No.... Roundtree didn't know he actually was getting #21 until he went to his #12 locker and his name plate wasn't there anymore. Surprise!
I would've thought Shane Morris would have wanted to keep his number since high school. What do you mean by that?
-Herm
Mark @Mgobluegr
Roy Rountree goes from #12 to #21 and now Devin Gardner goes from #7 to #12 @S_Morris12 is going to be pissed
Tough shit if he is pissed.
Upperclassmen have paid their dues. When Devin graduates, Shane can have #12.
'Cuz it's a pretty good book.
That author is a Dick.
I really think #7 should become a Legend number.
You have Rick Leach, the first-ever QB at Michigan to start as a Freshman, start for four straight years. He led Michigan to three straight Big Ten Championships and three straight wins over ohio.
Then there is Chad Henne, who holds every passing record in the single season and career categories. He also led Michigan to a Big Ten championship in 2004.
But thanks for asking!
Bando vs Section 1
Oh boy, I got my popcorn ready.
Poor Section 1 ... he has NEG-ON-SIGHT status to how many MGoBlog readers? Many, surely ...
Anyway, the answer is no for me, too. It could certainly be argued that some of Leach's actions have tarnished the Michigan Man name (whatever TF it may be).
Here's an important difference IMO: With one exception (his unfriendly remarks about Lloyd after the '08 Iowa game and during the rest of the year), Leach hasn't made himself bigger than the program. I personally interpreted his RichRod enthusiasm as an expression of support. (I may be in the minority there.)
Braylon, OTOH, has routinely made himself bigger than the program. #1 jersey (x many), publicly whining about RichRod (said jersey) *and* Hoke (little brother Berkley ... fergodsake), etc. He's high maintenance, full stop. His scholarship is a wonderful gesture but it does not offset his repeated jacka$$ery. Only someone lousy in ethical mathematics would make that argument.
BTW, Bando, would you give Braylon an overall pass? Just curious ...
To be fair, everyone back then in sports was doing drugs and prostitutes. Craig James killed 5 hookers and that didn't stop him from running for Senate.
it's quite reasonable that you can't run for Senate unless you have indeed killed 5 hookers
By the way, wasn't Nesbitt the one who tweeted the photo that supposedly was of Trey Burke's dorm? Did he ever offer any kind of retraction/explanation?
Or it just dozen't matter. Yep, went there.
Trollin' with a few bits of harsh, accurate reality.
I fully agree. I think the blogosphere is getting a wee bit restless in the offseason.
You did get the pun though, right? It was mostly about the pun. By mostly I mean totally. Even though yea it doesn't matter.
This may be the most boring, meaningless post in history.
Come on guys. We can think of better things to talk about on here. D Gardner changing numbers seems like we're reaching for topic a little bit. I know it's baseball season which is possibly the most boring time of the year for football fans. But come on, we can do better.
Holy lack of Ockham's Razor, people!
What if the coaching staff is just moving away from multiple players having the same number and Brandin Hawthorne got to keep #7 due to seniority?
Maybe?
Hello?
So what you're saying is that Gardner is going to play LB?
Jeez, I can't believe there have been so many posts and no one has yet offered the most obvious interpretation: Devin knows Shane is about to decommit, so the #12 is now available to Devin. Remember, you heard it here first!
(And, wow, if this actually happens, I'm going to feel so much like crap for posting this snark here...)
I wouldn't worry. I heard Borges is planning on installing an all Wildcat offense with Norfleet as the permanent QB.
OMG EVERYONE TWEET DEVIN AND ASK WHYYYYYYYYY!
Def. not.
I am voting this the dumbest mgothread ever.
Players in Bentley Database to wear 12 since 1960:
| Name | Years | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| Roundtree, Roy | 2009-'11 | WR |
| Floyd, J.T. | 2008-'10 | DB |
| Tech, Karl | 2008-'08 | DB |
| Cone, David | 2006-'08 | QB |
| Homaday, Matt | 2006-'06 | DB |
| Smith, Landon | 2004-'05 | WR |
| Mandich, Mike | 2004-'04 | TE |
| Gutierrez, Matt | 2002-'05 | QB |
| Williams, Brandon | 1999-'02 | DB |
| Kaselitz, Mike | 1999-'01 | QB |
| Dreisbach, Scott | 1994-'98 | QB |
| Powers, Ricky | 1990-'93 | RB |
| Khan, Gulam | 1989-'89 | K |
| Musgrave, Doug | 1989-'89 | QB |
| Grbac, Elvis | 1988-'88 | QB |
| Bock, Ernest F. | 1985-'87 | DB |
| Zurbrugg, Chris | 1983-'87 | QB |
| Burgess, Fritz | 1981-'83 | DB |
| Bates, Brad | 1978-'80 | DB |
| Paciorek, Jim | 1978-'79 | TE |
| Bettis, Roger | 1975-'77 | QB |
| Casey, Kevin | 1971-'74 | QB |
| Schmitz, James E. | 1969-'69 | RB |
| Hoey, George | 1966-'68 | RB |
| Reid, Dorie | 1963-'65 | RB |
| Hood, Edward | 1960-'62 | RB |
Total:
That's 26 players, of whom a third were quarterbacks. It seems it was a running back number in the '60s but the last RB to wear it was Ricky Powers. The one thing it's not is a receiver number--Roundtree and Landon Smith are the only WRs to wear it.
If you want to break it up by years, it's 30 seasons of QBs with 12 on, versus five seasons of receivers wearing it over that time period. It's a QB number.
I think you missed the point of those arguing what an important thread this is... 12 is less of a QB number than 7 (a "pure QB number"), and therefore this is a significant sign that DG will be playing other positions this year (even though there are no NCAA guidelines about what numbers are worn by what positions, and we already knew that DG will be used at more than just backup QB this year based upon listening to the coaches and watching practice). The only way to know that would be to also analyze the history of the #7, and compare it to your data on #12.
Somebody on Twitter mentioned some of the fall freshmen are getting numbers too. We're shipping Hail to the Victors to the printer tomorrow at noon and are making our final changes today so if anyone has any confirmable information on this please post.
Update on this. At this point the athletic department will not confirm a number change other than Roundtree's to 21. Speculation seems to be coming entirely from Gardner changing his Twitter address. Unless something changes in the next 16 hours HTTV is going to print with him still at 7. If you have confirmation please let me know because I don't want the book to seem dated when people start getting it next month.
DG has worn #7 his whole life. The only reason why he is switching to #12 is because he will also be lining up at WR and DB as well as QB. So the switch is made because he and hawthorne will be on the field at the same time and that can not happen.
One other option I could see is that because of his size and athleticism, they might want him to play hail mary defense at ends of games or halfs like big time recievers like Calvin do. If this was the case, he might be on the field with hawthorne at the same time, meaning he cant be number 7. Just a theory.