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Title: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on October 26, 2023, 10:48:46 PM
Vote to see results!
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1997 National Champions, 12-0
avg score 25-8
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1973 tied for Big Ten title, literally....10-0-1
avg score 30-6
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1947 2nd-chance Nat'l Champs, kinda-sorta, 10-0
avg score 35-5
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1985 won Fiesta, not Big Ten, 10-1-1
avg score 26-6
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2022 Big Ten Champs, playoff participation trophy, 13-1
avg score 40-16
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1976 Big Ten champs, lost RB, finished #3, 10-2
avg score 36-7 (led nation in both)
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: ELA on October 26, 2023, 11:10:43 PM
I'll have to check the tape
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on October 27, 2023, 12:04:59 AM
70s games were freakin' boring. 

"Hey, we're going to run it up the middle 3 times and you see if you can stop us.  And you do the same.
We're going to try to out-tough you.  No strategy implemented at all.  Whoever has the most grit in their teeth in the end is the winner."
"Deal!"
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: 847badgerfan on October 27, 2023, 07:24:02 AM
1901

11-0 record

550-0 points for and against

Nobody went to play skool. 
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on October 27, 2023, 08:58:12 AM
You didn't read the poll, did you?
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: 847badgerfan on October 27, 2023, 09:04:47 AM
I chose to ignore that part. 
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: Cincydawg on October 27, 2023, 09:07:25 AM
Clearly, the 2021 Michigan team was their best ever, only that one rather embarassing loss.
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: 847badgerfan on October 27, 2023, 09:12:23 AM
1973 - nope. Bama or ND would beat them.

1976 - nope. USC beat them, and Pitt would have.

1985 - nope. OU would beat them.

1997 - nope. UNL would have beat them.

2022 - nope. Obvious.


1901 it is.
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: ELA on October 27, 2023, 09:20:16 AM
Clearly, the 2021 Michigan team was their best ever, only that one rather embarassing loss.
Which one?
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: Cincydawg on October 27, 2023, 09:26:55 AM
1901 it is.
The thread title is "best of all time", which includes of course Yost teams, despite the later remark, which is irrelevant.
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on October 27, 2023, 09:33:21 AM
1973 - nope. Bama or ND would beat them.

1976 - nope. USC beat them, and Pitt would have.

1985 - nope. OU would beat them.

1997 - nope. UNL would have beat them.

2022 - nope. Obvious.


1901 it is.
Okay, pretend 1901's team died in a plane crash.
Oh wait.
Nevermind.
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: 847badgerfan on October 27, 2023, 09:34:59 AM
Plane crash in 1901?

Wright brothers were a little late for that one.
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: FearlessF on October 27, 2023, 10:43:55 AM
I'm beginning to enjoy this thread
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on October 27, 2023, 02:09:58 PM
When tailgates had actual tails. 
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: Cincydawg on October 27, 2023, 02:12:35 PM
Who knows where Hitler was born?  
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: ELA on October 27, 2023, 02:12:59 PM
Who knows where Hitler was born? 
Not on 3rd base
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: 847badgerfan on October 27, 2023, 02:29:43 PM
Not on 3rd base
Nope. At home plate in Austria, right about the time Michigan started playing football. Hmmm..
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: FearlessF on October 27, 2023, 02:48:39 PM
Who knows where Hitler was born? 
Ann Arbor??
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on October 27, 2023, 07:43:53 PM
Ann Arbor is Spanish for 'Birthplace of Hitler"
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on October 27, 2023, 07:44:16 PM
Did I become an Ohio State fan just now?
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: FearlessF on October 27, 2023, 08:05:58 PM
don't fight it
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: MikeDeTiger on October 28, 2023, 01:22:40 AM
Did I become an Ohio State fan just now?

Why not, I can be convinced Ohio State is Florida's spirit animal.  Alabama is Michigan's, but without academic standards. 
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: FearlessF on October 28, 2023, 07:25:01 AM
De Ohio St.
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on October 28, 2023, 08:18:25 AM
Why not, I can be convinced Ohio State is Florida's spirit animal.  Alabama is Michigan's, but without academic standards.
Now I'm imagining if Florida was the only major program in the state, a la OSU.

We'd have 11 NCs and 8 Heisman winners.  Must be nice to be the only show in town.

Growing up, I preferred UM.  Better helmets and fight song.  And UM beat the nut things every year.  Better mascot, by far.  As a kid, your mascot matters.  
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: Cincydawg on October 28, 2023, 09:22:36 AM
Gatorama was both a Michigan and Florida fan.
Title: Re: VOTE - Best UM squad of all time
Post by: FearlessF on October 28, 2023, 09:26:06 AM
he was am absolutely great guy
glad to have been lucky enough to meet him on numerous occasions and get to know him

but, he wasn't perfect