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  • Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

    We've all been duped.

    When Shawn Hunwick came off of the Michigan bench to replace the injured Brian Hogan two years ago, he was a walk-on who never expected to play a full game in a Michigan uniform. Michigan fans and others lauded this "Rudy" story. What could be a better modern example of the walk-on who got to play?

    Rudy is a real person, of course, but for most of us the name "Rudy" evokes images of Sean Astin practicing his guts out to a backdrop of dramatic music. The movie was another feel-good sports story by David Anspaugh, director of Hoosiers. Hoosiers is the story of a down-on-his luck basketball coach in a nowhere small town who rides his hot player, Jimmy Chitwood, to a state title. Anspaugh went for a different type of inspiration, and so his football movie had a different flavor to it. Rudy is the story of an undersized, talent-free, hard-working, earnest walk-on who loves the sport and works so hard he gets a chance to play.

    Hunwick seems to fit the "Rudy" mold; he has a hobbit-like stature. He came to Michigan as a walk-on, following his much more talented brother Matt. He never expected to play. Brian Hogan was the starter, and first-round NHL draft picks were in the recruiting pipeline to continue a long Michigan tradition that has enshrined giants like Shields, Turco, and Montoya. "Rudy" seemed like a good analogy, a nice story to make Michigan fans feel better as their team inevitably finished a mediocre season by missing the NCAA tournament for the first time in 20 years.

    But we got worked. Conned. Tricked. Hoodwinked. Recent events have made that clear.

    Michigan did not miss the tournament. They rode a hot goaltender to the brink of the Frozen Four. The next year, "Rudy" single-handedly thwarted the best team in college hockey in the national semi-final and took the championship game to overtime. Now, with a young team, he has posted a .962 in the last ten games. People are whispering "Hobey candidate." Something fishy is going on here.

    When Brian Hogan went down, coach Berenson motioned Rudy onto the ice. Overconfident forwards from Notre Dame, Miami, Boston College, and North Dakota took their shots, sure that this walk-on feel-good story would be unequal to the task. For two years the assaults came. Yet he never faltered, his will never broke. Bewildered, they assembled at the bench to plot in frustration.

    Then he slowly removed his mask to take a drink. The fans recoiled in shock. The opponents hissed in rage. For the face revealed was not the innocent, hopeful face of Sean Astin that everybody expected to see. He is not Rudy.

    He is Jimmy Chitwood.
    Jesus Saves

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    Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

    I care.
    Originally posted by Greg Ambrose on 3/7/2010
    The fact that you BC fans revel in the superiority of your team in an admittedly weak league leads me to believe you will be more sorely disappointed when the end comes than we will.

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    • #3
      Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

      Originally posted by Caustic Undertow View Post
      We've all been duped.

      When Shawn Hunwick came off of the Michigan bench to replace the injured Brian Hogan two years ago, he was a walk-on who never expected to play a full game in a Michigan uniform. Michigan fans and others lauded this "Rudy" story. What could be a better modern example of the walk-on who got to play?

      Rudy is a real person, of course, but for most of us the name "Rudy" evokes images of Sean Astin practicing his guts out to a backdrop of dramatic music. The movie was another feel-good sports story by David Anspaugh, director of Hoosiers. Hoosiers is the story of a down-on-his luck basketball coach in a nowhere small town who rides his hot player, Jimmy Chitwood, to a state title. Anspaugh went for a different type of inspiration, and so his football movie had a different flavor to it. Rudy is the story of an undersized, talent-free, hard-working, earnest walk-on who loves the sport and works so hard he gets a chance to play.

      Hunwick seems to fit the "Rudy" mold; he has a hobbit-like stature. He came to Michigan as a walk-on, following his much more talented brother Matt. He never expected to play. Brian Hogan was the starter, and first-round NHL draft picks were in the recruiting pipeline to continue a long Michigan tradition that has enshrined giants like Shields, Turco, and Montoya. "Rudy" seemed like a good analogy, a nice story to make Michigan fans feel better as their team inevitably finished a mediocre season by missing the NCAA tournament for the first time in 20 years.

