Michigan alum Charles Woodson says it hurts to see Wolverines struggle

Gee the last time Charles was in town all he did was to try to sell his wine. Sales must be down.

Charles if you're in town selling wine, please have some mercy on your fans and fellow alums and just give us some to drown our misery in.

Gee I thought Woodson would take great pleasure in seeing the football program struggle...just like the rest of us Alumni and fans do. This is just shocking stuff!!

Charles Woodson is a Michigan legend! Anybody talks bad about him and I'll fight u!

A win against Purdue has the potential to turn this thing around. Fumbles might end. Tackles might be made. Passes might be completed (to the offense, not defense). With a win against Purdue, a win at Wisconsin is possible. With a win at Wisconsin, a win against OSU is possible. It all starts with Purdue.

michigan was only good for one year out of three years he was there

boy, it really hurts to remember the days of Woodson and compare them to now. Those guys knew how to play together and win together. Now all we have is distant memories of a once-great program. I just get that feeling that OSU will hang #6 on us this year, and it won't even be close.

I don't see a problem here - - - - when anyone asks me about the football program, I just cut them off and remind them that,
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"Michgan's a basketball school...."
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It seems to work.........

Charles Woodson was a Moeller recruit. And LC benefited from that in his 3rd year. Let's see, is RR benefiting from any of LC's recruits? NO!

“I never thought there’d be a day in my life I was taking flack from a guy from Cincinnati.”

Get used to a new reality Charlie.

Hey Chuck Toledo has some smack for you tooo!!!!

Loyal Readers,
Have no fear. But, yes, have patience. Your Purdue version of "Ode to King RichRod" will debut in less than 48 hours. Stay tuned to your local media outlets.
Sincerely,
The Legendary Theo

@ dzuck:

Do some research before you speak... Lloyd was the DC during Moeller's tenure, and therefore played a major role in recruiting Woodson to play CB at Michigan... It just so happened that Lloyd became head coach before Woodson's freshman season... And Lloyd did recruit Donovan Warren, a 5-star DB out of HS, who's been starting for three years at CB now...

Here's the official U of M page on Woodson:

http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fballam/aawoodsn.htm

As the 1997 Heisman Trophy recipient, Woodson became the first primarily defensive player to win the award given yearly to college football's top player. Woodson was a force to be reckoned with on both sides of the ball, making amazingly acrobatic interceptions and spectacular receptions. He started his second game as a true freshman and played 34 straight 23 games before entering the pro's draft after his junior year. Woodson second in the nation in interceptions and voted the MVP of the Wolverines' national championship squad.

A Fremont, Ohio, native, Woodson was recognized as the 1997 Walter Camp Player of the Year, Chevrolet Defensive Player of the Year twice, Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year twice, the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Year, and the Jim Thorpe Award winner as the top defensive back in the nation. He was a two-time All-American and a unanimous consensus All-American selection in 1997. Woodson was a first-round 1998 NFL Draft pick of the Oakland Raiders (fourth overall selection).

Mich only good one out of three years? What you smokin'?
That National Championship team was phenomenal! Glenn Steele,
Irons, Ray, Griese, Jones. I've never seen a better group pull together and hang together. Incredible play after incredible play! A joy to watch. It was "Great to be a Michigan Wolverine"!
I never understood why Lloyd abandoned that style of play in the succeeding years. Why they didn't play like the last game against Fla ALL the time! Too comfortable?
Woodson was as good as we've ever seen. Backed up his cockiness!
The interception as MSU was virtually impossible! I will never forget him or that team!

What's funny is that Woodson didn't say anything nearly as bad as the bandwagon-jumpers have this week. He just said he isn't excited about the team losing and that it hurts to take trash talk from an Cincy alum.

Woodson is right; it isn't any fun. But it will get better.

djuninho,
Carr benefited from Woodson. RR hasn't benefited from Warren. Warren is above average at best. He will not be drafted in the first round! Carr inherited much better players than RR did. If RR had the players we had in 97, he'd be winning national titles too. But he doesn't, he has a bunch of juniors and seniors who aren't very good. that is why he is relying on freshman in so many key positions.
Glad I could clarify this for you.

@ dzuck:

Well duh, not every 5-star recruit is gonna turn into Charles Woodson, who was a once-in-a-lifetime talent... To say that RR hasn't benefited from Warren is ludicrous. If we didn't have him our defense would be atrocious... The '97 defense was a product of Lloyd's recruiting as DC under Moeller and as head coach... And don't forget RR inherited 8 starters on defense last year and promptly went 3-9... That was basically the same defense that harassed Tim Tebow in the '08 Capital One Bowl... If RR had retained Ron English and the defensive assistants UM would not be having the problems they are having now... RR is reaping the rewards of that horrible decision... glad I could clarify that for you

David have ever looked michigan record in 95 and 96

Why doesn't Woodson get out there and help recruit some defensive 5 star athletes. Let see, after GB loses during the first round of the play offs he will have January and February to help out on recruiting!