Last week I talked about finding the “bottom”, that is, the end of the spiral of crappy things happening to this football team. I don’t know if we’re there, but out there before the game Saturday you felt a weight was lifted and the mood was actually a bit festive.
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2014 SAE Mudbowl | Photos
Congrats to Phi Psi for winning the Mudbowl Saturday – 24-20 over SAE as I understand it. Here are a few shots for you, the first via Iceberg Samson on Twitter: The following via Geoff Voss:
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Dr. Sap’s Decals | Morning in Ann Arbor Edition
Sap is refreshed, recharged and kindly offers you his post-Hoosier decals. I tossed in the Editor’s edition for good measure: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION AMARA DARBOH – This was the breakout game we’ve all been waiting for from Darboh for the past 2 years. Much like the Detroit Lions needed another wide receiver to complement Megatron, the Michigan passing game needed another option downfield other than Devin Funchess. Especially now, when Devin Gardner’s foot injury is forcing him to do his best Dan Fouts-stay-in-the-pocket-no-matter-what impression, Darboh gives the offense another place to go with the ball other than wherever Funchess is. Hopefully Darboh can use this game to jump start his career and the U-M passing game. DEFENSIVE CHAMPION RYAN GLASGOW – It was obvious that the Michigan defense came to play this game and made sure there was going to be no repeat of last year’s basketball-like score against IU. That all starts up front, and while there were several guys who played lights out by keeping the Hoosiers under 200 yards of total offense, I singled out Glasgow because of his strip and fumble recovery – all in the same play. These guys in the trenches don’t often get the glory, but you had to like what Glasgow did. SPECIAL TEAMS CHAMPION MATT WILE – A missed field…
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Horace Prettyman Breaks Hearts | TWIMFbH (1879-1883)
This week we go waaaay back, to November 1, 1879, better known to savvy Michigan historians as Game #2. This was the first game played in the state of Michigan (Detroit) and the first international match-up as our friends from the University of Toronto crossed the border to face your beloved infantile Wolverines. After that game, we get into the first game on Ann Arbor soil played in 1883. A gent named Horace Prettyman.. ..shined in the morning match against a team the Detroit. You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here…And don’t forget to catch it live Saturday on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM starting at 11:30am. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Tighten up your Lid, Get #ChadTough
A wise man once said it is better to look good than to feel good. In the aftermath of Saturday’s mess and everything else going on you don’t feel good. So a suggestion: gather up the kids and head down to Contempo Salon and Spa Monday between 4-8pm to support a fundraiser for Chad Carr. Get a cut and you’ll look good. Support this cause and you’ll feel good. Details: Go Blue! #ChadTough
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Wangler, Carter discuss Ufer’s Indiana game call
On this day in 1979…still gives me the chills. Via the great WolverineHistorian: While it was somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy I suppose, I love that in all the madness Ufer recognized that play in the context of Michigan football history when he offers that it will be remembered for another 100 years (’79 of course was the 100th anniversary of the program). We can safely say that’s true of course, looking back 35 years later and it’s probably more to do with Ufer’s call than the play itself. Follow MVictors on Twitter More on Bob Ufer
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Dr. Sap’s Decals | “Almost” Edition
Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis is back this season with his weekly postgame helmet stickers. Sap would do a backflip if coach Hoke decided to reinstate this tradition that Bo brought to the team in 1969. Until that day comes, Sap will bring you his game Champions who will be decorated, albeit virtually, with his helmet stickers. OFFENSIVE CHAMPION JUSTICE HAYES – You gotta like how Hayes was giving it his all on every snap Saturday. From blocking, to running and even some pass-catching, Hayes made the most of his playing time and was almost Mr. Everything against MSU. A TD from him would have been nice, but I guess it just wasn’t in the cards. DEFENSIVE CHAMPION JAKE RYAN – Once again Ryan’s play and intensity set the tone for the Michigan Defense, but he can’t do it all by himself. There were flashes of greatness early on as Ryan and the D did their best to keep the game close, but it’s obvious that they now need to score a few points to bail out the Michigan offense. SPECIAL TEAMS CHAMPION WILL HAGERUP – His long, accurate and dare I say, Aussie Drop-style punts, pinned Michigan State deep early and often enough to give the Michigan offense a chance to get untracked, but I’m not sure that’s gonna happen…
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Sights & Sounds | Michigan State 35, Michigan 11 (2014)
Recently stock market talking heads like CNBC’s Jim Cramer have expended a lot of calories talking about finding the “bottom”, meaning the point where the collective nastiness out there (Ebola, ISIS, etc.) has punished stock prices and it’s safe for investors to jump back in. Said another way, it’s the point where things stop getting worse and start getting better. He even made a list: If you felt great when we (yes I said we) scored a touchdown against Michigan State, congrats, you’ve reached a personal bottom. For this football program, I’d like to think that Saturday was the bottom but I don’t think we’re there yet. There’s a list but I can’t bear to write it down. A few suggestions for you: 1. Season over 2. New coach named 3. Signing day 4. Rival fans stop feeling sorry for you. 5… Arena: A couple of notes for you: * Spear-gate – Who gives a crap?* #ChadTough – This was nice – well done MMB and MSUMB: Mood Update: The Mood Index, the metric trying to gauge how great it is to be a Michigan Wolverine. It’s not: Uniform Update: Nothing timeline worthy, but you have a couple of guys (at least early on) wearing the white Team 135 undershirts with the State of Michigan logo (with block M on…
