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.
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Back on Track – Scarlet Knight Champions | Dr. Sap’s Decals
This year’s schedule has been, and will prove to be, beneficial to the Maize & Blue as the Rutgers game couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. A win is a win and with that, here are your champions:
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Enter Yost | This Week in Michigan Football History
For Saturday's Rutgers game we head waaay back to 1901 as it was on that day that Fielding H. Yost coached his first game in Ann Arbor. The 50-0 drubbing of Albion got 'Hurry Up' off on the right foot, and set the pace for the Point-A-Minute era where his Meechigan wouldn't lose a game until 1905.
