With all the stadium and tunnel talk, this week is a perfect opportunity to discuss Fielding Yost and his quest to build Michigan Stadium (yes, with its coliseum-like tunnel entrance in the center of the arena). We also discuss a prime example of someone who didn't get his--namely Chicago's iconic coach Amos Alonzo Stagg--as well as the consequences. Go Blue.
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Flattening the Mountaineers (1904) | This Week in Michigan Football History
For Saturday’s edition of #TWIMFbH we march a mere three years forward to 1904 when on that day in Michigan Football history we welcomed the spring lambs from the American Medical School (Chicago) to Ann Arbor. Just three days later on the Saturday that followed Michigan faced West Virginia and unleashed a batch of whoopass not seen before or since: