Tyrone Wheatley to be inducted into Rose Bowl HOF

Submitted by BlueCube on September 24th, 2015 at 1:24 PM

Congratulations to Tyrone on a well deserved honor. That was a great game.

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BlueCube

September 24th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^

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Go.Blue.Hail

September 24th, 2015 at 6:50 PM ^

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snarling wolverine

September 24th, 2015 at 9:50 PM ^

Note that he also played in the '92 Rose Bowl, and had a 53-yard TD.

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JamieH

September 25th, 2015 at 1:36 AM ^

the BS touchdown Washington got early in the game where they fumbled into the endzone for what should have been a touchback. Every time we played on the West Coast (before replay) some total BS call always went against us.

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Brooklyn_Blue

September 24th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^

Loved this game!! Seemed like every other time he carried the ball he took it to the house.

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FauxMo

September 24th, 2015 at 1:35 PM ^

And now Jr. must uphold the family name! Congrats, Wheatleys!

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mGrowOld

September 24th, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^

In the 1992 Rose Bowl Wheatley ran for 68 yards on 9 carries and took one 53 yards to the house as well. As a Freshman.

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lilpenny1316

September 24th, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^

Obviously do not want.

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Hugh White

September 24th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^

Great news. But you're pronouncing it wrong. It's "WHeatley". As in "WHeat-Thins".

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FauxMo

September 24th, 2015 at 1:53 PM ^

Where is the Cool Whip, you Whore?

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Coda17

September 24th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^

> "He said, 'Dad, you're not watching this? He broke your record!' I said, 'Records are meant to be broken, son.' I went back to bed, and he was shaking his head."

That's one hell of a quote!

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getsome

September 24th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^

oh hes great, rock solid dude. tough to dislike anything about someone when they make those type comments.

ill never forget some of the plays he made in the rose bowl - wheatley running through and past washington defenders is one of the first things that comes to mind when i think rose bowl.

much deserved, 6 was a beast

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George Patton

September 24th, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^

There still aren't many athletes like that.

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Richard75

September 24th, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^

Dude was as fast as Denard (look it up!) and 30 pounds heavier.

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WolverineHistorian

September 24th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^

Imagine how he would have played in that Rose Bowl had he been healthy and could play all four quarters.

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LSAClassOf2000

September 24th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^

Congratulations to Tyrone Wheatley!

I was reading the article, and of course:

Then it was off to the races for Wheatley, breezing down the middle of the field. Two safeties, the last defenders with a chance, had angles on him. But they didn't have Wheatley's speed and he blew through them as if they weren't there.

I think this was the "Wheatley......Wheatley explodes!.......They won't catch him!" call too, which happens to be one of the better calls in the Rose Bowl, and not just because of who it is, but how you had thie image of a broadcaster trying to find words sufficient to describe the beauty of the play.

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September 24th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^

Michigan's other Rose Bowl Hall of Famers

Class	Inductee	Pos.	U-M Career	Games Played/Coached In
1989	Bump Elliott	HB Coach	1946-1947 1959-1968	1948 1965
1990	Neil Snow	FB	1898-1901	1902
1992	Bob Chappuis	HB	1942, 1946-1947	1948
1993	Bo Schembechler	Coach	1969-1989	1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990
1998	Butch Woolfolk	RB	1978-1981	1979, 1981
2002	Mel Anthony	FB	1962-1964	1965
2008	Chuck Ortmann	HB	1948-1950	1948
2012	Brian Griese	QB	1993-1997	1998
2013	Lloyd Carr	Coach	1995-2007	1998, 2004, 2005, 2007