A few Sights & Sounds from Michigan's colossal beatdown of Rutgers - 78-0.
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Pepscataway | Dr. Sap’s Decals
Here are the Decal Champions for Week Six by Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION – At 4pm, Saturday afternoon, I sent out this tweet: I just had this feeling that Jabrill Peppers was going to have a monster of a game. Sure he was coming back home and was playing in front of a lot of family & friends, but I didn’t think he would look as smooth as he did in the offensive backfield. I mean, he looked like a veteran option QB back there!! Decisive. Quick. Deceptive, but more importantly, smart. He knows what to do when the ball is in his hands. DEFENSIVE CHAMPION – When you realize that this game was somewhat close – in the first few minutes and in the rain – the defense needed to step up and deny Rutgers any chance of gaining any momentum. Jabrill Peppers made sure that was not going to happen on his watch and during his homecoming. His ability to make tackles in open space and get to the quarterback is very reminiscent of Charles Woodson, some 20 years ago. SPECIAL TEAMS CHAMPION – Seriously, is another team ever going to kick to Jabrill Peppers again? Even though his punt return TD was called back, (and that was NOT a block in the back on Jourdan…
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Kramer of Michigan | This Week in Michigan Football History
For Saturday’s edition of This Week in Michigan Football History we take a couple trips, first back to 1994 when we retired the #48 jersey of President Gerald Ford, then down the dial to 1955 as the Wolverines took on Army in the premier match-up in the college football world. This provided a great opportunity to remember the great Ron Kramer. On the gridiron the Michigan legend played offensive & defensive end, running back, quarterback, kicker, and receiver– sometimes all within the same game. Off the gridiron, Kramer was a 9-time letterman and set Michigan’s all-time scoring record on the hoops squad and he excelled in the high jump for the track team. Here’s more: As always, this segment appears on 1050AM WTKA and 1330AM WTRX’s epic KeyBank Countdown to Kickoff prior to each game. During home games you can hear it live inside the Go Labatt Blue Light Victors Lounge starting 4 hours prior to kickoff. Go Blue! You can listen to all of This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. script – October 8 is a special day in Meeechhigan football lore, as it was on this day in 1994 that the Big House welcomed someone even more famous than Michael Jordan and Tom Brady. 22 years ago today President Gerald Ford was honored and had his #48 retired. Ford played for the back-to-back national champion teams…
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Bo Stays | This Week In Michigan Football History
For Saturday’s edition of This Week in Michigan Football History we headed back briefly to October 1st in 1927 and 1938 to acknowledge the first game at Michigan Stadium and the first time the Wolverines donned the coveted winged helmet respectively. From there we went to 1977 on this day exactly four decades ago, as General Bo Schembechler’s third-ranked Wolverines were set for an epic clash in Ann Arbor against fifth-ranked Texas A&M. The game was a blow-out, but A&M was enamored with Bo and later tried to lure him to college station. Here’s how it went down: [display_podcast] As always, this segment appeared on 1050AM WTKA and 1330AM WTRX’s epic KeyBank Countdown to Kickoff prior to each game. You can hear it live inside the Go Labatt Blue Light Victors Lounge starting 4 hours prior to kickoff. Go Blue! You can listen to all of This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. October 1st marks a very special anniversary in Meeechigan football lore for two of our most enduring traditions.First, Fielding Yost’s dream came to fruition on October 1st, 1927, as it marked the first game in Michigan Stadium, a 33 to nothing shutout of Ohio Wesleyan. Eleven years later on this day in 1938, Fritz Crisler made his Wolverine coaching debut and outfitted the maize and blue with the iconic Winged Helmet for the first…
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Wiscons-out | Dr. Sap’s Decals
Here are the Decal Champions for Week 5 by Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION – If you are going to be anything in life, be clutch. Why? Because clutch is king! I’ve played and coached in enough sporting events to realize that you are not going to steamroll every opponent you face. You are not going to ace every test you take. Eventually you will play some one, some team, some coach, who is just as good as you are. When that happens, you gotta be clutch. Why? Because, you will have to scratch and claw and fight for every point you get. Invariably the difference will come down to one key play and when that play presents itself to you, you gotta make a clutch throw, clutch move and clutch catch. Just like Wilton Speight and Amara Darboh did in the final minutes against Wisconsin. Clutch throw. Clutch catch. Clutch! DEFENSIVE CHAMPION – With Channing Stribling the next man up due to injury, you just knew that the Badgers were going to throw to his side of the field to see what kind of game he had. In a close contest where turnovers & field position were key, #8 came up with TWO HUGE INT’s! The quality depth in the Michigan Secondary this year is starting to show its…
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Righteous Debuts (Winged Helmet, Michigan Stadium)
The first of October is a special day in Michigan lore. Two major milestones occurred on this day, eleven years apart: October 1, 1927. The first game was in a sparkling new Michigan stadium, where U-M thumped Ohio Wesleyan 33-0. Later that season temporary stands (borrowed from Ferry Field) were added to accommodate the crowds for the Navy and Ohio State games. Here’s a look at a pristine Big House: October 1, 1938. Fritz Crisler took the whistle on the western sideline for the first time on this day in 1938, and this was the debut of the iconic winged helmet: And thanks to the Michigan History Calendar, we also know that it was on this day in 1932 that the football program earned win #300 – a 26-0 shutout of Michigan State College in Ann Arbor. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Sticking it to Penn State | Dr. Sap’s Decals
Dr. Sap doles out the helmet stickers after Michigan's big win over Penn State in 2016:
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Spartan Plots FOILED! (1949) | This Week in Michigan Football History
For Saturday’s edition of This Week in Michigan Football History, we go head back to 1949 when U-M was rolling with back-to-back national championships riding a 23 game winning streak that dated back to 1946. Our friends from East Lansing were the opponent but their fans were up to NO GOOD: Foiled again! As always, this segment will appear all season on 1050AM WTKA and 1330AM WTRX epic KeyBank Countdown to Kickoff prior to each game. You can hear it live inside the Go Labatt Blue Light Victors Lounge starting at 11:30am Saturday. Go Blue! You can listen to all of This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. Follow MVictors on Twitter This week we go back to 1949, as coach Bennie Oosterbaan and the Wolverines entered the season as the defending back-to-back national champions. Michigan hoped to continue its remarkable 23 game winning streak that dated back to 1946. The season kicked off against Spartans of Michigan State College, in this game played 67 years ago today at the Big House.The more things change the more they stay the same, and wouldn’t you know it, our farming friends from East Lansing had more on their minds than just football. Before the game Spartan fans invaded Ann Arbor with the hope of executing a variety of pranks, or crimes, depending on your perspective. One group snuck into…
