• This Week in Michigan Football History – September 18, 2004

    Here’s the next entry in ‘This Week in Michigan Football History’ to be played tomorrow on WTKA 1050AM’s Key Bank Countdown to Kick-off pregame show before the UMass game. This is probably the most recent history we’ll visit in the series, just a few years back to September 18, 2004 when Michigan took on the Aztecs of San Diego State.     Hope you like it: [display_podcast] The sponsor is Wolverine Beer so here’s where you can find Wolverine Beer, or check out the Beer Wench’s Blog.  Anyone tried Wolverine Beer?  I should probably try one sometime soon. You can hear all of the  This Week… clips here.

  • Intrepidus, Michigan’s Last Living Wolverine (1939)

    Check out (above) this excellent wire photo of a live mascot wolverine.  The auction description says it dates to October 13, 1939 and was retrieved from the archives of Sport Magazine.   The beast just might have been trotted out before the Michigan-Iowa match the next day, a game in which Tom Harmon dominated everyone including Iowa’s great Nile Kinnick. Here's the story of Michigan's attempt to have actual live mascots on campus: