Yost spoke at his retirement in 1942 of “an enthusiasm that makes it second nature for Michigan men to spread the gospel of their university to the world’s distant outposts; a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours.”
Having been in the business of printing such gospels for almost a decade, MGoBlog has collected 18 articles from pages of Hail to the Victors 2007 to the most recent edition and put them into one book that won't self-destruct at the next kickoff. They are as follows:THIS MICHIGAN OF OURS (1879 through Bump):
- Michigan played in the first actual football game (Craig Ross)
- The story of Fielding Yost (John Kryk)
- How Michigan Stadium was built (Greg Dooley)
- The first great passing team (Ross)
- The Harry Newman and Gerald Ford teams (Dooley)
- Ron Kramer, the uncensored version (Dooley)
- The 1964 team, the uncensored version (Dooley)
TWISTED BLUE STEEL (Bo):
- The story of 1969 (Joel Pennington)
- Helmet Sticker History (Kryk)
- The 1973 Screw Job (Kryk)
- How Michigan invented the dime defense (Dr. Sap)
- When Texas A&M made their run at Bo (Seth Fisher)
NECK SHARPIES (Moeller to the modern day):
- Interview with Jerry Hanlon (Dooley)
- Craig Ross sits in on a 2005 QB meeting (Ross)
- Lloyd-sided take on the Rich Rod controversies (Ross)
- Denard (Brian Cook)
- The 3-3-5 Then and Now (Chris Brown)