Not that alcohol is celebrated by local authorities on campus today, but in 1931 we were still a couple years from the end of Prohibition. This was a little more serious. Word of the raid made the front page of the February 12, 1931 Chicago Tribune which provided some of the spicy details of the “Rum Raid” including a pretty lengthy listing of the more prominent students arrested. Among them (and the first listed) was James "Ducky" Simrall--the captain of the 1930 football team and a Phil Delt.
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Mud Bowl 2011? It’s A Go
From sources deep inside the Sigma Alpha Epsilon camp, it’s confirmed that Mud Bowl is on for 2011. Kick-off is slated for 9AM on October 29, Homecoming weekend. Michigan will face Purdue at the Big House at noon. Many wondered if the traditional slop fest would happen given SAE’s campus suspension, but it’s a go and it will benefit C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital once again this year. Last year the game raised $38,000 for Mott, and sights are set on $40,000 in 2011.
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Update: Mudbowl Set for 9:45am Saturday
[Ed. 11/3 Updated with team details] With the kick-off of the Illinois game set for noon, the SAE Mudbowl will start around 9:45am at the corner of South University and Washtenaw. The host fraternity will face Phi Psi who defeated Alpha Epsilon Pi in fraternity league playoffs last night. The sororities are also set, as Kappa Kappa Gamma will face off against Sigma Kappa (photo inset above). The event will benefit Mott Children’s Hospital and I understand over $30,000 has already been raised. They typically play this on Homecoming but due to a student break that coincided with that weekend, the game was moved out to November 6, 2010.
