Today marked the next installment of Michigan football radio takeover on WTKA 1050AM and several other Michigan-based stations. The 12-hour radio-a-thon raised nearly $90,000 for the new C.S. Mott Children’s hospital as they were going off the air. Most of the current coaching staff was in studio with a bunch of current players, and several former M men in the NFL dialed in including Steve Hutchinson, Jeff Backus and Jake Long. Rodriguez was in studio from around 5pm to the end of the auction at 7pm and did a great job. Here’s a great segment during drive time hosted by Bill ‘Huge’ Simonson, with Coach Rodriguez, Mike Hart and Morgan Trent: [display_podcast] I’m sure they will still take your donations! Support C.S. Mott
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Mike Comrie Loves LA
He loves it! Here’s the former Michigan hockey star and current Islander Mike Comrie with some chick at the Lakers game at the Staples Center:
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U.S. Open Leader? A Michigan Man
Yep, Justin Hicks. Dig it.
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Topps Interviews Long
As part of their photo shoot, Topps the sports card company conducted an interview with Jake Long. The big man admitted that he collected cards as a kid and as a Lions fan collected Barry Sanders, Herman Moore and Chris Spielman cards. He still has some. I don’t know what kind of budget Parcells and company have in Miami but Long’s shoulder pads look more like elbow pads. The guy doing the interview is a bit of a putz, but it is funny when he whips out Long’s official card and shows it to him:
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No Love for Meddling Webmaster
The seller of the 1986 Rose Bowl ring considered my research and the exposure of the alleged name of the original owner to be low brow. Here’s all the posts on this topic for context: #1 eBay Watch: Oh Man, 1986 Rose Bowl Ring #2 Is this Garland Rivers’ Rose Bowl ring? #3 Ring Saga Update Eddie Libman, a.k.a. eBay’s “Buckhead_Bennie”, dropped this on me today: I am writing to comment on your recently posted article concerning the 1986 Michigan Big Ten Championship Rose Bowl ring which was listed on ebay and sold June 9, 2008 The original article which drew attention to our auction seemed to serve a purpose and I was amused by the commentary referring to the seller as “a true beauty himself” which would refer to me. The following update to the first article and posted to your web site after the auction ended unfortunately came across as slightly misguided despite what most likely were good intentions behind it. The article correctly stated that our auction was canceled then re listed with (relevant) information that was inadvertently omitted from the original listing information such as the gold weight, and size of the ring along with additional posted images of the ring taken from various angles. We also provided a very small amount of personal information about…
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Bonafide Family
Check the pocket – there’s your family values man! If it’s on a t-shirt than it’s bonafide, brother. HT: Michigan Against the World
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Another Reason I Don’t go to Damon’s
Damon’s Grill is a decent spot to hit if you travel especially in a pinch when you need to see a game. A few years ago they opened a franchise on State Street just off 94 but I don’t think I’ve stepped in there yet. Last winter I considered stopping by to check out Coach Beilein’s show which is broadcast on location at the rib joint but after seeing this article, I won’t be visiting anytime soon. The Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Edition published this piece on a crisis affecting bargoers- the practice of shorting pints of beer. Sales of “falsies” or 14oz glasses are on the rise as the price of beer is shoots up. The article goes through the issue and how many beer lovers are reacting, going as far as trying to legislate away the practice as has been done in the UK for quite a while: In the U.K., the Imperial Pint (equivalent to 19.2 U.S. ounces) has been a government-regulated standard for several centuries. The standard requires use of official pint glasses — with the word “Pint” and the European “CE” marking — etched onto each glass. I mention Damon’s because they were cited as one of the 14 ounce offenders in the article. I’m sure this is a common practice at restaurant chains but…
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Hockey to add Shootout
Not a surprise, was discussed all season but looks like it is close to being final: In a release from the NCAA today, it says the rules committee has voted to maintain the current game structure of 60 minutes, followed by a five-minute overtime, but individual conferences are allowed to use a shootout at their discretion. The shootout could be used to award points towards the league race, though any game decided by a shootout would go into the record book for NCAA Tournament qualifying purposes as a tie. Take? Nice!! Got to do it. If the CCHA doesn’t adopt this we riot. I’ll be watching. UPDATE: The Blog that Yost Built breaks the proposed rule changes into tiny little pieces, as you’d expect.