Overwhelming a hapless MAC school in the second half of a game is sorta fun, but few left Michigan Stadium Saturday with a new opinion on the direction of this team. Many of the empty seats will be occupied next Saturday when Utah visits you can bet. To the Sights and Sounds: Big Jon – Always great to see Jon Falk in the house – even if it is upstairs on not on the sideline: Pomp: Several items out there Saturday: SSB? – The band celebrated the 200th year of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. Nerd nit: And 200 years later the scoreboard doesn’t show the proper punctuation when they display the lyrics to the song. At half the band either spelled out LIBERTY or LETHARGY, it wasn’t clear from on high. Nevertheless, here’s Big house the beautiful pregame: Not from THERE. Miami band displayed a “NOT COLUMBUS” banner on the opening number before playing THE VICTORS. Pandering? Guilty. Do I Love it? Guilty. Capacity – Two minutes before kickoff, sparse in the student section and the unsold whatever-we-call-it section just north of the students: Booing – There were some loud BOOs in the 2nd quarter and the crowd was obviously frustrated. I’m not a big BOO-bird when given the opportunity, and no, I’d never boo college players. …
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Les Miles in the Cradle
Up on mgoblue.com right now, a nice piece on the Michigan coaching ties to Miami, OH, and its famed Cradle of Coaches. It includes a few great quotes from longtime assistant coach Jerry Hanlon, Tirrel Burton, Jon Falk, and others. Hanlon: “I’m a double ‘M Man,’ ” Hanlon said. “You can’t get Miami out of my blood because it gave me my start. It’s going to be tough this Saturday, but I think I’ve worn the maize and blue a little too long.” More importantly, I got a kick out of this. The lead pic features Bo’s staff in 1975 during team photo day…but look who’s chilling in the background! Here’s Les Miles, a senior offensive guard in ‘75, in the front row of the team photo if you need him:
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TWIMFbH – The RichRod Era and To Hell With Notre Dame (2008+)
This Week..heads back to September 6, 2008 with RichRod looking for his first win in Ann Arbor against Miami, OH. For obvious reasons we quickly spin away from 2008 and take a little Notre Dame/Michigan history, specifically to the cancelation of 1910 that tossed gasoline on the rivalry: [display_podcast] You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here…And don’t forget to catch it live Saturday on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM or inside the Bud Light Victors Lounge starting at 8am. For more on the Notre Dame Rivalry: Teaching Notre Dame Modern Football (1887) When Michigan Canceled The Notre Dame Series | 1910 Yost Gets a Dog to Get Shorty’s Goat (1910) Get Natural Enemies (by John Kryk) #THWND! Follow MVictors on Twitter
