Should we have a Kickoff Countdown?

[thewolverines24]

55 days. Dhani Jones. 3x All Big Ten, 1997 National Championship team.

Best road unis ever.

 

[byco42]

52 days. Jim Czirr, Center, 1973-1975. 6'3", 225 lb., All-Big Ten, 1975. Drafted by the Denver Broncos in 1976, but he "opted out" of football, "due to an arthritic vertebrae in his neck." Quoted source: Wiki.

 

[byco42]

51 days Cesar Ruiz, Center, 2017-2020. Opted out his senior season and was drafted by the Saints in the first round. (Pick #24)

 

[Michchamp]

I was going to post Steve Everitt; thought for sure you'd go with a #51 older than him though.

 

[byco42]

I was going to post Steve Everitt; thought for sure you'd go with a #51 older than him though.

I'm trying to balance it out some. Everybody knows who Ruiz is. And I'm pretty sure Everitt was represented in last season's countdown. Besides, it's hard to find some of those older players online who aren't that well known.

 

[byco42]

50 days. Paul Girgash, LB, 1979-1982. All Big 10, 1982.

 

[Michchamp]

49 Days. Robert Richard Chappuis, HB/QB (1942 / 1946-47), All American. His college career was interrupted by WWII, during which he served as a aerial gunner and radio operator on B-25s in the European theatre. Shot down in February 1945, on his 21st mission over Italy, he was rescued by the Italian partisans and hid from the Germans until the end of the war.

 

[byco42]

48 days. Garvie Craw, FB 1967-1969. Scored two TDs in this Game.

"Craw later recalled, "'I remember moving the ball that first series and thinking: 'Damn we're just cutting through those guys,' and thinking, early on: 'We're going to beat these guys.'"

 

[byco42]

47 days. Jake Ryan, LB, 2012-2014, wearing the Oosterbaan commemorative jersey. Team Captain 2013-14, All Big Ten, 2014. Team MVP, 2014.

 

[Michchamp]

47 days. Jake Ryan, LB, 2012-2014, wearing the Oosterbaan commemorative jersey. Team Captain 2013-14, All Big Ten, 2014. Team MVP, 2014.

Dave Brandon approves.

 

[byco42]

46 days. Jerry Meter, LB, 1976-1978 Co-Captain, 1978. All Big 10, 1978. M DL coach, 1980-1987.

 

[Michchamp]

45 Days. Peter R. "Pete" Elliott - QB, All American, National Champion (1945-1948), and All-Big Ten in Basketball as well. They didn't put numbers on their jerseys some of those years, I guess. But he was 45.

 

[Michchamp]

44 Days. Delano Hill (now Lano Kash-Pride Hill), DB/Safety, 2013 - 2016, All Big Ten Second team. Cass Technical High School. Older brother of Lavert Hill

 

[Michchamp]

I like going back to the leather helmet days... shows the rich tradition of Michigan football... a constant through time.

 

[Michchamp]

43 Days. Carl Diggs ILB (1999-2003); Team Co-Captain 2003

 

[byco42]

42 days. look at the Pumas.

 

[tinselwolverine]

41 days

The late great Rob Lytle.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3q3QLVHe5E

 

[tinselwolverine]

Thanks byco.

I read you?re on a golf outing with your son, so I decided to pull my weight on our recurring endeavor.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Ron Johnson

40 Days

 

[tinselwolverine]

Adam Finley

39 Days