This Week In Michigan Football History, as played during the WTKA 1050AM 'Countdown to Kickoff' held November 28, 2020 before the Michigan-Penn State game. Michigan has three Heisman Trophy Winners (Tom Harmon, Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson). We consider former Michigan players that probably WOULD have won the Heisman has it been awarded prior to 1935 - including Willie Heston, Bennie Oosterbaan, and Harry Newman. And finally we look at Tom Harmon's brilliant career and in particular the 1940 season, concluding with his dominant performance against Ohio State.
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Getting Piscataway With It | Dr. Sap’s Decals
Some wins are more difficult than others, and this victory over Rutgers was more difficult than it needed to be. But a win is a win. This team needed a character-building victory in the worst way. Adversity can be debilitating or it can prove to be opportunistic. Michigan buckled, but they battled back and that was great to see! Now let’s talk about those victorious Wolverines:
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Big Ed Muransky: What Has Changed, What Has Not
"Big Ed" Muransky talks about the changes in football from the early 1980s to today, including the common use of "negative reinforcement" in the Bo/Woody era. Big Ed, an All-American mind you, admits that he actually feared losing his job each week. And of course Muransky discusses something that hasn't changed - his Lawry's Beef Bowl prime rib eating triumph. As a freshman out of immediate sight from Bo, he downed 8 (eight!) 2-lb prime rib meals prior to the 1979 Rose Bowl. And washed those down with a pizza later that night.
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Stuffing Stagg on Thanksgiving (1903) | This Week in Michigan Football History
This Week In Michigan Football History, as played during the WTKA 1050AM 'Countdown to Kickoff' held November 21, 2020 before the Michigan-Rutgers game. We start with the conclusion of the glorious 1964 Michigan Wolverines season and their 10-0 triumph over Ohio State, as well as their dominant conclusion over Oregon State in the Rose Bowl. We then roll back to 1903 with a brief review of the beating of Oberlin College that set up the Thanksgiving Day battering of Amos Alonzo Stagg and the Chicago Maroons, 28-0 at Marshall Field.
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Free Fall
42. Historically brutal. The only thing keeping the Index off the 40 floor is the notion that it could actually get worse against Rutgers.
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The Clans. The Factions. Defined.
The toxic factions. The divided clans. There’s been much talk of the Michigan fanbase over the past few years since Lloyd Carr departed. This is an attempt to define each group in detail.
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“Close Enough” – Memories of Rob Lytle
I shot out a tweet yesterday acknowledging the birthday of the great, late Michigan back Rob Lytle. A few folks shared memories of Lytle, including this absolute beauty from all-conference flanker John Kolesar and it is priceless:
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Irish On, Off and Back On Again | This Week in Michigan Football History
This Week In Michigan Football History, as played during the WTKA 1050AM 'Countdown to Kickoff' on November 14, 2020 before the Michigan-Indiana game. We discuss the on-again, off-again, on-again history of the Notre Dame rivalry from the 1910 cancellation, up to the resumption of the series in 1942:
