I’m not going to lie, I think a little bit of Paul from Toledo rubbed off on me for this week’s edition of This Week in Michigan Football History: [display_podcast] 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 or inside the Bud Light Victors Lounge starting at 11:30am. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Les Miles in the Cradle
Up on mgoblue.com right now, a nice piece on the Michigan coaching ties to Miami, OH, and its famed Cradle of Coaches. It includes a few great quotes from longtime assistant coach Jerry Hanlon, Tirrel Burton, Jon Falk, and others. Hanlon: “I’m a double ‘M Man,’ ” Hanlon said. “You can’t get Miami out of my blood because it gave me my start. It’s going to be tough this Saturday, but I think I’ve worn the maize and blue a little too long.” More importantly, I got a kick out of this. The lead pic features Bo’s staff in 1975 during team photo day…but look who’s chilling in the background! Here’s Les Miles, a senior offensive guard in ‘75, in the front row of the team photo if you need him:
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Bringing it WWE Style (WTKA audio)
Keep Ira and Sam in your thoughts. They’ve graciously kept the WTKA phone lines open since Monday morning. I’m pretty sure if they continue this for the entire week they qualify for sainthood. In the aftermath of Saturday’s shutout, Ira even took the onslaught from callers on the postgame show. Just after midnight Paul from Toledo dialed in: [display_podcast] Forget Engineering! (Sorry Cook.) Update: This has pretty much gone viral. Thanks to Lost Letterman for taking a run at the transcription: “Yeah, this is Paul. [Inaudible] I’m headed back home. I just gotta tell you right now: That is absolutely a joke. I heard one of your sponsors: Come Get Some Burritos. Brady Hoke can grab some burritos and get the heck out of town. You got to be kidding me. I mean here’s the deal: Devin Gardner’s got a defensive lineman number (#98), get him on the defensive line! Let’s get a quarterback in there that knows how to throw and throw to our team! Let’s get John Beilein coaching both teams, Crisler Arena and the Big House are right next to each other. Let’s get John Beilein, Jon Horford – let’s get all those guys – Mitch McGary; I don’t care how many trees he smokes, he can score touchdowns, then get him on the field! The Maize…
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Even Enemies | Breaking Down the Modern Notre Dame-Michigan Rivalry (Guest Post)
[Ed. I don’t know if this helps or hurts your Saturday hangover, but reader Daniel shared this via email today and I had to post it. Great Stuff] ** Guest post by Daniel Florip ** As depressed as we are about the 31-0 butt-kicking Saturday night, let’s also continue to be depressed about the end of this very hotly contested and entertaining rivalry. I decided to look at the numbers, and it’s amazing how even the modern rivalry was. Take a look at the 31 modern games in the series, from 1978 to 2014: The wins and losses were right down the middle: M 15, ND 15, 1 tie The points scored were pretty even too, over 31 games: M 716, ND 660. The per-game average score of M 23, ND 21 suggests a whole lot of very close contests and a very even series. Each school defended its home turf at pretty much the same clip:* M Record in Ann Arbor: 10-5* ND Record in South Bend: 10-5-1 And this was not a streaky series by any means:* Longest ND Winning Streak: 4 (1987-1990)* Longest M Winning Streak: 3 (2009-2011)* (No other streaks longer than 2 games.) The records were pretty close no matter the margin of victory. Blowout wins (def: Generally 18 points or more, but also given…
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Domed – Sights & Sounds | (Notre Dame 31, Michigan 0 – 2014)
Synopsis: They might be chicken but we’re the jive turkeys. No, the season is not lost but what happened last night was worse than anything that has happened in recent years – seriously – including last year’s beat down in East Lansing. Oh yes, it got ugly (ironically, mostly Chicken Little sky is falling) on WTKA on Sunday morning. A reminder to callers, please recite your fandom credentials BEFORE your rant, please. Oh, and the Twitterverse was less than kind to the current #1000SSS regime. Hope is not a strategy but..that’s my strategy. And bourbon. Peacock Trolls: Nice to know NBC Sports is reading this site…did you see that photo and a brief mention of Yost’s dog? I wonder where they got that? Hey peacocks – how about a mention or a hat tip? Just Cover – Jokes aside about the offensive production, memo to Coach Nuss—maybe slap a cover on the play card? I don’t know if there’s anything on there we don’t want the opponents to see but you can do a lot in HD these days: Mood Update: The Mood Index. Break-in reported at Ann Arbor Torch & Pitchfork around 2am EDT Sunday morning. Investigation pending. Uniform Update: White socks – the best thing out there Saturday? Also, note the away (white) Team 135 undershirts: And…
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Dr. Sap’s Decals | Notre Dame
Via Maize & Blue Nation 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. I’ll typically toss in the Fan Award and the Editor’s Choice (except this week b/c we sucked). OFFENSIVE CHAMPION NO DECAL – I get it, Funchess had over 100 yards receiving, but no points = No Decals for anybody on the offense. DEFENSIVE CHAMPION NO DECAL – The D played hard and was not the reason U-M lost this game, but I didn’t see any consistent play from anyone that deserved any decals. SPECIAL TEAMS CHAMPION NO DECAL – Two missed field goals early set an ominous tone for this game. You just can’t have misses like that in big road games like this. UNIFORM CHAMPION WHITE SOCKS – I saw several players wearing all white socks up to their knees – wonder if they read my post last game? That look, with the road white jerseys and white socks, is classic and timeless. Decals to all those knee-high-white-socked-M-Men!! BOB UFER FAN AWARD THOSE WHO STAYED – To those…
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TWIMFbH – The RichRod Era and To Hell With Notre Dame (2008+)
This Week..heads back to September 6, 2008 with RichRod looking for his first win in Ann Arbor against Miami, OH. For obvious reasons we quickly spin away from 2008 and take a little Notre Dame/Michigan history, specifically to the cancelation of 1910 that tossed gasoline on the rivalry: [display_podcast] 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 or inside the Bud Light Victors Lounge starting at 8am. For more on the Notre Dame Rivalry: Teaching Notre Dame Modern Football (1887) When Michigan Canceled The Notre Dame Series | 1910 Yost Gets a Dog to Get Shorty’s Goat (1910) Get Natural Enemies (by John Kryk) #THWND! Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Seeing the Call
Michigan video historian Art Vuolo was back at it Saturday. Check out this clip of the Appalachian State game, featuring the opening remarks from the new crew of Jim Brandstatter and Dan Dierdorf, along with a few calls: You can buy the full video package from the game and browse Art’s entire collection here. Speaking of Brandy and Dan D., my scientific poll of of the broadcast… …yeilded an 83% approval rating. The Detroit News’s Chris McCosky, who expected this to be a disaster, was impressed as well. Not too shabby for Volume 1. Follow MVictors on Twitter
