A little magazine restocking at the Meijer in Bay City, Michigan. Before: After: Don’t have HTTV ’10? Get some at Meijer in Bay City and all over Michigan or order online. Thanks to passionate MVictors reader Bay City Bob for sending this over.
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Donny Hardknocks
Did you check out the first episode of HBO’s Hard Knocks? Damn good. Rex Ryan is a real beauty and I laughed out load every time they told Mark Sanchez this is "his" team – it’s clearly pretty far from that dude’s team. If you’re like me, you’re also watching to check out David Harris and especially the travails of Donovan Warren. They weren’t profiled in the first episode but I think that’ll change. A sneak peak at next week’s show included this comment from a veteran coach: Warren during a drill: "Donny, that was a good tackle you made in that drill. If you would have played like that last year Michigan would have won some damn games." Ugh. ed 8/12: I originally posted that this was coach Bob Sutton, prompting this tweet from twitter user @NealParsons, this tweet: FYI, Sutton has ties to UM. He got his start as a GA under Bo, and his son worked for Big Jon with me while at UM Sure enough, Sutton was born in Ypsilanti, MI and this: ? In 1982 he served as RBs coach at North Carolina State under Monte Kiffin. He had a pair of turns at Western Michigan under Elliott Uzelac (1975-76 and 1980-81), serving first as defensive coordinator and later as offensive coordinator. He was…
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Sam Webb on Potential of JT Turner return, Bad M fans (08-12 audio)
Interesting takes and insight from Sam Webb on WTKA this morning on the news yesterday afternoon that Justin (JT) Turner requested and was granted his release: Webb says Turner spoke to his mom about the decision but not to other members of the family, some based here in Michigan. They are coming up to talk to him and "see what was on his mind" including discussing "even up to and including whether or not he would entertain the thought of going back.." Webb said the decision to leave came "a couple days ago." Sam’s opinion – he doesn’t think it’s likely that he’ll decide to return to the team; not clear if he wants to. Sam indicated (not sure if this is confirmed) that Turner was likely one of the "handful" of guys that Rodriguez cited on Monday for not being in shape, and advised that JT was lining up with the third stringers. Webb and Ira scolded the fans on Facebook and elsewhere who are attacking Turner. Seconded. Like I said yesterday, save the "good riddance" crap. Audio from early this morning: [display_podcast] When I heard RichRod note the handful guys that didn’t show up in shape on Monday, my first reaction was to think, man, bad move. It’s never a good thing to show up out of shape,…
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How Strong is your Tailgate? Win Free Custom Gear from Moe’s
Part of MVictors’ relationship with Moe’s and Underground Printing includes a few promotions now and again for readers of this site. Here’s a big one. The guys down at Moe’s/UGP are offering up to 40 customized T-shirts to your tailgate. It’s simple, just tell them a bit about how you roll on football Saturdays. Here are the details and good luck: Moe Sport Shop (711 N. University) and Underground Printing (1114 S. University) is rewarding our loyal and faithful Wolverines by sponsoring tailgates this fall. The winning tailgate gets discount codes to use at Moe’s or UGP and up to 40 free custom shirts* made up for their tailgate members. Fill out the below questions and send them to tailgates@moesportshops.com and a tailgate will be selected from all the submissions. Winner will be announced on MVictors.com. 1. Favorite tailgate spot or location of your tailgate? 2. How many members does your tailgate typically have? 3. What’s the best food item served? 4. Official/favorite beverage of your tailgate? 5. Are you a Facebook user? 6. What percentage of your tailgate uses Facebook? 7. Why should we choose your tailgate (1 paragraph max)? Questions on forms submission, any questions/problems can be directed to tailgates@moesportshops.com. Check us out Moe Sports Online and Underground Printing or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MoeSportShop. *Custom shirts…
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Greg Robinson Press Conference (08-11 audio)
This news is weeks old in Twitter time but the biggest update out of Greg Robinson’s today happened just after the Q&A. Dave Ablauf of U-M media relations confirmed after the conference that 5 star redshirt freshman Justin (J.T.) Turner asked for and was granted his release to transfer. Tim at mgoblog has an excellent summary up. Audio: [display_podcast] Save the “good riddance” comments.
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Less Frequent Brown Jug
The topic of conference rivalries came up on several occasions at Big Ten media days last week. You may have caught Minnesota coach Tim Brewster utter the following: “We haven’t played Michigan for the past two years,” Brewster said. “To me, I don’t see anything different there. Obviously the Little Brown Jug is a historical game and it’s been really important to Michigan and Minnesota for a long time … I just don’t feel like that game is in the same place as the Wisconsin and Iowa games.” A few thoughts here. Clearly the history of this game and its trophy means a lot to me and it seems to be a given that the Wolverines and Gophers will be on the opposite side of the soon-to-be-announced Big Ten divisions. This will mean that the teams won’t meet on a regular basis and the battle for the jug will be an on-again, off-again affair. I’m ok with this. If the conference moves to a nine game conference slate, Michigan will still face four of the six team in the opposite division anyway. The Jug game won’t be going away and when they do meet it’ll mean that much more. And heck, we’re running out of space on the crock anyway: Related, The Little Brown Jug Lore Series: Part I: What…
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Rich Rodriguez Full Presser (08-09 audio)
RR: "Have any of you ever kissed a girl?" You know you’re getting old when driving over, the thought enters your mind that this "late" night press conference will be cutting into your precious ‘Antiques Roadshow’ time. Yikes. Full audio from this evening below. Follow MVictors on Twitter for live updates during press conferences this season. [display_podcast] Key takeaways/notes: RR called out "a handful of guys" that aren’t in shape. Wouldn’t name names. He didn’t name anyone beyond the "guys upfront" for being in exceptional shape. Coach Rodriguez wouldn’t comment on the WVU allegations, deferred to his previous statements. First practice in pads is Friday morning "full contact"; two-a-days start Sunday. All the quarterbacks took the first snap together, haha. "All three guys are competing." Said Devin is in "great shape". On the Woolfolk comments and Tate. "I’m glad our seniors are taking some ownership and leadership in this team." … "Tate knows he’s a lot of work to do to prove himself, not only on the field but off the field." On whether Tate is doing the right things to prove himself. "I don’t watch summer practices." Weeee. All the injured players in the from the spring are back 100% except Will Heiniger. Michael Shaw and some other players are still in summer school, into next week.…
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Media (still) Banned from Practice
As speculated by many, it’s official. Here’s Dave Ablauf addressing the question of media access to Michigan football practices after tonight’s press conference: [display_podcast]