Marcus Ray is one of the most underrated players in Michigan's illustrious history. He was a big time performer. A vicious hitter and sure tackler and excellent in coverage.
This cat Marcus Ray was a D-back beast! That 97 defense was the best defense in the country or one of all times. He was a hard hitter and a ball hawk. Word!
Prior to his senior season,he was playing lights out and was on his way to the NFL then something happened to him in his senior year that caused him to be benched for most of the 1998 season but can't recall.
When UM can get a safety that plays like him they might be a Big Ten title contender. They have all the pieces in place except a head hitting, ball hawk safety.
I thought a BG tribute was coming for sure after the Brady strip sack. What he should do is Wolverine vs Wolverine NFL Moments..... with that being most likely #1 and Woodson Tuck rule maybe being 1A.
Are you the same guy who posts as WolverineHistorian on MGoBlog? You seemed like a really unhinged, depressed guy. Read your post history and evaluate if that type of angst over college sports - for someone of an advanced age - is healthy.
Let's review the record of their greatest coach, Bo Schembechler -- 1969: Michigan wins the Big 10 but then loses the Rose Bowl to USC 10-3 1970: Michigan is 9-0 heading into Ohio State but comes up short 20-9 1971: Michigan is 11-0 and facing heavy underdog Stanford in the Rose Bowl: 13-12 Stanford 1972: 10-0 heading into OSU: 14-11 Buckeyes 1973: 10-0 and Michigan has Ohio State at home: 10-10 tie and the conference athletic directors vote to send the Buckeyes to the Rose Bowl 1974: 10-0 heading into Columbus: 12-10 Buckeyes 1975: 8-0-2 and have OSU at home: 21-14 OSU. But good news, the Big 10 now allows other Big 10 teams to go to a bowl. 14-6 Oklahoma over Michigan in the Orange Bowl 1976: Inexplicable 16-14 loss to Purdue, but Michigan finally gets by Ohio State and goes to the Rose Bowl. Oh goody: 14-6 USC 1977: Another dumb conference loss, this one 16-0 to Minnesota. But they beat the Buckeyes and they're back in the Rose Bowl and a huge favorite over 7-4 Washington, so finally Michigan's going to win the Rose Bowl. Oops: 27-20 Washington 1978: This time the conference gag is against MSU but the Wolves beat the Bucks again and are back in the Rose Bowl. Same song, 18th verse: 17-10 USC 1979: Michigan has Devine's worst team in Ann Arbor and the Wolves have already tuned up on Northwestern and it's ND's opener. No matter, Bob Crable blocks a game-winning FG attempt and ND wins 12-10. 8-3 Michigan finally gets an easy bowl opponent, UNC in the Gator Bowl. Thanks for playing Bo: 17-15 UNC. 1980: Finally Michigan wins a Rose Bowl (over Washington). But a 51-yard FG by Harry Oliver beats UM in ND stadium. The next week the stunned Wolves also lose to South Carolina, removing them from NC consideration. 1981: Bo finally beats ND (Faust's 5-6 team) and beats UCLA in a bowl game. The bad news? It's the Bluebonnet Bowl. 1982: Bo gets beat by Faust but still makes it to the Rose Bowl at 8-3 and plays UCLA. UCLA wins of course, 24-14. 1983: Good news: ND's off the schedule for Bo. Bad news, they have to play Washington again and lose 27-25. 9-2 Michigan gets invited to the Sugar Bowl where they lose to Auburn 9-7. Bo has now managed to lose 3 of the then-Big 4 bowls. 1984: Michigan flops around to a 6-5 record and then makes history as the weakest opponent ever in a bowl game for a national championship team as BYU gets by them 24-17 to claim the NC even though BYU would've been a 2-touchdown underdog to either Oklahoma or Nebraska. 1985: A conference loss to Iowa and a tie with Illinois keeps UM out of the Rose Bowl and NC consideration. UM does beat Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. 1986: Familiar scene. ND is jobbed by a bad call as the game-winning TD is ruled out of bounds. UM somehow loses to Minnesota in Ann Arbor but still makes it to the Rose Bowl where the Wolves lose 22-15 to ASU. ASU is now the 5th Pac 8 or 10 team to beat Bo's teams in the Rose Bowl. 1987: Lou drills UM 26-7 in Ann Arbor. Michigan suffers 3 more losses to go 8-4. 1988: Gillette's miss allows ND to win 19-17 setting up ND's 12-0 season. UM does finally manage to win the Rose Bowl over USC. ND defeats both participants in the Rose Bowl during the regular season. 1989: Rocket runs back two kickoffs and Michigan loses 24-19. Michigan plays well and wins the next 10 before losing the Rose Bowl to USC. ND beats both participants in the Rose Bowl, again. And thus concludes Bo's career.
