Who's your best

Q, West Coast Style · Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:19 pm

#10? Hopefully at season's end I'll be able to say without hesitation, Alex Brink.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:09 am

#9 David Boston, WR '96-98

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:30 pm

#9 Mercury Hayes

(Honorable Mention: Michael Taylor)

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:56 pm

9: Mark Clayton

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:13 pm

#9 is a very strong number in ND's history.

I'll go with Tony Rice.

HM: Jeff Burris and Tom Zbikowski

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:38 pm

I need to play a little catch up...

12. I have to go with the current #12. Colt McCoy. I think that when is all is said and done, he will solidify his right to this number.

11. That is pretty tough. I think it is a toss up between Major Applewhite and Derrick Johnson. I have to give the edge to Johnson. He was a 2 time all american and a 1st round draft pick of the Chiefs. Opie is a coach.

10. Vince.

9. Kwame Cavil. I know he got kicked off the team but he had like 100 catches his junior year.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:08 pm

Shoalzie wrote:#9 Mercury Hayes

(Honorable Mention: Michael Taylor)

#9- Dennis Franklin.

All he did was win 3 straight Big Ten Titles while going 30-2-1 as Michigan's qb from 72-74.

HM-Mercury Hayes (good reciever...better name)

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:12 pm

WolverineSteve wrote:
Shoalzie wrote:#9 Mercury Hayes

(Honorable Mention: Michael Taylor)
#9- Dennis Franklin.

All he did was win 3 straight Big Ten Titles while going 30-2-1 as Michigan's qb from 72-74.

HM-Mercury Hayes (good reciever...better name)

I'll use the "he was before my time" defense...Michael Taylor was the first Michigan QB I can remember as kid but Hayes was the best #9 of "my era" (mid-80s to the present).

I'm totally with you about Mercury...on the top 5 list of coolest names in Michigan football history. The name just sounds fast.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:24 pm

I never saw Franklin play, he was a tad before my time. But certainly his accomplishments transcend his era and place him among all-time UM greats. In other words, to quote you...maybe you need to brush up on your UM history.

Go Blue!

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:25 pm

9- Sammy Knight

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:35 am

8: Sonny Brown or Darryl Shepherd.

Brown was on the 85 NC team and a big hitter at safety. D-Shep had a wicked geri-curl.

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:32 am

# 9 - CB - Ricky Manning Jr.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:50 am

#8 Stanley Jackson, QB '94-97

Sincerely,
Michigan Fan

For real...

#8 Jeff Cothran, FB '90-93

Qbert · Post by **Qbert** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:16 am

So, you don't want to go #8 Rod Gerald???

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:43 am

L45B wrote:#8 Stanley Jackson, QB '94-97

Sincerely,
Michigan Fan

For real...

#8 Jeff Cothran, FB '90-93

Rack it!! I love that guy!

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:05 am

8- Vince Evans, Clevland Coulter or Dwayne Jarrett

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:56 pm

#8 Jason Avant...although I did like the Stanley Jackson reference.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:14 pm

#8 Matt Grothe - QB - 2006 - Present

2006 Big East Freshman Player of the Year

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:07 pm

King Crimson wrote:8: Sonny Brown or Darryl Shepherd.

Brown was on the 85 NC team and a big hitter at safety. D-Shep had a wicked geri-curl.

Shep gets the call. Just think what he could have done if he played for a team that had actually tossed the ball around more than three to six times a game!!!!

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:02 pm

SunCoastSooner wrote:
King Crimson wrote:8: Sonny Brown or Darryl Shepherd.

Brown was on the 85 NC team and a big hitter at safety. D-Shep had a wicked geri-curl.
Shep gets the call. Just think what he could have done if he played for a team that had actually tossed the ball around more than three to six times a game!!!!

yer thinking of Derrick Shep, Darrell (I misspelled it before) was an option QB on the 80-81 teams. great athlete, marginal passer. Derrick's older brother.

i have Derrick penciled in at HM for #3. However, looking back through soonerstats.com i can see i've bungled a few of these. no Scott Case at #10, Indian Jack Jacobs at #27, etc. oh well. but, i'd agree Derrick would win #8.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:16 pm

King Crimson wrote:
SunCoastSooner wrote:
King Crimson wrote:8: Sonny Brown or Darryl Shepherd.

Brown was on the 85 NC team and a big hitter at safety. D-Shep had a wicked geri-curl.
Shep gets the call. Just think what he could have done if he played for a team that had actually tossed the ball around more than three to six times a game!!!!
yer thinking of Derrick Shep, Darrell (I misspelled it before) was an option QB on the 80-81 teams. great athlete, marginal passer. Derrick's older brother.

i have Derrick penciled in at HM for #3. However, looking back through soonerstats.com i can see i've bungled a few of these. no Scott Case at #10, Indian Jack Jacobs at #27, etc. oh well. but, i'd agree Derrick would win #8.

Yeah I wasn't thinking about his brother and I honestly couldn't remember his number. I just assumed.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:45 pm

Derrick singlehandedly beats the pokes in Stillwater in 83. hardly a vintage Switzer team, but we were gonna lose that game until DS takes a little hitch and go down the boundary for 50 or 60 yards and a TD.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:52 pm

Shoalzie wrote:#8 Jason Avant...although I did like the Stanley Jackson reference.

I'm with you.

HM-Doug Mallory

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:28 pm

# 8 - QB - Troy Aikman

Honorable mention: Karl Dorrell, Tommy Maddox, Robert Thomas, Norm Johnson

# 8 - Longest winning streak vs. city rival in L.A. belonging to UCLA...

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:20 am

#7 - Kinduva logjam at tOSU

I'll take Ted Ginn Jr. but not by much...

HM
WR Joey Galloway
WR/DB Chris Gamble
QB Joe Germaine
QB Cornelius Greene
DB Derek Ross

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:54 am

Honorable Mention: Rick Leach...no way do I give any props to Drew Henson

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:12 am

8 - A thin number at ND. I'll go with Quentin Burrell.
7 - By contrast, a very strong number for ND. I may catch some grief for this, but I'll take John Huarte over Joe Theismann at this number. My standard is what the player did at ND, not necessarily at the next level. In that regard, the Heisman (Huarte won it, Theismann did not) is the difference here for me. It's also worth mentioning that Theismann had more talent around him for the bulk of his career than Huarte did for the bulk of his career.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:17 am

UM fans: wasn't there a #7 QB up there named Demetrious Brown? Thought he won you guys a Rose Bowl (?)

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:30 am

L45B wrote:UM fans: wasn't there a #7 QB up there named Demetrious Brown? Thought he won you guys a Rose Bowl (?)

I had to look it up but he wore #6. Brown shared time with Michael Taylor in the late 80s. I think the Rose Bowl you're referring to is '88 against USC.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:13 am

Shoalzie wrote:

Honorable Mention: Rick Leach...no way do I give any props to Drew Henson

This is it Shoalzie, your UM card is sooooo close to being repo'ed. Please read this info on Rick Leach. I know he was before your time, but you HM'ed him so you must know of him.

http://gutsnglue.tripod.com/leachbio.htm

He beat OSU three times in a row, went to (and lost) 3 straight Rose Bowls. Guy was an all sport stud! Played for our Tigers. But for the "phantom Touchdown" by Charles White, Leach would be hands down the greatest QB in UM history.

I swear to God, if you say Braylon Edwards for #1, it's all over.

Michigan is history brother, don't be afraid to embrace it.

Fuck Drew Henson.

Go Blue!!

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:16 am

Shoalzie wrote:
L45B wrote:UM fans: wasn't there a #7 QB up there named Demetrious Brown? Thought he won you guys a Rose Bowl (?)

I had to look it up but he wore #6. Brown shared time with Michael Taylor in the late 80s. I think the Rose Bowl you're referring to is '88 against USC.

Without aid of a look up, I think Brown chucked 7 int's vs MSU one year. MSU managed to squeak out a single-digit victory IIRC.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:13 am

7- Mark Carrier

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:12 pm

# 7 Michael Huff

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:36 pm

Rick Leach also had a MLB career IIRC.

