Jim Harbaugh’s “young” Wolverines are off to an excellent start in 2017. Yes, some people are complaining that Michigan hasn’t won their first two games by 60 or 70 points, but they are undefeated! The Maize and Blue footballers have an interesting challenge in Air Force. They run the ...
Today’s blog celebrates the Happy Birthday Anniversary of Louis Gilbert. Mr. Louis Matthew Gilbert was born on this date in Long Beach, California in 1906. He grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan and came to play football for Fielding H. Yost in 1924. After a year on the freshman team, ...
Today is a great day to celebrate the life of a former Wolverine Captain named Art Renner who went to rest in peace on this day in 1999. Arthur W. “Art” Renner, Fritz Crisler’s next-to-last “captain,” passed away on this date at Sturgis, Michigan. According to the 1943 Michigan ...
September 12, 1998 was an important date in Wolverine Football History because it was all about how Michigan positioned itself to re-claim a lost title from 1997. As you remember, the Wolverines were named National Champions, by everybody except the coaches poll, at the end of the 1997 football ...
Today’s blog celebrates the Happy Birthday Anniversary of a Wolverine named Herman Everhardus! However, this post takes a back seat to the sixteenth anniversary of the terrorist acts that took place on September 11, 2001. That day was one of those days where you remember exactly where you were ...
Today’s blog post takes a closer look at the first night game at the Big House which took place on September 10, 2011. It was the second game of the Brady Hoke Era at Michigan. The Wolverines were scheduled to play the Fighting Irish on this historic day. Michigan ...
Today is a great day to wish a Maize and Blue Happy Birthday to Amani Toomer. According to the Wikipedia article linked below, Amani Askari Toomer was born on this day at Berkley, California. Toomer’s name is the first thing I find most interesting about him. His first name ...
Today’s post takes a look back at the first game ever played between Michigan and Boston College. I found it interesting that these teams had never met until September 7, 1991. On that day, Coach Gary Moeller took his second-ranked Wolverines to Boston to face the Eagles. As usual, ...
Today’s post celebrates the memory of George W. Gregory who went to rest in peace on this day in 1946. He was sixty-seven years old when he died. George W. Gregory was born on April 19, 1879 in California. Yes, the story of this Wolverine “Pigskin Pioneer” goes way ...
Today’s blog celebrates the Happy Birthday Anniversary of Julius Franks. According to the Wikipedia article linked below, Julius Franks, Jr. was born on this date in 1922 at Macon, Georgia. Later, the Franks family moved to Michigan. Julius grew up to be an outstanding football player at Hamtramck High ...
