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…
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AP Poll Week 4 – Who Voted for Michigan
Here’s where the voters slotted Michigan this week. Note that Doug Lesmerises, the guy who had Michigan at #8 a couple weeks ago, dropped Michigan to #20 and a few folks dropped the Wolverines out all together. Can you blame them? Voter Rank Brett McMurphy 14 Chadd Cripe 14 Craig James 14 Garland Gillen 16 Joe Giglio 16 Kirk Bohls 16 Mike Hlas 16 Ray Ratto 16 Rob Long 16 Jon Solomon 18 Kyle Ringo 18 Tom Mulhern 18 Chris Fowler 19 Greg Archuleta 19 John Niyo 19 Bob Condotta 20 Cecil Hurt 20 Dave Foster 20 Doug Lesmerises 20 Ferd Lewis 20 Kyle Tucker 20 Kyle Veazey 20 Marcus Fuller 20 Robert Cessna 20 Sal Interdonato 20 Bob Asmussen 21 Bob Hammond 21 Doug Haller 21 Greg Auman 21 John Hunt 21 Keith Sargeant 21 Kirk Herbstreit 21 Wade Denniston 21 Wes Rucker 21 David Jones 22 Jack Bogaczyk 22 Manny Navarro 22 Pete DiPrimio 22 Randy Rosetta 22 Ray Fittipaldo 22 Steve Conroy 22 Cole Harvey 23 Bill Cole 24 Desmond Conner 24 Eric Hansen 24 Lisa Byington 24 Travis Haney 24 John Shinn 25 John Werner 25 Matt McCoy 25 Tom Keegan 25 Adam Zuvanich unranked Andy Staples unranked Chip Cosby unranked Jon Wilner unranked Mark Anderson unranked Mike DeArmond unranked Scott Wolf unranked Steve Sipple unranked…
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Calling All Kickers
Photo – Michael Rich Rodriguez’s plea to the Michigan student body after the game: [display_podcast]
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Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This
Omnipresent Detroit-area radio caller "Linda from Grand Blanc" called up and rattled up the phrase in the title of this post after a tough loss [edit: I found the audio!] . It’s fitting this morning I suppose. Random postgame sights and sounds: It wasn’t over until it was over, and this is the guy you hoped wouldn’t be taking the last snap of the game: Media gets on the field the last few minutes of the game. Packed in that final stretch was a lot of this And some of this on the other side of the end zone, Mouton and Kovacs discussing what went wrong after UMass scored again: Denard postgame. His left leg was wrapped all day (including during the pregame), I didn’t hear why: It was good to see these two guys play. I heard Lewan manhandled his man when he played, will need to watch the tape: More of the hockey team clowning. Keep in mind this was completely unprovoked, I merely walked by and pointed the camera in their direction: Elsewhere: Oh my how sweet is Steve Threet ROCKING the 5-1-7 headband for Arizona? I need to hear the accompanying rap that gives props to his peeps in Howell, Okemos, Adrian and Grand Ledge. Best put in this tweet by Craig Barker, "Is Steven Threet…
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Feels Like This
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:
