This week we rolled a couple decades to November 8, 1997 for one of the most anticipated and hyped-up Saturday’s in recent history. ESPN dubbed it Judgment Day, and the big winner of the whole exercise was your beloved Wolverines who crushed JoePa and the Nittany Lions 34-8:
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Wangs and the Red Jersey | Storytime with Sap
[Ed. Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis is featured here each postgame with Dr. Sap’s Decals. You might know that his detailed knowledge of uniform tweaks since the Bo era helped spearhead the Uniform Timeline. Bottom line – the Sap mind blended with the Sap archives is a Wangler-to-Carter-esque combination. Here’s another great Bo-era story from the mind of Sap.] Guest post by Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis Nowadays it’s commonplace for quarterbacks to wear red (or sometimes orange, /wink) colored jerseys in practice. This of course is a reminder to all players and coaches that they are not to be hit or tackled in drills. Last year, former Michigan quarterback Rick Leach told me that he never wore a redshirt at practice during his four years as Michigan’s man under center. I was shocked to hear that, especially when you consider two things: 1. Bo liked to hit in practice as much as possible and; 2. Leach ran Bo’s option offense and got hit quite a bit carrying and pitching the ball. So all this got me thinking – who was the first QB to wear a redshirt at practice for Bo? I know it wasn’t Tom Slade shown here at practice in 1972: And like Leach said, no redshirts here in 1976 when President Ford dropped by to…
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Sights & Sounds | Michigan 34, Indiana 10 (2014)
Last week I talked about finding the “bottom”, that is, the end of the spiral of crappy things happening to this football team. I don’t know if we’re there, but out there before the game Saturday you felt a weight was lifted and the mood was actually a bit festive.
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2014 SAE Mudbowl | Photos
Congrats to Phi Psi for winning the Mudbowl Saturday – 24-20 over SAE as I understand it. Here are a few shots for you, the first via Iceberg Samson on Twitter: The following via Geoff Voss:
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Dr. Sap’s Decals | Morning in Ann Arbor Edition
Sap is refreshed, recharged and kindly offers you his post-Hoosier decals. I tossed in the Editor’s edition for good measure: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION AMARA DARBOH – This was the breakout game we’ve all been waiting for from Darboh for the past 2 years. Much like the Detroit Lions needed another wide receiver to complement Megatron, the Michigan passing game needed another option downfield other than Devin Funchess. Especially now, when Devin Gardner’s foot injury is forcing him to do his best Dan Fouts-stay-in-the-pocket-no-matter-what impression, Darboh gives the offense another place to go with the ball other than wherever Funchess is. Hopefully Darboh can use this game to jump start his career and the U-M passing game. DEFENSIVE CHAMPION RYAN GLASGOW – It was obvious that the Michigan defense came to play this game and made sure there was going to be no repeat of last year’s basketball-like score against IU. That all starts up front, and while there were several guys who played lights out by keeping the Hoosiers under 200 yards of total offense, I singled out Glasgow because of his strip and fumble recovery – all in the same play. These guys in the trenches don’t often get the glory, but you had to like what Glasgow did. SPECIAL TEAMS CHAMPION MATT WILE – A missed field…
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Horace Prettyman Breaks Hearts | TWIMFbH (1879-1883)
This week we go waaaay back, to November 1, 1879, better known to savvy Michigan historians as Game #2. This was the first game played in the state of Michigan (Detroit) and the first international match-up as our friends from the University of Toronto crossed the border to face your beloved infantile Wolverines. After that game, we get into the first game on Ann Arbor soil played in 1883. A gent named Horace Prettyman.. ..shined in the morning match against a team the Detroit. You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here…And don’t forget to catch it live Saturday on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM starting at 11:30am. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Tighten up your Lid, Get #ChadTough
A wise man once said it is better to look good than to feel good. In the aftermath of Saturday’s mess and everything else going on you don’t feel good. So a suggestion: gather up the kids and head down to Contempo Salon and Spa Monday between 4-8pm to support a fundraiser for Chad Carr. Get a cut and you’ll look good. Support this cause and you’ll feel good. Details: Go Blue! #ChadTough
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Wangler, Carter discuss Ufer’s Indiana game call
On this day in 1979…still gives me the chills. Via the great WolverineHistorian: While it was somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy I suppose, I love that in all the madness Ufer recognized that play in the context of Michigan football history when he offers that it will be remembered for another 100 years (’79 of course was the 100th anniversary of the program). We can safely say that’s true of course, looking back 35 years later and it’s probably more to do with Ufer’s call than the play itself. Follow MVictors on Twitter More on Bob Ufer
