Yo! At 5:50PM I’ll be live on 950AM WWJ’s Tailgate Show broadcast and up on the stage at the southwest corner of Main St. and Stadium Blvd., just across from Michigan Stadium. I’m 98% certain we’ll be talking some Terrible Tommy Harmon. Can’t wait? Check out my segment for #TWIMFbH which will air during the WTKA 1050AM KeyBank Countdown to kickoff this evening. Related: All you had to do was ask, bro.. Bo Hall 2.0 TWIMFbH: Harmon and Howard Launch Legendary Seasons (1940, 1991) The Cavender Stomp (1978) Yost Gets a Dog to Get Shorty’s Goat (1910) Teaching Them Modern Football (1887)
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All you had to do was ask, bro..
Someone pimped one of my photos (from 2011 media day) for a GameDay sign and I don’t appreciate it! Admittedly they added some cartoonish legs which I do appreciate. Either way, now you have to deal with the MVictors law..talking..guy :) Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Bo Hall 2.0
On the eve of the Notre Dame game, here’s at a look at Schembechler Hall 2.0, as I understand it, to be dedicated next Spring: More after the jump..
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TWIMFbH: Harmon and Howard Launch Legendary Seasons (1940, 1991)
HOLD ON TO YOUR MAIZE AND BLUE FEDORAS! For the Under the Lights II edition of This Week in Michigan Football History we take a double dip to the opening game of two Heisman winning seasons: Tom Harmon’s trip to Cal in 1940, and Desmond Howard trek to Boston College in 1991. Each man delivered two of the greatest performances in Wolverine history, accounting for 9 touchdowns between this. And Harmon had to outduel 12 men on one play, as my man Bud Brennan hopped on the field and tried to bring down Terrible Tommy. Without further ado: [display_podcast] For more on the 1940 Cal game and much, much more on Tommy Harmon, grab Saturday’s commemorative game program and support U-M efforts to archive these men and these eras. Oh, and sponsor note. You know I recorded TWIMFbH in style by rocking my Michigan Game Changer from MaraWatch, don’t you? That’s it on the left with Ira manning the 1s and 2s in the background in studio at WTKA. Remember: You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. Listen to it live tomorrow on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM or catch it live inside the Bud Light Victors Lounge. Follow MVictors on Twitter script: For this Prime Time…
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The Cavender Stomp (1978)
The story of Joe Montana's trip into the arms of the Michigan Marching Band back in 1978. He was not treated gently by band director George Cavender. The story:
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Bacon Responds to Questioning
[Ed. 9/3 An important note: I received an advance/uncorrected copy of the book this summer and wrote a review (now posted here) in early July, and shortly after sent the below questions to Bacon. He replied this afternoon so here you go. Fourth And Long hit stores today.] ————————————————————————————– MVictors: One surprise for Michigan fans is that one of the heroes of the book is Buckeye Zach Boren. Given the events with his brother Justin and Justin’s portrayal in 3&O, was there a process involved getting him to talk to you about for this book? Did you address the Justin portrayal with him? Did their old man (Mike, a Bo man of course) get involved and/or clear the way? Bacon: Interviewing Zach Boren was actually very simple, and straightforward. He was clearly a central part of the Buckeyes’ surprising story, so OSU’s PR man, Jerry Emig – who was consistently helpful — set up an interview with him and several other Buckeye players, staffers and lettermen, not to mention lots of time with Urban Meyer. Zach and I had a very good talk – I was upfront about my books – but on the walk back to Coach Meyer’s office, he turned and said, “Wait, you’re the guy who wrote about my brother in the last book!” He told me…
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Reviewing Fourth And Long
[Ed. 9/3 An important note: I received an advance/uncorrected copy of the book this summer and wrote this review in early July and held onto it, waiting for clearance to pull the trigger. In the time since there have been several excerpts, interviews and reviews out there. I left my early July thoughts basically unchanged. Fourth And Long hits stores today. And P.S. I have questions from July (and now answers) into Bacon on the book – they are now posted here.] If you read this site you probably won’t need to be nudged to pick up pretty much any book John U. Bacon writes on sports. You won’t be disappointed with his latest. In 4&L Bacon walks you through 2012 Big Ten football season looking primarily though the travails of four teams: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Northwestern. This passage from early on kind of sets the stage Bacon’s work and why he chose the Big Ten as his canvas: Given the Big Ten’s unique place in the pantheon of college football–the exemplar that has combined academic power, athletic prowess, and commercial popularity, with a minimum of miscues before 2010–the conference, its twelve-hundred-plus football players, and 17.5 million fans aren’t merely canaries in the coal mine. They’re the coal miners. Bacon defines the soul of college football from…
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Tom Harmon Exhibit at the U-M Bentley Library
A few hours after I published this post discussing how the Michigan Football Legends program has spawned fresh materials on these guys and their eras…I got this press release from the U-M Bentley Library: Harmon of Michigan The Bentley Historical Library is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibit, “Harmon of Michigan” focusing on the life and career of University of Michigan football legend Tom Harmon. The exhibition, in conjunction with the “unretiring” of Harmon’s famed number 98 jersey this season, highlights Harmon’s college career at Michigan, both as a student and an athlete. Using archival documents, photographs, and artifacts, including material recently acquired through Harmon’s son, Mark Harmon, the exhibit traces Harmon’s career as the University of Michigan’s first Heisman Trophy winner, World War II pilot and war hero, and a pioneering radio and television broadcaster. The exhibit is curated by Greg Kinney. The exhibit runs from September 3 to December 20, 2013. Exhibit Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Special Event: September 7, 2013, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. On September 7, the day of the Note Dame game, at which Tom Harmon will be honored, the Bentley Library will have special exhibit viewing hours. There will also be repeated showings of the 1965 television program “One Saturday Afternoon.” Produced…
