A great tip from fellow Michigan blog Michigan Football Saturdays. It’s noted there in a post today that Sports Illustrated has opened up its entire archive of magazines to the public, from cover to cover. It’s a nice little widget to flip through the pages. Definitely check it out: Here’s an example from the September 6, 1976 issue with the famous cover featuring a close-up of Ricky Leach, click the photo to see more. .
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Spring Game April 12; site TBD
Check out some notes from John Heuser of the Ann Arbor News, as posted on MLive. The Michigan football spring “scrimmage” will be held, and we’ve got a date (April 12). We still don’t know where it would be held but word now is that it’ll be at a local high school. I got some scuttlebutt passed along that it would be at Ford Field despite the word that this is not an option. Someone had the balls to ask Rodriguez if the University of Toledo was an option, check out his answer. For now, looks like a local high school & I assume that means the one across Main Street.
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eBay Watch: 1976 NCAA Finals Ticket Stub
Sitting a Fraser’s pub for lunch on Thursday watching Michigan State take on Temple, it sure made you miss the days when Michigan basketball figured prominently in the tourney. My wife, a Michigan State grad, actually had the stones to ask me if Michigan was ever involved in these “brackets”. Yes, Michigan’s been more than involved in fact the Wolverines have appeared in six Final Fours (four according to the NCAA record books after wiping the records of the Fab 5) and have made it to the NCAA finals in each of the four decades prior to this one. Not looking good for the 2000s. This installment of eBay Watch takes a look at a ticket stub from one of those appearances, in this case the 1976 NCAA Finals. That season remains one of the most notable seasons in college hoop history as Bobby Knight’s Indiana ’76 squad are still the last to finish undefeated. Most Michigan fans know that it was the Wolverines that were the final obstacle to IU’s perfection, falling 86-68 on Monday March 29, 1976 at Philadelphia’s Spectrum. Here’s the ticket stub that’s on eBay right now: Michigan had a rocky path through the field of 32 [full bracket] that season, squeaking past Wichita State 74-73 in the first round, then past Notre Dame (80-76) and…
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English Professor responds in Ann Arbor News
I recommend you check out the essay submitted to the Ann Arbor News ‘Other Voices’ column by Michigan English professor Randall Tessier. He’s responding to the News investigation and offers that Carty & team didn’t offer a fair voice to the challenge of how to truly evaluate students, given that teaching methods are evolving. Tessier suggests that many academics feel that to truly judge performance in the classroom, weight should be placed upon the progress of a student during the course. In such a model, “less gifted” students are rewarded for attendance, effort and ultimately for improvement. Tessier offers a few examples of recent student athletes that excelled in his classes despite being destined for a professional sports contract. He points the reader to this article in the Michigan Daily on Chad Kolarik as the hockey star mentions the influence his English class. And on Jake Long, Tessier calls the NFL-bound OT “a flat-out great student – smart, conscientious and dedicated.” Finally he offers up a great story on former stand-out M defenseman Jack Johnson, now with the L.A. Kings: Too many students look at the pursuit of a degree as simply a way to make money. Seeing how Johnson addressed his university experience taught them a lesson about the value of an education that I could never impart. Although…
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TP a Buckeye
Take? – Expected it, never felt like it was a realistic possibility given Michigan was late in the game – I’m not too worked up over this – I’ve seen too many can’t miss players miss to be too concerned – I think Rodriguez will get his offense going one way or another – Not going to start calling the kid a criminal/loser because he didn’t come to Michigan
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eBay Watch items fetching Righteous Bucks
Two recently profiled eBay auctions are fetching some serious cash, check it out: – The auction for the 1904 sheet music of ‘The Victors’ closed. This beauty sold for $90 despite all of us learning last week that portions of the song were swiped. – That alleged 1930 “”authentic” Michigan football jersey. Well, at least a few folks are sold that it’s the really deal. It’s still up and bidding has exceeded $800.
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Pryor Decision Tomorrow?
A few media outlets are reporting that Pryor is going to announce tomorrow (Wednesday). Thank God this is over.
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MLive blog: Investigation Link-o-rama
Check out Chris Burke’s post this afternoon. He takes a stroll around the internet to find additional coverage on the News investigation. I like link #3. Glad he didn’t put MVictors in quotes as in “this so-called blog”. My other favorite: — Black Shoe Diaries, a Penn State blog, responded multiple times to the Michigan findings – with the general opinion being that there is nothing to worry about other than some embarrassment. Black Shoe Diaries “there is nothing to worry about other than some embarrassment.” – Paterno’s pep talk before every Michigan game for the past decade.