• Dialing Down the Donnybrooks, Reptile Brains & Other Media Day Nuggets

    My favorite shot that came from my camera.  Denard with the high percentage pass to Devin Gardner: So a few off the beaten path factoids: I confirmed that the players (TBD) who will don the formerly retired 47 (Oosterbaan), 87 (Kramer), 48 (POTUS Ford) and 11 (Moose, Ox, Whitey Wistert) will indeed wear it for the rest of the year, after they are announced on their respective game.   Oosterbaan’s 47 is up first.  My guess?  WR Jeremy Jackson. There don’t seem to be any specific plans yet to honor Tom Harmon via jersey, ceremony or otherwise.  Still, the October 20 game against Michigan State has been slotted, on the game tickets at least, to honor Old 98.   It’s long been rumored that the Harmon family’s relationship with 1000 S. State Street (#1000SSS) has been cool at best.  To be clear, I’ve heard a few things through the years but nothing at all from #1000SSS or from the Harmon family.  Ask me over a cocktail. Speaking of honoring former players…to date there are no formal plans to honor Willis Ward in 2012 despite the U-M Regents’ indication that they would push the idea to Dave Brandon earlier this year.  Stay tuned. From Hoke, to special teams coach Dan Ferrigno to the kickers, there has definitely been some thought put into how…