Well, we’ve seen more inspiring efforts but I get that fans are testy. The stakes have been raised and along with it the expectations. As far as the quarterback situation, here’s the deal. If I were heading on vacation I wouldn’t trust Coach Harbaugh to water my plants and feed my goldfish. They’d all die. But I do trust him to handle the quarterback position. Even if you forget about his track record everywhere else, he’s earned your trust with what he did with Jake Rudock – remember that? So chill, go feed your pet and let Harbaugh handle the QB. More importantly, it was gorgeous out there Saturday, and here are a few sights and sounds: Jalen & Jansen: These guys might make a decent local radio show, no? Congrats to ??’s newest @MSHOF members @JalenRose & Jon Jansen #MichiganMen #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/bWCLAYlrkW — Michigan Basketball (@umichbball) September 16, 2017 The Fab Fiver and #77 were honored for their recent induction into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Jalen’s teammate Jimmy King was also on-prem supporting his man JR5. BTW – if they have a creepy-looking-mannequin Hall of Fame but here’s my nomination: Decals. Dr. Sap killed it with his helmet stickers this week. Levert Reverts Back – Here is Caris repping AC with Coach Beilein: Caris LeVert and Coach Beilein…
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Introducing Jim Harbaugh (Photos)
Photos from the introduction of Jim Harbaugh as the new Michigan head football coach, from Crisler Center: Harbaugh taking a break from family time to deliver Blue Steel. Or is that Magnum? Either way, after he gave me this look I had no choice but to split. And update: the winner on Twitter goes to Ace (/sigh): Runner up: weeee: Hackett’s “maize” watch. Lovely timepiece but not sure that’s a color tone I want to see on my beloved helmet or uniform. Harbs crushed more Diet Cokes than John Daly, probably to help soothe that raspy throat. Also note the U-M Club of Detroit M ring. Lloyd Carr showed respect by rocking the khakis. Saint Hackett Coach Carr and Captain Jansen More stuff later on. Related: Beautiful Day Will the Decals Return? Jim Harbaugh’s Top 5 Games at Michigan A Million Bites of Crow Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Getting Stuck with Krash
This season longtime local sports radio voice, M sideline reporter, & mgo-misc. host Doug Karsch will co-anchor the Michigan radio network Tailgate Show with former U-M All-American Jon Jansen. Karsch will also continue his sideline reporting duties as part of the play-by-play broadcast. I’m pulling together a piece on the new show and recently chatted with Karsch. Listeners of the radio broadcast know that Beckmann & Brandy referred to Karsch as “Krash”. I never knew why, admittedly never asked, but either way, I never really cared for it. I’m not sure why – I figured it obviously had something to do with Doug’s last name and I guess I assumed Frank or Brandy just thought it was funny to call him Krash. Meh. Anyway, when I chatted with Doug recently I asked him about the nickname and if ‘Krash’ was going to endure in Frank’s absence. Here’s what Doug told me: “I’ll tell you how it started and what’s funny is that I’ve been broadcasting since 1993 and I get asked more about that than anything else. It was my first year doing sideline, it was 2006 and Michigan had a game at Minnesota. The whole team arrives [at the hotel] and I was the last to check in. I was a rookie and I’m just waiting. The team checked…
