Continuing the roll of Michigan athletes, coaches and beat writers on the WDFN 1130AM Stoney and Wojo radiothon is former Wolverine Larry Foote. As usual, Foote came hard and came raw. He hit on a variety of topics including what it’s like working out with Mike Barwis, his Steelers, and like Jalen Rose yesterday, took time to blast MSU. Notes:– Thinks this team will “shock a lot of people” based on the conditioning they are going through.– He confirmed Barwis is “a psycho”, “a freak”, is “nutso”, and has “some screws missing.”– Said Tyrone Wheatley’s been working out just “testing it out.”– Said he “had a dream” about the Detroit Lions’ season. “9-7 and they make the playoffs.”– When asked the obligatory Brett Favre question: “he’s definitely being selfish.” For your ringtones and tailgate mixtapes, here’s just Foote’s message to the Spartans as he signed off, “Go Blue and Michigan State, y’all always gonna suck.”
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Lou Holtz: Avoid Jason Peter (audio from Jim Rome)
Did anyone out there hear the segment with former Nebraska stand-out and recovering drug addict Jason Peter on Jim Rome today? I caught it in the car, I’m looking for the audio to post. If you’ve got it please send it along. Even if you know the story you’ve got to hear him tell it. In a nutshell, his younger brother Damian was a highly rated Holtz commit to Notre Dame. The summer before he was to enroll he was injured in their swimming pool and was perhaps minutes from never walking again. He eventually recovered but it ended his career. According to Peter, Holtz never called his brother once when he was in the hospital. Nothing. When his brother eventually enrolled at Notre Dame, none of the coaching staff ever approached him about the injury or offered any assistance. Me writing this doesn’t do justice to the passion of live interview, so I’m trying to get it for you. I’ve heard a few things about Holtz and I’ve heard his motivational speech, I’ve seen some of the messes he’s created and I listen to him on ESPN. All this said, there are two sides to stories like this and we really should hear what Holtz has to say.
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Lloyd Carr on WDFN 7/24 (audio)
Coach Carr called in to support 1130AM WDFN in Detroit to support Stoney and Wojo’s radiothon. He shared his disdain for the Big Ten media day going on right now, and updated us all on his recent travels. He discussed his athletic prowess and that his golf game is catching up with his natural skills. Carr’s also enjoying catching up and spending more quality time with former players. Things of course turned to Rodriguez and he was asked if he wished anything was done differently in the hiring. He paused, then hinted at some concerns about today’s coaching contracts but quickly said he was looking forward toward the team, their challenges this fall. Carr admitted he has not read 1 pre-season magazine. Carr said he knows there are a lot of very good players coming back, and he thinks the attitude is solid and excited about the conditioning and thinks things will be many people “pleasantly surprised” by this team. Much more in the 13 minute segment. I especially liked his final message for the radiothon hosts, enjoy:
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Solar Car Team does it again
Cheers to the University of Michigan Solar Team for continuing its dynasty in solar races, winning for the fifth time in nine years. They even had a blog running during the race, you can check it out here. If my calculations are correct, some teams are still on the course. Hey ladies, do you know how Michigan engineers do it? With less energy and greater efficiency, that’s how!! So take a number.
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Remy Beats Irish (YouTube)
Another WolverineHistorian joint, this time one of my favorites: 1994 Michigan vs. Notre Dame in South Bend. Subtitle: While you’ll remember the name Remy Hamilton forever:
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Michigan vs. Lehigh Program (1896)
A likely one-of-a-kind piece of Michigan football history popped up this week on eBay: a program from the Michigan vs. Lehigh game held October 31, 1896, in Detroit. It’s incredible and you can see the full auction here. The item is owned by Brian who runs umichfootball.com, a site dedicated to Michigan Memorabilia. Definitely check it out. Brian bought this beauty from an antiques dealer in Michigan and he’s listing it for a cool $4,000. I’d love to know how much he paid for it! Whether someone buys it this week or not, he must be making out pretty good here. As for the game itself, the Victors-to-be prevailed 40-0. Chicago Tribune described the game as such: Michigan was nervous in the first half, and three times lost the ball on fumbles, once when it was but three yards from the Lehigh goal. After the men got warmed up, however, they played without blunder and had the Lehigh line practically at their mercy. You can read the full Tribune article here, as usual, there’s always something special about these ancient sports articles. Michigan had an exceptional season in 1896 as Michigan’s win against Lehigh continued an undefeated run. The week later the Wolverines edged Minnesota (pre-Little Brown Jug) 6-4. Home wins over Oberlin and Wittenberg set up a showdown with…
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Paperless Preview Project, bookmark this page
Great stuff pulled together by Auburn blogger Jerry over at The Joe Cribbs Car Wash. Here’s his explanation of what it is: ….a (hopefully) collaborative attempt at providing a single, convenient reference page to anyone looking for team preview information as we approach the 2008 college football season. Links to previews for all 120 D-I teams are included below, organized alphabetically by conference, with BCS conferences listed first. The PPP seeks to include links to as many worthwhile free team previews as possible, be they from mainstream sports sites, college football blogs, newspapers, or wherever. Check it out here. Of course if you get only one non-free preview of Michigan’s 2008 Season, Hail To the Victors 2008 is a must buy and you can buy it for the value of the cans in your garage. Elsewhere: Check out the new M blog, the Wolverine Liberation Army. It’s a deadly blend of Old School and Fight Club and definitely worth a look. I’m on board, and even erected a little message to the Ann Arbor elite this weekend:
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ESPN Ann Arbor is Titletown segment (YouTube)
Thanks for wolverinesFTW for this. I’m not a fan of these type of all-time lists but if nothing else, we gained a nice video compilation and a visit from the ww leader on campus: You can vote here.
