I still think
I still think
I still think "sup-Harbaugh-l" is clever.
January 21st, 2013 at 11:03 AM |
Brace yourself: horrible
Brace yourself: horrible
Brace yourself: horrible harbaugh harbowl puns happening
January 21st, 2013 at 11:45 AM |
I like Har-Bowl myself.
I like Har-Bowl myself.
I like Har-Bowl myself.
M'Dog
January 21st, 2013 at 12:52 PM |
Wonder if these guys are advertising??
Wonder if these guys are advertising??
January 21st, 2013 at 9:14 AM |
I believe the real story is how the media has made a guy
I believe the real story is how the media has made a guy
who was implicated in a murder into someone who can do no wrong and has become practically a saint from their view.
"... never forget that Ohio is still a four-letter word."
-Bob Ufer
January 21st, 2013 at 9:25 AM |
This!!!! Every time I hear
This!!!! Every time I hear
This!!!! Every time I hear Ira on WTKA gush about Lewis I want to scream. Between the Harbro love and the idolizing of Lewis the run up to this super bowl is going to be unbearable.
Just do it!
January 21st, 2013 at 12:15 PM |
Just about the worst part of the win.
Just about the worst part of the win.
Two weeks of Ravens talk on WTKA. That alone makes me want to root for SF to win, just for the Monday after.
"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 21st, 2013 at 5:41 PM |
So, by you and the previous
So, by you and the previous
So, by you and the previous posters standards it is more alien to forgive than to hold someone accountable for the rest of their lives. No one's perfect, but from what I know everyone who has been around Ray raves about him as a person. It's not my place to say what happened when those two people were murdered, but I know that I am sick and tired of people who don't know what happen decide to judge Lewis. I don't think he is a saint or that any athlete should be idolized, but just have a balanced perspective other than: EVIL! PERFECT!
In all likelihood Ray is a good guy who has done some bad things.
Hail to the Victors!
January 21st, 2013 at 9:12 PM |
Well, why doesn't someone ask if the families of the victims
Well, why doesn't someone ask if the families of the victims
If they have forgiven him?
Oh, wait, someone did.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/01/10/ray-lewis-baltimore-...
Good guys don't cover up a murder. Sorry.
"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 21st, 2013 at 9:54 AM |
Huh?
Huh?
What does Craig James have to do with all of this?
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"I cannot think of a better person to guide our university's athletic strategy than the inventor of The Noid."
January 21st, 2013 at 10:21 AM |
I heard he killed some
I heard he killed some
I heard he killed some hookers.
Coach Hoke once told me that a moral victory is still a (expletive deleted) loss.
January 21st, 2013 at 10:23 AM |
Craig James and Ray Lewis
Craig James and Ray Lewis
Craig James and Ray Lewis killed some hookers together a while back and got away with it.
January 21st, 2013 at 10:58 AM |
*allegedly
*allegedly
*allegedly
January 21st, 2013 at 9:56 AM |
upvote upvote upvote
upvote upvote upvote
damn button only lets me give you one point for that.
ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules
January 21st, 2013 at 10:04 AM |
he didnt kill nobody. at best
he didnt kill nobody. at best
he didnt kill nobody. at best he knew the person who did it. Its similar to a person getting charged with a crime because they were with those who did it. And people can change u know
January 21st, 2013 at 10:18 AM |
This isn't a dui or pot
This isn't a dui or pot
This isn't a dui or pot charge. Im sorry I don't buy the he only knew who did it story. He was convicted of obstruction of justice in a murder case. That means he had active involvement in covering up the crime at least. I highly doubt if it was your stockbroker, banker or anybody else in your life you would be saying well he was involved in a murder a few years ago but he is a great guy.
Just do it!
January 21st, 2013 at 10:35 AM |
Self defense!!
Self defense!!
Self defense!!
Coach Hoke once told me that a moral victory is still a (expletive deleted) loss.
January 21st, 2013 at 10:36 AM |
Obstruction of justice is not
Obstruction of justice is not
Obstruction of justice is not murder. And if it were my stockbrocker or any other person in my life I wouldnt even know about it. I sure if he were a family member u wouldnt call him a murder for bein convicted of obstruction or if it were u you wouldnt want to be called a murderer if u didnt kill someone.
January 21st, 2013 at 11:29 AM |
You don't destroy all your
You don't destroy all your
You don't destroy all your clothes from the night if you're just standing around watching, which would already be criminal and morally reprehensible.
January 21st, 2013 at 3:43 PM |
Shut up!
Not everybody’s the
Shut up!
Not everybody’s the
Shut up!
Not everybody’s the perfect person in the world. I mean everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever. I think that people need a second chance.
January 21st, 2013 at 10:26 AM |
So you're saying he did kill
So you're saying he did kill
So you're saying he did kill somebody? #doublenegative
January 21st, 2013 at 12:04 PM |
"I believe the real story is
"I believe the real story is
"I believe the real story is how the media has made a guy who was implicated in a murder into someone who can do no wrong and has become practically a saint from their view."
Yeah, it's amazing how the media looked the other way while Teo killed off his imaginary girlfriend.
M'Dog
January 21st, 2013 at 9:14 AM |
Delaware is wearing Nike
Delaware is wearing Nike
Delaware is wearing Nike rabble rabble
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. - Ephesians 6:11
January 21st, 2013 at 9:36 AM |
Meet UM alumni and Blue Hen coach David Nelson
Meet UM alumni and Blue Hen coach David Nelson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Nelson
Nelson brought the winged helmet to Delaware in 1951.
That's not the end of the Michigan connection at Delaware; Nelson was succeeded by Harold "Tubby" Raymond, who, like Nelson, played for Fritz Crisler.
January 21st, 2013 at 9:24 AM |
I would have thought that
I would have thought that
I would have thought that Michigan would gotten copyrigh and trademarkt protection on the design of the wing on the helmet.
January 21st, 2013 at 10:10 AM |
I would hope not
I would hope not
I find it cool that there are teams that want to copy Michigan.
January 21st, 2013 at 1:31 PM |
Proprietary
Proprietary
I believe that M's wing design is proprietary. Other HS and college teams use the winged helmet, but not M's particular shape and design. Says so here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmx29eKYQZQ
"Gentlemen, This is Michigan," Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler
January 21st, 2013 at 9:34 AM |
The helmet started at
The helmet started at
The helmet started at Princeton by Fritz Crisler.
January 21st, 2013 at 9:50 AM |
Thanks Princeton....I should
Thanks Princeton....I should
Thanks Princeton....I should have remembered that.
They took er helmets!!
"What" ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in What?