The Helmet Hut provided Michigan and Notre Dame with the decals on each teams’ helmets for the game this season. Those watching at home may have noticed that the color of the stickers doesn’t quite match the maize wings and stripes on the helmets: Call it the Dr. Sap Disclaimer: “never, ever, ever go by the color you see of pics online, in mags/programs or even in photos.” It’s very apparent when you see them in person. I was able to get a few samples of the numbers from Helmet Hut (don’t ask–they don’t sell them). I tried a few different ways to take a photo that demonstrates the different tone. I found the best way to show it was like this, on an authentic Michigan helmet: Believe it or not I actually struggled to demonstrate the difference before doing it this way. I’m not exactly sure why Michigan went with the alternate shade. Per Helmet Hut, they have decals that match the maize and Michigan chose to go with the golder tone. Perhaps it’s more true to the Bump era color or maybe in a darker shade things blend better together.
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Dr. Sap’s Decals – Michigan State
Week #7 – Michigan State Will Hagerup: 4 decals: coffin-corner punts Out of Bounds at MSU 10, 5, 5 and 15-yard lines – Outstanding! Harry Kipke would be proud! Desmond Morgan: 4 decals – 3rd QTR Fumble Recovery; 4th QTR Fumble Recovery; 4th QTR Tackle For Loss, and +1 editor’s choice, for a strong showing from his family in the A lot before the game! Denard Robinson: 2 decals – 15-yard TD run in 1st QTR; 34-yard TD pass to Roundtree in 4th QTR Devin Gardner: 1 decal, editor’s choice, for the Benny Hill run at the end of the game. Will Heininger: 2 decals for two 4th QTR Tackles For Loss Vincent Smith: 1 decal for 26-yard run in 1st QTR Drew Dileo: 1 decal for fake FG run for a 1st down in 1st QTR Brendan Gibbons: 1 decal for the nice seal block on the fake field goal in the first quarter. Roy Roundtree: 1 decal for 34-yard TD reception in 4th QTR Junior Megatron Hemingway: 1 decal for 29-yard reception in 1st QTR Thomas Gordon: 2 decals: 1 for 3rd QTR Forced Fumble, 1 for the nice open field tackle on Keshawn Martin. J.T. Floyd: 1 decal for fourth quarter forced fumble Jeremy Gallon: 1 decal for 32-yard reception in 4th QTR Will Campbell: 1 decal…
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Dirty Paul?
Paul Bearer: “This is Paul and Paul is my friend. I will hold him and hug him and squeeze him and love him..” Much of the postgame chatter naturally focused on the personal fouls. My take—State’s mostly meaningless penalties kept Michigan in the game, kept drives alive, and the yardage from those penalties was U-M’s most consistent offensive weapon. M rushed for 82 yards while picking up 124 thanks to the maize flags. Was it dirty? Certainly a few plays were cheap and Will Gholston will be sitting a game (ok, or three) after the Big Ten reviews the game. But Michigan lost because they didn’t execute on offense and there were plenty of opportunities. It’s on Michigan. At times guys were wide open—we’re talking 20 yard radius open—and Denard either didn’t have time or didn’t see them or tossed a bad pass. I give State credit for those blitz packages but mainly for bottling up the running game. If this is going to work, M must get more production out of the backs. Hoke said it, “…We had 82 [rushing yards]. That’s pretty much it.” Quoting Dr. Sap quoting Bo, “AND WE HAD NO BLOCKING AT THE POINT OF ATTACK!" Now, on the pfs I’ll say this–if Michigan finished a game with six personal fouls, I’d be really pissed…
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Not Smooth – Postgame Photos (MSU 28, Michigan 14)
More later but just a few postgame photos. Frustrated guys above, happy guys below (your medicine):
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The Wolverine All Whites (1976)
Here's a quick look at the last time Michigan donned the all white road uniforms: The 1976 Orange Bowl against eventual national champion Oklahoma. Read on:
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Rescuing the Undeniably Ugly Paul Bunyan
From deep in John U. Bacon’s Three and Out, check out a few great lines delivered by Rich Rod before last year’s rematch with the Spartans. Here’s RR talking to the team after displaying a picture of the Paul Bunyan Trophy: “The ugliness of that trophy is well documented. It’s undeniable. But Paul’s ugliness is only acceptable when we have it. “They’ve had Paul for two years now. Who knows what they’re making Paul do? Probably taking him around to every damn frat house on campus and doing God knows what to him.” They laughed. “Poor Paul! He needs to be rescued!” Rich Rod’s speech was great but he didn’t rescue poor Paul and sadly he’s been in East Lansing longer than Gilligan was on the Island. Go Blue! Rescue Paul! Get Three and Out here – it drops October 25th.
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Really, really Little Brother & Shorty’s Pooch (1910)
For This Week…we got deep into the archives back into 1910 and focus on the battle against M.A.C. and the controversy surrounding the scheduled game against Shorty Longman and the Irish. You can hear all of the This Week… clips here.
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Restore the Spartan Eye Sore
Ahh, the billboard games. Today this one got an upgrade, just in time for game week: This billboard has been displayed a few miles west Brighton on west-bound I-96 (about 30 miles east of the first exit for Spartan Stadium) & has been a fixture for several years. It’s clearly a ‘bite me’ message to Spartan fans and recently has looked pretty shoddy as you can see in the untouched portion above.
