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  • Desmond Howard 1991 Notre Dame "The Catch"

    The Headset, The Chatter, The Catch

    October 25, 2019 /

    One of my favs, watch/listen – headset audio of @umichfootball coach Moeller before, during and after @desmondhoward The Catch (Notre Dame 1991) https://t.co/3i1sWXub1Z an @MVictors, @michiganinsider & @DrSap4UM collab #GoBlue — MVictors (@MVictors) October 25, 2019

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  • Michigan Teaches Notre Dame “Modern Football” (1887)

    October 22, 2019 /

    It's Michigan-Notre Dame game week so it's mandatory to post the origins of the rivarly. You certainly have heard that Michigan taught Notre Dame how to play this game.  This is true of course, and the details of that meeting are chronicled up front in John Kryk's outstanding book Natural Enemies.

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  • Like Bump | This Week in Michigan Football History

    October 18, 2019 /

    For Saturday’s big game against Penn State we roll back to 1968, Bump Elliott’s final season in Ann Arbor. We take a quick run through Bump’s athletic career with stops at Purdue, Michigan, Oregon State, Iowa, back to Michigan and finally ending with a brilliant career as athletic director at Iowa. Go Blue!

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  • Courting Joe Paterno

    October 16, 2019 /

    Did you know in 1968 Don Canham’s first choice to replace Bump Elliott as head coach, ahead of Bo Schembechler, was actually Joe Paterno? JoePa was just in his third season at Penn State. Here's the story including an interview with Canham discussing the job search:

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  • Back on Track – Scarlet Knight Champions | Dr. Sap’s Decals

    September 29, 2019 /

    This year’s schedule has been, and will prove to be, beneficial to the Maize & Blue as the Rutgers game couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. A win is a win and with that, here are your champions:

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  • Bo is Still Bo (1985) | This Week in Michigan Football History

    September 20, 2019 /

    For this Saturday's edition of TWIMFbH we stroll over to 1985 when the Michigan fanbase was pretty down, and uncertain of the future coming off a very nn-Bo-like .500 season in 1984. That changed after this one:

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  • Black Knight Champions | Dr. Sap’s Decals

    September 8, 2019 /

    Phew...that was close. Sap's back to break it down for you and delve out your decals for the too-close-for-comfort Army game:

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  • MVictors on MGoRadio/Video

    September 7, 2019 /

    I think this is a case where video killed the radio star, but here you go. A very fun 30 minutes with Seth and Brian of mgoblog cut live from the awesome Bo Store:

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