Michigan Debate Team wins National Championship
Link: https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-debate-team-secures-its-first-national-title/
U-M’s team finished the preliminary rounds with a 7-1 record. In the elimination rounds, Michigan defeated Michigan State University 4-1, Georgetown University 4-1, California State University at Long Beach 4-1, and Emory University 3-2 before beating Kansas in the championship round.
April 10th, 2024 at 10:29 AM ^
Another indisputable championship.
April 10th, 2024 at 12:17 PM ^
That’s debatable
April 10th, 2024 at 12:24 PM ^
No it isn’t
logged on just to +1
NUH-UH!!
Affirmative
April 10th, 2024 at 12:17 PM ^
Take that UCONN MBB. Suck it Dan Hurley.
The only loss (preliminary rounds) was to Cal State Uni - Long Beach.
With as much arguing as I've seen on this board, it makes sense.
A lively discussion is not an argument.
April 10th, 2024 at 10:35 AM ^
Wonderful to see all of our master debaters perform well. And, I've heard we won without any injuries.
April 10th, 2024 at 10:39 AM ^
actually not true. one of our debaters sustained a concussion the week before the torunament. this is not a joke,
Is that you, Tim?
April 10th, 2024 at 10:40 AM ^
So nobody went blind?
April 10th, 2024 at 10:54 AM ^
No, but the athletic training staff still doesn't have a solution for the hairy palms.
And trying to hide them by wearing gloves in July will prompt strange looks from others.
Trust me on this.
I have a story about that. First semester in law school I read a case in contracts in which the plaintiff sued a cosmetic surgeon for failing to properly fix a scar on the palm of his hand. Surgeon transplanted skin from his hip. In time, it grew hair. Issue: Did plaintiff contract for a hairless palm?
I was laughing about this in the dorm pub one evening. I related the case, and when I finished one of my fellow students stuck out his hand and said. "You mean like this?" Sure enough, the palm of his hand had hair growing because the skin had been taken from his leg. I was embarrassed, to say the least. Partly because the guy's wife as with him, partly because the guy, a recent Rhodes Scholar, subsequently become the attorney general of a Midwestern state.
As for me, I dropped out and went on to have an utterly unsuccessful career.
April 10th, 2024 at 10:47 AM ^
Only because Pettiti had such regard for safety that he suspended Harbaugh another three games.
I've heard the NFL is strongly considering every recommendation to penalize Harbaugh that Petitti comes up with - and, is planning to say "Thanks for your effort and suggestions. We've told Harbaugh he needs to live in a trailer / mobile home like Jim Rockford for as long as he wants."
Or possibly in a van down by the river…
April 10th, 2024 at 10:53 AM ^
I was a master debater in high school--our Huron High debate team came in fourth in the state. But we could only dream of such heights.
I was a debater in HS, but definitely not a master debater. The schools back in the early 90s I recall as being excellent at debating are New Trier, Glenbrook North, Westminster, Georgetown Day School (GDS), Vestavia Hills, Bronx Science, Stuyvesant, some school near Houston I can't remember, a couple of schools in NC, I want to say Detroit Country Day but might be misremembering (maybe also Bloomfield Hills). Anyway, I went to mostly local and regional tournaments.
I did go to summer debate camps at Michigan, Emory, and American University (DC). It was pretty cool being a HS kid studying, doing research, and taking classes (um, debate camp classes) on college campuses.
Yeah, I was a debate nerd.
Kincaid
Dresden? Or wrong Kincaid
Policy or LD? I was a policy kid. Attended Michigan debate camp the summer of 1996. It was absolutely a one of a kind experience, a cherished memory for sure. As I recall we were housed in West Quad? Maybe South? The only library we weren't allowed access to was Law, though we did find a way in one day. I also recall that some kids were using this thing called "netscape" and "alta vista" to find evidence on "the web". The rest of us were combing through actual books and microfiche, lol. Does that even exist anymore?
Totally agree with you, Andrew, very cool to get to experience these universities in such a way as a high school kid.
Policy, of course. We were the cool kids lol.
I went summer of 1991 and stayed in Couzens. We worked hard and had a lot of fun. One of the highlights was when our counselors took us to watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show at... maybe it was the State Theater? Can't remember, but that was my first ever RHPS.
And yes, so. much. microfiche. Good times!!
Seems like we are of similar vintages, because those schools are the ones I would name too (and I also did camps at Michigan and American), before debating at U of M.
Very cool! I quit debate after high school, awesome that you continued in college. I took a different route, joining the Men's Glee Club freshman year at UM.
We are definitely the same vintage, because I was also at the camp in Cousins in the summer of 91 (graduated hs in 92). Glee club is great and I'm sure you had a lot of the same group camraderie - and as a bonus - you know all the "secret" words to the Victors (I imagine). College debate took so much time, that I have definitely thought about what I would have done otherwise - since I mostly come up blank, I think I made the right call for me.
April 10th, 2024 at 12:28 PM ^
Did the team give a massive NIL deal to Mel Tucker?
Your question spurred me to Google exactly what’s going on with Sparty these days re: Tuck.
So. Tuck wants his full $80M
Ms. Tracy is suing MSU for $75M
Jonathan Smith has a $53M contract (over 7 years)
Assistant coaches collectively make $11M/year
And I would bet every penny of the above that Engler and his cronies embezzled millions of dollars that we don’t even know about yet.
April 10th, 2024 at 12:24 PM ^
I clicked on this thread to specifically look for this reference. +1
April 10th, 2024 at 10:44 AM ^
Any good prospects in the portal that we could pick up for next year?
April 10th, 2024 at 10:45 AM ^
Hmm. So the toughest matchup was in the semis, and then Michigan won the title going away? Seems so familiar.
April 10th, 2024 at 10:48 AM ^
Cool! Leaders and best etc.
All this thread needs now is a Conor Stallions sign-stealing joke, and... sorry I don't have one.
April 10th, 2024 at 10:51 AM ^
I'm here for you.
Notes-stealing
FIFY
April 10th, 2024 at 10:51 AM ^
I see you, Conor Stalions. Another success story for the Vast Network.
April 10th, 2024 at 10:52 AM ^
The final round topic -
RESOLVED: Ohio State fans poop in coolers.
April 10th, 2024 at 10:52 AM ^
They successfully defended their assertion that they won a national championship, at any rate.
Also, take that Long Beach! Revenge for the basketball team!
April 10th, 2024 at 10:53 AM ^
Is college debate where they are screaming and saying things at a million words a minute?
April 10th, 2024 at 12:17 PM ^
No, I believe that's ESPN you're thinking of.
April 10th, 2024 at 12:23 PM ^
underrated comment
April 10th, 2024 at 10:58 AM ^
Probably too much to ask for a Muppets post. This is a culmination of decades of sustained excellence. Michigan Debate has a deep alumni base (many of whom are MGoBlog readers), endowments, scholarships and the largest summer workshop for aspring high school students in the country. Because of this, UM Debate is instrumental in attracting some of the best students to Ann Arbor. Congrats to Kelly and Ben, Coach Kall and the entire staff.
Yes, it deserves Muppets:
Alternative muppets for an alternative sport. I like it.
We finally broke through after losing in the final 7 times since 1989, including each of the last 3 years.
This definitely calls for MUPPETS.
April 10th, 2024 at 12:10 PM ^
No they didn't.