...talks about how UConn hasn't been in contact and how they're out. (HT: UMHoops)
What athlete do you wish had played for Michigan?
January 25th, 2013 at 10:39 PM | 
Well, he did.
Well, he did.
January 26th, 2013 at 10:43 AM |
I know
I know
I am we'll aware who drafted him. My question was he coming to Michigan for Michigan or the same reason Bullock and Traylor did?
January 25th, 2013 at 2:25 PM |
Joe Montana....
Joe Montana....
Joe Montana....
January 25th, 2013 at 2:32 PM |
Bo Jackson
Bo Jackson
Bo Jackson
"I have seen the top of the mountain. And it is good."
January 25th, 2013 at 2:42 PM |
Jerome Bettis
Jerome Bettis
we could have had him. Moeller offered the schollie to Ricky Powers instead.
"your voice is like a combination of Fergie and Jesus. . ."
January 25th, 2013 at 2:45 PM |
I don't think so.. I remember
I don't think so.. I remember
I don't think so.. I remember that Bettis chose ND early on.
January 25th, 2013 at 4:12 PM |
You should read his book it's
You should read his book it's
You should read his book it's not bad at all.
In his book he said something to the extent that he was pissed that Bo didn't tell him he was retiring but he told Ricky and that was a slap in the face for Bettis. Said that showed him that UM wanted Ricky more than him.
Again I recommend everyone to take a look at his book. It's very interesting to see how his life was from being little to growing up through football and in the NFL.
January 25th, 2013 at 4:26 PM |
Actually, he was pretty close
Actually, he was pretty close
Bettis also talked about his signing day many years ago. He had multiple hats ready to go and couldn't decide between Michigan and Notre Dame. He was going to go to Michigan, but Bo Schembechler saw another running back the last night in Ohio, and that turned him off.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/blog/144921/index.html
"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 25th, 2013 at 4:21 PM |
Speaking of Domers
Speaking of Domers
...Bo said that he always regretted Rick Mirer getting away...he said he didn't even bother recruiting him because he just assumed he'd go to Ann Arbor, having been a Michigan fan since he was a little kid.
Not exactly as bad as Alabama taking Bo Jackson for granted (nothing in the history of recruiting could have been as big of a mistake as that), but proof that Bo could whiff with the best of them at times.
January 25th, 2013 at 4:29 PM |
Actually, I think he did recruit him.
Actually, I think he did recruit him.
I believe it was Mirer who was the QB Bo was visiting when the game where Dierdorf went off how Harbaugh was the first U-M QB to do this and that in the NFL was on and Bo had to turn red faced and tell the kid something like "you'll be the next one, son!" Didn't get him.
"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 25th, 2013 at 5:52 PM |
You are correct
You are correct
That's what I've always heard.
"Nobody cares what you think!"
January 25th, 2013 at 8:18 PM |
Maybe I misremembered.
Maybe I misremembered.
I read the account fron the "BO" autobiography written w/ Albom, but I admit that was over 20 years ago the last time I cracked that book.
Grbac had a much better NFL career than Mirer, anyway.
January 25th, 2013 at 2:44 PM |
Tim Tebow, who had us and
Tim Tebow, who had us and
Tim Tebow, who had us and Florida.
January 25th, 2013 at 4:32 PM |
It certainly would have been
It certainly would have been
It certainly would have been interesting to have had Tim Tebow as a junior in the first year of Rich Rod. Might have changed the trajectory of the entire era/program.
Go Blue!
January 25th, 2013 at 2:58 PM |
JOE HUDEPOHL.
JOE HUDEPOHL.
Joey Hudepohl. Let's see if anyone has the desire to Google him and figure out why he was supposed to be a Michigan Man. What a shame he went elsewhere.
January 25th, 2013 at 4:34 PM |
I give up...
I give up...
Why should he have been a Michigan Man? Beacuse Urban Meyer coahed at his HS after he graduated (I know it isn't this, but I saw his name in the list of notable people associated with St. Xavier).
