Back after a very brief hiatus to get through the neverending news cycle of Michigan athletics! Dusty May, NCAA tournament, the Caitlin Clark, hockey's ball-busting win over Michigan State for their 28th Frozen Four and more!
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Every pod has its Day | Professor and the Pundit – S2 Ep7
The B1G schedule is underway, Michigan is 4-0, Ohio State gets a huge victory in South Bend and Ryan Day gets rosy-cheeked and squeaky in the postgame. Listen on! [Lead pic from Maize And Blue Nation]
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Beaver Beatdown – Sights & Sounds (Michigan 35, Oregon State 7 – 2015)
“I GUESS I HIT THAT HOLE YOU NERDS!” (via Michigan Daily) Following another Smith score to put U-M up 26-7, Harbaugh personally called for the 2 point conversion. He gave some kind of signal to the celebrating players – it looked like a bear claw from the press box. He sat hunched over outside the team area basically begging for Rudock and a few other guys to get the message and line up—flashing the bear claw gesture as hard as he could. Rudock and crew eventually got the message, lined up, and successfully executed the 2 point conversion to put U-M up 28-7. On the trot back to the sideline Rudock tried to slide back to the bench with the rest of the unit but Harbaugh put his hand in Rudock’s chest—stopping him in his tracks. There was a quick chat between QB and coach, I assume something along the lines of maintaining composure even after a TD and paying attention. After the chat, #4 delivered a pair of hearty butt slaps and Rudock went back to the bench. Here’s the deal – Harbaugh is in absolute control (most of the time) of the sideline and what the players are doing on the field. The only other way he’d have it is if the rules allowed him to play a…
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Bringing it WWE Style (WTKA audio)
Keep Ira and Sam in your thoughts. They’ve graciously kept the WTKA phone lines open since Monday morning. I’m pretty sure if they continue this for the entire week they qualify for sainthood. In the aftermath of Saturday’s shutout, Ira even took the onslaught from callers on the postgame show. Just after midnight Paul from Toledo dialed in: [display_podcast] Forget Engineering! (Sorry Cook.) Update: This has pretty much gone viral. Thanks to Lost Letterman for taking a run at the transcription: “Yeah, this is Paul. [Inaudible] I’m headed back home. I just gotta tell you right now: That is absolutely a joke. I heard one of your sponsors: Come Get Some Burritos. Brady Hoke can grab some burritos and get the heck out of town. You got to be kidding me. I mean here’s the deal: Devin Gardner’s got a defensive lineman number (#98), get him on the defensive line! Let’s get a quarterback in there that knows how to throw and throw to our team! Let’s get John Beilein coaching both teams, Crisler Arena and the Big House are right next to each other. Let’s get John Beilein, Jon Horford – let’s get all those guys – Mitch McGary; I don’t care how many trees he smokes, he can score touchdowns, then get him on the field! The Maize…
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The Coach Was Happy (Beilein joins WTKA 3-11)
Ole! Via BTN Brent Yarina. Enjoy a very happy John Beilein chatting with Sam and Ira this morning on WTKA 1050AM. They hit on many topics – the success this year, the 1-3-1 zone, the postgame celebration on Saturday, the evolution of the Crisler atmosphere (LOL), the upcoming B1G tournament and much more: [display_podcast] As always, you can catch all of the WTKA podcasts here. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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Coach Beilein Joins Sam & Ira (WTKA audio Feb 25, 2014)
It’s always fun to hear what the coach has to say after a big win. This morning coach B talked about everything from the zone, his relationship with Steve Fisher, to his philosophy & history of working on the refs, to Mitch McGary’s status and much more: [display_podcast] As always, catch all of the WKTA podcasts here. If you missed it, check out sights and sounds from Sunday’s big win.
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Sights & Sounds: Sweep Tight ! (Michigan 79, Michigan State 70)
Broom and Boom: We got you in Hoops, Ice Dancing and Jinxes. (Oh, and embroidery). Pres-elect Schlissel getting a tour from U-M Marketing chief Hunter Lochmann. Timmy Hardaway in the house representing and showing off his extra long digits. D Funch giving Stauskas some pointers during pregame Clean Several NBA Scouts on hand, here are a few looking over whatever they look at. They must have been drooling over Payne. I told one of them that #Levert was a pure athlete. Reply: “Yes he is.” “AP…Why do they call me the Angry Midget? Why?” Jon Falk! His last day officially on the job is coming up! :( Maize Rage feeling it! They joined the dance team for a spicy little routine during the game. Capt. Jake Ryan with Laura Hoke as Coach Mattison looks on. Scoop: at this pace no chance Jake’s flowing locks return for ‘14. There is a lot going on here, all good to me. Beilein going ballistic after the blocking call in front of him – he wasn’t alone. My pal Jil Gordon representing! Zack Novak Attack (was was Back) Happy Coach Happy Coach part II. “This happens all the time guys. Just like this.” Staus-KISS! – that’s pure $CAN right…
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Full John Beilein Presser (April 4, 2013)
From the Final Four, via U-M Media Relations. As usual some good stuff out of Coach B. and I think he handled the Mike Rice question spot on. An interview with: COACH JOHN BEILEIN THE MODERATOR: We’re joined now by head coach John Beilein of Michigan. We’ll start with an opening statement and then take questions. COACH BEILEIN: It would be very obvious that the University of Michigan is so proud to be back in the Final Four. Our university, our team, all the staff that’s involved that’s worked very hard to get Michigan in this position. We’re practicing hard. We’re looking toward to today and tomorrow’s practice. We still have a lot to do if we’re going to be successful. But we’re all engaged and going to do our best. But on behalf of the whole university, we feel a great amount of gratitude to be back in the situation again. THE MODERATOR: Questions for Coach Beilein. Q. Coach, could you trace a little of your history with Coach Boeheim, what it’s like to face him now.
