I always think about this interview during MSU-Michigan week. Here’s U-M great Mark Messner talking about his great battles with MSU’s superfreak lineman Tony Mandarich, along with a bit about Bo’s drug policy and how the team self-regulated bad behavior. Read on:
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Saturday Night Live – Sights & Sounds (Michigan 38, Wisconsin 13)
A few sights & sounds from the big night game win over Wisconsin. Includes shots of Johnny Wangler & Anthony Carter, David Molk, Steve Everitt, Red Berenson plus commentary...
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Prime Time Champions | Dr. Sap’s Decals
I can’t remember the last time Michigan played so well at home, against a quality opponent, on the big stage, on national TV. This program has been on the other end of these beat-downs too often of late. All you have to do is look back to Penn State last year and how they were ready for the Wolverines. Well, tonight the shoe was on the other foot. The Maize & Blue showed no signs of arrogance – just a massive punch to the face that rocked the Badgers! Dr. Sap's Decals for Wisconsin...
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Anthony Carter and the Tear-Away Jersey | Storytime with Dr. Sap
When looking back at some classic pictures and photos of Anthony Carter, you will notice that most of the time his jersey looked different from those worn by his Michigan teammates. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you – AC, at times, did in fact wear a different jersey than his maize & blue brethren. From 1979 through the 1981 season, Carter wore tear-away jerseys made by Russell Athletic. Read on for the full story...
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Until Another 100 Years of Michigan Football is Played | This Week in Michigan Football History
Nineteen seventy-nine was a special year in Michigan football history, as that season marked the 100th season that your beloved Wolverines played this great game. To do it up right, the athletic department (#1000SSS) enlisted Bo’s better half, Millie Schembechler, to collect artifacts from over the first century to display for fans at Crisler Arena during the season. The Homecoming game of 1979 added to the collection of great Meechigan artifacts – in the win column, in video, and thanks to the great Bob Ufer – forever in sound. Indiana coached Lee Corso, came to town and was on the brink of walking out of the Big House with a 21-21 tie – a huge result for the Hoosiers of course. Things looked grim but Johnny Wangler, Anthony Carter, and Bob Ufer wouldn’t have it. On the final play — oh, you know what happened — but we couldn’t help but to feature old ‘Ufe on this week’s edition of #TWIMFbH: Listen: Go Blue! Beat the Badgers. You can listen to this on-air as part of the WTKA 1050AM ‘Keybank Countdown To Kickoff’ aired live from the Go Labatt Blue Victors lounge at the corner of Stadium and Main Saturday starting at 3:30pm. Script: On this day in MEEECHIGAN football history in 1979 people were feeling nostalgic about Michigan football.…
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Meeting The Spartans (1898)
October 12 marks the anniversary of the first time Michigan faced Michigan State on the gridiron. Of course, our East Lansing brothers have had a few name changes over the years. For this first meeting in 1898 they were Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.), in 1925 that evolved to Michigan State College (MSC), and finally in 1955, MSU. The name changes extend to the nickname as well. Back in 1898 M.A.C. went as the Aggies. It wasn’t until around 1925 that the school adopted the Spartans moniker. The first game in the series didn’t require much out of your Wolverines. According to the October 13, 1898, Michigan Daily: The Varsity defeated the eleven from Michigan Agricultural College yesterday afternoon by a score of 39 to 0 in a game that did not afford them half the practice that they would have in a line-up against the third scrub eleven. Things worked out just fine for Michigan in 1898. A few weeks later the season ended with a win over Chicago. This earned U-M’s first Big Ten title in history and inspired student Louis Elbel to compose ‘The Victors‘.
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Terp’ed Up – Sights & Sounds (Michigan 42, Maryland 21)
Not too shabby, doubling up the Terps on a weather-delayed Homecoming setting up a wild weekend next Saturday night against the Badgers. BTW – Weather delays create my radio lane — I went on the Meechigan football radio network for a bit with Karsch and Jansen during the delay to talk a little Homecoming history, just as I did before the Minnesota delay last year. Sights and Sounds: The Kid. He killed it so I gif’d it: Never Gets Old. Second from the front is Dave Lake, class of 1950 – wow. I didn’t ask, but it’s likely cheered for the Mad Magicians. Righteous Yards. Congrats to Higgy Baby for going over 2,000 for his career, passing Michigan great (and a coinkydink, current Maryland DB coach) Chuck Heater. Here’s big #44 bringing the heat: Family. Speaking of #44 (and later #48), former M man Desmond Morgan was back on Canham’s carpet – a grad assistant for Maryland: Elbel puked – OK I’ll say it. I can seriously do without this “1, 2, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO” sync-up intro that’s been tagged ahead of The Victors. Harbaugh didn’t start it but I wish he’d end it. Waking up on a VICTORY SUNDAY!#GoBlue | #HTTV pic.twitter.com/ICINsL7s5F — Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) October 7, 2018 Mood. Up. Gotta be up after that and the general state of affairs. …
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Maryland Champions | Dr. Sap’s Decals
Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis is a Schembechler-era savant and once again he’ll be diligently handing out his postgame helmet stickers after each game. Sap has pored over hours and hours of U-M games over several decades, and in these posts he’s able to tie the present to the past. I encourage you to subscribe to Dr. Sap on YouTube, or follow Sap on Twitter: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION – Against Maryland, there were several players (once again) that were deserving of helmets sticker on offense. While that’s great to hear and see, it makes my job tougher. Speaking of tough, ain’t no one tougher on this Wolverine squad than Ben Mason! My gosh he runs with such power, emotion, ferocity and intensity! And, #42 got some hops, too! Great day for a hurdle, isn’t it, @UMichFootball‘s @benchmason42? pic.twitter.com/WQub0a5nlR — Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) October 6, 2018 Never expected a fullback to leap defenders in a single bound, but that’s what Superman, er, Ben Mason did against the Terrapins, yesterday. His game is infectious and that’s saying something for a fullback who is not an every down player. But hey, maybe he should be! DEFENSIVE CHAMPION – I gotta tell ya, I was worried about this game – much like Bo used to worry about playing Northwestern back in he 70s. Schembechler would routinely tell everyone how good and improved…
