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Full Rodriguez Press Conference (audio Purdue)
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Took 9 photos ndash; this one was the most flattering Herersquo;s the complete audio from Rich Rodriguez following the Purdue game.#160; Irsquo;ll add some notes and more in a bit: And it got a little chippy about midway through the presser.#160; Apparently when Rodriguez and Purdue...
Purdue Pregame: Tate and the Giant Drum
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For a November day in Michigan, it can’t get any better. Heading toward mid-60s, you can get away a light jacket and a golf shirt today. Mesko warming up:
I blasted a Tweet before the game to this effect, but I caught Tate trotting off the field toward the lockers...
What’s the Frequency? 104.3 WOMC, 10am Saturday
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Yo! I’ll be on joining “The Michigan Football Network Tailgate Show With Lucy Ann Lance, Dean Erskine, and Doug Karsch” at 10AM EST on Saturday for a segment or two. For those in Ann Arbor, tune yourselves to 104.3 WOMC or those out of town listen live here.
They...
This Flag is Signed, Sealed but not yet Delivered
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According to my deep cover, bunkered moles at the athletic department, this sweet item has been relisted on the auction to support the Pat Maloy Scholarship. A frame and signed ‘M’ flag containing the signatures of an amazing array of Michigan football greats. ...
Little Brown Jug Lore VII: Open Questions
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This season marks the 100th anniversary of when Michigan and Minnesota first played for the Little Brown Jug. Early this year I started on a quest to find out everything about the old trophy. I reviewed the legends, interviewed writers, equipment managers, coaches and...
Slapping Yourself
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Whew!#160; Local sports talk radio was quite a hoot today, as Rodriguez was thoroughly blasted by the folks that come out whenever Michigan loses, and they came strong today.#160;#160; For those out of town, herersquo;s a snip of mgoblogrsquo;s Brian Cook on WTKA 1050AM this afternoon...
Slapping Yourself
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Whew!#160; Local sports talk radio was quite a hoot today, as Rodriguez was thoroughly blasted by the folks that come out whenever Michigan loses, and they came strong today.#160;#160; For those out of town, herersquo;s a snip of mgoblogrsquo;s Brian Cook on WTKA 1050AM this afternoon...
Slapping Yourself
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Whew!#160; Local sports talk radio was quite a hoot today, as Rodriguez was thoroughly blasted by the folks that come out whenever Michigan loses, and they came strong today.#160;#160; For those out of town, herersquo;s a snip of mgoblogrsquo;s Brian Cook on WTKA 1050AM this afternoon...
Neither Tea nor Crumpets for QBs (Rodriguez audio)
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Rodriguez was pretty cool for the most part during the Monday morning press conference.#160; Herersquo;s a little audio of Rodriguez responding to a question from Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News this morning who asked if Rich Rodrsquo;s yelling at players perhaps creates some tightness...
Power Index Week 3
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It was painful exercise for me, stacking Michigan up against the rest of the league this week. Once again the Wolverines take the biggest drop in the Index, mercifully spared from the cellar:
Coach Lew the Blue (as in sad) Wolverine: Football is 1/3 confidence, 1/3 execution...
How They Voted – AP Poll 11/01/09
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The AP poll is in for Week 10. Crap, no votes for Michigan again this week.
After reviewing each of the voters’ rankings here’s a few things that stuck out:
Top Slots: Once again, with the exception of one voter, all of the writers have Florida, Alabama or Texas in their...
The Margin of Error
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“Winning fixes everything.” That was a common refrain this summer and into the season as Rodriguez and the program absorbed a variety of hits (3-9, Feagin, practicegate, mortgages, GPA, etc.). It’s true for the part, maybe never seemingly moreso when Michigan...
Creepy, Man
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But we can fix it, I swear.
We gotta find a way to make this… fit into the hole for this…usin’ nothin’ but that. …
eBay Watch: Authentic Michigan Football Lockers
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Very cool item for this edition of eBay Watch. Thanks to reader Dan for spotting these beauties, it’s a bunch of pre-locker room renovation lockers from Michigan Stadium. Check it out:
A must have for any man cave, Michigan shrine, office, garage and/or living room...
Maloy Auction update
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I’ve been promoting the auction supporting the Pat Maloy scholarship for a bit now and wanted to highlight a few cool items heading into the weekend:
Full size Tom Brady signed helmet:
Red Berenson signed Michigan sweater, nice:
Michael Phelps signed Sports Illustrated...
How they Voted: AP Poll Analysis
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This would be much more fun if Michigan were represented anywhere on any one of the ballots of the 60 Associated Press college football pollsters for 2009, but here’s some data nonetheless.
After reviewing each of the voters’ rankings here’s a few things that stuck out:
Top...
How they Voted: AP Poll Analysis
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This would be much more fun if Michigan were represented anywhere on any one of the ballots of the 60 Associated Press college football pollsters for 2009, but here’s some data nonetheless.
After reviewing each of the voters’ rankings here’s a few things that stuck out:
Top...
How they Voted: AP Poll Analysis
8 days ago by
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This would be much more fun if Michigan were represented anywhere on any one of the ballots of the 60 Associated Press college football pollsters for 2009, but here’s some data nonetheless.
After reviewing each of the voters’ rankings here’s a few things that stuck out:
Top...
A Banner Tradition
10 days ago by
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In the latest edition of the U-M’s school of Literature, Science and Arts Magazine, John U. Bacon wrote a very cool piece looking into the great traditions around Michigan football. I even contributed a few quotes to the section on the Little Brown Jug. You can check...
I Heart Boubs
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A dude inside the excellent Bud Light Victors Lounge prior to the Western Michigan tilt donned a “I <Heart> Boubs” t-shirt. He was the beau of the ball, I can assure you.
I hearted Boubs as well. Sad to hear about this, mostly for #33 himself who...
Jug Radio (WTKA audio)
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Getting tired of all the jug stuff?#160; Too bad!#160; This morning Ira Weintraub of WTKA 1050AM invited me and Ryan Forrey, the master potter at The Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village to the Michigan Insider radio show to talk some hardcore jug. Listen to these two segments and...
Little Brown Jug Lore VI: Is the Greatest Trophy in College Football a Fake?
12 days ago by
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This season marks the 100th anniversary of when Michigan and Minnesota first played for the Little Brown Jug. Early this year I started on a quest to find out everything about the old trophy. I reviewed the legends, interviewed writers, equipment managers, coaches and...
That’s What Momma Said
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Legendary Detroit sports radio caller Linda from Grand Blanc dialed up Mark Copeland and Brian Cook on WTKA 1050AM this evening and summed up Saturday: . All the podcasts from this afternoon here.
Power Index: Week 2
12 days ago by
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The latest MVictors Power Index:
Interesting, the Buckeyes move back up to share the top spot with the Hawkeyes, with the Nittany Lions lurking. Michigan understandably took the biggest drop, not losing their 7th slot but sadly moving well into the third tier of this group...
All-Time College Football Traveling Trophy
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I got an email from Mike over at the jiMpossible and SarcasMike blog last week, showing me the work they’ve done on this. Pretty funny stuff.
The concept is simple: starting with the first college football game played between Rutgers and Princeton in 1869, what if the winner...
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