The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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DECEMBER 2017 THE WOLVERINE 11 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS "We've taken the role of a villain. People have been doubting us, say- ing we haven't beaten a team with a winning record this year. The next two games are two big ones — Wisconsin and Ohio State. If we can come out on top in both of those, the villain wins. That's a fun role to play. It's fun to ruin people's seasons." — Fifth-year senior center Patrick Kugler, heading into the Nov. 18 game at undefeated Wisconsin "He [junior forward Moritz Wagner] is confident he can play in the NBA, but he wants to win badly. Now he's hunted. I don't think he was hunted a great deal last year. "Now he's going to be hunted, dou- ble-teamed and is going to get a lot of attention. I know he's willing to take on that challenge. He's a great kid to coach, and we want to help him achieve his goals of winning at Michigan, and the NBA will take care of itself." — Michigan head basketball coach John Beilein, discussing Wagner at Michigan's media day "I would change it [the College Football Playoff ] to 16 teams. The FCS has a great system that's been in place for many years. My dad won the national championship at West- ern Kentucky when they were I-AA in 2002. I think that's the best system. "If you look at every other sport, they have a playoff at ever y level, and every other college sport does as well. It's not a four-team [playoff ]. "Basketball goes from 64 to the Final Four. I think that's the way it should be done to have a national champion like they do in gymnas- tics, basketball, lacrosse and every other spor t you can think of. And you already have that format with the FCS." — Jim Harbaugh on 97.1 The Ticket's Jamie and Stoney radio show, explaining his preferred college foot- ball playoff format THEY SAID IT Fifth-year senior center Pat Kugler on freshman fullback Ben Mason "He likes bench- ing and eating raw meat — he's the biggest meathead on our team." PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN 1969 MICHIGAN vs OHIO STATE GAME Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan NOW ON DVD!! One of the greatest upsets in the history of college football – The defending National Champion and undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes vs the 7-2 Michigan Wolverines under a new head coach! This was one of OSU coach Woody Hayes' finest teams. Ohio State had won 22 games in a row and had not lost a game at Ann Arbor in ten years! Some sportswriters were calling the Buckeyes the greatest college team of all time and had installed Ohio State as 17-point favorites –— at Michigan Stadium! But, by the end of the day, a sky-high Michigan team led by first year head coach Bo Schembechler, had totally outplayed Ohio State in front of an all-time NCAA record crowd of 103,588, had tied for the Big Ten Title and was heading to the Rose Bowl! The original network tapes have been digitally restored by Rare Sportsfilms for outstanding color and picture sharpness and now this historic classic is available for the first time on DVD! Bill Flemming and Lee Grosscup call the action! This entire TV broadcast, plus the pre-game show, includes all the original commercials and also features pre-game and halftime performances by both the Ohio State and University of Michigan Marching Bands! Pre-game interviews feature Jack Tatum of Ohio State and Jim Mandich of Michigan, as well as Buckeye coach Woody Hayes! Players in action you will see throughout the game include quarterback Don Moorhead, Billy Taylor, Marty Huff, Thom Darden, Dan Dierdorf, Glenn Doughty, Garvie Craw and Barry Pierson of Michigan. For Ohio State you'll see quarterback Rex Kern, Jim Otis, Mike Sensibaugh, Leo Hayden, Jan White, Jim Stillwagon, Larry Zelina, Stan White and many others! This game marked the beginning of the famous "Woody vs Bo Ten-Year War", and is one of the most significant games in the history of Michigan-Ohio State football! Running Time: 3 Hours, 20 Minutes $29.95 plus $4 S/H "RARE SPORTSFILMS W" 1126 Tennyson Lane, Naperville, IL 60540 1-630-527-8890