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  • Jug Myths, Jug Misgivings | This Week in Michigan Football History

    October 7, 2023 /

    It sure got messed up, didn't it? I'm talking about the brief history of the Little Brown Jug. Here's a download of information to set you straight:

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  • Nebraska Cornhuskers Deliver the Royal Treatment (1911)

    September 24, 2023 /

    With a return to Lincoln, Nebraska afoot, a repost. This was originally published in mgoblog's HTTV 2011 as part of a blow-by-blow of the entire 1911 season through the reporting of The Michigan Daily. This is a fun look at the November 25, 1911 game played in Lincoln - on and off the field.

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  • Michigan Leaves the Big Ten | This Week In Michigan Football History

    November 19, 2022 /

    Today we take a look at the conference reforms that led Michigan to leave the Big Ten in the early 1900s. But while we were an Independent, we managed to schedule Minnesota. And thank goodness we did - those non-conference match-ups with the Gophers launched the Little Brown Jug rivalry. Michigan returned to the conference in 1917 and it didn't take long to return to our winning ways. Go Blue!

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  • From Disaster to the 501 Barbeque (1900-1901)

    January 11, 2022 /

    Has there been a bigger jump in fan sentiment season-to-season than 2020 to 2021? I don’t need to remind you of the mess that was last season, and granted COVID had something to do with that. But it’s fair to say the program was in full-on crisis mode. Future jeopardized. Dogs and cats living together. Twelve months later we were drowning in Lucas Oil confetti and passing around a silver pigskin. One possible candidate? 1900 to 1901:

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  • The Distinguished Digit, The Sacred Seat | Origins of the 1 in Michigan Stadium capacity

    October 18, 2021 /

    A discussion on the origins and significance of the "1" in the Michigan Stadium official capacity. Includes an interesting theory coming out of a 1960s article in Sports Illustrated.

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  • Maize & Blue Sweatervest Hoodoo! (1904)

    September 9, 2021 /

    Originally posted in 2014, bumped given the mention of Yost's "noisy yellow and blue sweater vest" ahead of Saturday's maize for the Washington game.

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  • Tom Harmon vs. Ohio State (Bentley)

    Terrible Tommy Nabs His Heisman | This Week in Michigan Football History

    November 24, 2020 /

    This Week In Michigan Football History, as played during the WTKA 1050AM 'Countdown to Kickoff' held November 28, 2020 before the Michigan-Penn State game. Michigan has three Heisman Trophy Winners (Tom Harmon, Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson). We consider former Michigan players that probably WOULD have won the Heisman has it been awarded prior to 1935 - including Willie Heston, Bennie Oosterbaan, and Harry Newman. And finally we look at Tom Harmon's brilliant career and in particular the 1940 season, concluding with his dominant performance against Ohio State.

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  • Stuffing Stagg on Thanksgiving (1903) | This Week in Michigan Football History

    November 18, 2020 /

    This Week In Michigan Football History, as played during the WTKA 1050AM 'Countdown to Kickoff' held November 21, 2020 before the Michigan-Rutgers game. We start with the conclusion of the glorious 1964 Michigan Wolverines season and their 10-0 triumph over Ohio State, as well as their dominant conclusion over Oregon State in the Rose Bowl. We then roll back to 1903 with a brief review of the beating of Oberlin College that set up the Thanksgiving Day battering of Amos Alonzo Stagg and the Chicago Maroons, 28-0 at Marshall Field.

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