WOLV’s broadcast of Michigan Hockey will be available for free on MGoBlue tonight. The link is on the front page. The Wolverines hit the ice at 7:35 for exhibition action against the USNTDP. The NTDP boasts future Wolverines F Chris Brown, F Robbie Czarnik, F Kevin Lynch, F A.J. Treais, and F David Wohlberg.
Friday’s CCHA game against Western Michigan will also be carried on MGoBlue by WOLV.
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In the next few days, look for Varsity Blue to unveil a new blogger, Adam. He will be primarily posting about Michigan basketball, though he is knowledgeable about football as well.
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Long time no post, sorry about that.
While I was out of town, Carlos Brown reportedly broke his hand in practice, though WOTS is that he’ll be back by the beginning of the season.
Coming soon:
1) Position previews of the Michigan team
2) Appalachian State preview
3) Fisher Stadium construction update
For today, I’ll leave you with part 2 of “The Stadium Atmosphere,” this time relating to the cheerleaders. Are there such people as cheerleading nerds for me to piss off?
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Hooray for fun things that are going to inhabit this space in the next week!
1) More parts in the “Stadium Atmosphere” series, so that band members can realize that I’m really not trying to pick on them.
2) Fred Smith coverage (assuming he announces for the good guys tomorrow).
3) Media day coverage on Monday.
4) Big Ten Network Open House Wednesday.
5) More things that I forgot.
6) Any other fun news that may or may not come up.
…and there was much rejoicing.
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Soon, I’ll be starting a series about things that I think need to be improved for the home field advantage and general atmosphere on Michigan gamedays to be improved. There will be a lot of overlap, so bear with me.
Michigan’s current home field advantage is lacking, not only behind traditionally great stadiums like The Swamp and Death Valley, but also Big Ten rivals Ohio State and Wisconsin, and even Notre Dame.
While much of the blame is placed on the stadium’s structure, there is much more to it than that. Notre Dame Stadium is a carbon copy of the Big House, but much smaller, and the advantage there is much better. It’s a general attitude within the stadium and the fanbase in general that could be improved to help out.
Part One, featuring the band, will come tomorrow (unless there is some real news). The other parts will come whenever there is nothing more pertinent to post about.
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A few people have inquired in comments and e-mails, so heres the deal with the TV show:
Varsity Blue will return to the air the week before the season begins, with a season preview show. There will be a new episode every Monday (tentative, could be Sunday) through the end of the season.
As of right now, we are planning to only air in the dorms, but we will look into other distribution options (either local TV or internet) as the time draws near.
We are looking to change up the show, with some major improvements this year, which will be revealed over the summer so I have things to post about. We are NOT planning to shoot at Charley’s this year.
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Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties, so we don’t have any audio on our interviews. All the players said basically the same thing, so we’ll try to get a loose paraphrase up at least. If anyone can read lips and wants to do a transcript, let us know.
We’re kind of tired and ready for a standard Saturday night in Ann Arbor, so look forward to the full review tomorrow or monday complete with pictures and moving pictures!
Just to whet your appetite, here’s a picture of the wide receivers with Verne Troyer:
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I’ll be liveblogging (most) of this game today. Unfortunately I have a class from 11:30 to 1 that I haven’t legitimately attended in about 3 weeks. Fortunately, the professor apparently hates to teach and routinely shows up late and lets class out early.
There is a rumor on the series of tubes that one could watch the game for free on ESPN360, but I don’t want to “that guy” who brings his laptop to class or “that guy” who’s laptop dies 20 minutes into class because his battery is shot.
Tim will attempt to catch what I miss during his class (obviously far more dedicated than I, either that or you really don’t have to pay attention in communications classes).
Hopefully we won’t have a repeat of last year. Let’s GO BLUE!
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