OK, somebody at Wikipedia definitely went to Michigan
so we've all noticed that there has been a more than normal amount of michigan-related information on wikipedia. well, here's another:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team
it's on the front page. my guess is that lloyd carr has too much time on his hands now that he's retired and when he isn't getting our old assistant coaches jobs, he hits the internet highway spreading the maize and blue gospel. good for him. go blue.
December 21st, 2008 at 9:17 AM ^
No article on John Wangler! How the hell can you have an article on the 1980 Michigan team without John Wangler? Rich Hewlett, fine, I can see that. Rich was more of a footnote. But Wangler? Come on.
This was obviously the work of a fan, or the ghost of Bo Schembechler. I mean, I think Lloyd would be expanding the article for the 1997 team, which is frankly little more than a stub.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:55 AM ^
maybe the best offensive line ever at Michigan. Every single starter had good NFL careers.
December 21st, 2008 at 1:13 PM ^
someone from michigan also works for PTI. when lloyd was coach, his face was in the background and he was wearing a michigan hat. now rich rod is in the background wearing a michigan hat. its one of the few logos you see in the background
December 21st, 2008 at 1:36 PM ^
There are a lot of Michigan ties at ESPN. Mike Tirico, Dana Jacobson, Rich Eisen used to work there, Desmond Howard... Any others? Now Cris Carter, Kirk Herbstreit, and Chris Spielman work there, and I think Jay Crawford had something to do with OSU, too.
There might be others, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. That's a lot of talking heads to come from just a couple schools.
December 21st, 2008 at 1:54 PM ^
...Robert Smith also.
December 21st, 2008 at 4:24 PM ^
I also think there are a number of behind the camera alums at ESPN.
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:08 PM ^
Lives in AA yeah, but he went to Syracuse. Not really any "ties" to Michigan.
December 21st, 2008 at 1:46 PM ^
You do know that anyone on the planet can write or edit a Wikipedia article right?
December 21st, 2008 at 2:52 PM ^
yeah, anyone can write/edit Wikipedia but there have been many mich football topics on the front page in the last year or so. and even if that's randomly picked, it seems pretty unlikely that we'd see so many michigan front page links. they've been mentioned quite a bit on here.
December 21st, 2008 at 5:06 PM ^
You might just notice the Michigan articles more because you're a fan of the team. You're more likely to remember seeing "1980 Michigan football team" than "1991 Arizona State Football." Maybe that's the cause?
December 21st, 2008 at 2:08 PM ^
... that 1949 Michigan football MVP Dick Kempthorn later flew more than 100 missions as a jet fighter pilot in the Korean War and received the Distinguished Flying Cross?