Texagander

August 21st, 2014 at 10:04 AM ^

I wanna see that breakdown of upperclass OL you put together for Michigan's best years.  I agree with Brian, add it to a diary please!  It sounds like it would make for good discussion.

Don

August 21st, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^

I posted this in another thread a few days ago, but this info gleaned from the UM roster stats archive at the Bentley site, and a bit from Wikipedia. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some inaccuracies in a few instances, but I think in the main this is good info.

Whether all of this is truly determinative is a good question, as I've admittedly cherry-picked the years. It's possible that the less-successful Michigan seasons since 1969 also featured a significant upperclassmen presence in the OL.

Regardless, it seems to be an especially good thing to have experienced interior OL, particularly at center


1969
LT  Jack Harpring Junior
LG  Bob Baumgartner Senior (fifth yr)
C    Guy Murdock Soph
RG  Richard Caldarazzo Senior
RT  Dan Dierdorf Junior

1971
LT  Jim Coode Junior
LG  Reggie McKenzie Senior
C    Guy Murdock Senior
RG  Tom Coyle Junior
RT  Jim Brandstatter Senior

1973
LT  Curtis Tucker Senior
LG  Bill Hoban Senior
C    Dennis Franks/Tom Jensen Junior/Junior
RG  Dave Metz Junior
RT  Jim Coode Senior fifth year

1976
LT  Mike Kenn Junior
LG  Gerry Szara/Mark Donahue Junior/Junior
C    Walt Downing Junior
RG  Mark Donahue Junior
RT  Bill Dufek Junior

1980
LT 
Bubba Paris Junior
LG  John Powers Senior
C    George Lilja Senior
RG  Curt Becker Senior
RT  Ed Muransky Senior

1985
LT  John Elliott RS Junior
LG  John Vitale RS So
C    Bob Tabachino Senior
RG  Mike Husar RS So
RT  Clay Miller Senior

1991
LT  Greg Skrepanek Senior
LG  Matt Elliott Senior
C    Steve Everitt Senior
RG  Joe Cocozzo Senior
RT  Rob Doherty Senior

1997
LT  Jeff Backus Soph
LG  Steve Hutchinson Soph
C    Zach Adami Senior
RG  Chris Ziemann Junior
RT  John Jansen Senior

2003
LT  Adam Stenavich RS Junior
LG  David Baas Senior
C    Dave Pearson Senior
RG  Matt Lentz RS Junior
RT  Tony Pape Senior


2006
LT  Jake Long Junior
LG  Adam Kraus Junior
C    Mark Bihl Senior
RG  Alex Mitchell Soph
RT  Ruben Riley Senior

2011
LT  Taylor Lewan RS Soph
LG  Adam Kraus RS Soph
C    David Molk Senior
RG  Patrick Omameh RS Junior
RT  Mark Huyge Senior
 

Don

August 21st, 2014 at 3:45 PM ^

According to the UM football stats at the Bentley site, Ziemann started 9 games to Brandt's 2, so that's why I listed Ziemann. Whether the info on that site is dead accurate, I can't say.

http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1997fbt.htm

You're right that Hutch and Backus in terms of playing experience were RS freshmen; depending on the source, academic year is listed (as here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team), or playing experience is.

There are probably other similar corrections that could be made to my list, so have at it.

readyourguard

August 21st, 2014 at 10:37 AM ^

I enjoyed listening to the segment.  I like hearing the take of those who seem to be a little more in tuned to the inside than the rest of us average Joe's.

9 days.  Leh go.

LSAClassOf2000

August 21st, 2014 at 10:42 AM ^

For those arriving late to this thread and who might like to listen to the segment, it looks as if WTKA has now got the roundtable up, albeit broken into its various segments. The link to the listings is right here - LINK - and it should be the top few on the page. Very good to see this back again and a good show today indeed. 

Canadian

August 21st, 2014 at 10:47 AM ^

Wasn't there supposed to be a podcast this week? I keep checking to see if it sneaked into my iTunes podcast app all by itself but it's not there yet