A brief history of Michigan football's living mascots, or at least creatures associated with the football program. Mascot, Yost's version of "Mike, Whiskey & Brandy and more:
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Slippery Rock and the Michigan Tradition | This Week in Michigan Football History
On this day in 1979 the #1000SSS gave the keys to the Big House over to Slippery Rock, who hosted Shippenburg. Over 61,000 fans attended, good enough for an all-time Division II attendance record. Here’s the history of this great Michigan tradition: Most Saturdays in the Big House you’ll public address announcer Carl Grapentine share scores of college games around the country, including a score that’s not quite like the other. I’m talking about Slippery Rock of course, and to this day it receives a big roar from the Meeechigan faithful if they happen to win. Calling out the Slippery Rock score at the Big House started in 1959 when then-PA man Steve Filipiak (FILL-IPEE-ACK) saw the score of a team with a funny name come across the wire. He decided to liven up what was a boring game and—-> the crowd LOVED it. The tradition continues today as it should. Did you know it was on this day 39 years ago in Michigan football history that a record crowd entered the Big House to see….Slippery Rock play in Ann Arbor. Yes, opportunistic AD Don Canham was no dummy and over 61,000 fans witnessed The Rock take on Shippensberg, It was enough to set the All-Time Division II attendance record. Did you know Slippery Rock got its name during the…
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Concourse Column Coverage
So this is an update for 2018. The support columns that adorn the inside concourses of Michigan Stadium now feature a new set of large prints honoring U-M greats: As I understand it, here’s the list of players honored on the columns: Tom Brady Steve Breaston Jake Butt Tom Curtis Brandon Graham Jim Harbaugh Mike Hart Chad Henne Jon Jansen Jourdan Lewis Zoltan Mesko Mark Messner Jamie Morris Jabrill Peppers Garrett Rivas Denard Robinson Ron Simpkins Anthony Thomas LaMarr Woodley
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Righteous Debuts (Winged Helmet, Michigan Stadium)
The first of October is a special day in Michigan lore. Two major milestones occurred on this day, eleven years apart: October 1, 1927. The first game was in a sparkling new Michigan stadium, where U-M thumped Ohio Wesleyan 33-0. Later that season temporary stands (borrowed from Ferry Field) were added to accommodate the crowds for the Navy and Ohio State games. Here’s a look at a pristine Big House: October 1, 1938. Fritz Crisler took the whistle on the western sideline for the first time on this day in 1938, and this was the debut of the iconic winged helmet: And thanks to the Michigan History Calendar, we also know that it was on this day in 1932 that the football program earned win #300 – a 26-0 shutout of Michigan State College in Ann Arbor. Follow MVictors on Twitter
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North End Zone vs. South End Zone – Biggest Moments in Michigan Stadium (recent) History
In your Michigan football experience, which M stadium endzone has more memorable TDs #goblue
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Freshman Quarters
Via a piece in the Portland Tribune: In the bowels are meeting room, training rooms and team locker rooms. The Wolverines have separate locker rooms for the freshmen and upperclassmen, a throwback to the Bo Schembechler era. “Bo wanted the freshmen to be by themselves for a year so they could become a very tight group,” Ablauf says. “The idea was, that would benefit them by the time they’re seniors and leaders on the team. We got away from that when the renovation happened in 2010. When Coach Harbaugh came in, he re-established the separate locker rooms.” Interesting. Don’t think I’d heard that, and despite personally being in the in the bowels (including the main locker room) for media day, I don’t recall seeing a separate area. Follow MVictors on Twitter
