There are...

Submitted by UM Fan from Sydney on

 

...days until Ernest Shazor witnesses an epic beatdown at the hands of the 2016 Wolverines football squad.

Ernest played defensive back from 2002 to 2004. He was selected as a first team All-American in 2004 and a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. Over his career, he had 166 tackles, three sacks, eight pass breakups, five forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. Ernest (foolishly in my opinion) chose to leave early and enter the draft, but no team selected him; however, the Cardinals signed him in 2005. He was then released in 2006. Ernest moved on to the Arena Football League with the Orlando Predators, but strangely never showed for training camp. He was then put on waivers in 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shazor

25 days....just 25 days

ijohnb

August 9th, 2016 at 8:27 AM ^

The next 25 days will not really be individual "days" in sense that you are used to, it will this indistinguishable mass of sunlight and darkness that meshes together until "time" is a very arbitrary measurement.  You will get to know your son very well before kickoff. 

LSAClassOf2000

August 9th, 2016 at 8:36 AM ^

Congratulations on the birth of your son (in advance, if it hasn't happened yet)!

My dad is always fond of saying that parenthood was the best job he was never prepared for, but the time does indeed fly. Mine are 10 and 9 now, but it seems like last week we were brining them home for the first time.

Yeah, the next three weeks or so will be a blur (and many weeks beyond that), but as it will make football seem like it has arrived that much faster, it isn't a bad deal, I would think. 

Maize.Blue Wagner

August 9th, 2016 at 8:47 AM ^

Thanks all! I guess I should have mentioned that this is number 3, so I am familiar with how quickly time passes. My son was born 6 days after the Sugar Bowl in 2012, and my daughter was born 2 days before the start of the 2014 season. Hopefully the trend of male offspring and success on the football field continues. I appreciate all the kind thoughts and prayers. 

1VaBlue1

August 9th, 2016 at 8:17 AM ^

So close, yet sooo far....

Yesterday's weather teased me.  It was 62 when I left for work, and now it'll be back in the 90's.  Fuck you, summer - die already!

M Gulo Gulo

August 9th, 2016 at 8:31 AM ^

Curtis played college football at the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1969. As a freshman in 1966, he played at the quarterback position on the all-freshman team.

As a sophomore, the Michigan coaching staff asked Curtis to move from the quarterback position to the safety position. Curtis told a reporter the following year, "It took a little mental adjustment on my part, but it was all right with me. I wanted to play, and it was pretty obvious I wasn't going to beat out (Dick) Vidmer." Curtis started eight games at safety and one at cornerback for the 1967 Michigan Wolverines football team. On November 11, 1967, Curtis had three interceptions against Illinois, which remains tied for Michigan's single game record. During the 1967 season (his first as a defensive back), Curtis totaled seven interceptions to tie the Big Ten Conferencerecord. In June 1968, Curtis received the Frederick C. Matthei Scholarship Award for sportsmanship off and on the field.

As a junior, Curtis started all 10 games for the 1968 team that finished the season with a record of 8-2. He totaled 10 interceptions in 1968, a mark that remains Michigan's single season record. He was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player after the 1968 season.

As a senior, Curtis started all 11 games at safety for the 1969 team that was the first to be coached by Bo Schembechler. He intercepted eight passes for 156 yards in 1969. Two of his interceptions came in the Michigan's victory in the 1969 Ohio State game, regarded as one of the biggest upsets in college football history. He was selected as a consensus first-team All-American (selected as first-team by, among others, the United PressAssociated Pressand Football News).

With 25 career interceptions, Curtis still holds Michigan's all-time career interceptions record. (Charles Woodson is second with 18 interceptions.) His career total of 431 return yards off interceptions also broke the NCAA record set by Lynn Chandnois in the 1940s. At the end of the 2010 college football season, Curtis was tied for fourth place in career interceptions in NCAA Division I-A/FBS history. In an interview in 1968, Curtis said he know how to think like a quarterback after playing five years at the position. He noted that his ability to think like a quarterback and read formations helped make him successful as a defensive back. Asked years later about his skill at intercepting passes, Curtis said, "I'm not certain how I did it. It was a combination of instinct, great hands and quickness -- not speed."

In 2005, Curtis was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Avon Barksdale

August 9th, 2016 at 8:46 AM ^

He was one of my favorites growing up. It's a shame he didn't come back for another year. I always thought he was going to be a great NFL'er. Can't believe he got so few shots in the league.

Kwitch22

August 9th, 2016 at 8:46 AM ^

Loved Shazor, still confused on why he left early and didn't get drafted. Another guy that was probably born too early, in this day and age of small middle linebackers he could have slid up a row and been even better with less coverage needed.

umbig11

August 9th, 2016 at 8:47 AM ^

Predict the score. Will it be mercy and Jimmy showing nothing type of 38-3 game or a complete blowout like 63-0?!

I am going with 63-0.