Denard is doing just fine. A few observations: He ran over to the student section after the game. Obviously he was feeling above average during The Victors (above). When Gardner scored at the end of the game, he met him near the sideline and jumped (pretty high) to do a butt bump or whatever you call that. Rich Rod said he’s fine after the game, not planning to do any further tests. Further, RR said he could have put Denard back in the game if he needed to. Consider what Denard did today in the nine minutes of elapsed game time that he played: 189 total yards Two TDs That’s 21 yards per minute and a individually Yostian 1.33 points per minute.
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Bowling Green – Pregame Photos
Sights and sounds on the field pregame, enjoy: Shoelaces, spreading just like the flu, watch out home boy don’t let it catch you: Proficient at cradling the pigskin for sure: Many eyes on these guys today: Lil’ "Miss Buckeye State" favors your favorite team, and made that very clear to me when I asked: Related: Broken Records – BGSU Bowling Green Postgame: Still Feeling Alright Yeesh Feeling Alright
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Iron Skillet Lore
I think you know plenty about the Little Brown Jug, but if you need a refresher course head this way. A few tidbits from recent days: SMU and TCU battled for one of the college football traveling trophies last night, with Texas Christian taking home the hardware aluminum. Check out the origins and inspiration of this tradition: Ever wonder why SMU and TCU play for an iron skillet? The SMU sports information department has enlightened us: According to a Nov. 30, 1946, article in The Dallas Morning News, the "Battle of the Iron Skillet" was started to prevent "mutilation of school property" by rowdy fans. The previous year, more than $1,000 in damage had been done to both campuses. "The SMU student council proposed the skillet as a symbol of the rivalry and substitute for vandalism," says SMU Archivist Joan Gosnell. Gosnell says minutes from fall 1946 student council meetings provide more clues. On Oct. 1, the agenda includes: "Further set up idea of Little Brown Jug Trophy," referring to the Michigan-Minnesota football rivalry. On November 12, the committee arranging an SMU-TCU banquet and trophy "was reminded of their job." And on Nov. 19, a student reported that he had purchased the trophy — "an aluminum skillet." A motion was made that SMU and TCU would share the expense of…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-25
Woot! M Hockey tickets arrived today – expect big things in 2010-11 # Just saw a picture of Hammer in the paper. Had flashback when he showed up at Crisler to watch the Fab 5 # SbB take on my 1910 Daily article RT @SPORTSbyBROOKS Michigan football players could forget jersey names. And numbers. http://bit.ly/b2sMHE # Great shot of Denard by Dell at @umgoblog –> http://bit.ly/roasting16 # Colin Cowherd's set for tomorrow via @sbnationdetroit –> http://yfrog.com/1xlt9j # Anyone heading to see Colin Cowherd's show in Ann Arbor tomorrow? Would love some pics if you have the means # Guest host on Jim Rome is Burning said go ahead and engrave Denard's name on the Heisman. Sheesh. # Talking about stress in the wake of the Dantonio issues, RR still hits the stairmaster 5x week, starting hitting weights this spring # Coach Rod thanked the media for advertising the open call for students who can kick. Said a kid stopped him in the parking lot today # Wow – what a punt by Mesko for the Pats. Atta boy Z! #missingmesko # RR: "The Michigan football program sends our thoughts and prayers to Coach Dantonio and his family. We hope for a full and speedy recovery." # RT @HondoCarpenter: Prognosis good and a full recovery expected per Hollis. # Unconfirmed whether…
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This Week in Michigan Football History: The Incomparable Bennie Oosterbaan & September 25, 1948
Here’s the next entry in ‘This Week in Michigan Football History’ to be played tomorrow on WTKA 1050AM’s Key Bank Countdown to Kick-off pregame show before the Bowling Green game. This time we head back to September 25, 1948 for the season opener and the first game for at the helm for the legendary Bennie Oosterbaan. A little different flavor this time, as we focus less on that season and team and more on Oosterbaan himself: [display_podcast] The sponsor is Wolverine Beer so here’s where you can find it, or check out the Beer Wench’s Blog. I’m still waiting to have my first Wolverine beer, perhaps some day soon. You can hear all of the This Week… clips here. Here’s much more on Oosterbaan on MVictors: eBay Watch: The Wolverine Pack & 1926 eBay Watch: Hanging Bennie in Effigy (1958) eBay Watch: Have a Highball with Bennie Oosterbaan
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Cowherd Hits Ann Arbor Today
Photo from Sean @ SBNation Detroit This morning ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd will do his 10-1 EDT radio show from Ann Arbor, and later tape his Sports Nation TV show. Are you going? I’d love a few unique shots of the goings on if you are able. Cowherd and the Michigan blogging community have an interesting relationship thanks a well-publicized scuffle with the MZone, a very popular sports/pop-culture blog that disappeared a few years ago but has recently triumphantly returned. What happened? Cowherd ripped off material on an M Zone post but didn’t bother to mention where he got it. (And Yost and crew are aware that Cowherd is in town and have put the lock down on fresh material.) It wasn’t a trivial incident as Cowherd to this day points to the MZone as why he can’t reply to listener emails. Clip from January 2009: [display_podcast] Over the years I’ve become a fan of Cowherd’s radio show but can’t get with the TV show. (I saw him dressed up and talking like a pirate the other day during a bit. I hope he’s well compensated. ‘Dance, monkey, dance!’).
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Interview: Dr. Robert Soderstrom of ‘The Big House’
Dr. Robert Soderstrom chronicled the stadium project of the mid-1920s is his wonderful book The Big House, Fielding Yost and the Building of Michigan Stadium (Huron River Press, 2005). He chose an appropriate title. The story is foremost about the structure itself, but without Yost’s vision and willpower, the project probably wouldn’t have happened for another few decades.
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1933 Michigan National Champions Charm
A real doozy of an item showed up recently on eBay, described to be a pendant awarded to Michigan’s 1933 national championship team under coach Harry Kipke. Very cool: It appears to be in outstanding condition, made of 14K gold, and assigned to a quarterback named “W.W. Renner”. This appears to be originally the property of a William Renner who was on that ’33 squad and who wore #63: Renner is listed as “Art” on the 1933 team photo caption but as “William W.” on the official roster and in his later years, including when he was captain of the 1935 squad. I think the “Art” reference is an error as there was an Art Renner who played in the 1940s. I’ll let the Bentley know so they can check it out. I rarely use Wikipedia as a research source but the entry on Renner has some excellent detail, including this nugget about the Youngtown, OH native’s exploits against the Buckeyes during that 1933 championship year: In the 1933 Michigan-Ohio State game, played before the largest crowd to see a Big Ten Conference football game to that date, Renner came into the game at the end of the first half and ran the ball for a game-winning touchdown. An Associated Press story described Renner’s impact in the scoring drive against…
