A must have for any man cave, Michigan shrine, office, garage and/or living room (if you aren’t married). Details: Full size locker, with combination. We have proof of authenticity, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the ultimate Michigan Football memorabilia collector. It could be a very long time before they change lockers again. Locker numbers still on them. Dimensions: 36? wide x 24? deep x 74-3/4? tall Weight: About 200 lbs – free pick-up in Detroit It seems a local demolition company cleaned out the locker room and was granted rights to take away the lockers. Get this—they actually crushed one of them before someone came to their senses. The company is based in Detroit and they’ve still got some to sell. Interested to buying one of these to round out your shrine or for a gift? The seller was asking $800 earlier this year but shoot me an email, he might do better: One recent buyer sent over this pic. He got the #7 locker and went with the Drew Henson theme. Looks great, although I think a few Ricky Leach and Chad Henne fans are scratching their heads:
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Moe’s Tailgate Contest Winners
The folks at Moe Sports/Underground Printing got a bunch of great entries for the "trick out your tailgate" contest and decided to do a couple things: Award three tailgates with custom shirts instead of just one as originally planned, see a breakdown below, and… Is considering awarding more winners as "tailgate of the week" this season based on the entries received. Details TBD. Drum roll, the three tailgates selected: Grand Champion Jason Freeman & John Baciak – "Grey Lot Tailgate" What they get: Forty (40) custom shirts made up and discounts to use at Moe’s for their tailgate members. They’ll be the official tailgate of the UMass game. What put them over the top? If you plan a theme this hard, you must be serious. I haven’t met Jason or John (yet) but you should know I likes me Irish fare: Tailgate Theme: ST. PATRICK’S DAY TAILGATE Description: With Massachusetts representing the state with the highest population of Irish Americans per capita, and with September 18th representing the halfway point to St. Patrick’s Day, this one was TOO EASY!!! We’ll be celebrating this cosmic Irish alignment of circumstances in true stereotypical American fashion: by wearing green t-shirts and beaded necklaces, drinking green beer, enjoying some corned beef hash, potato skins, and cranking up the Irish tunes! This will be one…
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Denard Robinson – Media Day
I spent a little time with Denard Sunday and most the questions and answers were pretty dry. My impression watching him—he feels like he’s the guy and exudes confidence. A few of the solid quotes including my favorite from the day*: How has he gotten better? "I think I’m more calm. I’m getting used to the offense, and that’s really helping me out." On his thoughts last year: "There was just a whole bunch going through my head and everything was coming by so fast. Everything has slowed down." On whether he thinks more than one quarterback will be starting this season. "Oh yeah, oh yeah. Because all of us are playing real good football right now. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Devin on the field and Tate on the field in one of these games. They could start the first game, we really don’t know." On Devin’s progress. "He calmed down. Everything was fast to him at first when he came in. He took it all in and he’s using it now." *On where he was with the read option last season: "Man. <laughs>. Last year I was like, ‘All right, I’m not reading, I’m just running’ – that’s what I was thinking. Now I can read it." Related: The Standard Fare Will Hagerup – Media Day Devin…
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The Standard Fare
I didn’t spend a lot of time on the concourse, but here’s a look at the standard menu. As I understand it from Dave Brandon’s comments this week you’ll be seeing much more. And postscript, the $6 drink price mention is just about the only thing Stoney got right in his tweets from Saturday’s scrimmage: To appease the uproar over the water bottle ban, the athletic department decided to fight hate with a little H20 love and offer free commemorative bottles of water for the UConn game. This isn’t a hot button issue for me, otherwise you would have heard about it on these pages. Truth? I didn’t even know you could bring water into the game until this came up. I got an advance edition of the exclusive water at media day and it’s cool. Here’s a blurry shot of the logo:
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Will Hagerup – Media Day
You’ve been spoiled for the past four years with Zoltan and you know it. Enter Will Hagerup. I got a glimpse of this kid’s leg recently and he can really hit it. The kicking duties are up in the air but I think this guy will jump right in on Sept 4. I ran over to chat with him today: How does it feel to walk in the footsteps of Zoltan? "Obviously it’s an honor to follow a legend here and a pretty daunting task. I’m just trying to do as best as I can personally do and not try to set any insane goals and try to compare to him. He’s been a great mentor to me and doing real well so far in the NFL." On his performance in the Saturday scrimmage: "Just getting out there and warming up at first was just awesome, first time kicking in the Big House. So that was a lot of fun. I thought I did well there, which doesn’t count for much. In the game, the ball was pretty heavy, it was like punting a sponge. I didn’t do great, I hadn’t a few pretty good punts but I’d like to do better. I’ve got two weeks to get myself ready." On whether he was still helping out on kick-offs: "I…
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Devin Gardner – Media Day
I spent a few moments with Devin Gardner. From the little I’ve seen, he’s clearly much improved and in the mix the fall and I’m very surprised after seeing Gardner a bit in the fall. A few quotes: Are you still living with Charlie? [for context, click here and scroll down]: Charlie? Oh no, I’m not living with Charlie anymore I’m living with Denard. How’s that going [living with Denard]? "It’s going great. You know, he’s like a garbage disposal, he eats everything, I don’t know why. He’s hungry all the time." He looks like he’s bigger. "Yeah, because he’s eating all that food <laughs>." It looks like you’ve improved [from spring to now], do you think so? "I’ve definitely improved from the spring, but I don’t think I’m where I need to be. I want to be the best at everything I do." What command of the playbook do you have at this point? "Everything they’ve taught us I know it to a ‘T’. I don’t know if they’ve told us everything, but they said it’s a big chunk that we’re going to use against UConn." Related: Will Hagerup – Media Day Tate Forcier – Media Day Media Day (Photo Gallery) Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Tate Forcier – Media Day
A few words from me before quoting Tate. This guy stood in here today and got hammered with questions about missing wings, expectations and being called out by Woolfolk. He handled it all like a pro. He was humble, apologetic, and most of all, kept getting back to do whatever’s best for the team. Whatever happens from here give him credit for manning up and embracing this adversity. He certainly won points with me today. Here’s Tate: Does he feel like he’s been challenged? "Yes..He told me he was going to. And I think Coach Rod has done a great job at it and it’s only making me better. I can’t be made at it." What did he do to earn his helmet wings back? "Something my dad always told me, action speak louder than words. I just stayed quiet…and did all the work, and make sure everyone saw me doing the work…first one on the practice field and the last one off. Whatever it took. I got them back and I’m happy." His answer to the skeptics, that this team won’t improve: "People can think what they want. They don’t see what’s going on every day like all of us players do." Did he think he didn’t have to work as hard (during the off-season)? "I wouldn’t say that,…
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Media Day (Photo Gallery)
Just returned from media and mulled through the photos. The typical mix of on and off topic items from the day. Barwis talking about Brock Mealer’s progress and program: Brock after this press conference chilling: Denard is still going with the untied shoelaces. One media member still rocking the docksiders: Just begging for a caption contest: I tried to get an all braids dreds photo, this was the closest I could get: Big Jon Falk hasn’t lost his 1997 championship ring: Fred Jackson talking about the next Chris Perry: Don’t mess with Molk: Tate as Drew Sharp looms. Tate said all the right things today, more later. Tate checks in with Coach Rod before the team photo: BigHouseATron – did you know the tunnel expands? It really does! This is the cool, they hung bowl, conference championship and national championship banners inside the indoor practice field: Another look: Related: Will Hagerup – Media Day Devin Gardner – Media Day Tate Forcier – Media Day Media Day (Photo Gallery) Follow MVictors on Twitter