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eBay Watch: Schembechler Snaps!!

Greg D. posted an article on - Feb 5, 2012, 3:48 pm
While the plenitude of former All-American player and coach Harry Kipke is hard to explain, it’s not surprising that there are always plenty shots of Bo up on eBay. Recently you can find a nice assortment of Schembechler blowing his stack.
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Gustave Ferbert's Million Dollar Touchdown

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 28, 2012, 5:04 pm
Billings (Montana) Daily Gazette, November 7, 1909 Today obviously the head coach of Michigan football team doesn’t have to look beyond campus to hit it big.
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eBay Watch: Harry Kipke Tames Lions (1935)

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 22, 2012, 12:39 pm
I don’t if Harry Kipke liked to be photographed, or whether the press chased him around a lot but, brother, there are always a lot of interesting photos of the former Michigan All-American player and coach on eBay. Just right now you can find photos of Kipke in scenes that have nothing to do wi...
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Interview: Seth Gold of Hardcore Pawn

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 19, 2012, 12:40 pm
Seth Gold from American Jewelry and Loan beside his #16 Denard John Navarre signed jersey [Ed.
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Cool Cat

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 18, 2012, 7:05 am
It’s a beautiful day! No question the star of the game was this guy, who once again showed poise beyond his years: That photo was taken after Burke’s first start of the year in game 2 against Towson. Back then I wrote this: Burke is a cool cat for a true freshman by the way.
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Stonum Dismissed – Official Statement

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 17, 2012, 4:07 pm
Bummer, but not surprised after the recent incident.  And this might be a first, includes a (very nice) statement from the guy being dismissed.  Via U-M media relations: Wide Receiver Darryl Stonum Dismissed from U-M Football Team ANN ARBOR, Mich. – University of Michigan head football coach B...
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Men's Soccer Coach Chaka Daley joins WTKA (audio Jan-16)

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 16, 2012, 8:55 pm
Office pic via @umichsoccer via Twitter Brand spanking new Men’s Soccer Coach joined Ira this morning on WTKA 1050AM.
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Righteous Bounty

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 12, 2012, 8:50 pm
The Sugar Bowl trophy was on display at Crisler last night before the Northwestern game, and the football squad honored during a timeout in the first half. A look: Molk makes that trophy look like a toy; Van Bergen has his back Craig Roh scouting out a courtside seat The team 132 logo helmet alo...
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Making It Official—Jil Gordon & Painting the Little Brown Jug

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 10, 2012, 9:04 pm
Most people know the basics (or if you read this site, about everything you’d ever want to know) about the story of the Little Brown Jug.
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Sugar Bowl Outtakes

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 6, 2012, 12:26 pm
A few random notes, pics and takes in the aftermath a solid trip to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.
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Molk Postgame in the Big Easy Chair

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 4, 2012, 8:28 pm
I rare 30 minute trip inside the postgame locker room including a few moments with David Molk, who was chilling out in the aftermath of the big win. On what happened
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Sugar Bowl Postgame Photos– It's Great, etc. etc. !

Greg D. posted an article on - Jan 4, 2012, 2:30 am
Great stuff. First off the MVP: Junior Megatron Hemingway after stepping from the podium
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Michigan From The Heart–The Movie

Greg D. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2011, 2:28 pm
... here’s a very well produced piece about one of my favorite programs, Michigan ‘From The Heart’.
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MGoAuction Alert! The Ultimate #1 Jersey

Greg D. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2011, 12:28 pm
More from the gang running MGoAuction!
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The Difference – Michigan 36, Purdue 14

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2011, 5:18 pm
There’s a difference this year in the Wolverines and I think it has a lot to do with having a guy at the helm focusing on this (from pregame Saturday): And this, from August: Still, do you see a championship-caliber team out there?
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Dr. Sap's Decals – Purdue

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2011, 2:37 pm
Many to hand out this week via Dr. Sap: Jet-Pack Guy: 2 decals – one for the spot-on landing and one for the sweet helmet!
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Big Ten Divisional Tie-Breakers 101

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2011, 8:34 am
I’m guessing many of you already have this straight in your heads, but after Nebraska’s win over Michigan State this is certain to come up this week. To me, the official Big Ten division tie-breaker rules aren’t crystal clear after a quick read.
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Visiting Hours Available: Schembechler Hall Museum

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 6:16 am
Because the media huddles inside the museum inside Schembechler Hall (officially the Margaret Dow Towsley Sports Museum), I’ve been able to check out the displays quite a few times.
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TWIMFbH–Kipke, Crisler and The Dickinson System (1932!)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2011, 5:21 pm
For the latest edition of TWIMFbH we step down to 1932 and check out when Harry Kipke’s undefeated crew, led by All-American quarterback Harry Newman faced a very familiar name—Fritz Crisler and his Princeton Tigers. We touch on that game played this Saturday back in 1932, but spend more time o...
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Needles, Bones, Stitches, Cigars and Pistols (Red Berenson audio)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2011, 5:48 pm
subtitle: Why I love the Red Berenson show. Here’s a mere couple minutes from the opening segment of the WTKA 1050AM broadcast of last week’s show. Red talks about the bones he’s broken during his career, then tells a story from the late 1960s when he was sewn up by a poker-playing, cigar-sm...
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eBay Watch: Leathernecks Help Dedicate Yost Field House (1923)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2011, 1:39 pm
This fine poster is up for sale on eBay right now and caught my eye.
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Mail! To MVictors

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 22, 2011, 9:53 am
More mail, this time including an actual piece of USPS mail.
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How Captain Conley Got His Charm Back

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2011, 8:47 pm

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Ufer Returns to WTKA Noon Saturday

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 18, 2011, 3:44 pm
God bless your cotton pickin’ maize and blue fedora-covered ears, old Ufe returns Saturday. Continuing an awesome tradition, starting at noon Saturday WTKA 1050AM will air another game from the Bob Ufer radio archives, this time the 1977 battle against Purdue played in West Lafayette. One of m...
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Up Close: Helmet Numbers

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 17, 2011, 3:39 pm
The Helmet Hut provided Michigan and Notre Dame with the decals on each teams’ helmets for the game this season.
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Dr. Sap's Decals – Michigan State

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 17, 2011, 11:02 am
Week #7 – Michigan State Will Hagerup: 4 decals: coffin-corner punts Out of Bounds at MSU 10, 5, 5 and 15-yard lines – Outstanding! Harry Kipke would be proud! Desmond Morgan: 4 decals – 3rd QTR Fumble Recovery; 4th QTR Fumble Recovery; 4th QTR Tackle For Loss, and +1 editor’s choice, ...
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Dirty Paul?

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2011, 8:50 am
Paul Bearer: “This is Paul and Paul is my friend.
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Not Smooth – Postgame Photos (MSU 28, Michigan 14)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2011, 4:42 pm
More later but just a few postgame photos.
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The Wolverine All Whites (1976)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2011, 12:30 pm
A quick look at the last time, I believe, Michigan donned the all white uniforms:
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Rescuing the Undeniably Ugly Paul Bunyan

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2011, 4:51 pm
From deep in John U. Bacon’s Three and Out, check out a few great lines delivered by Rich Rod before last year’s rematch with the Spartans. Here’s RR talking to the team after displaying a picture of the Paul Bunyan Trophy: “The ugliness of that trophy is well documented.
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TWIMFbH – Really, really Little Brother & Shorty's Pooch (1910)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2011, 4:29 pm
... and focus on the battle against M.A.C. and the controversy surrounding the scheduled game against Shorty Longman and the Irish. As always, you can listen to it out before the KeyBank Countdown to ... click play now:   You can hear all of the  This Week… clips here. Related: eBay Watch...
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Restore the Spartan Eye Sore

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2011, 7:58 pm
Ahh, the billboard games. Today this one got an upgrade, just in time for game week: This billboard has been displayed a few miles west Brighton on west-bound I-96 (about 30 miles east of the first exit for Spartan Stadium) & has been a fixture for several years. It’s clearly a ‘bite meâ€...
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Richard Eisen Hearts Hoke (Jim Rome – audio)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2011, 10:32 pm
Eisen dropped the Richard (Rich is cleaner), but kept his Michigan Daily column tag for his blog Michigan grads the Sklar Brothers guest hosted Jim Rome’s radio show today and in the first hour they were joined by another Wolverine grad, the NFL Network’s Rich Eisen. They barely exchanged ‘G...
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Dr. Sap's Decals – Chicago Style, @ Northwestern

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2011, 9:44 pm
Plenty to dole out, take it away Sap: Adidas: 1 decal for bringing back the white socks on the road with a little block M on them a la Tom Harmon and the boys back in 1939!
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Michigan 42, Northwestern 24 + the Misc.

