You’ve gotta love these old candid photos.   Here we have a wire photo of the undefeated 1947 Michigan football, attending a Hollywood movie premier days before their Rose Bowl game against USC: That knock-out broad?  That’s Loretta Young, star of film and television from the 1930s and 1940s.  She’s shaking hands with hard-hitting Michigan fullback/linebacker Dick Kempthorn, whose confidence and skill on the field hadn’t yet translated to his off-the-field interactions with the dames. This photo reminds me of this shot of Tom Harmon with two actresses from 1941: This uncomfortable greeting is about the most adversity the Wolverines faced during their trip to LA, as the Trojans didn’t put up much of a fight in the Rose Bowl.  Michigan smoked Southern Cal 49-0 and prompted the AP to take a then-unprecedented postseason vote to name Fritz Crisler’s crew the national champions. As for Kempthorn, what an amazing guy.    A selection of stories/anecdotes sucked from his extensive Wikipedia entry, on and off the gridiron: What’s a Michigan Man?   The Supreme Court would say you know one when you see one.  Kempthorn is a Michigan Man! Related: 1948 Rose Bowl and the title debate – Notre Dame or Michigan #1? Honorary Captains, Miami OH game – Pete Elliott photo Crisler Describes the Spinner – Fritz Book excerpt, diagrams Rose Bowl Pics…

  bonanzle.com I do.  But seriously, a reader’s plea: I will be at a Wedding on Oct 9th, [ed. that’s HORRIBLE] yes I know this is horrible.  The wedding is in Chicago. Are there any radio stations in Chicago that carry Michigan Football? How about other options….I have an iPhone and could get local stations on AOL radio, but I don’t think they are allowed to broadcast live football in this manner…. I need help!!! Sincerely, Desperately Seeking Brandy. Any suggestions?  The lovely couple & the reader clearly didn’t sync up on my favorite book passage from Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch: As I get older, the tyranny that football exerts over my life, and therefore over the lives of people around me, is less reasonable and less attractive. Family and friends know, after long years of wearying experience, that the fixture list [schedule] always has the last word in any arrangement; they understand, or at least accept, that christenings or wedding or any gatherings, which in other families would take unquestioned precedence, can only be plotted after consultation. So football is regarded as a given disability that has to be worked around. If I were wheelchair-bound, nobody close to me would organise anything in a top-floor flat, so why would they plan anything for a winter Saturday afternoon? Update:  via…

  Photo: Maddie LaKind / Michigan Daily Moe’s and Underground Printing have teamed up with The Big House Big Heart Run , they are doing their annual 5K, 10K, and walk this Sunday October 3rd.  Details: The race… …starts and finishes at the University of Michigan’s famous football stadium–The Big House. It is the largest stadium in the country seating over 107,000 spectators. This chip-timed 5K and 10K events start on the corner of Kipke and Green and the run takes you through the University of Michigan’s beautiful campus with a spectacular finish–a run through the Big House tunnel and onto the field. You’ll finish on the 50 yard line and watch yourself on the Big House Big Screen! WALKERS, STROLLERS and WHEELCHAIRS WELCOME! Raise Funds for Your Non Profit! Big House Big Heart offers you TWO ways to raise funds for area non profits. Champions for Charity will donate a portion of your entry to ALS research at The University of Michigan Program for Neurology Research & Discovery, the UM Cardiovascular Center and to C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital!Get a team together for your favorite non profit. Champions for Charity will supply you with a fund-raising kit. You and your team can raise thousands of dollars for the charity of your choice just by getting tax…

From today’s press conference.

Here you go: Voter Rank Chadd Cripe (Idaho Statesman) 13 Craig James (ABC – The Pony) 13 Brett McMurphy 14 Ray Ratto 14 Joe Giglio 15 Keith Sargeant 15 Mike Hlas 15 Rob Long 15 Kyle Ringo 16 Adam Zuvanich 17 Chip Cosby 17 Dave Foster 17 Bob Asmussen 18 Bob Hammond 18 Cecil Hurt 18 Chris Fowler 18 Ferd Lewis 18 Greg Auman 18 John Niyo 18 Jon Solomon 18 Kyle Veazey 18 Bob Condotta 19 Desmond Conner 19 Doug Lesmerises 19 Greg Archuleta 19 Kyle Tucker 19 Manny Navarro 19 Sal Interdonato 19 Wes Rucker 19 Cole Harvey 20 Doug Haller 20 Garland Gillen 20 Jack Bogaczyk 20 John Shinn 20 Matt McCoy 20 Robert Cessna 20 Steve Conroy 20 Tom Keegan 20 Tom Mulhern 20 Travis Haney 20 Wade Denniston 20 David Jones 21 Kirk Bohls 21 Kirk Herbstreit 21 Marcus Fuller 21 Pete DiPrimio 21 Ray Fittipaldo 21 Tom Murphy 21 John Hunt 22 John Werner 22 Lisa Byington 22 Eric Hansen 23 Mark Anderson 23 Randy Rosetta 23 Steve Sipple 23 Andy Staples 24 Bill Cole 24 Mike DeArmond 24 Jon Wilner (San Jose Mecury News) unranked Scott Wolf (LA Daily News) unranked via pollspeak.com