There are...
...days until Garrett Rivas watches Harbaugh & Co. destroy Hawaii (seeing this picture upsets me because we should have won that game).
Garrett was a very good kicker for the Wolverines. He didn't have extremely long distance, but was very accurate over his career. He played from 2003 to 2006 and, at some point, set the Michigan records for scoring, field goals, and points after touchdowns. In 2007, Garrett signed with the Bucaneers as an undrafted free agent, but was released just one month later. He then signed a deal with the Florida Firecats of the Arena Football League, for whom he played in 2008 and 2009. Garrett also saw time with the Tampa Bay Storm in the AFL. He is currently an assistant coach and physical education teacher at Berkeley Preparatory School.
He was the kicker I remember having the most exacting maximum range. It was 47 yards. Exactly 47 yards everytime he kicked and for all four years.
But from 47 in he was MONEY!
To be absolutely fair, I do believe he hit a 48-yard FG against Vanderbilt although I could be misremembering. Quite frankly, I kind of have the same image of his yardage / success distribution as being almost asymptotic to a particular distance rather than a typical curve like you might expect. I remember a lot of 44 and 45-yard attempts too for some reason.
You are correct. It is also worth mentioning he broke Remy Hamilton's FG record with 64 FG, J. D. Carlson's PAT record with 162, and Anthony Thomas's scoring record with 354 points. Quite a quietly impressive kicker career.
Bob enrolled at the University of Michigan where he joined the football team coached by Fritz Crisler in 1942. In his first year with the team, he started eight games at the fullback position. and was given Meyer Morton Award as the player who showed the greatest development and promise during spring practice.
In 1943, Coach Crisler asked Wiese to assume the quarterback position, and Wiese started five games at the new position as well as three games at his customary fullback position. Wiese was a key player in a Michigan offense that scored 302 points—more points than a Michigan team had scored in 25 years (including the Tom Harmon years). The 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team finished the season with an 8-1 record, outscored its opponents 302 to 73, tied with Purdue for the Big Ten Conference championship, and was ranked No. 3 in the final Associated Press poll. On a team that included stars and Hall of Famers (including Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch and Bill Daley), Wiese was given the award as the team's Most Valuable Player. His teammates also chose him to serve as captain of the 1944 team.
As captain of the 1944 team, Wiese returned to the fullback position, with Joseph Ponsetto taking over as quarterback. Wiese led the team to a 6–1 record in the first seven games of the season, including victories over Big Ten powers Minnesota (28–13), Northwestern (27–0), and Purdue (40–14). However, Wiese was called into active military service on November 1, 1944 and missed the final three games of the season.
After being discharged from the military, Wiese was granted a fourth year of eligibility and returned to the Michigan football team in 1946. Wiese was the starting fullback in six of Michigan's games in the 1946 season.
This is a better (ie: happier) reference than the Texas Rose Bowl reminder...
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Named for President Roosevelt's reference as to where Doolittle's Raiders launched from. They actually launched from the Hornet, which wasn't back home yet when he said that.
more days!!!!!!
Never had much of a chance to show his stuff until he transferred to CMU. He is now #34 for the Seahawks and looks to have created a career for himself.
Rawls currently holds the record for the most single game rushing yards by a rookie running back for the Seattle Seahawks (209), as well as the most rushing yards by an undrafted rookie in his first 6 games (711).
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