Another amazing gem from Michigan memorabilia collector Dennis Dail (thanks DD).   Inspired by the post of the 1897 Ohio Wesleyan team photo featuring a 26-year-old Fielding H. Yost in his first coaching gig, Dail sent along this outstanding shot of Yost from his playing days: [Removed the full image that was originally posted at the request of an MVictors reader.  Original photo was claimed to be owned by a different owner] To the doubters, it’s unmistakably Yost…note the flared out left ear, slightly cleft chin, long nose and piercing eyes compared to the 1901 team shot from the Bentley: There are a few important things to note here (beyond the striped socks to the delight of the folks in Beaverton). First off, you’ll notice the beefier, left-tackle-playing-weight version of Yost and obviously the epic moustache.  Then you’ve got to love that the studio put Yost in a scene, with a cabin behind him and some type of animal pelt on the floor. Most importantly is the sweater with the letter ‘L’ , as in Lafayette.  Yost of course attended and played for West Virginia but he temporarily defected from the Mountaineers to join Lafayette before their game with traditional eastern power Penn.   As you can imagine this was a big deal in the Philadelphia papers (“The Yost Affair”), and it…

Thanks to reader & memorabilia collector Dennis Dail for sending this over.  Like you, Dennis was checking out the unofficial, non-non-non final model renderings of the Notre Dame throwback jersey: Like a few folks, Dennis isn’t crazy about the designs and is a little puzzled finding a tie to jerseys in M football history.   But…he did find a potential source of inspiration in his collection of wire photos—from the Michigan hockey program!  Check out this wire photo of 1938 goalie William Chase: So there you go.  As mentioned, I’d like to see something more along these lines.  And as my man MGoShoe tweeted, if stripes are inevitable slap them on the makeshift shoulder pads:   Then again…I liked the car Homer designed (except for the color):

The Freep released these not final renderings of the throwback jerseys for the Notre Dame game (HT: mgoblogger Rescue_Dawn).  U-M Media relations advised they won’t comment on the jersey until it’s official, done, and in hand.  Nothing official here! In the meantime, here’s what the Freep posted: The Freep staff writer added this: If this Michigan football jersey looks like something Bennie Oosterbaan or another Wolverines star from yesteryear might have worn, well, that’s the point. Well, Bennie O. didn’t wear anything that looked like that I can assure you, and I’m not sure if any other star from yesteryear did either.  Here’s Oosterbaan in 1927 for instance: I’m sure there are certain constraints the athletic department and adidas are dealing with (material, size, and marketing–they want to sell a bunch of these, after all).  The question mark for me concerns those stripes on the sleeves.  I don’t recall stripes having a prominent presence on the gridiron, really, at any point in M history. Here’s a look the 1899 team photo, with Captain Allen Steckle donning the uncoveted maize and blue killer bee stripes: It might strain your eyes, but the jerseys worn by the Yostman of 1920 had a faint pinstripe on the sleeves: The Mellow Mustached Men of Michigan’s inaugural “foot ball” squad of 1879 rocked these stripped…

Crisler Arena renovation renderings, approved by the regents and released this evening from U-M media relations: Interesting that they inserted the old school M logo on the glass inside the club.  A throwback?    

A great clip thanks to Buddy at Stunt3 – the Michigan Marching Band does the Bob Hope special, and Presidents Ford and Reagan dig it:

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