Brady Hoke Sugar Bowl Presser Jan-2
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Greg Mattison–Sugar Bowl Press Conference
Via Sugar Bowl media relations: (File photo) THE MODERATOR: We’re joined by Michigan Defensive Coordinator Greg Mattison. Opening comments? COACH MATTISON: First of all, I can tell you on behalf of the Michigan football program we’re really honored and proud to be here. This is a tremendous Bowl. And I know you couldn’t tell by looking at me but I have been in a lot of Bowl games, and the Sugar Bowl is one that I haven’t been in, and it’s really a great Bowl. The people down here have been tremendous, and I know our players would echo that. You can tell by how they’ve acted and how they responded, and they really have enjoyed themselves down here. THE MODERATOR: Questions? Q. Asking about the novelty of facing an ACC team. These conferences don’t tend to get together during the regular season. You guys like the fact that it is a novelty game going against the Hokies? COACH MATTISON: I don’t know if I would look at it as the Big Ten versus the ACC. I think it’s more Michigan having the opportunity to play a team like Virginia Tech. You know, Virginia Tech has a great tradition. They have had tremendous success. And you can see why they have been so good. And it’s going to be a…
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Bacon Goes Nationwide (Rome audio 12-29)
John U. Bacon graced the national airwaves today, joining the Jim Rome show hosted by U-M grads, Jason and Randy Sklar. Bacon discussed Three and Out with the Sklars and shared the situation on the ground in Ann Arbor in the aftermath of the first season of the Hoke era: [display_podcast] HT to Matt for providing the audio Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Touch Down in New Orleans (Opening Presser Quotes)
Quotes from Michigan upon arrival at Louis Armstrong airport in New Orleans, via Sugar Bowl media relations: Michigan Head Coach Brady Hoke (Opening Statement) “We are very excited and feel very welcome coming to New Orleans and having the opportunity to play in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. This is something we have been looking forward to and our players have done a good job preparing to this point. We are going to play a tremendous opponent and we think it is going to be a heck of a football game.” (On playing in a BCS bowl game) “This is where Michigan should be. It is an expectation for Michigan to be in BCS bowl games.” (On getting team prepared for the Allstate Sugar Bowl) “You can look at it a lot of different ways. I think the one thing that is important for us is that we don’t do too much. We don’t want to wear our team out too much. We’ve got a great city that we are in and there are probably some distractions to that. I think our guys, our seniors and our captains have done a tremendous job making sure we are sharp.” (On the possibility of the team getting distracted) “There are always rules. We have high expectations on how we are going to act…
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When Toe Met Leather—Traditional Michigan Football Kick-off Times
A couple of readers reacted to my recent post featuring the 1969 pocket schedule, here’s one: Interesting that the home games started at 1:30 p.m. in 1969 and not at noon. I remember Carr (I think it was him) at Bo’s eulogy/celebration saying that Bo wanted all games to start at Noon. (Something about toe meeting leather at noon . . . .) This prompted an email from Michigan football memorabilia collector Jack Briegel, the man who owns a ticket stub to each game played at Michigan Stadium. Jack walked through his collection, some pre-dating the Big House, and picked off the start time listed on the ticket and relayed it below. I added a few additions via the stubs on display at ticketmuseum.com. These are just home games: Ferry Field era: 1908 OCT. 31 VANDERBUILT KICK OFF WAS 2:30. NOV.13 PENNSYLVANIA WAS AT 2:00. 1909 OCT. 30 SYRACUSE GAME WAS 2:00. (Michigan scored 44 points, <wink>)* 1910 NOV. 19 MINNESOTA GAME WAS 2:00. 1911 NOV. 18 PENN GAME WAS 2:00 1917 NOV. 10 CORNELL WAS AT 2:00. 1919 OCT.25 OSU WAS AT 2:30. 1923 OCT. 20 OSU WAS AT 2:00 1924 NOV. 8 NORTHWESTERN WAS AT 1:30 1925 AND 1926 KICKED OFF AT 2:00 Michigan Stadium era: 1927 OHIO WESLEYAN 1:00, MSC 2:00, OSU 2:00, NAVY 1:30, MINNESOTA 1:30.…
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1900s Michigan Football Walking Cane
See the above photo, this was recently offered up on eBay. Please tell me the top screws off to hold whiskey. The seller offered little to explain how old it is or what it was used for beyond this: I was told this cane probably dates back to around 1900 to 1920 & it was probably some kind of silver plated metal, I got this from a woman who was from Michigan and she said that her Grandfather had it and she was pretty old herself. I was trying to do some research on this cane and I did read that the seniors use to make their own canes as early as the late 1800’s but in the 1920’s the seniors strutted around campus on “CANE SUNDAY” and I do not know why or what this cane is about maybe some famous coach or player used it. Thankfully Michigan Today writer Jim Tobin, in this April 2010 piece, explored the history of canes at the University of Michigan. I’ll have to swing by the Bentley Library to check out their collection of these canes. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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A Black and Blue Piece of 1934
As I’ve mentioned before, the new Black and Blue documentary covering the drama that played out before, during, and after the 1934 Georgia Tech game is out and it features a piece of memorabilia that sits in my office today. Filmmakers Brian Kruger and Buddy Morehouse from Stunt3 Multimedia used the ticket stub that I purchased a few years back on eBay in one scene. Not shockingly my stub is not one of a kind. (Really, really not a shock since local collector Jack Briegel owns a stub from every game played at the Big House). There’s one up on eBay now and the seller must know something, asking $150 or, bid away with a start of $95: And I just noticed that the colors of the ticket match title of the new film: black and blue. I’m guessing a serious U-M collector or historian will want this in their collection. You can also order the Black and Blue documentary here with free shipping. Elsewhere on eBay: Love this 1947 Little Brown Jug-themed U-M Homecoming dance program, signed by big band great Louis Prima: Michigan indeed played and defeated the Gophers earlier that day back in ‘47 and went on to an undefeated season to give Fritz Crisler and crew the national championship. Finally–Can you beat this pocket schedule from…
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Rudy Takes the Shirts off Their Backs
The last year has been a touch stretch for Notre Dame’s famous underdog, Rudy. Last fall his teammate Joe Montana laughed off the movie’s storyline, and now this in today’s WSJ: ..in a settlement announced on Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission casts Mr. Ruettiger in a far less heroic light—as a key participant in a so-called pump-and-dump stock scheme that generated more than $11 million in allegedly illicit profits for a now-defunct beverage company, Rudy Nutrition. Yeesh: ..the SEC charged that Mr. Ruettiger and 12 others made false and misleading statements about their company in news releases, SEC filings and promotional materials during 2008 in a scheme to lure investors, inflate the stock price and then sell their shares at a profit. For instance, a letter to potential investors falsely claimed that in "a major southwest test, Rudy outsold Gatorade 2 to 1!" the SEC said in its complaint. A Google search yielded this 2008 press release pumping the product with a few gems: “It is clinically shown to decrease the formation of certain bacterias and plaques in the mouth.” “Rudy is not in competition with many of the other beverages in the store or vending machines currently. The drink is in a class of its own “the new age beverage” category.” My favorite: “It’s the little guy rising…
