August 6th, 2008 at 12:02 PM ^
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August 6th, 2008 at 12:57 PM ^
I agree. Good grammar is your friend.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:57 PM ^
The 2007 offense wasn't "horrible", as evidenced that 7 starters would go on to start in the NFL. They didn't score many points, but Michigan also had possibly the most dominating defense in the modern era. They lacked a deep threat, because Streets couldn't catch that year (he had a cast on his hand), but made up for it by spreading the ball all over. Also, there is only one year since that Michigan ran for as many yards - Thomas's senior year.
August 7th, 2008 at 11:38 AM ^
I dont know, but if someone with a history of alcohol related infractions showed up at work and said they hurt their ankle when they tripped over their dog, I'd go ahead and assume they were eating Taco Bell while walking up the stairs shitfaced and slipped on some melted cheese.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2002/0926/1437245.html
Also: " On May 5, Griese tripped on a steep driveway at teammate Terrell Davis' house and was knocked unconscious, bruising his face. "
The "X guys went on to play in the NFL down the road, so that proves it was good" argument can be misleading. The fact that many of our '97 offensive starters eventually made the NFL does not necessarily mean that they were NFL-caliber during that season. For example, Hutchinson, Backus and Brandt were all redshirt freshmen. I don't think they were then at the level they would reach in 2000, their senior year. Our starting RB (Chris Howard) was below-average for a starting Michigan back. Our starting QB (Griese) threw for less than 200 yards per game. We started one WR (Streets) with dislocated fingers on each hand, and another (Shaw) who never sniffed the NFL. Only at TE (Tuman) and FB (Floyd) were we really talented, IMO.
I would say that the '97 offense was good at avoiding mistakes*, but otherwise was nothing special. Our leading rusher gained 938 yards. Our leading receiver gained 476 yards. Our overall ypg and ppg averages were very pedestrian. Not once all year did we score 40 points. Fortunately, we had one of the best D's in school history to carry most of the load.
(*Well, aside from the ND, Iowa and OSU games, anyway.)