A nice little sequence, in two parts, from the Dr. Sap Archives. Sap takes you to the 1991 Ohio State game, as called by ABC’s Keith Jackson. Lineman Matt Elliott apparently wants Mr. Jackson to call him a hoss, and I mean, who wouldn’t? I love Jackson’s initial response!
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Harmon vs. Kinnick for The Heisman (1939) | This Week in Michigan Football History
This edition of This Week in Michigan Football History features the 1939 face off between two of the biggest names in college football history - Michigan's Tom "Old 98" Harmon and Iowa's Nile Kinnick. Harmon dominated this game but Kinnick took home the 1939 Heisman - (98 finished second).
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This One Went to 11 (WTKA radio 12/8/2021)
I joined Ira and Sam on 1050AM WTKA to talk about the Indy Big Ten Championship game experience, Sam's Stone Cold entrance to the Slippery Noodle, The Mood, the Orange Bowl, Aidan Hutchinson's Heisman hopes but that's not why I stopped by Victors Way. Here's the clip:
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Coronation Day
I'm still in Indy, and there's confetti on my hotel room floor because I do stuff jam confetti in my pocket at moments like this. I'll end this post with a huge THANK YOU, all the supporters of MVictors in its various forms who kept this going for the past two decades. We did it.
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Wing-Footed Elephants at Michigan & Trumbull (1900)
Looking at Iowa, one thing that’s kind of curious is that despite their long history of playing Michigan (starting in 1900) and their involvement in our league (they joined the Western Conference in that same year), we’re really not stacked with a bevy of major moments in history that would yield a rivalry with the Hawkeyes, although there are certainly important ties between our programs.
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Act Like You’ve Been There Before!
We've actually been there before! Did you know Michigan played a pair of neutral-site football games in Indianapolis? The good news: Michigan is undefeated and unscored upon in these games. The bad news: these were played 129 and 114 years ago. Best news: The star of the game was U-M's African American back George Jewett who scored 2 TDs/XPs & between plays jacked a racist fool! The story:
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Pardon my Spanish, Padre
With Harbaugh surrendering his bonus comp to support the athletic department employees, alongside Michigan and Notre Dame being in the CFP playoff mix, this came to mind.
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The Yost-Stagg Trophy? | This Week in Michigan Football History
In this edition of TWIMFbH, we explore the history of Chicago's legend Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Chicago-Michigan rivalry, and Fielding H. Yost's place in Big Ten History. We end with a question – why isn’t Yost’s name on the B1G trophy? [lead photo: U-M Bentley Historical Library]
