• The Paul, The George, and The Dickinson System (1892, 1932, 1953) | This Week In Michigan Football History

    We jump around a bit in Saturday's edition of TWIMFbH starting with the 1892 match-up between Michigan and Northwestern which featured the first African-American to play for a future conference team - George Jewett.  We then fast forward to 1932 and Fritz Crisler's visit to the Big House and how an Illinois Professor devised a system to determine a national champion.  Finally, the Paul Bunyan Trophy - we didn't want it, and I don't get it!  

  • Act Like You’ve Been There Before!

    We've actually been there before! Did you know Michigan played a pair of neutral-site football games in Indianapolis? The good news: Michigan is undefeated and unscored upon in these games. The bad news: these were played 129 and 114 years ago. Best news: The star of the game was U-M's African American back George Jewett who scored 2 TDs/XPs & between plays jacked a racist fool! The story: