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Newsstand: Michigan alum Derek Jeter to attend Wolverines' game vs. MSU

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Former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, a Michigan alum who spent a brief time as a student in Ann Arbor before playing professionally, will be at The Big House for Saturday’s game against Michigan State, according to a post from Blue By 90.

Michigan football has revealed its uniform combination for Saturday night’s matchup with Michigan State (7:30 p.m. ET on ABC). For a second straight game, the Wolverines will go with blue jerseys and blue pants, along with maize accessories. That includes maize socks, marking the second time U-M has sported them in history, joining the Sept. 24 game against Maryland in which the team wore maize pants.

The combination is being referred to as “big game blues” by some fan circles. This will be the fifth time Michigan has ever gone with blue on blue at home and the sixth time overall.

The first came against Penn State in 2014, an 18-13 U-M victory under the lights. The second was last year’s ‘maize out’ game against Washington, a 31-10 win, also a night game. The third was a 42-27 rivalry game victory over Ohio State last November. And the fourth was this season’s 41-17 win over Penn State Oct. 15. The lone other occurrence came in the Orange Bowl last December, a 34-11 loss to Georgia.

Coincidence or not, the “big game blues” have led to big rushing yard totals from the Wolverines at The Big House, with the team racking up 343 against Washington, 297 against Ohio State and 418 against Penn State.

Michigan basketball junior center Hunter Dickinson and Valiant Management founder Jared Wangler, a former U-M football player, spoke about NIL at a panel at the Michigan Sports Business Conference Friday.

Quote Of The Day

“The Spartans were so excited about their 11-2 season, they had “37-33” engraved on their bowl championship rings. Players also reportedly had the option of tattooing “37-33” on their foreheads.

“To counter it, Jim Harbaugh has taken other extreme measures. For instance, the Wolverines don’t plan to make excuses if something goes wrong, unless it’s a really good excuse involving the weather. Also, no trash-talking, except from former UM players who babble for no apparent reason. Harbaugh even insisted on throwing the record books out the windows, forcing Ann Arbor’s convoy of recycling trucks to visit Schembechler Hall multiple times. In response to the famous “Trouble with the Snap” game in 2015, when the Spartans scooped up a botched punt attempt and disrespectfully ran it all the way to the end zone, Harbaugh no longer plans to punt against MSU.”

— Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News in his picks column

Headlines Of The Day

• EJ Holland, The Wolverine: Breaking down 2023 recruits visiting Michigan this weekend

• Chris Balas, Clayton Sayfie and Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Inside the Fort, Part I: Imminent hoops pledge (?), MSU intel, more

• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: Michigan football reveals uniform combination for night game against Michigan State

• EJ Holland, The Wolverine: Blue Chips: Father of top 2024 WR target Channing Goodwin talks Michigan

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