Thanksgiving football!? Forget about the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys. Like football in general, it all started in the college game and your beloved Wolverines had a big hand in this tradition.
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Michigan Teaches Ohio State ‘The Script Ohio’ (1932)
October 10, 1936. That is the precise date when the Ohio State marching band first performed and thus invented their beloved Script Ohio formation. But there's a problem with at part of that. Feel free to inform your friends from Columbus of this fact: Rest assured that the folklore is true, it was indeed the Michigan Marching Band that first performed the ‘Script Ohio’ - four years earlier. Yes, the MMB literally spelled it out for the Ohio Stadium crowd on Michigan's trip to Columbus on October 15, 1932. Feel free to troll your friends from Columbus because of this fact: Rest assured that the folklore is true, it was indeed the Michigan Marching Band that first performed the ‘Script Ohio’ - four years earlier. Yes, the MMB literally spelled it out for the Ohio Stadium crowd on Michigan's trip to Columbus on October 15, 1932.
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Jug Myths, Jug Misgivings | This Week in Michigan Football History
It sure got messed up, didn't it? I'm talking about the brief history of the Little Brown Jug. Here's a download of information to set you straight:
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Nebraska Cornhuskers Deliver the Royal Treatment (1911)
With a return to Lincoln, Nebraska afoot, a repost. This was originally published in mgoblog's HTTV 2011 as part of a blow-by-blow of the entire 1911 season through the reporting of The Michigan Daily. This is a fun look at the November 25, 1911 game played in Lincoln - on and off the field.
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The Harbaugh Era
About five years ago I took a crack at defining the major "eras" of Michigan football. One question I had concerned defining the correct end of the Schembechler era, and if it ended, what was it called, etc. With U-M's victory over Ohio State in Columbus on Saturday, I feel we have an answer--Jim Harbaugh has established a new era at Michigan since his arrival. Here's a look:
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Woody & The Tantrums (1971)
On November 20, 1971 the Buckeyes visited Ann Arbor for the third ep of the Ten Year War. Late in the game with Michigan trailing, Billy Taylor shot around the right side, picked up a couple blocks and scored one of the greatest TDs in team history - "Touchdown Billy Taylor." Did you know that Woody went berserk shortly after that play? The Story:
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Crashing Down
In our long history, three Michigan-Wisconsin games featured major incidents in the stands where hundreds, in one case thousands, of fans were crushed during or just after the game. Three times! This is not completely random of course as many of the Michigan-Wisconsin games in history were pretty big events with fans packed in to watch..but still. Here's a rundown of each incident.
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They Definitely Seen the Rain
Bravo to the Michigan students for righteously busting out a little Creedence in the first half of Michigan's 45-14 win over Notre Dame:
