Newsstand: Michigan football to rock blue pants at Iowa?
Tweets Of The Day
A tweet by popular account Swanky Wolverine hints that Michigan will wear blue pants with its white road jerseys, along with the iconic winged helmet, of course. The Wolverines wore that combination in the Big Ten championship game against Iowa last season. Same with their first road game of the year at Wisconsin and final road contest at Maryland.
Michigan has only worn blue pants seven times in program history. The first occurrence came in a win over Penn State in 2014. The look was shelved until 2021, when Michigan wore blue pants in wins over Washington, Wisconsin, Maryland, Ohio State and Iowa and a loss to Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
Michigan and Iowa will do battle Saturday afternoon at noon ET on FOX at Kinnick Stadium, where the Maize and Blue havenāt won since escaping with a 23-20 overtime win in 2005.
Michigan linebacker Junior Colson notched a career-high 13 tackles last week.
Michiganās turnover buffs have taken Wolverine nation by storm.
Miami had the turnover chain, a tradition that started in 2017 and took the college football world by storm, but new head coachĀ Mario CristobalĀ put an end to it ahead of the 2022 campaign. Spin-offs such as Boise Stateās turnover throne, Texas A&Mās turnover cane and Louisvilleās turnover belt ensued.Ā Now Michigan is in on the fun.
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The Maize and Blue began taking turnover photos during the 2021 season. When they notched a takeaway, the entire defense ran to the sideline and snapped a picture. Those went up on the wall in Schembechler Hall. Now, thereās a new accessory that adds quite the flair (and some motivation to get the ball): Michiganās turnover buffs.
āBuffsā are Cartier sunglasses that have buffalo horn frames. They were popularized in nearby Detroit, Michigan.
Local product and freshman cornerbackĀ Will JohnsonĀ came up with the idea and secured the buffs from Zeidmanās Jewelry and Loan.
Quote Of The Day
āI would just just want to just tell everybody that weāre trying to exceed last year. Weāre not trying to replicate, weāre trying to exceed, because at the end of the day, we didnāt accomplish our goal, which was to win a national championship. Weāre trying to do bigger and better things, and I think weāre on the road to do something great.ā
Michigan EDGE Mike Morris
Headlines Of The Day
ā¢ EJ Holland, The Wolverine: Blue Chips: Latest on Michigan LB recruiting, top WR target
ā¢ Chris Balas, The Wolverine: Staff Predictions: Michigan football at Iowa