Michigan has an 8-5 all-time record against the Washington Huskies. The first time they played was in 1916. The last time they played was a 31-10 win by Michigan in 2021.
- Washington tight ends coach Nick Sheridan was a walk-on quarterback at Michigan and started a handful of games in 2008 under Rich Rodriguez
- Washington "general manager" Courtney Morgan played offensive line at Michigan and spent 2021 as the Wolverines' director of player personnel
- Washington players recruited by Michigan include: RB Sam Adams II, OL Geirean Hatchett, OL Landen Hatchett, WR Giles Jackson, RB Daniyel Ngata, CB Caleb Presley
- Washington WR Giles Jackson spent 2019-2020 at Michigan, rushing 12 times for 74 yards and 1 touchdown; making 24 catches for 309 yards and 1 touchdown; returning 37 kickoffs for 976 yards and 2 touchdowns; and returning 2 punts for 5 yards
- Washington RB Sam Adams II is the son of former NFL defensive tackle Sam Adams
- Washington OL Jalen Klemm is the son of former NFL offensive tackle Adrian Klemm
- Washington TE Ryan Otton is the younger brother of current NFL tight end Cade Otton
- Michigan has zero players on the roster from the state of Washington
- Washington has two players from the state of Michigan: twin brothers Armon and Jayvon Parker from Dearborn (MI) Fordson. Armon is a 6'3", 307 lb. defensive tackle, and Jayvon is a 6'3", 297 lb. defensive tackle. Jayvon has 4 tackles and 1 quarterback hurry this season.
Morgan has been a big part of their success, and of course ours in 2021. Despite the difference in offensive identity, there are a lot of parallels in roster building approach and what seems like strong culture in these 2 programs.
ReplyDeleteThe first Rose Bowl I remember was UW vs UM 1978, UM heavy favorites vs a 7-4 UW team that was ranked #15. UM was ranked 4. Ricky Leach in his 4th year. Woolfolk. UM was 14 point favorite, a 92% chance to win
ReplyDeleteIt was 24-0 in the third quarter u dub.
Bo looked like a cartoon character that just smoked an exploding cigar. Laying yet another egg with a loaded team on the national stage.
Granted, UW has this unknown QB named Warren Moon throwing to Spider Gaines and it was obvious UM has no idea how to defend a good passing attack.
UM got off the mat and it was 27-20 with UM on the 20. Leach has Woolfolk open on a shallow cross and he threw it behind a little bit, woolfolk juggled the ball while running full out, it ended up on top of his head, he was still trying to secure it when the LB Jackson (great NFL career at NO) grabbed it for an inception.
Leach actually passed for more yards in the game.
Bo lost yet another rose bowl, (UM lost to Oklahoma in the Orange bowl the year before).
Bo would get his first win against UW in 1981 with Carter, Wrangler, and Bill McCarthy as the Defense Coordinator who had the defense humming at the end of the year, not allowing a TD in the last 7 games, with 4 straight shutouts. Bill would leave to coach Colorado, rebuilt them, led them to a National Championship, and retired to enter the ministry.
I think he is still alive.
Carr was the DB coach, Moeller was an assistant, hired to replace Jack Harbaugh who left to coach defense at Stanford.
Nice connection of past and present. My hot take on all-time QBs is that the best 3 are Moon, Marino, and Brady. Moon and Marino highlights are still jaw-dropping to this day. Brady's accomplishments are unrivaled though and unlike Montana you can't put it on a system (Walsh). That said -- I think Mahomes is coming for all em.
DeleteWarren Moon threw the prettiest spiral I've ever seen in person ... second sounds crazy, but I saw Chase Daniel at MIZZOU & in New Orleans, and that dude to could spin it, at least in warm ups
DeleteIF You watch the old games (1970's) the biggest difference is QB play. Even the Hall of Famers (Bradshaw, Stabler, tark) throw some pretty ugly balls.
DeleteThe league has changed to make it more entertaining and rules have been installed to support passing. BUT, the QB stat lines back then...UGLY, even for the best.
The one guy that threw a "modern" ball back then was Burt Jones, maybe Namath.
Moon went to Edmonton for years because the NFL did not think black QB's were "smart enough" to run the offense. There were a couple Black QB's in the 70's but not many. Gabriel, Gilliam.
Tony Dungy was a QB at Minnesota and Pittsburgh moved him to DB even though I think Noll was probably ahead of his time in playing black QB's. If Gilliam didn't have a drug problem and ran his plays as called, it could have been Gilliam winning those SB's
I think Moon actually was the FIRST black QB to actually make the NFL rethink their position.
We'll see about Patrick Mahomes. He was great with Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce, but his QBR is the lowest its ever been and his passer rating is lower than any other year except for his rookie season. Andy Reid will probably retire before Mahomes's career is finished, and Mahomes will have to maintain his success with someone other than Kelce.
Delete@Thunder. You are right that Mahomes will keep playing after Reid/Kelce. Interesting that you hang a (relatively) down year on Mahomes and not Reid/Kelce since all 3 are there.
DeleteGuess we'll find out since Mahomes is still just 28 - 4.5 years older than Penix, Nix, Milton, McNamara, Bowman.
@ Lank 3:14 p.m.
DeleteAndy Reid has been a good coach in the NFL for a long time. It's not a coincidence that he had a really good offense in Philadelphia and then in Kansas City, not to mention his work as a position coach/coordinator before becoming a head coach. He knows offense as well as anyone in the league. And it's tough to blame an entire offense's struggles on a 33-year-old tight end.
You could be right and Mahomes will falter once he's not with Reid and Kelce. I think he'll continue to thrive. We'll see.
DeleteIf your speculation plays out, he definitely would not belong in the convo for top 3 of all time.