Rich Rod postgame, making sure the clock still reads 0:00
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Massachusetts Pregame (Photos)
A few shots from in and around pregame. It was basically sunny on the field, a little damp from the rain earlier, mood seems somewhat subdued in the stadium. The greatest living Wolverine legend? Bob Chappuis, Mad Magician. He asked me if my camera broke after I took the pic! – heck no, he looks great: Rich Rod said he was thinking of tinkering with punter Will Hagerup’s pregame routine. Here he was, getting loose, tossing a few balls. (And he’s got a decent arm, keep that in your back pocket): Nerd Alert! The control room for Fan Vision, the little handheld devices that kick butt: Hockey team being, um, hockey players:
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This Week in Michigan Football History – September 18, 2004
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 UMass game. This is probably the most recent history we’ll visit in the series, just a few years back to September 18, 2004 when Michigan took on the Aztecs of San Diego State. Hope you like it: [display_podcast] The sponsor is Wolverine Beer so here’s where you can find Wolverine Beer, or check out the Beer Wench’s Blog. Anyone tried Wolverine Beer? I should probably try one sometime soon. You can hear all of the This Week… clips here.
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Should Michigan Men where Numbers on Jerseys? (1910)
Saturday Michigan players will wear a special ’87’ decal on their helmets in honor of the great athlete Ron Kramer who passed away last week. Here’s what it will look like on the winged headgear (HT: U-M Media Relations): Not every Michigan football great got the opportunity to wear a jersey number, including but not limited to Willie Heston, Germany Schulz, and Neil Snow. 1930 was the first year uniform numbers showed up in a Michigan team photo, but we know digits were worn on the gridiron sweaters starting in 1915. Trolling through the 1910 Michigan Daily archives, I found a brief discussion on whether Yost’s men should don digits on their numberless backs. Apparently eastern teams wore numbers and there was a legitimate question of whether Michigan should join them. Yost saw it as a counter to the team concept, telling the Daily, “..it brings the individuals into too much prominence. The team is a machine and should be considered as such and not their individual efforts.” Baseball captain Norman Hill comments echoed Yost’s sentiments but he also noted, “It looks queer to me.” (It’s unknown if the Daily reporter told Hill, “No, you are.”) Here’s the entire piece from the front page of the Tuesday, October 11, 1910 edition of the Michigan Daily:
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Michigan to Honor Ron Kramer Saturday, Full Press Release
Via U-M Media Relations: Michigan Football Team to Honor Kramer ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan football program will honor the memory of one of its all-time great players, Ron Kramer, when it takes the field this Saturday, Sept. 18, against Massachusetts at Michigan Stadium. The Wolverines will wear a sticker with the number ‘87’ on the back of the famed winged helmet to recognize the icon. Kramer died prior to Michigan’s game last Saturday (Sept. 11) at Notre Dame. The ‘87’ represents the retired jersey number of two-time All-American Ron Kramer. Kramer earned consensus All-American honors in 1955 and 1956 and was a three-time All-Big Ten selection (1954-56). He played offensive and defensive end, running back, quarterback, kicker and receiver, often in the same game. He was a nine-time letterman in three sports at Michigan: football, basketball and track. He led the Wolverines in scoring for two seasons on the football field, and did the same in basketball. He scored 1,119 points during his hoops career and was the team’s Most Valuable Player as a junior. In addition, Michigan will have a video tribute to the career of Ron Kramer and will hold a moment of silence prior to the playing of the national anthem. There will also be a story chronicling his career in the Michigan…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-02
Happy Birthday Big House–first game in Michigan Stadium vs. Ohio Wesleyan played October 1, 1927 (33-0) # 2 time national champ, team MVP, & pulled a pilot out of a burning plane. Michigan Man? http://bit.ly/8YhTc7 # Carvin Johnson and Denard Robinson both listed at Probable. # Woodson on WTKA: “there’s no way” he’d return his Heisman Trophy like Bush # Chuck Woodson on WTKA 1050AM this morning # Hardest working man in the biz RT @MGOFootball: Catching up with WTKA’s producer and co-host..Ira Weintraub – http://bit.ly/96rove # RT @LVSatTOC: Well this could be interesting. RT @HondoCarpenter Tonight on Spartan Nation Radio: Todd Heywood … http://tmi.me/1Pr6S # This Bentley Library footage of Yost and the 1926 team is so great –> http://bit.ly/UM1926 # Moe’s/Underground is offering a free entry into the Big House Big Heart Run this Sunday. Interested? http://bit.ly/cBENuD # RT @sbnationdetroit: Louis Delmas Flips Off Someone During Vikings Game (Photo) http://sbn.to/doR2mu # Check out D. Stonum’s look today for the press conference! #nerdsrule #goblue http://plixi.com/p/47492436 # Did you know? Will Hagerup’s brother Chris Hagerup is Indiana’s starting punter. # Courtney Avery is going to switch to #5 Rich Rod jokingly asked the media if there was any controversy with that number. (I’m thinking) # RR on Indiana’s receivers “Big guys, very athletic, they can run..” “it’s a concern for…
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Preserving The Call to Battle
Rest assured that the practice of Wolverine fans bitching about alterations to gameday traditions is not a recent phenomenon. If you’ve perused early editions of The Michigan Daily, you know that students (and fans in general) have always been quite vocal about goings on around football games. Check this out from nearly 100 years ago, the October 29, 1910 edition of the Daily. A student put pen to paper after noticing the band stopped playing ‘The Victors’ prior to games. He didn’t care for the change and asked the Daily to step in to get the pulse of his fellow students. It made it on the front page: Keep in mind ‘The Victors’ was a mere 12 years old at this point but what’s right is right! Good for you ‘Senior’
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Denard’s Golden Pants
A pretty good shot of the game-winning touchdown Saturday from mgoblue.com. They also have a few thoughts from Denard on the play along with commentary from the photographer Eric Bronson: But upon closer inspection….damn our new athletic director is pretty slick. BRANDON!!! <shakes fist toward direction of State Street>: P.S. Speaking of shots of Denard, if you were hoping he’d grace the cover of Sports Illustrated this week, or perhaps a corner like Tate Forcier did last year after Notre Dame, no go. But there will be a Michigan Man on the cover.