January 25th, 2013 at 5:24 PM |
Was it because
Was it because
Joe Hudepohl was the only thing standing in the way of Michigan becoming the 1993 NCAA Men's Swimming Champions?
January 25th, 2013 at 7:03 PM |
FUN FACT ALERT: I know him.
FUN FACT ALERT: I know him.
FUN FACT ALERT: I know him. Nice guy. He was my dad's neighbor in Tampa, and they'd always bet a bottle of wine per Steelers/Bengals game (him from Cincy, my dad from PGH).
/Cool story, bro.
"So put 2 on, put 10 on, WHAT DO YOU CARE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE PAYIN' FOR 'EM!!!!?"
-Doug Heffernan, in regards to Arthur and his stamp needs
January 25th, 2013 at 3:26 PM |
I'd take Forrest Gump over
I'd take Forrest Gump over
I'd take Forrest Gump over Shane "Footsteps" Falco anyday.
Touchdown Michigan!
January 25th, 2013 at 4:45 PM |
Inigo Montoya. Man we would
Inigo Montoya. Man we would
Inigo Montoya. Man we would have ruled the fencing world with that one!
"Shiny. Let's be bad guys."
January 25th, 2013 at 4:46 PM |
John Gibson
John Gibson
Jack Cambell
Bo' Money Bo' Problems
January 25th, 2013 at 4:55 PM |
I can think of one guy that
I can think of one guy that
I can think of one guy that would have changed the course of history if he had decided to come to Michigan. He is one of the least respected athletes ever on this board, and I pretty much agree with the sentiment that he is an idiot, but Terrelle Pryor is that guy. He would have easily gotten us to a bowl game in 2008. He would have been a monster in RichRod's offense, and a significant upgrade over Sheridan and Threet would have easily won us the NW and Utah games. I don't have a problem saying that we would have beaten Toledo or Purdue with an upgrade to the QB position either. Even against MSU, we were leading 21-14 before the defense tanked in the fourth quarter. A remotely competent QB maybe wins us that one. That makes us 7-5 or 8-4 in RichRod's first year, with a good recruiting class coming in and a lot of positive vibes. The guys who don't buy in are marginalized, not validated. Recruits don't listen to the guys who are negatively recruiting against RichRod.
The next year, an upgrade at the QB spot in both experience and athleticism probably gives us wins over Iowa and MSU. Possibly an upset against OSU, since we lost that game because Tate turned it over five times.
I'm discounting the off-the-field issues, of course, because RichRod isn't a cheater like Tressel, and probably wouldn't be letting his guys drive "loaner" cars.
Other than Pryor, I can't think of a single big-time recruit who may have changed the course of history for us -- a guy who would have been such a hugely important upgrade at a postion of need that he would have changed the outcomes of multiple games within a season at a turning point in our history.
I don't miss the RichRod years in the slightest, and I generally think that he sucked at Michigan, but I have never stopped thinking about whether he could have succeeded if just one or two bounces had gone his way.
January 25th, 2013 at 5:02 PM |
I completely agree
I completely agree
And have thought so since day 1. I don't think you can assume he would've gotten into the same trouble in Ann Arbor...
January 25th, 2013 at 10:49 PM |
So if he doesn't get into trouble we win, Rich stays,
So if he doesn't get into trouble we win, Rich stays,
Do we still recruit Denard, or does he not want to be a back up for that many years? Or does he come anyway and at least redshirt?
If Pryor is just a knucklehead and we do get into trouble, is it contained to him and is he dismissed and we're with a back-up? Does he draw some other kids into it? Do we get into enough trouble that Rich is fire for REAL infractions? (Rather than staying with the nonsense infractions we got, but enough real embarrassment he has to go. He wouldn't get the show cause because he opulent lie about it and cover it up). Then are we a GERG interim program in 2011? How awful is that? Harbaugh is already in the NFL by 2012...do we end up with Hoke anyway, but a year later, actually disgraced, and no Denard?
