Funny stuff from the MZone, my fav:
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Dr. Sap’s Decals – Minnesota
A lot of business to take care of but first, here’s a rundown of the original criteria for awarding the footballs via Dr. Sap: Bo Schembechler criteria announced on September 23, 1969 for determining how Wolverines would earn a helmet award sticker, according to a report the next day in the Ann Arbor News: ON OFFENSE: 1) An outstanding block, catch or run 2) TD pass or run over 25 yards 3) Outstanding second effort 4) Four crossfield blocks in one game 5) TD-saving tackle on punt return 6) Scoring TD with first down between the eight and 10-yard lines (all offensive players get one) 7) Making first down starting from inside our two-yard line 8 ) Scout player doing best job against defense ON DEFENSE: 1) Pass interception 2) Blocked kick 3) Key tackle inside 20-yard line 4) Causing fumble or interception 5) Recovering a fumble 6) Stopping opposing team inside the 10-yard line (all) 7) When defense scores a touchdown (all) 8 ) Outstanding second effort or great hit 9) Making following number of tackles, including assists — ends, tackles and backs, 9; middle guard and rover back, 12; and linebackers, 16 10) Scout player doing best job against offense We don’t use all those metrics of course (at least until they let us in practice). So here…
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Now It’s Official – The Jug is Ready for 2012
I’ve seen so many cool things over the past few years covering this team and its great history. This is right up there. Here’s local artist Jil Gordon making things official on the Minnesota game: Gordon started this wonderful assignment in 1974. Much more on this later but I had to get a few photos up there.
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Jug Security and The Misc.
Here’s my new ringtone…Hoke’s response when asked if the team practiced handling the jug during the week: [display_podcast] I’m not sure if this is some sort of punishment, or an attempt to one-up Denard or a shout-out to Prince given that Minnesota was in town, but Will Hagerup was rocking purple shoelaces: Denard telling Gardner about Hagerup’s purple laces: Serves Molk right for cracking a smile. Shortly after I took this shot, a teammate delivered a hockey-style stinky glove face wash: Hoke revealed after the game that the numbers on the helmets will remain through the rest of the season. What do you think? Related: Shut-Out Saving My Jug Runneth Over (Michigan 58, Minnesota 0) Little Brown Jug Radio (WTKA audio) Poll: Resolving the Space Quandary Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Shut-Out Saving
I did catch one epic non-jug related photo from the game. That’d be this one of Courtney Avery scooping up the shut-out preserving fumble which he took due north to the House (that’s really his shadow BTW, which looks like a Tim Burton character or one of those hellcats from the movie Ghost): Sadly, this is what I saw:
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My Jug Runneth Over (Michigan 58, Minnesota 0)
Photos from the 2011 Michigan-Minnesota postgame - players with the Little Brown Jug:
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Little Brown Jug Radio (WTKA audio)
On the eve of the Saturday’s great battle for the Little Brown Jug I swung by WKTA 1050AM for segment this morning. We talked all things jug—history, what to do with the scores, and so much more. We even had a special call from Jil Gordon, the artist who paints the scores of the crock if Michigan wins. (Above that’s Oscar Munson on the left, the man who found the jug in 1903, and on the right longtime Michigan equipment manager Henry Hatch). Here’s the audio from this morning: [display_podcast] Go Blue! Retain the Jug! Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Poll: Resolving the Space Quandary
Readers of this site know that the Little Brown Jug has but a pair of rows left for scores: After 2012 we’re hosed. When I first posted a set of potential options to resolve this matter, I was truly surprised by many of the suggestions. I’ve had a few new comments including this gem from reader bjk: As currently configured, the jug is sort of like the Mayan calendar, built to exhaust itself after a certain point. The options are as follows, (read the full post for more discussion): 1. Stop putting score on the jug 2. Remove some of the old scores 3. Make the jug bigger, aka the Stanley Cup solution 4. Repaint the existing score columns in a smaller font 5. Add new scoring columns in the free space on the jug 6. Retire the existing jug & start a new one I’m firmly on #4. Make the existing columns tighter, the numerals smaller and buy yourself a lot of time. The jug has been restyled a few times for this very purpose, so it’s not a break with tradition. What do you think? [poll id=63] Related: Little Brown Jug Lore Follow MVictors on Twitter
