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Burney's Bytes will focus primarily on the local preps sports scene, but will also touch on some college and pro athletics, mostly in regards to athletes who hail and have played high school sports in Oakland County. My goal for the blog is to be conversational and anecdotal, a more relaxed and free formal take on high school athletics than you see in regular game day coverage.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
The last time the MSU Spartans were in the Rose Bowl back in 1988, they got a pretty important contribution from a certain OC two-sport super stud to bring home the hardware with the 20-17 upending of USC.
His name: Todd Krumm.
Prepping at West Bloomfield in the early 1980s, he was a football and baseball standout (all-state in both)and led the Lakers to a state title on the diamond in 1983 before heading to East Lansing as a hard-hitting safety. When he was playing in the Spartans secondary, he started alongside fellow OC sledgehammer John Miller (FH Harrison) and was the definition of a primetime performer, snaring an awe-inspiring 18 interceptions in his three seasons in the lineup.
Krumm recovered the game-clinching fumble in the Rose Bowl that glorious season 26 years ago.
Eventually, he'd go on to a pro career in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and in the minors as a pitcher for his hometown Detroit Tigers.
His son Nick is currently one of the best high school football players around, just finishing a junior year at Walled Lake Central where his dad is and asst coach & he found the end zone 22 times.
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