That same old maize envelope arrived again today – football season tickets have arrived. This year the artwork on the ducats honors a Michigan player (or coach, in the case of Moeller) and his team. According to the official press release: For the Wisterts, Ford, Kramer, Oosterbaan and Harmon, the ticket artwork is the official team photo from their senior or final season at U-M, while Team 115, Moeller’s 1992 Big Ten and Rose Bowl Championship team, also will be recognized. One issue here..and why I added the emphasis above. Team 115 is actually the 1994 squad, not the 1992 team. 1994 was not one Moeller’s finest, finishing 8-4 and his last at the helm. If counting at home, remember U-M didn’t play a game in 1882, so Team 4 played in 1883 and so on. You can just subtract 1879 from the season to determine the Team #, (e.g., 2012-1879 = 133). The photo on the ticket is also the 1994 team so that’s good. Perhaps the athletic department changed gears on how they wanted to honor Moeller. (Ed. And HT to @griffinhickman note that the athletic department removed the mention of the 1992 team from the online version of the release). The others look correct – they are the senior season of the player identified. Here’s a breakdown:…
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East Lansing JDRF Walk Results–$400K raised & counting
Huge! Over 100 walk “teams” joined the day and packed the MSU campus. As of this afternoon over $400,000 was raised through the current tally, will likely creep closer to $450K when the final numbers are released. Hats off to Coach Dantonio for representing: THANKS. A huge thanks to those who helped via links, RT’s, and word of mouth– thank you. There’s still time to help, click here. A special those to those who donated over $1750 and who now don the coveted MVictors banner!
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In Need of Air Cover– Part II
Donate something and you’ll adorn the coveted MVictors JDRF GO BLUE banner. [Today is walk day in EL! Still time to support – to help out, click here.] My sister-in-law posted this and I like it. Worth a quick read, especially if you don’t know a lot about Type 1: You cannot cure Type 1 with diet. It is not caused by eating sugar, being overweight or a living a sedentary lifestyle. Here are more: Folks occasionally ask how they can help support this site. Here’s a big way: This Saturday August 4, 2012 my family and I return to the MSU campus for this year’s JDRF walk to cure diabetes. Yes, this event is in Spartan Country but this is not an green and white cause–in fact you may know that Bo Schembechler participated in the Ann Arbor JDRF walk and was a big advocate of diabetes research and education. I know Coach Hoke is a supporter as well. I learned about this horrible disease when my nephew Jack was diagnosed at age 3. If you want a sense for what life is like with Type 1, watch this short video that Jack helped put together. Last you help me raise over $2000 for JDRF and many got their name on the covered MVictors Jug. Given that it’s…
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Fritz Gives Reader’s Digest the Gas Face
I always like to check out the old letters that pop up on eBay for stuff just like this. Back in 1962 athletic director Fritz Crisler submitted a story to Reader’s Digest on his college coach and mentor, Chicago legend Amos Alonzo Stagg. [As an aside, there’s a copy of the story at the Bentley Library in Crisler’s archives and I plan to check it out.] Fritz clearly had a deep admiration for his former coach. Heck, Sports Illustrated, in its wonderful 1964 piece on Crisler ‘The Man Who Changed Football’ even suggested the ‘1’ in the Michigan Stadium attendance might actually be reserved for Stagg!: It was his secret. But anyone is entitled to guess, and one guess might be that somewhere in that vast stadium there is this one seat, and perhaps it is never sold. Perhaps it is reserved, now and forever, for someone who taught Fritz Crisler a way of coaching football and a way of life. For the Old Man, Amos Alonzo Stagg. So coupling Crisler’s demeanor, his air-tight professionalism, and his admiration for his mentor I’m guessing Fritz put a lot of thought into the words he chose for this story for Reader’s Digest. So what could go wrong? Well thanks to Mr. Myron Green of Worcester, Mass, we know that Crisler was none-too-happy…
