In Michigan Football History, as played during the WTKA 1050AM 'Countdown to Kickoff' held September 4, 2021 prior the season opener against Western Michigan. Topics include the 2010 stadium renovation (11 years ago this day) and Lloyd Carr, Tom Brady battling Notre Dame in 1999 (22 years ago this day). Go Blue!
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Yost Busts The Ghost | This Week in Michigan Football History (1925)
To open season 11 of TWIMFbH, it's the story of how Michigan's Fielding H. Yost returned to the head coach position. For a year Yost planned, schemed, and devised a strategy to stifle Illinois' great Red 'The Galloping Ghost' Grange on October 24, 1925. This segment appears on the WTKA 1050AM Countdown to Kickoff, starting four hours before each game.
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Kenn Domerese – Michigan Memorabilia Super Collector
Recently I had a chance to visit the incredible personal U-M memorabilia collection at the home of Kenn Domerese. In Part I we start with a brief interview followed-up by a look at a few items from his collection. This episode includies Michigan helmets from the 1910s and 1930s, a vintage cane that once belonged to Irving Pond (the man who scored the first touchdown in U-M history), original sheet music from The Victors, a 1930s "Schedule Bot", a 1901 cloth item dedicated to Fielding H. Yost's first team, and much more:
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The Life and Career of Fielding H. Yost
A video of my complete guest lecture at U-M course EDUC 212: The History of Intercollegiate Athletics. The topic is the career of Fielding H. Yost. In Part I we cover his early life and coaching career before Michigan, and just into his first season in Ann Arbor. Part II gets into his coaching and AD career, and legacy.
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Marking it Zero at Joe’s | MVictors History Show
What started with a photo of a vintage table led us down quite a What started with a photo of a vintage table led us down quite a path to learn more - and yes, there was a lot more. From a 1970s flea market, to the 1905 football season, to a famous campus bar, to the words of a U-M glee club favorite, to a tile mosaic on the streets of Ann Arbor.. Here's the story:
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Where is Willie?! Kryk on Heston, Carter, Woodson
Super pissed. ESPN's CFB150 list snubbed a bunch of all-time greats. But Willie Heston? John Kryk explains how bad of a snub this really was.
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Virtual Tour: Schembechler Hall’s Towsley Museum
I thought this quick look at the Towsley Museum in Schembechler Hall might be interesting for those who love history, but don't have the chance to make it inside. It's open weekdays from 9am-4pm and I know that eliminates the opportunity for many out of town.
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Affectionately, Fritz Crisler (1968)
Check out this late 1960s unique item-it's a program from some sort of reception or dinner for Fritz Crisler. This one is pretty cool as Crisler signed it for a gentleman named George writing, “To George, a grand person, Best Wishes all ways, Affectionately Fritz Crisler."
