The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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OCTOBER 2026 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 17 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS OCTOBER 3, 2026 MICHIGAN AT MINNESOTA ✔Mark Your Calendar ✔Order the Book Barry Gallagher is a lifelong Maize and Blue football fan and a college football historian. He is the record holder for the most books about Michigan football with nine. Go Blue! Check him out at: gobluefootballhistorian.com THIS "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" WILL SHIP ON OCTOBER 7, 2026. It will be a "must read" for all Wolverine fans! Coach Kyle Whittingham's first "rivalry" game at Michigan game will be historic. The Wolverines and Gophers meet for the 100th time to battle for the Little Brown Jug. This book documents the Michigan vs. Minnesota football rivalry that began in 1892. Although this game has lost some luster over the years, it is still important. From 1896 until 1946, this annual game was "The Game" in college football! Barry Gallagher's newest book about Michigan football history tells the complete story about how a thirty-cent drinking container became the centerpiece of a legendary gridiron rivalry. This book covers every "jug" game between Minnesota and Michigan starting in 1909. It is packed with stories, stats, and timeless photographs and images. When you finish reading this book, you will know why the Little Brown Jug became so famous and so valued for these football foes. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL "The secondary has been extremely impres- sive, and Jay Hill has been able to do a ton with that back-end unit. And then you have to factor in the complementary nature of it — you have this ferocious defensive line that can get after quarterbacks, run games and pressure packages, or rush you with three or four, and that D-line can get home organi- cally." — Big Ten Network analyst and former Michigan two-time All-America tight end Jake Butt to The Wolverine "I've had great gunners in my history, and he's among the very, very best. When you can force fair catches consistently — and he's forced 5 of them in two games — that's a dif- ference-maker. He does a great job at the line of scrimmage. He runs his butt off. He's over 20 miles per hour on every single rep of punt, and he knows how to front up the returner. … Zeke's just playing fantastic out there." — Special teams coordinator Kerry Coombs on graduate gunner and cornerback Zeke Berry "I had a lot of things to clean up character- wise, but I've cleaned it up now, and I feel very great about myself as a player and as a man." — Sophomore defensive end Nate Marshall after emerging as a playmaker on the defense and notching the game-sealing sack against Oklahoma "First visit to The Big House today. What an amazing place to watch football. OU didn't play their best, but I am pumped to knock that one off the bucket list. Result doesn't matter as much as the experience, and the experience was a 10/10. Kudos to Michigan and their fans." — Oklahoma fan "TheEliJor- dan" on X "I think that's one of the best additions we've had. I keep trying to tell Coach [Kyle] Whittingham we need fireworks or some- thing. That's just the one thing we need, that's all I ask for, so hopefully they can add that, too. But the lights, it's a surreal feeling. The tunnel's already a surreal feeling, but with the lights flowing, it's like, man, it gets you like, oh, man, it's game day. If it didn't already click, it clicks right there. It's a crazy feeling." — Se- nior defensive tackle Enow Etta on changes to Michigan's pregame entrance "He's been a great addition to this football team, and he was like the Tasmanian Devil out there on Saturday. I mean, he was just nonstop, and that's his game. He's got a motor that never quits, and he's relentless and physi- cal, and I think the fans really got a taste of what the 'Vanilla Gorilla' is all about." — Head coach Kyle Whittingham on senior defensive end John Henry Daley THEY SAID IT Michigan fans, keep building the best basketball program in the country. These guys are going to need you at every game. They way you've turned Crisler into a homecourt advantage is impressive, and just keep going." — Former Michigan basketball head coach DUSTY MAY