Here's this week's edition of #TWIMFbH, first off getting into the 1945 Army-Michigan game held at Yankee Stadium, and finish with the opener of Desmond Howard's 1991 Heisman season:
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Eternally Iconic | Dr. Sap’s Decals
The Doctor is in! Sap is back in 2019 with his decal champions, read on.
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The Brabbs (2002) | This Week In Michigan Football History
To kick off season 10 of #TWIMFbH, it’s time for relive The Brabbs..and I love it: You can hear this during the WTKA 1050AM Keybank Countdown to Kickoff, starting four hours before every game. And Saturday, make sure you catch Sam Webb, Ira Weintraub and Steve Clarke live inside the Go Labatt Blue mVictors Lounge. Go Blue! /script Good evening! To kickoff the 10th year of This Week in Michigan football History we take a short, but glorious trip back to August 31, 2002 as Rick Neuheisel’s 11th ranked Washington Huskies marched into Ann Arbor to take on the #13 Wolverines. A capacity crowd filled the Big House on a sweltering hot day to witness this season opener, which for a while, looked like it would be a big Meechigan blowout. On his first carry of the day, Chris Perry broke through an enormous hole and dashed 67 yards to paydirt. Then, early in the 2nd quarter, John Navarre connected with Braylon Edwards for a 45 yard TD to put the Blue up 14-0.But the Huskies wouldn’t go quietly as U-Dubb quarterback Cody Pickett battled back…and before they knew it the 111,000 fans had a game on their sweaty hands. Things remained tight as Chris Perry’s 3rd touchdown of the day put Michigan up early in fourth. But the Huskies quickly answered and LED…
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Punching Back
A review of John U. Bacon's latest - Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football. I'll say it: we're fortunate to have Bacon chronicle our beloved pigskin program. Over the course of his four books I'm not sure an athletic team has ever been so finely or throughly documented. Certainly not for a program conspiculously lacking a meaningful trophy or title (zing!). Bacon's been there, right down to the sequins on Rita Rod's purse. Even when, arguably moreso in some ways, a former AD attempted to shut him out. The fact that we have a dude like Bacs hunkered down inside Schembechler Hall is probably why the
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The Official Michigan Football Colors
A look at a vintage color swatch of the University of Michigan official colors from 1912. Along with the current style guide (HEX and pantone) for the maize and blue:
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See, Hear and Feel ‘The Catch’ (1991)
Props to Dr. Sap for taking the sideline headset audio of ‘The Catch’ and laying it over video from the play – awesome job! Much more here, with exclusive audio of Coach Moeller and Lou Holtz discussing the epic 1991 play. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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The Michigan All-Stars (1901)
I rarely post eBay newspaper artifacts but occasionally there are exceptional items out there. Check this out – a November 24, 1901 edition of The Sunday Inter Ocean featuring a few of Yost’s finest from his first Point-A-Minute squad: Left to right you’ve got Willie Heston, “Boss” Weeks, Curtis Redden, Hugh White, Neil Snow, Arthur Redner (not Kidner), Bruce Shorts (Not ‘Shots’ – but maybe that was his nickname in the local taverns). This would make a nice ornament on your Michigan man cave or within your Wolverines shrine.
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Yost’s Legacy vs. The College Football Coaching Legends
Why doesn't Fielding Yost's national reputation stack up against other early coaching legends? It seems that names like Knute Rockne, Walter Camp, Pop Warner and even Amos Alonzo Stagg remain on a different level.
