The seller contacted me about these last year and he’s still got some in stock.   They’re authentic Michigan lockers, taken from Schembechler Hall as part of the locker room renovation.   They’ve got working combinations, etc., and are in great shape:   This time he’s listing them on eBay, asking a cool $850 online.  But…  Psssst…want a deal?  MVictors exclusive: email me (mail @ mvictors.com) if you’re interested and the seller will work out a special price.  The lockers are available for pick up in the Detroit area.

Spring ball is done but the work for longtime equipment manager Jon Falk & crew is not.  I stopped by Schembechler Hall today and there was plenty of action inside the equipment room.  Above you’ll find a look inside a sack of eight of the 64 winged helmets that were packed up and shipped out for testing, reconditioning and repainting today.  Much more on this to come.

On the WTKA replay hour (2-3), they reaired a segment from the Dan Patrick Show.  DP was chatting with Charles Barkley and they were talking about Webber’s famous (I think overrated) dunk on Sir Charles from years back.  Patrick then asked him if he knew that Webber stole one of his socks back in the day, and Chuck wasn’t exactly sure what he was talking about.  Some props to Patrick for remembering this nugget but while C-Webb did apparently steal socks and jockstraps (?) from the 1992 Dream Team, he specifically heisted one of Barkley’s shoes.  Here’s my original post from 2008 and what really happened: ———————————————————————————— Check this out from Sports Illustrated this week [12/29/08 issue]. On the Dan Patrick ‘Just My Type‘ page, Chris Webber talks about his time on the practice squad for the 1992 Olympic Dream Team while he was at Michigan. IT’S NICE to know that even stars get nervous around their idols.  Before the 1992 Olympics, Chris Webber was one of the players on a practice squad that provided opposition for the Dream Team.  He shared a limo from the airport in Barcelona with Larry Bird.  "I was shaking, calling him Mr. Bird," Webber said. "He was very nice. It was a 10-minute car ride. I said, ‘It was nice meeting you.’  He was…

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Michigan men’s soccer head coach Steve Burns.  Burns, an ‘89 U-M grad (Aeronautical Engineering), played in the late 80s when soccer had Club status at U-M, and he’s held the coaching reins since ‘92 including the last 10 years that the team’s been a varsity program on campus.

Got a kick out this Bank of Ann Arbor ad in the Ufer Quarterback Club program from last night.  I tweeted it out yesterday but thought I’d share:   Related:  Oosterbaan posts on MVictors

A few misc. items from this weekend of note. First off, props to Melanie Maxwell of AnnArbor.com for getting this shot of Peedi and Brandon Graham at graduation. Credit:  Melanie Maxwell AnnArbor.com Speaking of the graduation, student speaker Alex Marston did a fine job with his remarks and I was glad he put the football legacy of Gerald Ford in proper historical context: And Gerald Ford, who, after being named the most valuable player on the 1934 Michigan football team, went on to become the leader of the free world. What do I mean?  Well, Ford was indeed the MVP of the ‘34 squad and was also a member of the 1932 and 1933 national championship teams.  As the years go by, folks tend to upgrade Ford’s role on those squads because..well, who’s really checking?   There are a few of us out there that care, including Craig Barker over at HSR who pinged me while at the Frozen Four to share he saw a photo of Ford which included text talking about how he led Michigan to the ‘32 and ‘33 titles.  False.  I’m glad Marston didn’t go there. Ford’s 1934 squad was brutal, I argue the worst team in Michigan’s history although some would give that distinction to Rich Rod’s first season.   Marston couldn’t resist a little mention of…