If you missed it, check out these progressive screen shots of the Michigan stadium renovation from '09 –> http://bit.ly/bg2a3s # Forgot about Bama, wow @PeterCBigelow If so, 2012 = Bama (potentially), at ND, at Nebraska, Iowa, at OSU. Murderer's Row # Brandon on Notre Dame rivalry. "We're going to contract out several years, probably to 2014 or 2015.." Handshake agreement for beyond that. # Brandon: "went back and forth" but in the end, decided that overall conference record wins division. # "I don't know how you lay it out any better for Michigan." Dave Brandon on WTKA. "We came out of this really, really well." # Dave Brandon on WTKA right now. Joked that he had 2006 U-M graduates emailing him explaining the importance of the OSU-UM rivalry. # Jug rivalry preserved? Good, now keep Mich-OSU end of November. # http://twitpic.com/2jyord – U-M football equipment truck stuck on my road. Tell Big Jon they got it out. # http://twitpic.com/2jq0xr – Hmm, something very cool with the new Victors Club decals..can't put my finger on it # Sat. pregame: get in your seats about 20-30 minutes prior to game. Stadium history video, ribbon cutting midfield, Brock leads team out # RR expects UConn to take "deep shots" early on, maybe first play of the game. (Me, too.) # On players' nerves…
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This Week in Michigan Football History (Notre Dame v. Michigan September 4, 1999)
Radio listeners—here’s something to look for on Saturday. As part of WTKA 1050AM’s Key Bank Countdown to Kick-off pregame show, I taped a new segment called ‘This Week in Michigan Football History’ sponsored by Wolverine Beer. It’ll run around 1:30pm EDT tomorrow so check it out. Or better yet listen to it now: [display_podcast] Here’s where you can find Wolverine Beer, or check out the Beer Wench’s Blog (and yes, that’s a real thing). Props to Duff Man for the intro and Ira for the production.
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Michigan Men can Make a Funny Video
Via Mark at the Freep and Craig at HSR: What is A Michigan Man? from Charles Woodson
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The East Side Shuffle
Check this out. Michigan football maven John Kryk took screen shots of the stadium cam poised on the east side of the Big House renovation last summer. All told, you’ve got 114 frames spanning from June 28, 2009, to September 19, 2009. Love the progression of the construction, the shifting of the cranes & the flags and especially the different shades of color on the facade: Refresh the page to watch it again. Follow MVictors on Twitter.
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"We got it done." Dave Brandon on WTKA (09-02 audio)
WTKA welcomed Dave Brandon with Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ on air this morning. Brandon said he got a lot of nice emails last night and was clearly happy how things ended up. Here’s the audio, give it a sec to load: [display_podcast] A few notes: "I’ve run public companies for the last 22 years. I’ve gotten pretty good at managing expectations. A way to exceed expectations is to manage them [laughs]. We were in a situation where it was absolutely unclear what the ultimate decision was going to be and I wanted to make that known that it was unclear and the fan reaction was very helpful and very important." He joked that he had 2006 U-M graduates emailing him explaining the importance of the OSU-UM rivalry. "I knew that.." "I don’t know how you lay it out any better for Michigan." "We came out of this really, really well." On determining division rivals. Brandon said they "went back and forth" but in the end, decided that overall conference record wins division. Tie-breaker is head-to-head, division record, then BCS rankings. [Take: I don’t like using BCS rankings in tie-breakers. Why let that goofy-assed system determine what we do in our league?] On the Notre Dame rivalry. "We’re going to contract out several years, probably to 2014 or 2015.." There’s a "handshake…
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Jug-ists Rejoice
This blogger rejoices over the news tonight. So does this guy (below). That’s Louis J. "Doc" Cooke, longtime Minnesota administrator who started Little Brown Jug rivalry by suggesting the teams play for the crock in 1909: If you’re not ready to rejoice, take in the entire Little Brown Jug lore series: Part I: What Really Happened in the 1930s Part II: Spinning Myths Part III: Getting it Right Part IV: 2013: A Space Quandary Part V: Red Wing Roots Part VI: Is the Greatest Trophy in College Sports a Fake? Part VII: Open Questions Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Official Michigan Release on Divisions, Schedule
Via U-M Media Relations. Needless to say I’m real excited they slotted Michigan and Minnesota together to preserve the Little Brown Jug rivalry, and more importantly, they stopped the overthink on the Ohio State-Michigan timing. Great stuff. Michigan Announces 2011 and 2012 Conference Football Schedules CHICAGO, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference office announced tonight (Sept. 1) the football division alignments and conference schedules for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The announcement was made during a live Big Ten Network special at 7 p.m. EDT. The University of Michigan will compete in a division that features Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. The other division consists of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin. Each school will play the five institutions within its division and will face three teams from the other division, including one cross-division matchup guaranteed on an annual basis. Michigan’s protected cross-divisional rival is Ohio State. “The Game,” regarded as college football’s greatest rivalry, will continue to be played as the final contest of the regular season. The winner of each Big Ten division will meet in the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game, to be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. The championship game will determine the Big Ten champion and the conference’s participant in the…
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UConn Pregame Festivities—What to Look For
I had a chance to talk to a few folks at Media Relations about Saturday’s pregame activities. It’s suggested you get into your seat at least 20-25 minutes prior to kick-off to be safe. It won’t be a drawn-out process as there’s a TV schedule and of course a football game to be played. Here’s what you can expect (bulleted by design, specific order not certain): Video piece on the Stadium project Video piece on Brock Mealer Ribbon cutting (with Bill Martin, Dave Brandon, the Regents) Brock Mealer will lead the team out, walk under the banner. The team will follow. Looks like two flyovers (sounds like MGoShoe has it right.) TBD – but possibly some type of pyrotechnics(!)? There will also be set video pieces throughout the game In and around the concourses there are a few new items (I’m not sure how much of this was in place for Fan Day): The Michigan Stadium ‘Art Deco’ lettering is now on the east side of the stadium, and Bruce Madej encouraged folks to check that out along with the goings on around the rest of the concourses. He wasn’t sure if the other lettering set was going to put on the west side. There is also new permanent artwork in the concourse areas "honoring teams and award winners." Other…