Jim Rome’s clones know well by now the story of how a caller named Marty dialed up the The Jim Rome Show and told Jungle listeners that he wasn’t alone in his truck each morning, that he had a buddy riding with him and looking out for him and of course that pal is Jim Rome. Here’s a little mixtape of various emails and comments from Rome about their relationship: Better yet, here’s a summary of the Marty and Jim alleged moments they’ve spent together, at least according to Jim Rome show callers:– Marty knitting Rome a pair of jean shorts– Marty “rocking” a Rome FatHead– Wearing matching velour tracksuits– Riding a tandem bike to the ice cream shop to share a banana split– Riding horses bareback on the beach– Sharing a candy necklace– Naming stars after each other– Sending each other pajamagrams– Marty making Rome the executor of his estate on Legalzoom.com– Joining forces to wear a horse costume for Halloween (donkey also acceptable) and warning each other about the side effects (impotence) of using steriods while wearing this costume.– Sharing an ice cream cone– Sharing a plate of spaghetti (and finishing on the same piece of pasta)– Sharing a ride in a Miata– Riding Wing Forward on the beach– Watching the sunset together– Marty buying a locket with…
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Poll: BCS Championship net for Michigan fans
A couple polls to get the pulse of the football universe…or a few guys on the internet today. Whatever works: {democracy} And you know you’re thinking it but do you have the stones to say it? The answer the Buckeyes but vote away: {democracy:39} Update: Good lord 83%? Michigan fans = Chicago Bears Super fans. Next topic: Bo vs. Godzilla – discuss Update 2: 88%?!!
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Deja Vu? Pretty Much, LSU rolls over Bucks
A few takes from the game, most as it happened: First half takes: Boy, the Buckeyes came out strong again in this version of the BCS Championship. They sustained the momentum for more than one play but wow….Les Miles and the Tigers have taken complete control. Wondering how Tressel will respond in the second half as against Florida he definitely panicked. Not looking good for the Bucks. The FOX coverage is a complete bust except for the pregame thing Shaq did for LSU. Oh my god that was hilarious. YES I DIG IT! Second half takes: Two huge personal fouls by the Bucks lead to an LSU score but the Buckeyes respond with a pick and nice touchdown on fourth down. There’s some life. The net: All in all, pretty much went like last year’s game with this time LSU running off 31 straight at one point. Actually felt bad for the OSU fans there. I’ve been to games like that. You know many of the same folks in New Orleans were in Phoenix.
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Mark Harmon Faces Michigan, MSU
With the rumors that have Ryan Mallett and quarterbacks coach Scott Loeffler heading to UCLA, it’s a good time to look at the next item in the eBay watch series. Many of you know that Michigan legend Tom Harmon is the father of actor Mark Harmon and that the younger Harmon played quarterback at UCLA. What you may not know is that Mark’s Bruins actually faced his old man’s team in the early seventies and they both returned to Michigan the following year to battle the Spartans. Here are the programs for each game that were recently auctioned on eBay: There were a couple of storylines leading into the Wolverines trip to Los Angeles in 1972. The week prior UCLA started their brutal schedule with a huge win over #1 Nebraska, snapping the Huskers’ 32-game winning streak. It was Harmon’s first game for the Bruins, and a wishbone offense was installed to suit the new quarterback. Mark was named the MVP of the game and finished with 71 rushing yards. A headline in Sports Illustrated that week declared, “YOUNG HARMON MAKES HIS MARK: From Out of Hollywood Comes the Saga of Mark Harmon, Handsome, Articulate, the Son of Old No. 98”. Geez SI, take a cold shower. The other storyline for the game was of course the son playing his legendary…
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Capital One Bowl Fan Pics
A few photos directly from the Michigan fan section at the big game. Thanks to Amy and Jeff who sent over these beauties. I had a great New Years but would have loved to have been there. Enjoy! Update 1/14: Reader Kelly sent over a recap of her experience at the game along with a few more photos. I blended them into the photo gallery above. Here’s her take on the game: It was unreal and I still can believe I got to witness it in person. It was my first bowl game (I came from New Jersey) and a first for my brother and his 8 year old son (they live in Orlando). We grew up in Michigan, and I’m fan because of my brothers influence…to share that time with my nephew and brothers was truly amazing. It was the kind of thing we’ll be telling our grandkids about. The only negative is that I’m afraid my nephew will never attend another game that lives up to what we saw that day! We had some serious nosebleed seats – Section 308 and 6 rows from the top. We were surrounded by Michigan fans, but it seemed like Florida fans where everywhere else. I’m guessing it was about 80% Florida fans and 20% Michigan fans. Two things about the fans…
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Hoosiers in town
IU comes to Crisler Tuesday and I’ll be up there. I always like checking out the Hoosiers having spent two years in Bloomington for grad school. To the left is shot of coach Knight I took during the January 12, 1993 game (I yelled “Hey Knight!” but he didn’t react). The one point Indiana win in Ann Arbor was one of the best games I’ve ever witnessed, with Chris Webber getting a shot blocked at the buzzer. Beilein is still looking for his first big win and I’m hoping it’s Tuesday. I’ll try to get a few pics from the game and get them up here. Should be interesting to see how many fans show.
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Terrelle Pryor Wears Michigan gear?
NBC just noted that recruit QB Terrelle Pryor donned a Michigan sweatshirt before the U.S. All American Bowl, although the network noted it was in an effort to get the goat of the Ohio State recruits. Oh and yes, he’s pretty good…as in unstoppable. McGuffie is out there as well and despite showing some flashes of speed, his size makes him look a tad out of his league. I probably would have said the same about Mike Hart (or Jamie Morris) in high school so whatever. And of course, I don’t think Hart could do this!
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SI’s College Football Best, by Jersey Number
The end of the year always brings all kinds of all-time lists, be it the greatest teams, best players, most worthy Heisman candidates, and so on. SI.com took a little different approach: it has assembled of the greatest college football players of all time by uniform number. Here’s an article explaining the process and some of the challenges. This list excludes a few Michigan legends at the turn of the century like Germany Schultz and Willie Heston as these guys didn’t wear numbers but we’ll just have to accept this and move on. The list provided the name of the top player at each number, a runner-up, and then listed some names deserving honorable mention. Here’s a quick breakdown of where Michigan players landed. Michigan Players assigned as Best to ever wear their number:#1 – Anthony Carter#47 – Bennie Oosterbaan#49 – Bob Chappuis#98 – Tom Harmon Runners up:#2 – Chuck Woodson (Deion Sanders)#6 – Harry Kipke (Robbie Bosco)#21 – Desmond Howard (Barry Sanders)#40 – Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch (Hopalong Cassidy). Note that Hirsch is listed as playing for Wisconsin but he of course played 2 seasons for the Wolverines. Honorable mention:#1 – Derrick Alexander, Braylon Edwards, David Terrell (M pretty much owns the category)#4 – Jimmy Harbaugh#6 – Tyrone Wheatley#7 – Ricky Leach#9 – Dennis Franklin#27 – Benny Friedman#40 –…
