Devin Funchess and Jake Butt form..the #ButtFunch: After Butt is released, #87 delivers the #FunchHunch: I think Funch won this round of the ButtFunch, but Jake doesn’t seem too concerned. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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TWIMFbH: You Gotta Hand it to Chap (1946)
This Week…heads to back at the battle on a hot October 5, 1946 day at the Big House against the Hawkeyes. That summer we lost Michigan’s Grand Old Man, but returned to us (from World War II) was the great Bob Chappuis. The formula for coach Fritz Crisler was simple so dig it: [display_podcast] You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here….sponsored in 2013 by Ziebart of Yspilanti. Listen to it live tomorrow on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM or catch it live inside the Bud Light Victors Lounge. Radio notes!! I’ll be on with The Wolverine guys at 11am – you can catch it here. I’ll live in the WTKA Victors Lounge at around noon talking jug Catch me on the Michigan Tailgate Show on WWJ 950AM at 2:20pm Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Retrofitted Jug
So we have two photos of the original, what I call the “Oscar Jug”, i.e., the Little Brown Jug as it looked after Minnesota equipment man Oscar Munson found the jug, brought it to AD Doc Cooke and painted it up. Readers of this site have seen these a few times but here they are: You know I’m a fan of Jil Gordon, artist, creator of True Blue 365, famed LBJ score painter agreed to take on a special project for me. I received this today, and…wow: I’ll be toting it around tomorrow. A huge thanks to Jil – this is awesome. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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One More for Big Jon
Pure Gold. Via Scott at The Blockhams: And check out the Brown Jug-themed strip here.
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Growing the Jug Brotherhood…with Dilithium
On the week of the Little Brown Jug game, is there a better time to welcome a member of the Jug Brotherhood? James Heike A hearty congratulations to James who created a beautiful replica jug, sent me the pics and his story and thus punched his ticket to eternal glory. He’ll never have to buy a drink again in Ann Arbor or Minneapolis. Here’s a look: And don’t look now but James went the extra mile getting it signed by #16. Proof that Denard signs jugs if you ask him nicely: James, let’s hope that Michigan wins and paints the new scores somewhere other than immediately above the Michigan ‘M’ (which seems to be the clubhouse leader in the local betting houses) so you don’t have to make a tough decision on your Denard signature :) Here’s Heike’s story in his own words: My buddy’s been bugging me to write in for a year or two now and in the spirit of jug week, I figured I’d finally share the story of my own Little Brown Jug, how it came to be, and what makes it just a little bit different from the other jugs you’ve featured on the site over the years. It all started 2 years ago. Michigan 58 – Minnesota 0I was in my living room with…
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Losing, Faking and Finding The Little Brown Jug (1931-1933)
Many of you know one of the best stories of Little Brown Jug Lore happened during the early thirties when the jug disappeared from U-M Administration building on campus (now the home to the Ticket Office FWIW). When I dug deep investigating this legend back in ‘09 I learned pretty quickly that U-M didn’t quite have the story straight. After some vintage MVictors-pestering I convinced #1000SSS to change the summary of the events in the 1930s in the online history on mgoblue.com and in the weekly game program. Unfortunately the old version is still stuck in the weekly press release: I’ll work on this next season. To summarize, no, the jug wasn’t missing between 1930 and 1934–it was actually 1931 and 1933. And saying “the actual jug was found behind a clump of bushes by a gas station attendant..” is mixing up two parts of the story and two separate reappearances of jugs in Ann Arbor. Seriously. For those who don’t know the full story, here’s a remixed version of what really happened in the 1930s: Sometime in mid-September, before the start of the football season in those days, the jug vanished from its home at the University of Michigan Administration building. News of the trophy’s disappearance made the headlines and U-M began a frantic search with the hope that…
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Big Night for Big Jon
Falk with artist Jil Gordon and the replica jug she created. Jon makes the jug actually look “little” What a cool event for Jon Falk held at MGoPatio last night! Props to Wolverine Beer for running the tap and for Slow’s BBQ for delivering the food. I dialed up WTKA this morning to talk about the night (and a little jug business) with Ira and Sam: [display_podcast] While I can’t recap everything, I captured a few of the quotes delivered by Jon’s longtime colleagues Coach Jerry Hanlon and longtime trainer Paul Schmidt. Coach Hanlon started by joking about how stingy things were at Miami, OH when Falk worked there, but because of that Jon brought a certain attitude to Ann Arbor: “He put in our kids into a mode that not everything in this life is free, not everything that’s going to happen to you is going to be great. He kept them on a straight and narrow program. He brought a realistic attitude on how to handle the kids, and I really believe he’s done as well as any coach here in developing young men and having them understand that this isn’t a free ride, you have to work for what you want to get. I have a great deal of respect for him.” Hanlon, in his vintage M…
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Dr. Sap’s Decals: When the Decals Returned
Ed. The Decals don’t stop just because it’s a bye week. Here’s Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis with a guest post and a little decal history: After a two-year hiatus, award decals returned to the Michigan helmets in 1985. Bo removed them from the helmets after the 1982 season because he felt there was not enough emphasis and focus on The Team, so off they came. Michigan still kept track of them for the 1983 and ’84 seasons, but in 1985 somebody convinced Bo to put the decals back on the helmets. (My guess is that somebody was Jim Harbaugh, but that is a story for another time.) When Bo first debuted them in 1969, the decals were crudely shaped footballs that were more orange than yellow in color. In 1975, a snarling Wolverine head was added while the shape became more rounded and elliptical. Ten years later, the now more spheroid-shaped footballs centered the Wolverine head on them and added laces. The 1985 season was a great year for Michigan and that team will forever be remembered for having one of the best defenses in U=M history. As a result, it should come as no surprise that the top two decal award winners came from that side of the ball. All-American Mike Hammerstein had 48 decals on his helmet at…