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:
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Fighting Illini Champions | Dr. Sap’s Decals
Dr. Sap's delivers his decals and words of wisdom for the slopppy-at-times 2019 Illinois game.
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Hawkeye Champions | Dr. Sap’s Decals
Sometimes you win with offensive fireworks. Sometimes you win with a last second field goal. And sometimes you win by not letting the other team score a touchdown. Just remember, a win, is a win, is a win. Take the W and move on. Speaking of, onward to your Iowa champions:
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Fritz and Chap Down the Hawks | This Week in Michigan Football History
This week we take a trip back to postwar America, specifically 1946 as Fritz Crisler's Wolverines, featuring the great Bob Chappuis, took on Saturday's opponent - the Iowa Hawkeyes.
