Stub via ticketmuseum.com and Ken Magee of Ann Arbor Sports Memorabilia This week we go back to Thanksgiving Day, 1898 as Michigan head coach Gustave Ferbert and his undefeated Wolverines traveled to Chicago to face Amos Alonzo Stagg and his powerful University of Chicago Maroons. While rarely discussed these days, the game is without a doubt one of the most notable match-ups in Wolverine lore. While today’s our undisputed rival is clearly The Buckeyes, back in 1898, the coach and the team that really got maize and blue blood boiling was Stagg and his Chicago teams. Have a listen: [display_podcast] You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. Listen to it live tomorrow on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM.
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TWIMFbH: Avenging Ithaca and Forming the League (1894)
This Week we take a peek at Team 15 back in 1894 at the pair of battles against Cornell- one played in New York and the other back in Detroit at the DAC field. It’s a pre-Yost, pre-Jug, pre-The Victors and heck, even pre-Big Ten look at Michigan Football history: [display_podcast] As always, listen to the WTKA’s Countdown to Kick-off four hours before kickoff on 1050AM or on iHeartRadio. You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here.
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TWIMFbH: Huskers Here, Huskers There (1905, 1911, 1917)
Shot from the 1911 game at Lincoln via HuskerMax.com – check out the full shot here For this week in Michigan football history we step back to October 27, 1917 when Michigan faced Nebraska in Ann Arbor and include a look at the 1905 game and the last trip to Lincoln, the road trip on November 25, 1911. Enjoy: [display_podcast] More more on the 1911 game here and as always, listen to the WTKA’s Countdown to Kick-off four hours before kickoff on 1050AM or on iHeartRadio. You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here.
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TWIMFbH: Playing for Kegs and The Homecoming Tradition (2001)
Saturday’s edition of This Week in Michigan Football History drops back to 2001 to look at the battle between Lloyd Carr’s 12th ranked Wolverines and Joe Tiller and his 17th ranked Purdue Boilermakers. But before stepping into that, we look at Michigan’s Homecoming tradition, dating back to 1897 and of course one of the greatest traditions on the U-M campus: The SAE Mud Bowl. You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. Listen to it live tomorrow on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM or catch it live inside the Bud Light Victors Lounge. Stub via ticketmuseum.com
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TWIMFbH: Case Closed, Ghost Trapped, Yost Opened (1923)
Cigars, Ghosts, Field Houses and Yost. You get a little bit of it all and more in this week’s edition of This Week in Michigan Football History. Enjoy: [display_podcast] Want more? Check out: Yost Steps off the Sidelines, for now Leathernecks Help Dedicate Yost Field House (1923) You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. Listen to it live tomorrow on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM or catch it live at the Wolverine Beer Tap Room. Just a reminder the segment is sponsored by Stadium Trophy which has partnered with WTKA on its ‘Michigan High School Scholar Athlete of the Week Award’ segment.
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#TWIMFbH | Yakety Sacks (Michigan 38, Notre Dame 0–2007)
Crowe and SI redo via me (MVictors_, Hart in 300 via CC on Autumn Thunder The Horror. Sucks Unlimited. Michigan, a supposed national title contender is spinning out of control at 0-2. Enter Charlie Weis and his 0-2 Fighting Irish and we had a media circus to witness the cripple fight. Save us Russell Crowe! Help me Mike Hart! Our departed leader Bo – any words for the Irish? TWIMFbH: [display_podcast] Here’s a look: Yakety Sacks aka “Jimmy Clausen for Heisman” #thebest You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. Listen to it live tomorrow on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM….but you knew that.
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TWIMFbH: Bo Shows ‘The U’ How We Do Things (1984)
Feels so good to be back home again. This Week in Michigan Football History returns to Ann Arbor and the Bud Light Victors Lounge at 1050AM WTKA on Saturday and here’s your bonus sneak listen. Miami FL comes to town (via Ticketmuseum.com) This time we take a trip back at the 1984 opener played on September 8 of that season, as Team 105 took on the #1 ranked and defending national champion Miami Hurricanes. Jimmy Johnson’s ‘Canes actually had already played two games that season which must have drove Bo nuts. When he found out I’m guessing some furniture was moved around. Clip: [display_podcast] How about some double bonus #TWIMFbH content? A player who prefers to remain anonymous shared this about that game and in particular, the scene doing pregame warm-ups. Awesome: “I can tell you one thing that I do recall from that game that really stuck out for me was the pre-game. As you may imagine the pre-game ritual for Bo was rather intense. We would come out in full gear and begin our warm ups with our individual position coaches. You know the usual running, stretching, form up hitting. Then we would move to the full team warm up where Bo would have us line up and hit, at full speed, against the first and second team…