      But we got worked. Conned. Tricked. Hoodwinked. Recent events have made that clear.

      Michigan did not miss the tournament. They rode a hot goaltender to the brink of the Frozen Four. The next year, "Rudy" single-handedly thwarted the best team in college hockey in the national semi-final and took the championship game to overtime. Now, with a young team, he has posted a .962 in the last ten games. People are whispering "Hobey candidate." Something fishy is going on here.

      When Brian Hogan went down, coach Berenson motioned Rudy onto the ice. Overconfident forwards from Notre Dame, Miami, Boston College, and North Dakota took their shots, sure that this walk-on feel-good story would be unequal to the task. For two years the assaults came. Yet he never faltered, his will never broke. Bewildered, they assembled at the bench to plot in frustration.

      Then he slowly removed his mask to take a drink. The fans recoiled in shock. The opponents hissed in rage. For the face revealed was not the innocent, hopeful face of Sean Astin that everybody expected to see. He is not Rudy.

      He is Jimmy Chitwood.
      I read this twice and still can't figure out what your trying to say, but bravo, you magnificent bastard. This is a troll for the Hall of Fame.
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      Forever Lowell

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      • #4
        Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

        Hobey Hobey Hunwick!


        It sounds so adorable!!!!!!

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        • #5
          Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

          If he is Jimmy Chitwood, how come we didn't see his greatness before he started to play? Unlike the whole town of Hickory that knew Chitwood was the key to winning.
          No man is entitled to the benefits of freedom if he is not vigilant in its preservation. - Douglas MacArthur

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          • #6
            Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

            And how can he be Jimmy when he didn't go to the University Board meeting to defend the new coach that only skated four players?
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            • #7
              Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

              Originally posted by Patronick View Post
              I read this twice and still can't figure out what your trying to say, but bravo, you magnificent bastard. This is a troll for the Hall of Fame.
              Caustic nails it again. Of course many of you don't know that this is a sarcastic National Lampoon style campaign from a Michigan fan. "We're not gonna stand for it anymore" is whispering in my ears (as I whistle the Star Spangled Banner.) Delta House lives.

              Of course, it won't make a difference come April if Hunwick doesn't survive getting run over every week.

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              • #8
                Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

                /thread gets body-checked by three other CCHA threads

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                • #9
                  Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

                  I forget that many people don't remember who Jimmy Chitwood is. Am I actually old now?
                  Last edited by Caustic Undertow; 02-09-2012, 04:21 PM. Reason: Typo
                  Jesus Saves

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                  • #10
                    Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

                    Originally posted by Caustic Undertow View Post
                    I forget that may people don't remember who Jimmy Chitwood is. Am I actually old now?
                    Yes. I had to look it up...
                    tUMD Hockey

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                    • #11
                      Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

                      Grantland is over that way, Bill.
                      Michigan Tech Huskies Pep Band: There's No Use Trying To Talk. No Human Sound Can Stand Up To This. Loud Enough To Knock You Down.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

                        Originally posted by Twitch Boy View Post
                        Grantland is over that way, Bill.
                        just so everyone can sample who Grantland was here's a quote.

                        Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.
                        MTU: Three time NCAA champions.

                        It never get's easier, you just go faster. -Greg Lemond

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                        • #13
                          Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

                          Originally posted by manurespreader View Post
                          just so everyone can sample who Grantland was here's a quote.

                          Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.
                          I was making a joke comparing him to Bill Simmons. Simmons established a sports/pop culture website called Grantland, which he and a bunch of his buddies write for.
                          Michigan Tech Huskies Pep Band: There's No Use Trying To Talk. No Human Sound Can Stand Up To This. Loud Enough To Knock You Down.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

                            I always thought hunwick was the second spitter, too!
                            Originally posted by nmupiccdiva
                            ...anyone that can start a meme like that is welcome and will fit in just fine around here.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Michigan's Hunwick is a Fraud

                              http://i.usatoday.net/sports/gallery...horizontal.jpg
                              tUMD

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