Unverified Voracity Hammers It Out

A Friday tradition during football season: expunging a bunch of tabs quickly before the weekend.

Go to MGoPatio now! Seth will be there.

(Also Marlin Jackson, Chris Perry, and Brandon Williams.)

Come back tomorrow for the liveblog. We've got a sponsor, Marawatch, and it should be absolute chaos.

Wojo. Wojo:

I’m sure Notre Dame will have fun picking on Wake Forest for the next 50 years or so. But first, one more visit to the Big House, and one more chance to lay an egg.

And stay out. Tales from 1978:

George Cavender was a legend. He had succeeded the equally legendary William Revelli as Michigan’s band director, and he was a loud, bombastic, incredibly enthusiastic guy. The 1978 season was also his final season as the leader of the band, and I considered myself lucky that I was getting to play at least one year under his direction.

In any case, as the game got going, Cavender was just as loud and excited as any Michigan fan in the stands that day. He would cheer the good plays, boo the bad calls and wince at every dropped pass.

But here’s what I remember most: Late in the second half, as Michigan was cementing its comeback, Joe Montana got tackled near our sideline and came tumbling into the band. He came to rest right at the feet of the legendary George Cavender.

Before Montana had a chance to get up, Cavender gave him a pretty good stomp to the chest and said, “Get the hell out of here!”

We must get a copy of this. Jim Harbaugh needs to get this to a person who can put it on the internet, man:

"Want to hear something kick ass?" Harbaugh asked in his first year as Stanford's coach, sliding the disc into his computer.

For the next 20 minutes, Bo Schembechler's voice boomed from back in 1988. It was a stunning and inspirational audio peek behind the scenes of one of the greatest college football rivalries.

"You let the crowd yell. Let Knute Rockne come down from the heavens. You let them all come. You remember, you are Michigan. There is no greater tradition in college football today than the uniform that you wear."

Former Michigan assistant Cam Cameron (now at LSU) had secretly recorded Bo's pregame speech before that year's Notre Dame game. Thank goodness.

"I always get chills up and down my spine," Harbaugh said that day.

Notre Dame won 19-17, but the result hardly matters.

You'll be back in two minutes or less. A hearty farewell to The Blog Yost Built, which has decided to pack it in. I bet he's back at some point.

Etc.: Fielding Yost gets a dog. Michigan teaches ND football. At least Graham Couch can never accuse a blogger of being a homer again. The Daily on general admission and dynamic ticket prices.