As the world turns...the Prof and Pundit went long-form on this one, a verbal manifesto if you will. We go full-on Stalions, discuss the Manifesto, the Pundit tells us when 1+1 = 3, the potential consequences and much more! Thank you over 30,000 plays across Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Please follow!
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Vanquished! Thoroughly. (Michigan 42, Ohio State 27) | Sights & Sounds
What happened Saturday was the fulfillment of the promise of Harbaugh – the antidote for the seemingly unbeatable Buckeyes. For all the times people tried to channel Bo and the 1969 (24-12) game during the last dozen years, it actually happened in 2021 – when no one really talked about it or prophesized it. Click here for the Sights and Sounds:
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Jug Then, Now and In Between | U-M Alumni Association
I recently participated in a virtual roundtable discussion with U-M greats Bruce Madej, John U. Bacon and Jon Falk talking about what else? The Little Brown Jug. Here's the full piece, nicely produced by the University of Michigan Alumni Association as part of a virtual Homecoming celebration.
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Vintage South U
Had a great time joining my man Rishi Narayan on his fresh new podcast, South U Stories. I nutshelled a few fun stories involving Chicago's Amos Alonzo Stagg and Michigan's Fielding H. Yost, check it out:
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A Banner Idea (1962) | This Week In Michigan Football History
This week we head back to this day in 1962, as head coach Bump Elliott and his struggling Wolverines were about to get an unexpected boost as they faced Illinois in Ann Arbor. The idea led to one of the great modern Michigan traditions: the M Club, GO BLUE banner
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Dr. Sap’s Decals | Morning in Ann Arbor Edition
Sap is refreshed, recharged and kindly offers you his post-Hoosier decals. I tossed in the Editor’s edition for good measure: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION AMARA DARBOH – This was the breakout game we’ve all been waiting for from Darboh for the past 2 years. Much like the Detroit Lions needed another wide receiver to complement Megatron, the Michigan passing game needed another option downfield other than Devin Funchess. Especially now, when Devin Gardner’s foot injury is forcing him to do his best Dan Fouts-stay-in-the-pocket-no-matter-what impression, Darboh gives the offense another place to go with the ball other than wherever Funchess is. Hopefully Darboh can use this game to jump start his career and the U-M passing game. DEFENSIVE CHAMPION RYAN GLASGOW – It was obvious that the Michigan defense came to play this game and made sure there was going to be no repeat of last year’s basketball-like score against IU. That all starts up front, and while there were several guys who played lights out by keeping the Hoosiers under 200 yards of total offense, I singled out Glasgow because of his strip and fumble recovery – all in the same play. These guys in the trenches don’t often get the glory, but you had to like what Glasgow did. SPECIAL TEAMS CHAMPION MATT WILE – A missed field…
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Bacon-Wrapped Big House
Via the Bacon Blog, John U.’s segment for the NHL Network wrapping a little flavor around Michigan Stadium: You can also clips Bacs breaking down the Winter Classic here FWIW. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Game 1 On: It’s Hockey Night at the Coliseum (1/13/1923)
On this day in 1923 give a hearty cheers to the unofficial birth of the Michigan ice hockey program. As beautifully chronicled in John U. Bacon’s Blue Ice, the long road for fans of the sport on campus culminated on this day 91 years ago as Michigan took on Wisconsin at The Coliseum. U-M’s Eddie Kahn netted the first goal in team history, and it was Robert Anderson who tallied the game winner in overtime for the 2-1 victory. Sharing a few quotes from Blue Ice that Bacs pulled from the Michigan Daily: “Hockey is a game that nine-tenths of the students have never seen, and could not be persuaded to attend,” one student wrote, in a piece that is almost as accurate today as it was when the anonymous student wrote it eight decades ago. “There are many others, however, who will turn out for the first game. This last class will be the one that will furnish the hockey following, for few people who have ever seen a game have failed to become confirmed enthusiasts. It is a sport that combines the science of football, the combination demands of basketball and the individual skill of baseball, with a speed that belongs to hockey alone.” “Above all other attributes of the game itself, the greatest reason why the Coliseum…
