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: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION Devin Funchess – There is an old Canadian Hockey saying about getting or giving a “Hotel Dieu Pass” to or from one of your teammates. That means your inaccurate pass caused one of your teammates to get laid out and lit up, to the point where they have to be taken off on a stretcher and taken to the local hospital. (Hotel Dieu is a common Canadian Hospital name.) What that pass did, aside from Funchess taking a wicked shot, was jack up Utah even more. When you get a freebie to lay out one of the stars from the other team, you have just incited the feeding-frenzy to begin. Via mgoblog / Fuller So while it was just one incomplete pass, it was MUCH more than that. It was Utah’s cue to come after Michigan for more. I commend Funchess for staying in the game and making two huge…
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Sights & Sounds | Michigan 52, Appalachian St 14 (2014)
People needed an old-school toilet-paper toss style beatdown on someone, and I guess it helped a weensy bit that we dropped it on the source of our epic humiliation seven years ago. Still, we needed 48 more points to erase THE HORROR from memory and in fact, officially from the NCAA record books. Look it up. Beyond that, I loved seeing the gaping holes in the line, it was great to see the #1 out there and there was genuine excitement when Peppers was on the field. Looks like Jake Ryan is still getting used to the position and we need to feel him more next week. So the general sense out there—that was fun, but now let’s block & run against a real team. Check back in Saturday night. Historical Games Notes: Primarily via #1000SSS: Michigan improved its record in season openers to an impressive 111-21-3. With his three passing touchdowns, Gardner upped his career total to 37 and earned a share of the seventh spot among Michigan’s all-time leaders in the category. He is tied with Todd Collins (1991-94). Gardner also moved to ninth among U-M’s career leaders in total offense with 5,280 yards, passing Tom Brady (5,180, 1996-99). It is the 38th time in program history that U-M boasted two or more 100-yard rushers in a single…
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Pregame Pics | Appalachian State
In and around the gridiron before from this fine morning: The obligatory Peppers No Horror part Deux, thank you The new radio duo loving it. And P.S., I shook Dierdorf’s giant hand and now I can barely type this The inside of the mascot head smells like Doritos, Jagermeister and shattered dreams. (HT: Sklars) The Funchise — surprised everyone by coming out in the COVETED #1. His statement here. Uniform timeline will be updated. The block M nosebumper made it on the field, Uniform Timeline will be updated. First change to the bumper since 1985 when MICHIGAN replaced the helmet manufacturer in that slot. NOTHING wrong with seeing that name roam the west sideline Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Devin Funchess Dons the Ace
University of Michigan wide receiver Devin Funchess will wear No. 1 this season, it was announced Saturday (Aug. 30). Below is a statement from Funchess about his number change:
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Reaching Out
Check out a few of U-M’s finest visiting the first graders at Harvest Middle School in Saline: Left to right in the back, that’s Devin Funchess, Fitz Toussaint and Jeremy Gallon. Circumstances? Dunno, but this seems to be an annual visit to the youngsters in Saline by a group of players. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Remaining Calm (Michigan 31, Air Force 25) | Sights & Sounds
At halftime Coach Mattison told Doug Karsch “..they’re getting us on the same play..”. Above (click for poster size) is what it looked like all day. Hats off to Air Force and I’m not taking anything away from the Falcons. As you know, they ran that thing to perfection. It seemed the U-M corners did their job – engaging the block, containing the corner and forcing the run inside. It’s just that the inside was a gaping hole you could fit a Stealth Bomber though..let alone any one of Sam McGuffie’s brothers. That was close. If Air Force could have done something/anything else, namely, toss it downfield more than 15 yards, or execute a fake kick, or execute a real kick, I think we’re 0 and 2. On the other side of the ball, it’s amazing how numb we’ve become to Denard’s exploits. Denard’s performance seemed to be an afterthought on postgame the talk. We untie our shoe laces, compose songs and videos about how much we love the young man, and sleep in #16 jerseys but I just get the sense that his performance yesterday was met with a fat yawn. Four TDs and 416 total yards, 200 each on the ground and air and those 2 ridiculous scoring runs? I get that it’s coming off the Bama game…
