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Wednesday Quick Hits: #1 Jersey Given to Defensive Back?
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1 Comment- Braylon Edwards was on what seemed like every ESPN and ESPN Radio show yesterday as he is in Bristol, Connecticut, and the topic of Michigan football came up a few times. While on Tirico and Van Pelt, Edwards mentioned that Rich Rodriguez gave the #1 jersey to an incoming freshman defensive back. Edwards added that he needs to “have a talk with him [Rodriguez]” as this would be the first time someone other than a wide receiver would get to wear the #1 jersey.
When Darryl Stonum, a wide receiver, committed to Michigan last year, there were rumors that he was promised the #1 jersey by the coaches. Those rumors never really gained a whole lot of traction and were basically put to rest as Stonum was #22 during spring practice.
With this latest revelation that a freshman defensive back will be #1 next season, it isn’t tough to get an idea of exactly who that player is. In Michigan’s 2008 recruiting class, there were three defensive backs (Boubacar Cissoko, Brandon Smith, and J.T. Floyd). Of those three, I would guess that Cissoko is the player that will be #1. My reasoning behind that guess is that he was #2 in high school, and that will likely be Sam McGuffie’s number at Michigan, and #22 is off the market as well with Stonum wearing it during spring practice. I could see Smith getting that number as well, but I would put my money on Boo Boo.
- During his interview with Colin Cowherd, Edwards said that a Michigan degree is much better than one from Ohio State, and that there is no better feeling than scoring a touchdown on a Buckeye. Cowherd attempted to get him to call Ohio State a “trucking school,” but Edwards wisely declined to go down that road considering he plays in the state of Ohio.
- Another former Michigan football player, Dhani Jones, is spending some of his offseason playing rugby. (Thanks to Matt for the heads up)
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Don’t get your hopes up, but the Big Ten Network and Comcast are reportedly close to a deal. (HT: MGoBlog)
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Sam Webb caught up with ’09 basketball commit Jordan Morgan and Percy Robinson, the coach of his King James Shooting Stars team.
Rumor has it that Floyd was getting the number 1 jersey.
Boo-Boo and McGuffie could both were number 2 provided that neither was on the field at the same time. Henne and Brinton were both number 7 at the same time, and for an offense defensive combo: Major Appellwhite and Derrick Johnson were both 11 during the same time at Texas.
It is fine to have players have the same jersey number (and happens because there are only so many numbers to go around and there are usually more players [with walk ons] on a team than available numbers) provided that teammates with the same number are not on the field at the same time.
This was the rule when Henne and Briton were on the team (04 I believe)- I’d assume it is still the same.