BTN Special on Michigan's South Africa trip
I like safaris!
Looking forward to this - the description on the AED podcast was pretty impressive so I hope the video narrative reinforces how cool this trip was.
Sounds very interesting! My cable plan says big ten elite osu followed by BTN football in 60 will cover 830-midnight. I cannot see it. Is my cable provider inaccurate or do others have this listing?
My DirecTV channel guide says the lead-in (7:30-9pm) to the South African trip special is the Michigan 2003 victory over Ohio State.
Fuck. We need to get back to beating OSU. THIS SEASON.
Our QB( Navarre ) outplayed Ohio's QB (Krenzel) that day.
It helped that Krenzel got knocked out.
Krenzel played most of the game. Actually he and Navarre had really similar stats. The difference was in the ground game. Perry was a monster that day.
Watched that special about the 2003 game....didn't care much for the studio segments, but hearing Keith Jackson calling the game footage brought back some great memories. Hearing a "Whoa Nellie" brought a tear to my eye.
Remind me of who is dropping such serious krug for this trip...
Hopefully no 1984 Krugerrands as those were apartheid-era and illegal to import into the United States at that point due to sanctions.
Coleman Young says Hi.
As a non-Detroiter, I don't know the story there. What is it?
Coleman Young was a corrupt politician.
All Detroit politicians are corrupt.
As I recall, he was caught with a suitcase full of Krugerrands, but a little research dug up an article from 1990 in the L.A. Times:
Young, the 71-year-old, five-term mayor of the nation’s sixth largest city and a longtime civil rights advocate, had reportedly helped establish, secretly, a private business that sold South African Krugerrands, the gold coins that symbolize apartheid to many Americans.
Holy shit. Detroit was #6 in population in 1990? It's #21 in 2019.
That's freaking crazy.
History of Detroit from the 50's to today, is both fascinating and depressing.
At one point Detroit was #4, behind only New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
It's not a coincidence that Detroit has had sports teams in all four major leagues for a long time (since 1957), much longer than most other cities have. It used to be a huge market.
And now we're hoping MLS will put its 25th franchise here, a quarter-century after the league was founded.
We were the 4th largest in the ‘50s. ‘67 racial unrest, white flight, gas crunch, corrupt politics, general demographic shift south and west, automotive competition, crime and economic depression all circled around each other to create the population drain. It is definitely losing people at a less alarming rate, and Metro Detroit is still gaining population.
You beat me to it, jmblue!
I'm pretty sure we had an Almanac from the 20's that showed Detroit was #2 in pop. at one point there. 2nd only to NY. Auto boom and before Chicago and LA blew up.
This show is really cool. Glad I caught this. Thanks, OP.
The drum and dance bar looks like it would be a blast.
Awesome! I have to say that this is a truly remarkable country. The natural beauty of this place is off the charts. It was one of my favorite places to travel to and I highly recommend it though strife is rekindling in the country as they plunge into more political and social tension. I hope they all find a peaceful solution.
While our guys were out getting spoiled with a trip the elite programs in CFB were in their bunkers sharpening their knives.
We're pillow soft in November and that is a problem we haven't overcome with spring break trips. Its a great life experience and I'm sure the scout team guys and walk ons really love the free trip , I get all that, but beating OSU and winning the Big Ten then going to the playoffs would be a lot more gratifying and this trip takes a lot of planning and energy to build. I'd rather our guys run the stadium bleachers and get worked to a pulp in the weight room than galavant around Europe or go on Safari to South Africa.
How does this boondoggle get us past being pushovers down the stretch?