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2011, 12:12 pm
What a great night in Evanston and props to the throngs of Michigan fans who made the trip, many of whom blew my doors off on I-94 topping 95 MPH. After parking several blocks from the stadium, I was running a tad late so I flagged your typical pregame rickshaw driver and cruised to the stadium i...
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TWIMFBH – Crushing The Cadets and "Kramer of Michigan" (1955 – audio)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2011, 1:11 pm
This Week in Michigan Football takes a look back to Saturday October 8, 1955, when Michigan took on Army in front of 97,000 at the Big House. Michigan prevailed that day 26-2 for its first win over Army.  I touch on the game but talk a bit about the legend Ron Kramer who passed away last fall. As...
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Under the Lights in 188 seconds

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2011, 5:47 pm
Thanks to Brad from the Alumni Association for passing this along.
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Ye Ol' Freddy J

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 4, 2011, 10:50 am
Funny stuff from the MZone, my fav:
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Dr. Sap's Decals – Minnesota

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 3, 2011, 9:50 pm
A lot of business to take care of but first, here’s a rundown of the original criteria for awarding the footballs via Dr. Sap: Bo Schembechler criteria announced on September 23, 1969 for determining how Wolverines would earn a helmet award sticker, according to a report the next day in the Ann A...
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Now It's Official – The Jug is Ready for 2012

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 3, 2011, 1:35 pm
I’ve seen so many cool things over the past few years covering this team and its great history.
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Jug Security and The Misc.

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 2, 2011, 8:35 am
Here’s my new ringtone…Hoke’s response when asked if the team practiced handling the jug during the week: I’m not sure if this is some sort of punishment, or an attempt to one-up Denard or a shout-out to Prince given that Minnesota was in town, but Will Hagerup was rocking purple shoelaces:...
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Shut-Out Saving

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2011, 8:13 pm
I did catch one epic non-jug related photo from the game.
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My Jug Runneth Over (Michigan 58, Minnesota 0)

Greg D. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2011, 4:05 pm
What?
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Little Brown Jug Radio (WTKA audio)

Greg D. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2011, 3:33 pm
On the eve of the Saturday’s great battle for the Little Brown Jug I swung by WKTA 1050AM for segment this morning.  We talked all things jug—history, what to do with the scores, and so much more. We even had a special call from Jill Gordon, the artist who paints the scores of the crock if Mic...
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Bo Rejects Texa$ A&M – This Week in Michigan Football History (audio)

Greg D. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2011, 1:16 pm
TWIMFBH starts with a discussion on the 1977 Texas A&M vs. Michigan game and ends with more significant challenge from the Aggies, namely their attempt to woo Bo Schembechler to College Station. Check it out before the KeyBank Countdown to Kick-off on WTKA 1050AM tomorrow, or click play now:   Â...
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Poll: Resolving the Space Quandary

Greg D. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2011, 8:34 pm
Readers of this site know that the Little Brown Jug has but a pair of rows left for scores: After 2012 we’re hosed.
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Mud Bowl 2011? It's A Go

Greg D. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2011, 7:15 pm
From sources deep inside the Sigma Alpha Epsilon camp, it’s confirmed that Mud Bowl is on for 2011.
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Fun with Big Ten Tie-Breakers

Greg D. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2011, 12:09 pm
The latest Big Ten weekly press release detailed out the tie-breaker scenarios in detail and Adam Rittenberg of ESPN summarized the basics earlier this month.
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A Righteous Sip, and Why Michigan Bought the Jug

Greg D. posted an article on - Sep 26, 2011, 4:33 pm
In yesterday’s press conference, Ryan Van Bergen talked about The Little Brown Jug and joked, “I don’t think you’d want to drink any water out of that." True, but even if you wanted to take a drink you’d be hard pressed to make that happened.
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