Sap is back with his analysis and champions from the historic win over Notre Dame Saturday night.
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They Definitely Seen the Rain
Bravo to the Michigan students for righteously busting out a little Creedence in the first half of Michigan's 45-14 win over Notre Dame:
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The Headset, The Chatter, The Catch
One of my favs, watch/listen – headset audio of @umichfootball coach Moeller before, during and after @desmondhoward The Catch (Notre Dame 1991) https://t.co/3i1sWXub1Z an @MVictors, @michiganinsider & @DrSap4UM collab #GoBlue — MVictors (@MVictors) October 25, 2019
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Bob Ufer is Still With Us | This Week In Meechigan Football History
For tonight's epic revival of our series against our natural enemy Notre Dame, we salute the memory of Michigan's iconic radio voice Bob Ufer. We lost him on this day in 1981 and while the Wolverine broadcasts will never be the same, old Ufer will never be forgotten and heard as long as Michigan football is played.
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Yost Gets a Dog to Get Shorty Longman’s Goat (1910)
The story of how why Fielding H. Yost showed up with a dog in a 1910 team photo. It was apparently to get the goat of former player and Notre Dame coach Shorty Longman:
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Michigan Teaches Notre Dame “Modern Football” (1887)
It's Michigan-Notre Dame game week so it's mandatory to post the origins of the rivarly. You certainly have heard that Michigan taught Notre Dame how to play this game. This is true of course, and the details of that meeting are chronicled up front in John Kryk's outstanding book Natural Enemies.
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Like Bump | This Week in Michigan Football History
For Saturday’s big game against Penn State we roll back to 1968, Bump Elliott’s final season in Ann Arbor. We take a quick run through Bump’s athletic career with stops at Purdue, Michigan, Oregon State, Iowa, back to Michigan and finally ending with a brilliant career as athletic director at Iowa. Go Blue!
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Courting Joe Paterno
Did you know in 1968 Don Canham’s first choice to replace Bump Elliott as head coach, ahead of Bo Schembechler, was actually Joe Paterno? JoePa was just in his third season at Penn State. Here's the story including an interview with Canham discussing the job search:
