Remember when Sam Malone went to sell his legendary Corvette [Cheers Season 8, Episode 5]? Mayday put an ad in the paper and conducted interviews with potential buyers to ensure that whoever took possession of his precious ‘Vette was worthy to own his righteous sled. Occasionally M season ticket holders are forced to offer a pair or two of their little beauties to the general public. In such cases, following Sammy’s lead, it is suggested that you offer up a few questions before giving up those babies to just anyone. Are You Worthy of These Seats? Select the best answer(s): 1. It’s early November and the forecast calls for a mix of sleet and snow. Michigan plays Cincinnati today at home at 3:30pm. The game will be covered on ABC and you’ve got a full fridge of beer and a nice fireplace. Do you: A. Chill out at home, light the fire, order a pie before settling in front of your wide screen to enjoy the game on ABC. B. See how the weather shakes out closer to gametime before making the call and what to do. C. Get your ass to the game just like any other day you Nancy boy. 2. The game is getting a little out of hand and suddenly ‘The Wave’ is summoned from the…
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I’ll take “My Wheelhouse” for $1200, Alex
I just found your favorite episode of Jeopardy, apparently from December last year. Michigan SuperFan’s site provided this gem. Yes, ‘University of Michigan Football’ was a category on this edition of Jeopardy. There’s was definitely some Wolverine love during that episode, as the category next to M Football was titled, ‘Hail to the Victors’, unfortunately the Victors category contained no Michigan-related answers. Click here for the video stream. I felt like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day as I crushed that category.
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Harmon vs. the Drunk makes AOL
The folks at AOL Fanhouse came across this old piece on Tom Harmon vs. the Drunk. They thought enough of it to republish the YouTube ditty we pulled together on the 1940 Life Magazine piece that covered the encounter. AOL added it as part of their “Old School” series – here’s a link to their piece.
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Oden the Explorer
Having spent time working in Indianapolis and Columbus, OH, I’ve heard many stories about how great of a kid Greg Oden is…how he’s well grounded, intelligent and charitable. All this aside for a moment, he’s still a Buckeye so I couldn’t let this beauty pass without a quick blast. The likely NBA #1 pick made this week’s Sports Illustrated “They Said It”. He was asked about the prospect of living in the Pacific Northwest given that Seattle and Portland have the top picks: “I know it rains a lot. I know it’s close to L.A., and I love that. I want to go to L.A. and go to the beach.” This from a dude that spent the last year in a town named after one of the world’s greatest explorers. To put things in perspective, the beach in Miami, Florida is just about the same distance from Columbus as Los Angeles is from Seattle (around 1150 miles).
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eBay Watch: 1915 Cornell Program
Here’s a real nice item that is being auctioned on eBay. It’s pre-World War I Michigan vs. Cornell program from the game that was held on November 6, 1915 at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor. It looks like a real beauty. The only problem? The dude selling the program set the opening bid price at $2,499.00. Say what? No surprise as the auction is about to end and there are no bids. Here’s what we know about the game.
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Alford and Harbaugh: All Hair
College Football News opined this morning on the possibility that Jim Harbaugh, who was named the next Stanford head coach this week, could be a candidate for the Michigan head football job after Lloyd Carr decides to pack it in. Here’s the take: Obviously it is too soon to really start speculating, but do you see Jim Harbaugh as a candidate to replace Lloyd Carr at Michigan when he eventually retires? – KH A: Just like everyone wanted to see Steve Alford become the main man at Indiana, Michigan fans are going to be all over Harbaugh if he has any success at Stanford. Let’s wait a little bit before kicking out Carr, like you suggested, and let’s also wait to see if old No. 4 can handle himself at the never [sic] level. The Michigan job, whenever it opens up, will be one of the premier gigs in all of coaching, college or pro. There’ll be a who’s who of candidates fighting for the job. This won’t be Alabama; the big boys will be lining up. Memo to CFN: I don’t think the email said anything about kicking Lloyd Carr out! How did “after Lloyd Carr decides to pack it in” become a boot out the door? God the national media loves to talk about how Michigan fans want…
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Piling On
The biggest cliche during week one of the bowl season was to dog Oregon’s uniforms. Fine, here you go:
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The Drunk and Old 98
Here’s a great moment of Michigan Football lore. Were you aware of the showdown between Wolverine legend and Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon and a drunken fan during Michigan’s game at Cal back in 1940. I recently purchased this page out of Life magazine on eBay for $6.50 and it depicts the scene. Additional research yielded some great quotes from the fan, enjoy: There are so many great things about this incident. The guy is just a real classic. After watching this thing and picturing Brennan giving the interview for Life magazine, you end up wishing he actually did bring Harmon down. I love that Harmon had to make a little move and apply a stiff arm to shed the pickled Brennan. The beauty of it is that Brennan, in his mind, feels like he actually did tackle Harmon, first saying he almost did, then he changes his tune by saying no Cal player tackled #98 all day but “I did.” This guy is a national treasure. I tracked down some more info on the game here, turns out Harmon called it a day before the first half even ended. The fact that Life took the pains to put this pictorial together is great as well [a 1940s version of YouTube], and their caption writer deserves major props, “..Brennan sinks…