"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 25th, 2013 at 9:03 PM |
Upvote.
Upvote.
I might not agree with it all, but this is a terrific post.
January 25th, 2013 at 4:59 PM |
Basketball: The Big Dog. No
Basketball: The Big Dog. No
Basketball: The Big Dog. No one could have matched a front line of Howard, Webber, and Robinson. Seriously would have been the college equivalent of Parrish, Mchale, Bird.
Football: Peyton Manning. There would have been no "split" of the 97 championship. Period.
"Anyone who isn't confused, really doesn't understand the situation." - Edward R. Murrow
January 25th, 2013 at 7:53 PM |
There also would have been no
There also would have been no
There also would have been no Woodson Heisman. Although, it would've been a Peyton Heisman instead.
January 25th, 2013 at 5:54 PM |
Ron Artest
Ron Artest
Troll the World!
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
January 25th, 2013 at 6:24 PM |
Spiels...
Spiels...
He wanted to come here. His dad flipped out on him said he had to go to OS. Rest is history, or whatever.
January 25th, 2013 at 6:46 PM |
Jonathan Hankins
Jonathan Hankins
Probably would've come here if the timing had worked out but he ended up being a 1st rounder for Ohio. No good
January 25th, 2013 at 7:58 PM |
Lame, I know...
Lame, I know...
...but my sister, who went to Notre Dame for women's basketball over Michigan. Wouldn't have to ignore her for one week during the fall (or for all football season this year). Also, getting tickets and Michigan swag would've been a lot easier/cheaper.
January 25th, 2013 at 9:08 PM |
this is probably cheating but...
this is probably cheating but...
Drew Henson in 2001. All the regular season losses that year were close, and mostly on the offense. If he had stuck around, we probably could have run the table and lost to Miami in the NC game.
January 25th, 2013 at 9:12 PM |
Willie Wilson
Willie Wilson
Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals was a fabulous 3-sport athlete who was recruited very heavily by Bo Schembechler and would have come to Michigan if he hadn't decided to take advantage of his position as a first-round pick out of high school in the '74 baseball draft. Think Braylon Edwards, who could also throw a strike from left field.
January 25th, 2013 at 10:04 PM |
The Golden Bear, for a non
The Golden Bear, for a non
The Golden Bear, for a non football choice. Troy Smith might be my take for football. Could've put us in the 2007 NC game (not having him on the other side of the field would've probably meant the win vs Ohio), and possibly meant a win in that NC game. Imagine the difference a NC win in recent memory, against Urban Meyer no less, would mean for Michigan in terms of recruiting now.
January 25th, 2013 at 10:35 PM |
Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh, amending the topic slightly to coaches. I can't express how much I wish we had hired Harbaugh instead of Rich Rod. Turns both Stanford and San Fran around. Guy knows how to compete and coach. Bare cupboard or no, Harbaugh plus Mallet would'nt have done worse than 8-4, and would've been BCS bound in 2008, and NC contenders by 2010.
I love Hoke, but would trade him for Harbaugh plus no RichRod fiasco six days a week, and twice on Sunday.
January 25th, 2013 at 10:51 PM |
Gabrielle Reese
Gabrielle Reese
I dated a few VB players while I was at UM and I can assure you had she come to Michigan and not Florida State, I would have been all over that.
January 26th, 2013 at 12:22 AM |
You don't know...
You don't know...
Bo Jackson with outta doubt...he would of helped in 2 sports. Best athlete ever period.
January 26th, 2013 at 2:54 AM |
Derrick Green
Derrick Green
Derrick Green
CJK5H
January 26th, 2013 at 3:02 AM |
Seantrel Henderson anyone?
Seantrel Henderson anyone?
Seantrel Henderson anyone?
January 27th, 2013 at 6:53 AM |
After seeing.g just how game
After seeing.g just how game
After seeing.g just how game changing and explosive he can be, I would've liked to have seen DeAnthony Thomas play for us.
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The bankroll was from the Timberwolves though. He went straight from high school to the NBA.
"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