I’ve seen so many cool things over the past few years covering this team and its great history. This is right up there. Here’s local artist Jil Gordon making things official on the Minnesota game: Gordon started this wonderful assignment in 1974. Much more on this later but I had to get a few photos up there.
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Jug Security and The Misc.
Here’s my new ringtone…Hoke’s response when asked if the team practiced handling the jug during the week: [display_podcast] I’m not sure if this is some sort of punishment, or an attempt to one-up Denard or a shout-out to Prince given that Minnesota was in town, but Will Hagerup was rocking purple shoelaces: Denard telling Gardner about Hagerup’s purple laces: Serves Molk right for cracking a smile. Shortly after I took this shot, a teammate delivered a hockey-style stinky glove face wash: Hoke revealed after the game that the numbers on the helmets will remain through the rest of the season. What do you think? Related: Shut-Out Saving My Jug Runneth Over (Michigan 58, Minnesota 0) Little Brown Jug Radio (WTKA audio) Poll: Resolving the Space Quandary Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Shut-Out Saving
I did catch one epic non-jug related photo from the game. That’d be this one of Courtney Avery scooping up the shut-out preserving fumble which he took due north to the House (that’s really his shadow BTW, which looks like a Tim Burton character or one of those hellcats from the movie Ghost): Sadly, this is what I saw:
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My Jug Runneth Over (Michigan 58, Minnesota 0)
Photos from the 2011 Michigan-Minnesota postgame - players with the Little Brown Jug:
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Little Brown Jug Radio (WTKA audio)
On the eve of the Saturday’s great battle for the Little Brown Jug I swung by WKTA 1050AM for segment this morning. We talked all things jug—history, what to do with the scores, and so much more. We even had a special call from Jil Gordon, the artist who paints the scores of the crock if Michigan wins. (Above that’s Oscar Munson on the left, the man who found the jug in 1903, and on the right longtime Michigan equipment manager Henry Hatch). Here’s the audio from this morning: [display_podcast] Go Blue! Retain the Jug! Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Poll: Resolving the Space Quandary
Readers of this site know that the Little Brown Jug has but a pair of rows left for scores: After 2012 we’re hosed. When I first posted a set of potential options to resolve this matter, I was truly surprised by many of the suggestions. I’ve had a few new comments including this gem from reader bjk: As currently configured, the jug is sort of like the Mayan calendar, built to exhaust itself after a certain point. The options are as follows, (read the full post for more discussion): 1. Stop putting score on the jug 2. Remove some of the old scores 3. Make the jug bigger, aka the Stanley Cup solution 4. Repaint the existing score columns in a smaller font 5. Add new scoring columns in the free space on the jug 6. Retire the existing jug & start a new one I’m firmly on #4. Make the existing columns tighter, the numerals smaller and buy yourself a lot of time. The jug has been restyled a few times for this very purpose, so it’s not a break with tradition. What do you think? [poll id=63] Related: Little Brown Jug Lore Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Mud Bowl 2011? It’s A Go
From sources deep inside the Sigma Alpha Epsilon camp, it’s confirmed that Mud Bowl is on for 2011. Kick-off is slated for 9AM on October 29, Homecoming weekend. Michigan will face Purdue at the Big House at noon. Many wondered if the traditional slop fest would happen given SAE’s campus suspension, but it’s a go and it will benefit C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital once again this year. Last year the game raised $38,000 for Mott, and sights are set on $40,000 in 2011.
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Fun with Big Ten Tie-Breakers
The latest Big Ten weekly press release detailed out the tie-breaker scenarios in detail and Adam Rittenberg of ESPN summarized the basics earlier this month. For the B1G title game, the winner of each division will play, unless one of the division winners is ineligible to play in a bowl game. To me, the official Big Ten division tie-breaker rules aren’t crystal clear after a quick read. I think the confusion is that technically Big Ten conference teams have three types of records: The division record (5 games) The overall conference record (8 games) The overall record (12 games) Here are the key elements on the conference championship rules from the official site, with some comments to clarify what it means. Hat tip to Big Ten media relations lead Scott Chipman for confirming this: 1). Divisional Champion rule: The Big Ten football championship will be decided by a game played between the two division champions. Clarification: The division champion is the team with the best overall conference record (in the 8 overall conference games played). 2). First Tie-Breaker: If two teams are tied, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative. Clarification: So that’s easy if you are clear on how two teams can tie, and that’s based on overall conference record as discussed in 1).…
