Continuing Spartan football week on MVictors. Enjoy this beauty:
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Biggie Munn's stuff
I'm not sure what I'd do if someone started selling the personal effects of legendary Michigan coaches Fielding Yost or Fritz Crisler. Perhaps my head would explode. I stumbled upon someone selling a few items that were previously owned by arguably the greatest Michigan State football coach of all-time: Biggie Munn.
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MZone, Carlin go out Together
A tough day for the M nerdosphere as we’ve learned of the passing of legendary comic George Carlin and the A-list Michigan blog, The Michigan Zone. Like Carlin, the M-Zone: * Has been around the block, started in 2005. That’s seven decades in blog years. * Like to use the seven words you can’t use on television. * Leaned heavily left * Grew a little angrier in its later years * Was hated by Buckeye fans that didn’t get the jokes * Will be missed by legions of fans
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1904 Footage vs. Stagg’s U. of Chicago
Thanks to YouTube user ‘Shawn92101’ who posted this interesting video. Claims to be a turn of the nineteenth century look at Fielding Yost’s point-a-minute teams, in action versus the University of Chicago. The film title claims this footage was from the game played in 1903 (which would have been the November 26, 1903 in Chicago where the Victors continued their reign of romp, running up 28 to Chicago’s 0). But I think they missed it: Based on a panoramic game photo, it looks to me as though this game was played at FerryRegents Field, so I’d guess this is actually the 1904 game vs. Chicago that was played in Ann Arbor and the Wolverines won 22-12. Check it out: Shawn snagged the video from the free database at the Library of Congress, which has a nice collection of photos and videos. Check it out here, search on Michigan football.
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Michigan Football Vault – Book Style
Last year I started putting a bunch of old images of cool Michigan memorabilia in what I called the ‘Memorabilia Vault’. Author Jerry Green was tapped to pull together the book version and they’ve done a real nice job with ‘University of Michigan Football Vault‘, available at Amazon. The detailed scrapbook narrative contains never before published photographs, artwork and memorabilia drawn from UM’s extensive campus archives. Tucked into dozens of sleeves and pockets, fans will find reproductions of old game programs, historic tickets, and numerous postcards and photos. These fascinating replicas include the building permit for Michigan Stadium, a letter from high school recruit Gerald Ford to Harry Kipke, and a souvenir program and scorecard from an 1894 game against Cornell. You can actually pull these replicas out of the book and hold them. It’s very cool. As described, they actually reproduced some well known (ticket stubs, programs) memorabilia, and some not so well known stuff like this budget for the trip to the 1947 Rose Bowl, click to enlarge: It’s very cool – highly recommended. The replica memorabilia is worth the price alone, and the photos in the book are outstanding. All in all, very well done.
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Tom Harmon says ‘Vote Willie Heston’
Someone dug up some type of campaign pin touting Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon and his club's support for "Heston for Judge".
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Barwis on the Couch
Sam Webb of WTKA and GoBlueWolverine interviewing S&C coach Mike Barwis, YouTube style. One nibble, I’m pretty sure this is one sentence: “If you can’t make it intense, and make the environment an environment that elicits greatness, and get into that environment, coach, and make kids energetic about, and fired up about putting 500 pounds on their back and hittin’ reps and running sprints until they throw up and pushing themselves to the absolute limits of their mental and physical capabilities then you’re not doing anything, you’ve wasted your time with your science because they’re not going to grow if they’re not pushing themselves to those points…” What’s on Sam’s head?
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Boiler interviews Blogger
If you read this blog you certainly read mgoblog. Check out Purdue blog Boiled Sports and their interview with Brian Cook. Here’s a bite, where BC admits the misty taste of moonshine puts a tear drop in his eye: And, ironically, I like West Virginia. The team has no talent but plays fast as hell and wins. It had Owen Schmitt on it. And the state is tiny and full of loons who sing ‘Country Roads’ unironically after games and care so much they’ll kill you… what’s not to love? They even have nice colors. And speaking of mgoblog, Brian quickly debunked a bogus 2008 adidas uniform design and later posted a sneak peak at a more realistic version. I may not draw the quality hot leads like mgoblog or the message boards, but I did get another potential leak of the 2008 M football jersey from a fan: I’m suspicious although I love the colors. If you hate it check yourself: Did someone move your cheese?
