Watch Bo Schembechler's first season unfold in real time!
by amy
How can this Wolverine football season get any more exciting? We found a way! Now you can revisit one of the University of Michigan's most exciting seasons ever - Bo Schembechler's first campaign as head coach in 1969 - in real time as reported in the Ann Arbor News.
From pre-season coverage and that thrilling first game against Vanderbilt University, through the shocking Ohio State upset and the trip to the Rose Bowl in January, who knows what treats await? We've already uncovered Millie Schembechler's famous crab dip for your tailgate party!
Follow our coverage of Bo's entire 1969 football season via twitter or tumblr and ... GO BLUE!
The Michigan - Michigan State Game That Almost Wasn't
by oldnews
The October, 1970 Michigan - Michigan State football match provided one of the weirder twists in the long interstate rivalry that is known simply as "The Game." A former Michigan Daily sports editor, Joel Block, filed a lawsuit to block the game, citing it as a "public nuisance." Block was protesting the pre-emptive canceling of the Goose Lake Music Festival due to perceived widespread drug abuse at a previous concert.
Preparations for The Game continued as the team and the AAPD finalized plans for defense, offense and crowd control. And then the day before the game, Washtenaw County Judge Ross W. Campbell issued one of his more popular decisions, dismissing the lawsuit as "patently frivolous."
And The Game? Hail To The Victors ruled the day at Michigan Stadium as the Wolverines battered MSU, 34 - 20. The Spartans suffered injuries and Billy Taylor did everything right for Bo. The final twist on the lawsuit came as the Ann Arbor Police reported October 17, 1970, one of the quietest Michigan - Michigan State games ever.
Albert Kahn: Designing Detroit & the University of Michigan
Thursday December 10, 2015: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Author and U-M Planning Expert Fred Mayer Discusses His New Book “A Setting For Excellence: The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus of the University of Michigan”
Monday November 23, 2015: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Ken Magee and Jon Stevens Discuss Their New Book “The Game, The Michigan-Ohio State Rivalry”
Tuesday October 13, 2015: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
UMjobs.org - NEW LOCATION
Tuesday September 22, 2015: 6:30pm to
8:30pm
Pittsfield Branch: Program Room
Sundance Film Forward: We Are the Giant
Wednesday June 17, 2015: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
State Theatre, 233 S. State Street
Sundance Film Forward: Open Access Activism
Wednesday June 17, 2015: 4:00pm to
5:30pm
Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, 913 S. University Avenue
Sundance Film Forward: The Internet's Own Boy
Tuesday June 16, 2015: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Street
Michigan Notable Book Author and U-M Professor Sally Howell Discusses Her Book “Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past”
Monday October 5, 2015: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room