Rumor: Gardner to wear Ol 98
Commence purely opinion based arguments on history and This Is Michigan and Hoke does/does not get it.
September 7th, 2013 at 11:30 AM ^
This I do not care about. Once you make the decision to unretire numbers to honor them in this way (which I think is relatively cool!), give it to someone really just establishing himself as a star (hopefully!). It's just when you change a senior's jersey who has already established himself as a semi-legend that I get annoyed. :cough: Kovacs.
September 7th, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 12:31 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 11:46 AM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 11:49 AM ^
I think the whole reassigning numbers in the name of Marketing business is awful ghey...
That I said, I can't deny it would be kind of cool to see DG pull off a huge game wearing Ol' 98
September 7th, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 12:03 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 12:05 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
jersey numbers. Who gets 77 next year?
September 7th, 2013 at 1:07 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 12:23 PM ^
The main problem I have with legends jerseys is not that it is a novel idea or a potential honor for the players but what happens when a player wants to stick with his number? We have at least four of these jerseys now? You keep swapping numbers to legends long enough and eventually you will have a player that wants to turn it down.
We all can thank Braylon Edwards and the saga centered around the #1 jersey for giving the athletic department the idea for the legends jerseys.
One final point, the legends jersey is a gimmick to push Michigan jersey sales. Few people will buy a jersey that has Tom Harmon with the #98. Millions will buy a Devon Garner jersey with #98 on the back and lets charge a little bit more because its a "legends jersey."
September 7th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 5:31 PM ^
I have a #10 Tom Brady jersey I got in 1999. To me THAT'S a legends jersey. Not a gimmicky new #98 with a special 'uniformz' styling and being sold for $150.
September 7th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
Thanks for being a douche.
Yes, I could see this jersey selling with a modern Michigan players name on it.
I know a lot of the mgoblog posters would buy a Harmon jersey with Harmon's name on it but we are a small percentage of the total fanbase.
I see two post critiquing my spelling Devon Gardner and my hyperbole regarding the sale of jersies but ignoring the main points.
September 7th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 1:38 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
I hate the legends jersey numbers thing, it makes no sense to me. But, for one game, I think this is pretty awesome.
September 7th, 2013 at 8:55 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
Lets just play football and win.
September 7th, 2013 at 12:41 PM ^
Did Mark Harmon sign off on this?
September 7th, 2013 at 12:40 PM ^
I can't think of anybody that'd be a better pick than Devin Gardner.
September 7th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
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September 7th, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^
September 7th, 2013 at 1:43 PM ^
...had Harmon #16 on their list of greatest college football players ever, just behind John Elway and just ahead of Bronko Nagurski, Jim Brown and Dick Butkus. Those are names that people know.
I don't live in Ann Arbor and I honestly don't know a single college football fan that doesn't know who Tom Harmon was. Maybe my friends and I are just old....
September 7th, 2013 at 3:03 PM ^
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September 7th, 2013 at 3:29 PM ^
This will totally confuse Notre Dame for the whole game.
September 7th, 2013 at 4:35 PM ^
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September 7th, 2013 at 8:06 PM ^