Poll: Top 25 players in Michigan History
So I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do this but I figured it's worth a shot.
According to UM Fan from Sydney, there are now 26 days until the start of Michigan football. With the offseason coming to an end, it's time for us to start getting ready for the upcoming season.
We've all seen the "top 25 such and such" of every team and we've all thought they we're wildly inaccurate. So I've decided MGoBlog needs their own ranking, currated by those who know best(you guys). Below I've attached a link to a google quiz where you get to fill out your top 5-10 Michigan players (of any sport) of all time. Hopefully we have enough responses where there becomes some disparity in the answers.
Once I have the ranking, I'll post each athlete in descending order (maybe I'll just post in the comments of UM Fan from Sydney's daily posts if there isnt enough interest) each day until the start of football season.
We're hitting the finishing strech and only have a little bit to go. But until then, GO BLUE!
August 8th, 2016 at 10:29 AM ^
i think a better way to do this would be if you had a list of 30 or so athletes that we can rank
August 8th, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^
August 8th, 2016 at 12:02 PM ^
I would suggest taking the top 50ish responses from this today then putting them all in a poll. Each day you take the highest rated player off the list until you have the top 25.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:29 AM ^
I based it mostly off of college success (so no Tom Brady):
1. Charles Woodson
2. Tom Harmon
3. Desmond Howard
4. Jake Long
5. Rick Leach
6. Ron Kramer
7. Steve Hutchinson
8. Anthony Carter
9. Braylon Edwards
10. Mike Hart
I'll fight anyone over Hart. He's by no means the most talented RB we've had, probably not even top 5. But I'd take him as a college back over practically anyone else.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
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August 8th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
Hart made my top 10 - he was solid and automatic for 4 straight years.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:38 AM ^
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August 8th, 2016 at 11:46 AM ^
This is not the poll of the most unattained potential.
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August 8th, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^
August 8th, 2016 at 12:45 PM ^
Definitely agree. Mike Hart was awesome but there's no way he's going ahead of Wheatley with his combo of size and speed in college. Dude was insane.
I would also include Tim Biakabatuka in that list of guys ahead of Hart.
Tyrone, A-Train, Tim, Hart.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
August 8th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
Jim Harbaugh would challenge Chuck Norris in a fight.
Want to hurt your brain? Try to figure out who would win the fight.
Who would win?
Harbaugh, or Hurricane Harbaugh?
SNL'd!
August 8th, 2016 at 10:46 AM ^
You don't have Hart ranked high enough. My favorite dude to watch in a Michigan uniform. The definition of a Michigan Man.
But the definition of a Michigan Man, to me, is Devin Gardner. There was a dude who dealt with adversity maturely and without flinching. One of the greatest regrets i have with Michigan sports is that Fucking Borges didn't tell him run that 2-point conversion in after the timeout in the OSU game. That would have properly capped the greatest Michigan Man athletic performance since Tom Harmon (who never faced those odds).
August 8th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^
I'll take Tyrone Wheatley as Michigan's best RB over Mike Hart. If you need any evidence, watch the 1993 Rose Bowl.
Mike Hart was crazy good at points in his career (multiple 200 yard games as a freshman), but it's really hard to touch Wheatley.
August 8th, 2016 at 11:37 AM ^
This may just be because he was Michigan's running back when I was in High School and my favorite player until Denard, (or maybe because he was amazing on my Playstation 1 NCAA Football game) but I would take Tyrone Wheatley over Mike Heart. I think among other things, Wheatley had better vision and definitely had much better speed.
How could anyone leave Hart off the top ten??
August 8th, 2016 at 10:30 AM ^
- Tom Harmon
- Charles Woodson
- Desmond Howard
- Harry Newman
- Bob Chappuis
- Willie Heston
- Bennie Oosterbaan
- Ron Kramer
- Benny Friedman
- Anthony Carter
Football.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:32 AM ^
Sigh......I didn't realize until just now that it was top-10 athletes......your title made me assume it was football since it said players and you mentioned football.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
August 8th, 2016 at 10:37 AM ^
Wait shit.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:37 AM ^
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Brady goes behind Henson, with the ballcap and clipboard, like how Lloyd did it all those years ago.
Yea I didn't realize that until I finished either... I wanna add Trey Burke and Jalen Rose to my list
and Barry Larkin.
Do we get to inlude Michael Phelps or Derek Jeter?
And don't forget the women athletes!
August 8th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
Kickers get a shot.
Not so much focus on offense.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:37 AM ^
No one would even sniff the RB position from the modern era.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
What do you consider modern? The last 10 years? 15 Years? 20 Years?
You might be taking Mike Hart and Ty Wheatley off the board. You really wanna do that?
August 8th, 2016 at 10:54 AM ^
Neither won a Heisman like Tom Harmon did, and neither scored 72 TDs like Willie Heston did.
August 8th, 2016 at 11:13 AM ^
in all of UM's history. So now no one that hasn't won a Heisman or scored the most TDs can't be on the list? GTFO of here man. Carter's off, Harbaugh's off, Leach is gone. Hart, Wheatley, Robinson: sorry, guys.
August 8th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^
Friedman would very likely have one, if not two, Heisman's if there was such a beast when he played. Heck one NFL team essentially traded the whole roster for him after he went pro.
August 8th, 2016 at 11:29 AM ^
No need to get emotional.
QB Harry Newman won the Heisman before the Heisman in the Fairbanks Trophy.
You win the top award in the sport, you're automatically the best all-time here at your position.
Also, Oosterbaan was a 3-time All-American. There are only two of them. Him and AC. Both on the list.
Chappuis finished runner up in 1947 Heisman and should've won it. He was a WWII hero.
Benny Friedman was football's first great passer.
August 8th, 2016 at 11:29 AM ^
You've never even seen Tom Harmon play.
August 8th, 2016 at 11:30 AM ^
Yeah I have. There's plenty of video of him out there.
Just because I wasn't alive to see it in person doesn't mean it doesn't exist to me.
A lot less of Michigan football should "exist" to you. Get a second hobby or some more realistic aspirations, 'Mart.
Just like the guys you never saw but worship would not even sniff the playing field if their college selves were put on modern Earth.
August 8th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
August 8th, 2016 at 11:04 AM ^
I have Charles one, followed by Tom and Desmond and AC flip-flopped. Three time AA vs. one great season was logic there. Tom Harmon ran a 9;.9 in 1939 and was a big dude. He was Peppers as far as versatility and yes, J.P. is on my list too. I didn't forget you Mark, only other BIG player to be three time AA along with A.C.
August 8th, 2016 at 11:15 AM ^
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August 8th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
This is really hard to rank a top ten. So many great players from so many eras. Also have to consider the big uglies on both offense and defense too as opposed to just going with the big name guys at the skill positions.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^
For football this is impossible.
There's been so many great players you could do all-decade teams.
August 8th, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^
for creating an awful poll. I mean "write in the 10 best players for Michigan" is about as bad as it gets. I wasn't expecting a conjoint analysis (although on this site, maybe I was?), but not even dropdowns?
August 8th, 2016 at 10:59 AM ^
Sure, we read threads about countertops and Michigan bars in Istanbul, I don't recall a "Hot or Not" thread. That would be a low point. But it's Monday morning and we have 27 days to go.