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.
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Richard Eisen Hearts Hoke (Jim Rome – audio)
Eisen dropped the Richard (Rich is cleaner), but kept his Michigan Daily column tag for his blog Michigan grads the Sklar Brothers guest hosted Jim Rome’s radio show today and in the first hour they were joined by another Wolverine grad, the NFL Network’s Rich Eisen. They barely exchanged ‘Go Blues’ before Eisen and the Sklars launched into a three and a half minute Hoke-Borges-Mattison lovefest, enjoy: [display_podcast] Thanks for Matt for providing the clip.
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Dr. Sap’s Decals – Chicago Style, @ Northwestern
Plenty to dole out, take it away Sap: Adidas: 1 decal for bringing back the white socks on the road with a little block M on them a la Tom Harmon and the boys back in 1939! (Editor’s note: Might have to take this decal away. There’s obviously something wrong with the 2011 away jerseys, causing some of players to switch to last year’s model! Get that fixed, Beaverton) Dhani Jones: 1 decal for Rocking The Bowtie before, during and after the game! Hey, Dhani, how about a Bowtie with U-M helmet decals on it? Dr. Sap would make the switch to a bowtie if that were the case – GUARANTEED!! Greg Mattison: 1 decal for 2nd half shutout of Wildcats – Very Bill McCartney-esque! Denard Robinson: 5 decals – 9-yard TD pass to Watson in 1st QTR; 25-yard TD pass to Gallon in 2nd QTR; 2-yard TD run in 3rd QTR minus one shoe; 5-yard TD run in 4th QTR, +1 editor’s pick for running up to the crowd on the final score. Defense: 3 decals for each member of unit – 4th down stop in 2nd QTR; 4th down stop in 4th QTR; pitching a shutout in 2nd Half. Desmond Morgan: +1, editor’s choice, for flying over the NW offense line in an attempt to sack Persa. Jordan…
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Sights & Sounds: Michigan 42, Northwestern 24 (2011)
What a great night in Evanston and props to the throngs of Michigan fans who made the trip, many of whom blew my doors off on I-94 topping 95 MPH. After parking several blocks from the stadium, I was running a tad late so I flagged your typical pregame rickshaw driver and cruised to the stadium in style
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The Final Piece of the Puzzle (1943)….Found!
This month I submitted a piece on Ann Arbor resident Jack Briegel and his extraordinary collection. His focus is on ticket stubs and get this, of the 517 games played at Michigan Stadium to date, Briegel has a full ticket or stub from all of them but one. That's right – he's missing 1!