7: i'll just dole out two HM's here:

Scott Hill for the famous hit on Tony Dorsett and for being Switzer's huntin' and fishin' buddy (errr, i mean long time assistant coach). Pitt and Dorsett averaged 1.5 ypc that day, a 46-10 OU win in 1975.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jqYOSgD2CMw

the vastly underrated Jerald Moore (who still should have got the ball on the goal line in 94 against Texas. thanks a lot Watson, nice delay trap on 4th and 1. typical Watson Brown, fly in the face of conventional wisdom convinced he'll just outsmart everyone--the protostages of Rick Neuheisel/Bill Callahan disease. Dan Hawkins is showing symptoms, btw).

Jerald had a few respectable years with the Raiders.

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:45 pm

Upon further review, I should go with Theismann for #7 for his career. Huarte never started until his senior season.

Huarte still has the best single season at that number, though.

BlindRef · Post by **BlindRef** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:20 pm

WolverineSteve wrote:
Shoalzie wrote:

Honorable Mention: Rick Leach...no way do I give any props to Drew Henson
This is it Shoalzie, your UM card is sooooo close to being repo'ed. Please read this info on Rick Leach. I know he was before your time, but you HM'ed him so you must know of him.

http://gutsnglue.tripod.com/leachbio.htm

He beat OSU three times in a row, went to (and lost) 3 straight Rose Bowls. Guy was an all sport stud! Played for our Tigers. But for the "phantom Touchdown" by Charles White, Leach would be hands down the greatest QB in UM history.

I swear to God, if you say Braylon Edwards for #1, it's all over.

Michigan is history brother, don't be afraid to embrace it.

Fuck Drew Henson.

Go Blue!!

Rack this...

Number 7 is a no brainer. Ricky Leach was as good as it gets for Michigan QB's. I love Chad, but 0-3 against Suckeye and no big wins = second place to Ricky Leach.

Let's see what he does this year.

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:53 pm

BlindRef wrote:
WolverineSteve wrote:
Shoalzie wrote:

Honorable Mention: Rick Leach...no way do I give any props to Drew Henson
This is it Shoalzie, your UM card is sooooo close to being repo'ed. Please read this info on Rick Leach. I know he was before your time, but you HM'ed him so you must know of him.

http://gutsnglue.tripod.com/leachbio.htm

He beat OSU three times in a row, went to (and lost) 3 straight Rose Bowls. Guy was an all sport stud! Played for our Tigers. But for the "phantom Touchdown" by Charles White, Leach would be hands down the greatest QB in UM history.

I swear to God, if you say Braylon Edwards for #1, it's all over.

Michigan is history brother, don't be afraid to embrace it.

Fuck Drew Henson.

Go Blue!!
Rack this...

Number 7 is a no brainer. Ricky Leach was as good as it gets for Michigan QB's. I love Chad, but 0-3 against Suckeye and no big wins = second place to Ricky Leach.

Let's see what he does this year.

Henne needs to beat the Bucks this year...I won't argue with that. I think his and Mike Hart's legacy rests on what they do this year. I'm a sucker for the numbers and Henne is looking at throwing for 10,000 yards in his career and pass Navarre for the all-time yards leader and he's already just three TDs away from setting the school record in that category. Beating the Buckeyes multiple times trumps those numbers, I get that. I honestly don't know how good Leach really was...I'm sure he was great. I'll take your word for it that he was because you actually saw him play. My era of Michigan has been big numbers with minimal results while the Bo years were about smaller numbers but big wins.

As for #1...yeah, I was going to say Braylon but you think about it, since he didn't wear that number his whole career...A.C. should be the greatest #1 in Michigan history because that was always his number and he was the one that started the tradition of the star receiver wearing #1. Braylon had some of the greatest years a Michigan receiver has had but like Henne, he had minimal success in the biggest games. The biggest mark against this last decade of players is the lack of wins against Ohio State and in bowl games.

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:07 am

# 7 - DB - Don Rogers - R.I.P.

Honorable mention: Marques Anderson, Chance Johnson, Jay Schroeder, and for my Husker buddies - Mark Harmon

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:53 am

6: Thomas Lott.

the bandana was for "pub" but Switzer still says he was the best "pure" wishbone QB ever.

HM: Antwone Savage since the 2000 WR corps deserves props.

The Seer · Post by **The Seer** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:24 am

King Crimson wrote:6: Thomas Lott.

the bandana was for "pub" but Switzer still says he was the best "pure" wishbone QB ever.

HM: Antwone Savage since the 2000 WR corps deserves props.

Didn't Watts or Holieway wear a bandanna also?