What a game. Much more later on, after I finish this double (2pt conversion style) bourbon.
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TWIMFbH: Angus Goetz the Bucks (1918)
95 years ago this week the world was a very different place, and football took a backseat to international events. It was 1918 and while World War I was winding down, a massive flu epidemic raged across the globe. Naturally these events affected the college football schedule but the 1918 Michigan men excelled all they way through the finale in Columbus: [display_podcast] You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here….sponsored in 2013 by Ziebart of Yspilanti. And don’t forget to catch it live Saturday on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM or inside the Victors Lounge starting at 8am. Beat Ohio. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Passing the Broadcast Torch to Frankie
Ricky and Franky Saturday will be the home finale for many folks involved with Michigan football: the departing seniors of course, legendary equipment manager Jon Falk and longtime broadcaster Frank Beckmann (and yes, many longtime fans based on the recent tweets). Much has been said about about Falk but notsomuch about Frank. I think he’s done a great job broadcasting and he’s had some legendary calls. Following Bob Ufer behind the mic is beyond impossible and I tip my maize and blue fedora to Beckmann. So check this out. Thanks to the Art Vuolo and Dr. Sap archives here are a few clips from the radio broadcast of the 1981 Notre Dame game in Ann Arbor, Beckmann’s first season calling games. Ufer was ailing in ‘81 and Beckmann stepped in to call the opener against Wisconsin, a stunner where Bo’s #1-ranked crew fell to the Badgers. The Irish took over the top-ranking the following week and came to Ann Arbor to face the wounded blue. A few months back Sap told me that this game contained moments of Frank and Ufe on air together and I thought it’d be cool to share a few heading into the finale. Running down the clips: Clip #1. The transition from pregame to kickoff, as Ufer hands the broadcast over to “Frankie” Beckmann, but…
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Thankful
“Hey buddy!” Have a great Thanksgiving and I’ll see you Saturday. For those down and out I have an Rx: for an infusion of Meechigan passion listen to these clips of Ufer from the 1981 Notre Dame game. If that doesn’t help read this: You can’t make this up: Via Kerri @ Support Brady Hoke: Go Blue, have a great holiday and I’ll see you out there Saturday. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Dr. Sap’s Decals | Wind-chilled Hawkeye Edition
Straight to Sap’s honors for that mess in Iowa City. I added the Editor’s pick: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION NONE – I didn’t see one. Not Devin Funchess Manball. Not Devin Gardner. Not Fitz Toussaint. Not Derrick Green. Not Jake Butt. Not Jeremy Jackson. None. DEFENSIVE CHAMPION JAKE RYAN – He forced the pick-six to start the game, laid the wood later in the first half and seemed to be back to his normal, pre-injury, self. He was hitting guys like I haven’t seen a Michigan Linebacker hit guys since Ron Simpkins back in the late ‘70s. SPECIAL TEAMS CHAMPION RAYMON TAYLOR – Michigan didn’t block Iowa’s attempted field goal in the first half, but Taylor recovered the muff. It was momentum that you take when you are on the road in the Big Ten. I guess that momentum was blown away by all the wind in the 3rd quarter… HUSTLER / SPARKPLUG JEREMY GALLON – Not a Champion, but certainly a Hustler on Saturday. I can honestly say that after the first few games of Gallon’s Michigan career I NEVER thought I’d be saying this in his senior year: “I’m gonna miss that guy.” He has truly been deserving of wearing the #21 jersey and has come to play every game this year, and last year and the year before that.…
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TWIMFbH: Live! Old 98’s Magnum Opus
I’ll be live in studio talking Tommy Harmon and his final game in the winged helmet, played on this day November 23, 1940. Much has been said and written about the performance and that continues this morning :) My talking points: Crisler stopped the train on the way to the game because the players were goofing off (talking about parties & girls). Fritz pulled the team off the train in Toledo, read them the riot act. The players actually kept up the tomfoolery after Crisler’s speech, but captain Forest Evashevski assured the coaches that the team would be ready. Evy (also in his final game) wouldn’t let Crisler put in subs during the game until the very end. Near the end of the game, Evy grabbed a cigar out of a fan’s mouth and took a big puff. Harmon scored 3 TDs and broke Red Grange’s scoring record in the game. Harmon’s and the official game stats are here – he did it all – rushing for 136, passing for 157, 1 interception, 2 punts for 117 yards, punt/kick returns, 4 extra points, scored 3 TDs – 22 points scored total. The Ohio players congratulated Harmon as he left the field at the end of the game, and Harmon famously received a standing ovation from the Buckeye crowd. Some…
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Moving The Game for JFK (1963)
In 2009 I asked Dr. Barry Dehlin, a sophomore on Bump Elliott’s 1963 squad, to talk about his memories of the historic day in 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. The day after the shooting Ohio State was scheduled to be at the Big House but understandably that game was postponed to honor the President. Here’s what Dehlin shared:
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Guilty.
As a youth, a friend of mine and I visited Monmouth Park in NJ to enjoy the ponies. My buddy had never been to the track before so I gave him some advice: if your horse is winning the race, just play it cool man. It’s nobody’s business what your horse is doing or not doing, dig? Maintain. Minutes later the horse we both bet on was pulling away from the field as they came down the stretch. Naturally we both jumped around and screamed like little girls as we air-jockeyed that doggie across the line. Saturday: Via Ace at mogblog: If you’re wondering about the identity of the guy in the black jacket running around like a manic behind the goalposts, that’s Greg Dooley of MVictors. Livin’ the dream, Greg. Guilty. And the white-shirted fellow waving off the kick was Northwestern AD Jim Phillips:
