Michigan Debate Team wins National Championship

A personal note:  Every year at the National Debate, an award is presented to the most deserving faculty in the area of communications and debate.  It is named in honor of my neighbor from 1978 to 2006, George Ziegelmueller, 45 years the leader of the Wayne State debate team.  George was often referred to as the Dean Smith of debate, having won hundreds of national debates.  He understood the humor in the name of the trophy/award.  Also, he took great pride in kicking the ass of the Michigan team.  A great friend and neighbor..especially friendly arguments/discussions over the side fence.

Congratulations Team!  So Proud of You!

Thanks

Can't argue with that!

As an avid forensics enthusiast and former extemp and debate National Champion Saluki I applaud this achievement.  

I'm good at taking da bait. Is that pretty close to the same thing?

Debating Michigan State...  I can't even imagine how hard that is.

The Industrial Revolution to me is just like a story I know called ‘The Puppy Who Lost His Way.’ The world was changing, and the puppy was getting...bigger.  So, you see, the puppy was like industry. In that, they were both lost in the woods. And nobody, especially the little boy—‘society’—knew where to find ‘em. Except that the puppy was a dog. But the industry, my friends, that was a revolution.

Waiting for Justin Spiro to tweet “but, but, but … Stallions” in 3, 2 …

Our HS debate coach liked to recruit kids with good grades in math. He figured they'd have good logic skills that would transfer to debate. Not unreasonable, but of course that's only one dimension.

I passed on the opportunity but my younger sister gave it a go. Like me, she's better at thinking analytically than assimilating a bunch of information. I remember asking her how she did at an event. Her response: "I knew my opponent's point was screwed up but I couldn't remember why."

Mike Sainristil made the key closing argument, didn’t he. 

Very cool. 

Speak softly and carry a big schtick. 

No they didn't!

/debatemebro

How'd Sparty score on us?

Ohio State and MSU’s debate teams have assured this title will be vacated.

Let the championships continue! Go Blue! Leaders and Best!

So, are the Russians voting against every rd*? Wouldn't be the first time.

*no idea how debate is scored.

Anyways congrats to the contrarians.

I could be arguing in my spare time...

"I'd like to take this one Jimmy if you don't mind?"  - Frank the Tank

The Leaders And Best!!!

all we do is win win win no matter what

The reason many championship debaters drink beer, per Cliff Clavin...

"A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, the slowest and weakest are killed first. This is good for the herd, because the health of the herd keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells.
Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest cells first.
That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

Nuh uhhh

No they didn’t.

What happened? They blacked out. That’s how you debate!!

Anyone doubt they would ? Have you seen the Michigan message boards !!!

I did HS debate long ago. I watched the linked youtube video and found the amount of spreading a bit distracting. If you're new to debate 'spreading' is (as in 'speed-reading') is the act of speaking extremely fast during a debate. The motivation is that your opponent will not have time to respond to all your arguments and will be penalized. It's actually very goofy. 

Nice.

And I am 100% certain that Connor Stallions had nothing to do with this.