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2010 Season Ticket Renewals Arrive
Same yellow envelope, same dot matrix printed ticket summary, new season. The 2010 season ticket renewals hit mailboxes today. Notes: Price is $375/seat. Of course the required donations are handled through the Victors Club priority points program and outside of this. This is of course the first season with the boxes and the club level seating. You have to wonder how many folks who moved to the premium seating will reject their regular seats. I don’t think there will be much movement but we’ll see. Ticket holders are also able to purchase additional seats to the 9/18 UMass and 9/25 Bowling Green games for $50/each, and to Indiana ($50) and Purdue ($46) road games. Ticket holders are able to add Big Chill tickets for $15/each to renewal order.
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Swing to Cure Diabetes – May 17 – M Golf Course
Another member of the Michigan football family is stepping up and giving back. Former U-M quarterback/cornerback Rich Hewlett is holding the second edition of his ‘Swing to Cure Diabetes’ at the Blue Course on Monday, May 17. The outing benefits both JDRF (The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) and the University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UMCDC). Details from the official website: Date: Monday, May 17th, 2010 Time: 10:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Format: 11:00 a.m. Shot-gun Start Location: University of Michigan Golf Course 500 Stadium Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI Cost: $250/per golfer To Register: Download and complete the Registration Form Register By: May 1, 2010 I was at the last Swing event, held in 2008 at the Blue Course as well. Many dignitaries were in attendance including honorary chair Kathy Schembechler along with coach Carr: These are great causes and it’s a wonderful event. It’s a great chance to play the U-M course and meet some cool folks and help fight this awful disease. I’ll be out there and hope to see you too. For more info, to join the outing or to donate or sponsor, check out their website: swingtocurediabetes.com. ————————————————————————————- As for Hewlett, his claim to fame while donning the winged helmet will always be getting the start as a freshman against Art Schlichter and the Buckeyes in…
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Driving a Tally-Ho Through It (Michigan-Chicago 1895)
Here’s a remarkable wire photo printed in 1929 of a scene from the 1895 Michigan-Chicago game, held in the Windy City on Thanksgiving Day: It appears as though someone did a 1929 version of a photocopy, actually taking a photo of a photo to produce a copy. I cropped the shot above but in the full version you can see a finger holding down a corner of the old pic alongside a caption: Why didn’t they just use the original photo for this piece? No idea. Perhaps the papers required the images be in a certain size, format and/or medium. While the back of the photo says it was reproduced in 1929, it appears as though it ran (perhaps reran) in a 1931 piece in the Chicago Tribune which reproduced the old photo for an article on the life of legendary Chicago coach Amos Alonzo Stagg. Here’s how it looked in the paper: The caption reads: This is a view of the Chicago-Michigan game, Thanksgiving day 1895. You will note that the fans came in tallyhos, buggies and sleighs. It was played at Staff field, then called Marshall Field, after the donor of the ground. Michigan won the game 12 to 0. The GameDigging deeper, I recovered a recap of the 1895 Michigan victory from the Trib including some beautiful…
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Spring Game Closing Comments
Rodriguez addressing the players after the game File this under Miscellanea, a few final bullets, photos and takes from the Spring Game: The punting was so brutal Rodriguez didn’t even have to be asked directly about it in the postgame news conference. He called it “concerning”. Yep. Let’s hope incoming freshman punter Will Hagerup lives safe and clean until August. Speaking of the presser, you can here the whole thing here. If you’re wondering, it was radio voice Frank Beckmann who asked the Pat White question which has got to be getting old for RR: [display_podcast] A few folks asked for a high res copy of the Denard making everyone blurry photo (above), here you go. I spoke to senior Greg Banks who won the great Meyer Morton award, presented to the player showing the most development and promise during spring ball. The history of this honor dates back to 1925 and as discussed here more than once, it was originally intended for underclassmen but don’t blame Rich Rod for changing this. Bo started to give the award to seniors and juniors, and for the past several years it’s been given exclusively to seniors. The official press release even calls it an award for “the senior football player…” Past winners include Braylon, Henne, Breaston, Jimmy Harbaugh and digging way back,…
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Jimmy King postgame (audio)
I grabbed Fab Fiver and U-M hoops radio voice Jimmy King after the Alumni Game. King was a surprise add to the festivities but helped out the Maize team quite a bit, with a great TD catch and nearly pulled down a Hail Mary on the last play of the Alumni game. Should have a former hooper been allowed to join the fun? I didn’t hear any of the former players object and frankly who cares? He made the event more fun. I asked him about whether he kept his feet in bounds on the TD grab, the Hail Mary he nearly pulled in and on his experience on the gridiron (No, coach Moeller never asked JK to lace ’em up). Audio: [display_podcast] .
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Denard’s Day
I took a load of photos but during the Michigan Spring Game but the best were of Denard Robinson doing his thing. It was his day and consider Brian’s take seconded: Robinson looks like a quarterback now. A running quarterback with rudimentary passing abilities, but a quarterback. There were zone reads and screens and rollout passes and a number of zippy seams that hit players between the numbers. When the offense broke down, Robinson made the concept of "pursuit angles" humorous. Putting him on the edge, as suggested by the coaches’ clinic tea leaves, puts the defense in a bind. His throws were all on a line but they were accurate aside from a couple mediocre bubble screens. Here’s sixteen in action. Please save the “Why don’t you marry him?” as I’m happily married. Wait, is he available? Ironic that everyone is blurry except the guy flying through the scene. [Ed. A few folks asked for a high res copy.] As Brian noted, he tossed a pair of soft screen passes but beyond that the passes were solid. That said, the follow through here is awkward unless he’s demonstrating that the Denard Meter is on high. He ended up turning this up field for a nice gain, but in this shot consider that he’s facing…
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Pre-Spring Game (Photos)
Sights and sounds, prior to the Spring Game: FieldTurf fixed, only a minor trip hazard. Assume they’ll tighten this down before the UConn kick-off. A view of the club seating on the West sideline (where the old Press Box used to set). The hardest working man in radio: Ira Weintraub preps the radio set for the WTKA 1050AM live broadcast (in the freezing cold). Beyond the quarterback, guy #1 that needs to be healthy next season: David Molk. And guy #2, beast Mike Martin
