For Tonight’s edition of This Week in Michigan Football History we stroll back all the way to the 1920s, a decade that saw the construction of Yost Field House and later, Michigan Stadium. The 1920s also saw a few Wolverine all-time greats take the gridiron, including Meeeechigan men like Harry Kipke – who helped Yost earn another national title in 1923, as well as legends Bennie Oosterbaan and Benny Friedman. One name that’s not often mentioned from that decade is a man named Paul Goebel. Goebel was born in 1901, just around the time Michigan hired Fielding Yost to lead the football squad into an era of point-a-minute mayhem. At around 6 foot 5, he was a giant for his day. A while you won’t hear him mentioned with greats like Anthony Carter, Braylon Edwards, Derrick Alexander, and David Terrell – he was the first Michigan end to don the once-coveted #1 jersey. If nothing else, you should know his name because of what he did on this day 95 years ago in Columbus, Ohio:Here’s the clip: Here’s the clip: This segment can be heard on the Keybank Countdown to Kickoff and you can listen live on 1050AM in Ann Arbor & on wtka.com around the world.  This segment plays approximately 2 hours before kickoff each week. You can hear the archive…

H/T to Craig at HSR and H/T to mgoblog’s coveted mgoboard.  Coincidentally on this day back in 1940: Nicely done! Sure, readers of this site have already heard clips of this event, but I love how this gent pulled it together with the pics and context.   And because there are a few shots of Yost in this beauty, I thought I’d repost this compilation of the Grand Old Man over the years: Follow MVictors on Twitter 

I’ve known U-M football archivist Art Vuolo for a while because he’s omnipresent.  You can find him rolling tape at anything Michigan related—games, busts, award ceremonies, outings…you name it.  I promised Art a plug and here goes: Since 1979, Art Vuolo has been on the photo deck of the Michigan press box for nearly every single home game capturing, on video, the action and excitement, but most of all, the things not seen or heard on television.  He features the elements that make all the football Saturdays in Ann Arbor a true fan experience, like the tailgates, the pre-game festivities, the marching band, halftime show, special on field presentations and best of all…he offers complete games dubbed and synchronized with the Michigan radio broadcast instead of the clowns on the networks. In the mid-1970’s Vuolo produced the famous Bob Ufer albums, now on CD.  He began recording the games from radio when Bo Schembechler arrived in 1969 and nearly every game features Ufer (yes, complete Ufer games), Frank Beckmann and now Jim Brandstatter and Dan Dierdorf. He doesn’t do this to make money — Art does it to spread the love. If you want a certain game or the entire season, reach out to Art via his web site: www.vuolovideo.com, or via e-mail: artvuolo@aol.com.

This Week in Football edition heads way back to discuss college football Hall of Famer John Maulbetsch: TWIMFbH is sponsored by Hillside Terrace of Ann Arbor.  This segment can be heard on the Keybank Countdown to Kickoff and you can listen live on 1050AM in Ann Arbor & on wtka.com around the world.  This segment plays approximately 2 hours before kickoff each week. You can hear the archive of This Week in Michigan Football History clips here.    If you have suggestions for future games hit me on Twitter @MVictors.  Go Blue!   /script …after the jump

Pregame rituals vary, but I try to listen to as much of the WTKA Key Bank Countdown to Kickoff show as much as I can.   If you missed it this week you missed an epic segment. Prior to the Purdue game Rick Leach phoned in to comment on the topic of This Week in Michigan Football History.  The topic was the 1978 Michigan-Notre Dame game, aka “The Reunion Game”. Leach was injured the week of the game and he talks with Sam Webb about how he was injured, where he was during game week, about a visit from Bob Ufer, and then a few details on gameday: before the game, what Bo told him at halftime and a bit about after the game.  It’s outstanding. Ira was kind to send me the clip so here it is, the first couple minutes is the TWIMFbH piece on the history of the rivalry and a recap of this game, and then Sam goes right into the Q&A with Leach: [display_podcast] Go Blue! P.S. Speaking of all of this, the weekend WTKA is continuing the tradition of the Ufer Classic, and the game of choice is indeed that 1978 Notre Dame-Michigan game.   Ufer is fired up for this one and it’s a classic.  Make sure you hang in there for the…

Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis is a Schembechler-era savant and once again this season 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 – Remember the George Orwell book, 1984?  Well, good thing this is not 1984. If it was, the season would have been over the moment they walked Wilton Speight off the field early in the first half. Thirty-three years ago, when coach Harbaugh was felled by a broken arm against Michigan State there was a significant talent drop-off at the QB spot for Michigan. [via Detroit Free Press] You think Bo and Jim have ever forgotten that? Nope. That is why John O’Korn and Brandon Peters are waiting their turn. Did you see that type of performance coming out of #8? I certainly didn’t, but I will tell you this: sometimes when you get thrust into the fray, you don’t have time to think and over-analyze things. When that happens, instincts and muscle-memory kick in and you get what we all saw Saturday out of O’Korn – WoW! Listen, I get that…