Summer Sadness

As Ryan and SI successfully jinxed the Wings, the Penguins obviously won the Stanley Cup in heartbreaking fashion. Wait let me rephrase that...the Red Wings lost the Stanley Cup in heartbreaking fashion. As I said all along, the Penguins did not even deserve to be on the same ice as the Wings, so the Penguins resorted to cheating. I guess the Pens played a perfect game in Game Six, before Bettman reminded the refs to call at least one penalty in the last 3 minutes to give the appearance of partiality. I can't say too much about Game Seven, I was not able to watch due to very legitimate reasons, but when a dude like Talbot takes over the game, you know its not in the cards.

Anyways, at least we can take solace in having the shortest offseason possible. But then I get depressed when I realize the regular season in the NHL has no meaning.

Did anyone catch Nicklas Lidstrom getting speared in the nuts and having testicular surgery? Wow, can my man get a purple heart?

Anyways, my new installment will be the all-time Michigan football team since 1997. I will try to go position by position each post. Lemme know what you guys think. My team begins with the QB's

Nominees: Tom Brady(98-99), Drew Henson(98-00), Scott Dreisbach(98), John Navarre(00-03, Chad Henne (04-07), Threet/Sheridan (08)

To be honest, I think ability-wise the best QB was Drew Henson. The guy had it all and would've contended for a Heisman had he stuck around for his senior year. The only two losses he suffered were by a combined 4 points (two hands on the rock A-Train, two hands.) He had a cannon, throwing 18 TD's against 4 INTs (three in one game). Tom Brady wasn't slacking either, going 20-5 and throwing for huge TD numbers his senior year but he had a knack for throwing too many INTs. But who will forget the Orange Bowl performance against "fast" Alabama? Navarre was the most scrutinized QB in recent memory but the three-year starter rewrote the record books, throwing for a TD in 39 of 44 games played. But he had at least 3 losses every year and only salvaged a win against OSU because of Chris Perry. He also invented the tipped pass at the line of scrimmage when you are 6 inches taller than everyone else that Chad Henne continued the legacy on.

But the best QB I have chosen since 1997 is Chad Henne. This guy had an amazing freshman year when he wasn't even announced as the starter until minutes before kickoff of the opener. Yes, you can say Braylon made this guy good, but regardless Henne (with a frosh RB) led the team to a 9-1 record heading into Columbus. Henne went to two Rose Bowl's and his ability was never appreciated until Ryan Mallett would go into the game. The only knock on him, which was a huge one, was his 0-4 record vs. Ohio State. To his defense, he didn't play poorly in any of those games except for 2007, which was miserable and everyone played badly. And as I remember, Mario and Adrian could not hold onto a ball to save their lives. For me, Henne will be remembered for the Braylon MSU game, connecting with Mario vs. PSU, coming back vs. Ill on a separated shoulder, and abusing UF in the Capital One. And the Peyton Manning audible checkdown drawing linemen offsides.

What do you guys think? Of course he is just a placeholder for Tate