August 23rd, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^
August 23rd, 2017 at 9:45 PM ^
I'm all for hanging the jerseys or things of the like, but I'm not ready to say goodbye to these numbers. Plus, with the success Harbaugh will bring to this program, we'll be out of numbers in no time.
August 24th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^
put something up in the stadium that recognizes the great players who wore a particular number, but don't retire them.
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:34 PM ^
August 24th, 2017 at 8:23 AM ^
Whether you like the practice or not, Michigan has retired the numbers of its other two Heisman winners. If you're gonna do that, you pretty much have to give Charles the same honor. I'm in favor of it. As for running out of numbers, now that you can use duplicate numbers on offense and defense, that's not a real issue. And, we're not going to be retiring a slew of other numbers. The most likely candidate has to be No. 1 for AC.
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:50 PM ^
Jim Abbott's number was retired in 2009 and he never graduated, in 2008 he received an honorary degree.
August 24th, 2017 at 10:47 AM ^
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August 23rd, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
No, don't do it...let's put a big ass patch on the jersey to honor him.
August 23rd, 2017 at 10:39 PM ^
August 23rd, 2017 at 11:24 PM ^
He could've done the exact same thing by just making it something for one game and one game only.
For example, the Devin Gardner thing is AWESOME if he wears #98 for that one game without most people knowing ahead of time, has the game of his life, and then goes back to his old number.
He could've did that for all of the retired legends that year. And then left it the hell alone.
We can still unretire all of the numbers and honor a Michigan legend every game. Whoever has that number wears the patch with the players name and we honor that player pregame. Then pick a new player the next game. This way you can do Braylon one year and AC another.
Just 1 game and keep it rotating. Now you can honor guys like Hutch or Renes or Morris or HARBAUGH. It doesn't have to be the retired number guys.
...meanwhile like I said, unretire numbers and for those players, figure out another way to memorialize and honor them.
August 23rd, 2017 at 11:29 PM ^
August 24th, 2017 at 12:11 AM ^
August 24th, 2017 at 6:48 AM ^
I didn't hate the legends jerseys -- I hated that they felt like they had to have them all on the field/handed out at once. If you have an elite corner, let them wear the legends jersey of Woodson. If you have an elite WR, let them wear the #1 elite jersey. But don't give OK players the jerseys just to make sure they're all represented at once. Hand them out only when appropriate.
August 24th, 2017 at 8:56 AM ^
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August 23rd, 2017 at 8:30 PM ^
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August 23rd, 2017 at 8:31 PM ^
No...and we should unretire the ones we've retired.
We need to honor these guys with plaques and small monuments at the stadium.
Stop restricting numbers - that's silly. Otherwise you've got to retire #1 and #21 as well. No, no, no. Find a better way to honor the legends. the patch wasn't it, but taking away the number forever is just as bad, IMO.
August 23rd, 2017 at 9:38 PM ^
August 23rd, 2017 at 9:59 PM ^
According to Bentley, Earl Little wore 21 in 1992. I don't remember him so I the number may have been as good as retired for that year.
August 23rd, 2017 at 11:58 PM ^
August 24th, 2017 at 7:48 AM ^
Gerald Ford (#48), Tom Harmon (#98), Desmond Howard (#21), Ron Kramer (#87), Bennie Oosterbaan (#47) and the Wistert brothers (#11) -- Albert, Alvin and Whitey -- had their jerseys retired in a ceremony against Ohio State on Nov. 28, 2015. At that time, Howard's No. 21 jersey was officially retired. Howard's was the only jersey of the six that was not formally retired at Michigan prior to the implementation of the legends program.
http://www.mgoblue.com/news/2009/6/10/Retired_Numbers_and_Honored_Jerse…
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:31 PM ^
Someday, seems a bit early yet. Most retired jerseys and hall of famers are usually in their 50-60s. He's only 40 - just left NFL. He is the best player I've ever seen play. #10 will be too in like 30 years.
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:55 PM ^
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August 23rd, 2017 at 9:19 PM ^
August 23rd, 2017 at 11:48 PM ^
Brady's senior year was as good as any season a Michigan QB has put up in the last 20-30 years. He played at a Heisman level that season even if he had to platoon for half the season. The problem is that the rest of his career at Michigan was ordinary.
Denard was fun to watch but he's not realistically in this conversation. Being good on a bad team isn't enough for a program of this stature.
August 24th, 2017 at 8:17 AM ^
This take is absurd. Tom Brady is the most famous Michigan athlete in our lifetime. Dickering about his stats while he was here is missing the point.
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:32 PM ^
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:33 PM ^
It would be moronic to retire a number that is being used as a recruiting tool.
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:40 PM ^
I hope kids aren't signing with MICHIGAN and HARBAUGH just to maybe get #1 or #2 on their back senior year.
I would want as a player to make my own number history.
August 23rd, 2017 at 9:34 PM ^
August 23rd, 2017 at 10:08 PM ^
I've been waiting 15 years for nothing.
August 23rd, 2017 at 8:38 PM ^
Too bad Michigan won't honor the players as they truly deserve with their name and/or number proudly displayed on the skyboxes.
August 23rd, 2017 at 9:16 PM ^
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August 24th, 2017 at 12:52 AM ^
Yes. Bring em back. Keep #2 on the field.
August 24th, 2017 at 1:14 AM ^
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August 23rd, 2017 at 10:07 PM ^
I like what they did at Comerica Park. I would love to take a picture of a bronzed statue of Woodson making the INT against MSU, Desmond striking the pose against OSU, or even Tom Harmon scoring a TD against Cal with a drunk fan trying to tackle him.
Something like that would be classic. Unveil it at midfield, then place it in the concourse area outside the stadium.