By Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis Read the breakdown from Round 1 and here’s the updated bracket: Here are the round 2 match-ups and winners, again, based on each running back’s signature game – all as selected by Dr. Sap: 1970’s Burton Region (#1) Rob Lytle Season Opponent Att Net Yd Yd/Att TD Long 1976 Michigan St 10 180 18.0 1 75 (#9) Chuck Heater Season Opponent Att Net Yd Yd/Att TD Long 1972 at Illinois 29 155 5.3 2 15 This numbers in this pairing are surprising both players. Heater lugged the pigskin 29 times, gained over 150 yards and scored 2 TD’s in Champaign-Urbana. That’s solid! That being said, The Fremont Flash, as Bob Ufer used to call Rob Lytle, carried only 10 times against MSU in 1976, but #41 torched the Sparty D for 180 yards – an 18.0 yard per carry average (still a Michigan record to this day) – UNREAL!! Gawdy numbers all over the place, but Lytle gets the nod to move to Round 3. WINNER: ROB LYTLE (#4) Russell Davis Season Opponent Att Net Yd Yd/Att TD Long 1976 Stanford 7 116 16.6 2 85 (#5) Ed Shuttlesworth Season Opponent Att Net Yd Yd/Att TD Long 1972 Tulane 20 151 7.5 3 18 Another fullback matchup and this one is a doozie! Easy Ed…
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Bo’s Best Back: Round 1
Guest post by Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis Much like I did a few years ago with the Bo Brackets in trying to determine Bo’s best team, this time I decided to answer the age old question: Who was Bo’s best running back? There have been some great ones over the years and I thought it would be a fun look back on what these former Wolverines did on the gridiron. Again, when looking back, I kept the backs in their own era or decade – this makes it easier when comparing stats and accomplishments. As a result, I put the best 16 backs of the 70’s on one side and the top 16 backs of the 80’s on the other side of the brackets. I used the following criteria to help determine who would advance each round to become Bo’s Best Back: Round 1 – Best Stats (Yards Gained, TD’s, etc.) Round 2 – Best/Signature Game Round 3 – Best/Signature Run Round 4 – The Hypothetical Handoff. If you needed someone to carry the rock on 4th and goal on the last play to win the game, who would it be? Round 5 – Reader/Viewer Vote Alright, enough of the preamble. Below are the brackets: On to the match-ups! ROUND 1 – ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS BURTON REGION (#1)…
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Fake News
From the Michigan Daily archives, Saturday January 19, 1901: The news was a little less fake a couple weeks later, February 1, 1901:
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Michigan Returned to the Big Ten (1917) – But What if We Didn’t?
Given the history and deep ties between U-M and the B1G conference since those days astray, it seems hard to comprehend an alternate reality where your beloved Wolverines are not part of the conference. I really never have put much thought into the notion of U-M going it alone.
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1867-1939 | Michigan Football Uniform Timeline
The Michigan Football uniform changes from the period between 1879-1939. For all uniform changes prior to 1970, the rules change - If I have a compelling photo of an actual jersey (or portion of a jersey) over this period, I will include it in the timeline even if it didn’t mark a particular change in design or new feature.
