Ann Arbor is a different place on game day. The 110,000-faithful headed to the Big House take up a lot of space, from bars and restaurants and parking spots to simple space on streets leading to the game. It wasn’t much of a surprise when Kathy and I were making wedding arrangements in 1986 – we wantedContinue reading “the tyranny of game day”
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Michigan Man
The setting is Weber’s Inn, Ann Arbor, for the weekly Monday meeting of the UofM Club of Ann Arbor, which since joining several years ago, I’ve called the “geriatric advisory council to the athletic department”. Yes, Kathy and I lowered the average age when we joined several years ago. The Club collects dues, and funds scholarships andContinue reading “Michigan Man”
Certifiable
The germ may have been planted by my dear late Uncle Jim, my mom’s baby brother. That’s him on the left. He was never given to boast, although he had much to boast about. He played cornet in Michigan State’s marching band in their first ever Rose Bowl in 1954. He took his honors management degree to Columbus,Continue reading “Certifiable”
thank U, MSU!
The maize-and-blue faithful here in Tree Town and around the world are emerging from this January in an unfamiliar position. Instead of losing their bowl game at the start of the month, tucking tail, and saying “wait till next year”, they find their team is a National Champion, first time in 27 years, the twelfth timeContinue reading “thank U, MSU!”
natty!
Sing a rousing chorus!(1) You don’t have to play to feel that way! (2) The online home for the best Michigan sports coverage – Mgoblog.com – posts two Muppet videos after any very key Michigan victory: the troupe doing two songs that have been staples of the Michigan Marching Band repertoire since before the first post-war NationalContinue reading “natty!”
Cap’n Cosine
Paul Schutter was a teacher of mine back at Vicksburg High School. He taught me driver’s ed and math and served as my golf coach and chaperone to a junior year DC venture. A mountain of a man with a college sports past he never talked about, he was our gentle guide through all these things. He diedContinue reading “Cap’n Cosine”
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