Some tales of the tape between the two schools playing in Miami on New Year's Eve:
Older school:
Georgia founded 1785,
Michigan founded 1817
Bigger school:
Michigan 44,663;
Georgia 29,765
Endowment:
Michigan $17 billion;
Georgia $1.36 billion
Most interesting political grad:
Michigan Raoul Wallenberg (Swedish Holocaust hero and victim of the KGB);
Georgia Sally Yates (former acting attorney general)
Most interesting business grad:
Georgia Daniel Amos (founder and CEO of AFLAC);
Michigan Henry Bloch (founder of H&R Block) -- Michigan has a LOOONG list including the Meijer family, all sorts of mega billionaires...I settled on this guy.
Most interesting entertainment grad:
Georgia Wayne Knight (Newman from Seinfeld show);
Michigan Ann B. Davis (The Brady Bunch);
Most interesting sports grad:
Michigan Jim Abbot (MLB pitcher who had to remove his glove to be a belly itcher);
Georgia Matt Stafford (former NFL QB and currently employed along the West coast reported to be prospering in dry goods);
Most interesting military grad:
Georgia Charles Beckwith (US Army Special Forces, creator of Delta Force;
Michigan Samuel Phillips (Air Force General and head of NASA's Lunar Landing Program during Apollo project and head of National Security Agency)
Highest academic ranking in:
Georgia: Insurance Tied for #1;
Michigan #1 in social work, sociology, marketing
Number of Astronauts:
Michigan 12; Number of space missions entirely crewed by Michigan alums 2 (Gemini IV and Apollo 15);
Georgia still working out if the Earth is round.
Number of graduates killed in US Civil War:
Georgia 100;
Michigan not as many but they fought on the correct side.