• Views from the Abyss (BWW Bowl Game Photos)

    I’m working on a couple hours sleep after the game and hopping the first flight out of dodge, but here are a few shots from that brutal game.   A huge thanks once again to MVictors photog Kelley Kuehne for getting it done on Saturday night. As usual I encourage reuse and republication, I just ask you give credit and a link.  If you are looking for a higher resolution copy (Mrs. Lewan), send me an email.  when KSU stole our cloaking device :( I have no idea           Lewan and his moms after the game, grabbing her baby boy above, Lewan giving her his helmet below.  Here’s a montage.       Follow MVictors on Twitter

  • Sap’s Salute to Frank Beckmann

    [Ed. Saturday night is of course the final call for longtime play-by-play man Frank Beckmann.   I’ve offered up a couple of salutes on these pages around the Ohio State game, but this week Dr. Sap shared a few touching thoughts on Beckmann that I wanted to pass along.] Guest post by Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis Before Frank Beckmann took over the reins from Bob Ufer as the “Voice of Michigan Football,” Frankie cut his teeth on the radio broadcasts by doing the locker room interviews. As a Michigan Fan who grew up with Bob Ufer, I gotta tell ya, I did NOT like Frank’s style initially. There was no horn blast after every TD.There was no, “5, 4, 3, 2, 1 TOUCHDOWN MEECHEEGAN!!” call. Ufer’s passing marked the end of my innocence for Michigan Football.  It would never be the same again.  Sure, I was 16 years old at the time, but to me, Ufer WAS Michigan Football.  Who was this Beckmann guy, anyway? Frank’s tenure as the Voice of Michigan Football would signal a change in my Michigan fanhood.  During Frank’s run, I grew up as a person and as a fan.   Sure, I would continue to follow the maize and blue, but the result of the games would no longer determine my mood for the remainder of the…