• Pre-Order your Bacon

    Alert!  You can pre-order John U. Bacon’s upcoming Tome Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football now on Amazon.com.  Get some and be the first on your block. Speaking of John U., check out his post this morning on Red Berenson and the amazing 22-year NCAA tournament streak the Red’s icers compiled.

  • Reaching Out

    Check out a few of U-M’s finest visiting the first graders at Harvest Middle School in Saline: Left to right in the back, that’s Devin Funchess, Fitz Toussaint and Jeremy Gallon.    Circumstances?  Dunno, but this seems to be an annual visit to the youngsters in Saline by a group of players.   Follow MVictors on Twitter

  • Howard Wikel, Michigan Man, 89

    Never met the man, but I’ve heard much about him from a few friends and acquaintances around campus including Captain Conley.  He was a dear friend to Bo, in fact, I’ve been told he was his best friend here in town.  Re-posting his obituary from AnnArbor.com/MLive: Howard really didn’t know every person in Ann Arbor. But as legendary University of Michigan Football Coach Bo Schembechler was quick to say: “Anyone from Ann Arbor who says they don’t know Howard Wikel must be living in a cave.” 

  • It’s Great, err, Decent, to Be a Michigan Wolv–

    Last night in the quarterfinals of the CCHA tournament my mood lifted.  And it was a welcome lift, just hours after the dismal loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament.   Freshman Jacob Trouba took the puck past the blue line, pump-faked a slapshot which froze both the goalie and a defender, and then blasted the puck in the net top shelf.  It felt good man. Michigan went on to win, continuing its hockey winning streak and I felt better. How much better?   A “tad” better. I like to say that most Michigan fans would trade almost anything positive that happens off the gridiron (in anything but hoops..maybe) for a third-down conversion.  I took a crack at summarizing how I feel about everything that goes on down on State Street and its corresponding impact on what I’ll call “The Mood”.  Consider this the beta: You probably have your own weights dictating how you feel as a Michigan fan, and admittedly I played around with these numbers before taking this first cut.   I’m guessing some of you consider hockey part of Everything Else.   I’m guessing many of you, in your heart of hearts, put less weight on basketball. Update 3/21:  A revision based on feedback and a few thoughts.  While I’ll despise some of our rivals who seem to thrive on…

  • Michigan Alumni and Spring Games – April 13, 2013

    Maize Laces – Thanks to Brad of Maize & Blue Nation for sharing this beauty Official Release: Mott Spring Game by PNC Bank Slated for April 13 at Michigan Stadium ANN ARBOR – The 2013 Mott Spring Game presented by PNC Bank in partnership with Michigan Athletics will be held at Michigan Stadium on Saturday, April 13. The Spring Game is free to the public and Team 134 is set to take the field at approximately 12:30 p.m. EDT. The gates to the Big House will open at 10 a.m., as events will surround the football team’s final spring practice. The fifth annual alumni flag football game is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., while Michigan’s men’s lacrosse team will face Ohio State, tentatively to begin at 3:30 p.m. Full details surrounding the Spring Game and the men’s lacrosse contest are still to come and will be updated on MGoBlue.com. Follow MVictors on Twitter

  • Bo Schembechler Rejects Texas A&M

    Given the nice offseason bashing back and forth between Ann Arbor and College Station over the voting for the EA Sports College Football cover, a repost of our last offseason incident involving those Aggies.   We won that one despite Bum Bright’s righteous wallet.  TWIMFBH starts with a discussion on the 1977 Texas A&M vs. Michigan game and ends with more significant challenge from the Aggies, namely their attempt to woo Bo Schembechler to College Station. You can hear all of the  This Week… clips here. Related:Don’t forget about Dr. Sap’s epic throwback EA CFB covers like this one: