• Sights & Sounds | Michigan 52, Appalachian St 14 (2014)

    People needed an old-school toilet-paper toss style beatdown on someone, and I guess it helped a weensy bit that we dropped it on the source of our epic humiliation seven years ago.  Still, we needed 48 more points to erase THE HORROR from memory and in fact, officially from the NCAA record books.  Look it up. Beyond that, I loved seeing the gaping holes in the line, it was great to see the #1 out there and there was genuine excitement when Peppers was on the field.   Looks like Jake Ryan is still getting used to the position and we need to feel him more next week. So the general sense out there—that was fun, but now let’s block & run against a real team.  Check back in Saturday night. Historical Games Notes:  Primarily via #1000SSS: Michigan improved its record in season openers to an impressive 111-21-3. With his three passing touchdowns, Gardner upped his career total to 37 and earned a share of the seventh spot among Michigan’s all-time leaders in the category. He is tied with Todd Collins (1991-94). Gardner also moved to ninth among U-M’s career leaders in total offense with 5,280 yards, passing Tom Brady (5,180, 1996-99). It is the 38th time in program history that U-M boasted two or more 100-yard rushers in a single…