Steve and Greg waste no time, we get into the proposed state law to allow alcohol at games, where states like Texas are conflicting with NCAA NIL guidelines, a list of notable B1G alums and finally, a peek at preseason rankings from prominent magazines.
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Jug 401: Did Yost really want the Little Brown Jug returned?
In this short video, I take a look at the origin story involving Michigan's coach Fielding H. Yost asking for the return of the jug after the 1903 game. I also take a look at the alleged the response from Minnesota that he and Michigan would need "to WIN it back." This story is important to origin story of college football oldest rivalry trophy tradition, but is it really what happened? I examine some of the problems with and much more in this video.
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The Poison Water Myth
The next nugget of Jug Lore gets into why U-M bought the jug in the first place. Did Michigan and Fielding H. Yost actually fear that Minnesota might taint or poison the Wolverine water supply? Is that really why they bought the jug – to control the source of Willie Heston’s water? Let’s examine this: If you dig this videos, like/subscribe/share/comment. As always, get all of your Little Brown Jug Lore here…
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Jug Stolen! On Michigan’s Watch (1931-1933)
Latest from the socially distant MVictors History Show, a short video about the when the Little Brown Jug went missing in 1931: If you dig this videos, like/subscribe/share/comment. As always, get all of your Little Brown Jug Lore here…
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Kramer of Michigan | This Week in Michigan Football History
For Saturday’s edition of This Week in Michigan Football History we take a couple trips, first back to 1994 when we retired the #48 jersey of President Gerald Ford, then down the dial to 1955 as the Wolverines took on Army in the premier match-up in the college football world. This provided a great opportunity to remember the great Ron Kramer. On the gridiron the Michigan legend played offensive & defensive end, running back, quarterback, kicker, and receiver– sometimes all within the same game. Off the gridiron, Kramer was a 9-time letterman and set Michigan’s all-time scoring record on the hoops squad and he excelled in the high jump for the track team. Here’s more: As always, this segment appears on 1050AM WTKA and 1330AM WTRX’s epic KeyBank Countdown to Kickoff prior to each game. During home games you can hear it live inside the Go Labatt Blue Light Victors Lounge starting 4 hours prior to kickoff. Go Blue! You can listen to all of This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. script – October 8 is a special day in Meeechhigan football lore, as it was on this day in 1994 that the Big House welcomed someone even more famous than Michael Jordan and Tom Brady. 22 years ago today President Gerald Ford was honored and had his #48 retired. Ford played for the back-to-back national champion teams…
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The Willis Ward Protests (1934)
A breakdown of the campus-chaos leading up to and following the infamous 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech game. U-M benched Ward and succumbed to Tech's demand to not play against a black player. Read on:
