What is your favorite piece of Michigan History that you own?

I have a brick from Yost that came off the building when they had to deal with the buckling walls last year

I don't know if mine really qualifies as history, but I have one of those 4-foot-long "M Club Supports You" banners they sell at the MDen and it's autographed by pretty much the entire 2006 team. Sigh.

A football signed by Lloyd Carr, given to me for starting the UM-OSU football run in support of his charity (the football run may actually continue to this day, I'm not sure, but the football is still on my desk).

Back in 2005, right before the season, my father won an autographed football in an auction.

$400 for a football signed by sophmores Mike Hart, Chad Henne, Jake Long, and some others.

It was an awesome gift that he hoped would gain in value with a good season.... yeah... about that... :(

It's a tie for me, can't decide which one I like more.

• A Michigan helmet signed by Bo. Not really a piece of Michigan history since it is just a store bought helmet, but... it's signed by Bo.
• A brick from the Diag. Not as cool, but it was an actual part of campus, lots of students walked all over it, etc.

I have an autographed photo of Bo beside my desk. He's on the sideline reading a play to Anthony Carter who's hunched over to hear the General. But what he wrote on the picture is the special part. Bo and I share the same first name -- Bo, not Glenn. So he signs the picture "To Bo -- Great Name -- Go Blue!"

Quite a guy.

I have a piece of the goal post from the 1971 UM-OSU game. The contraband was obtained by an older brother who seems to have lost track of its whereabouts.

OSU was a three loss team that year so I am not sure a goal post tear down was justified. Of course it was...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqOfmRUGxys&feature=youtube_gdata

I have a piece of the bench that I was sitting on during the 100th Game in 2003. We were jumping on it and the whole thing broke, so we took it.

I've got chunks of field from Michigan Stadium in '97, Notre Dame Stadium after our win in '06, the '07 Rose Bowl, and the '08 Capital One Bowl. They're all in jars.

I also have a section of 4.5 seats from Michigan Stadium.

While I was in the marching band, we got new uniforms in 1976. The uniforms being replaced were at least 30 years old -- they had seen a lot of great Michigan games. I still have the "M" cape and overlay from my old uniform. What memories!

Go Blue! And 2 used tickets from the ND game that featured the Desmond TD catch from Elvis. Going to search the basement for more.

My dad has two footballs signed by every single coach and athletic director since the days of Canham and Bo. The only autograph missing now is Dave Brandon.

I'm going to make sure that tradition continues...

Former Michigan center Mark Bihl jumped in the stands onto my friend and I after Mario Manningham's winning TD vs PSU in 2005. Somehow I ended up with his game towel and have it to this day.

My favorite piece of memorabilia used to be the graduation gown I wore to my graduation in 1987, complete with the "Free Nelson Mandela" sticker I wore on the back. But since that disappeared in the past couple of years, it's the 1985 Big Ten Basketball Championship t-shirt I still wear 25 years later. It's a 50/50 blend so it's nearly indestructible. And not very comfortable. But sort of apropos for tomorrow's game. I will be wearing it come game time.

2 footballs that are autographed by the '93 and '94 teams... tons of autographs from going to spring games when i was a kid and also going to media days (when they were still in the staduim and in the middle of the week)... i have all of my ticket stubs from the 97 season... and last but not least i have a hat with BO's autograph on it... its not a michigan hat but a hat from fox hills golf course... BO was speaking there one night and my grandma was working there at the time so she got me, my dad, my uncle and my cousin an autographed hat...

Turf from the '97 OSU game,
Red turf from the '98 Rose Bowl (from the rose in the center of the field)
Glass from the backboard that Tractor Trailor shattered
A brick from the old Ferry Field wall that used to surround the football practice field

Football: My program and ticket from the 1979 M-Indiana game (the Anthony Carter TD on the last play game). I was a senior in High School, from out of state, it was my first game at M Stadium (as we called it then), and I knew that it was my destiny to enroll. I wanted to post a diary entry just before the Indiana game this year (30th anniversary), but didn't have 20 points.

Basketball: Ticket from 1989 Championship game, M vs. Seton Hall.

I have a Michigan pennant from my grandpa's undergrad years, and my grandparents have a lot more interesting pieces, including my great-grandmother's diploma, class of 1920something.

1) desmond howard autograph made out to me that my grandfather got for me when he attended the heisman trophy selection ceremony the year howard won.

2) ticket from the 2008 capital one bowl (seats were in the UF alumni section mind you)

Football that Woodson signed when he was riding around in his limo during the championship parade

a helmet signed by Desmond where he wrote '91 Heisman... trying to find a way to get CW sign the other side.

It would have to be my two uniforms, one from Men's Rowing and the other from the new Michigan Triathlon team. While they weren't marquee sports, representing the University of Michigan in any capacity was a dream come true.

I don't think it is nearly as cool as you guys who got yours for free (turf, glass, bricks) but I like my signed lithograph from the cold war. it's signed by ron mason and red. id like to get it signed by the the starters but that would take initiative, and I have none

My memories are more important to me than my wardrobe full of Michigan gear, which I wear pretty much every week no matter what the "weather" is like in bandwagon country.

My favorite Michigan item is the uncut ticket sheet from 1999 the theme of which is "Michigan Coaching Legends." It is signed to me from Bo, whom I actually got to meet when he signed it.

I have Gabe Watson's bicep band from the Alamo Bowl. He threw it to me after the game.

Signed Mike Hart jersey from the 2007 Rose Bowl.

I have a commemorative rug from the '89 Championship run. I have autographs and some grass from old Michigan Stadium, but this rug has always been my favorite because I got it from my grandpa who is the only other alumnus in my family and because Rumeal Robinson at the free throw line was my first vivid sports memory being four years old at the time. Sounds like everyone else has some really cool stuff too.

from the Scorekeepers window that Griese smashed.

No I don't.

For our 4-year anniversary, my girlfriend (also UM alumna and big football fan) got me a signed replica helmet with most of the 2009 football team. I would've preferred an authentic clean helmet, but I can't deny that having something signed by the great Brandom Graham is awesome. Side note: Tate signs things with a "T8".

I only started following Michigan sports when I started going there in 2004 and honestly didn't care much for any sport until then, so my collection is limited at this point. I really need to get a BG jersey because in my limited Michigan experience, he has been one of my favorite players because of all the heart he's shown despite some difficult seasons.

I ordered a used copy of Don Canham's autobiography from Amazon 2 years ago, and it came in perfect condition, with Canham's autograph inside the front cover. Only $7, I think I got my money's worth

My grandfather was in medical school at Michigan in the 40's, and I have a great photograph of him in front of Hill Auditorium. On my graduation day, I made sure to have my photo taken in the same spot.

I also have an old watercolor print of the Dana Building -- which was once the Medical School building, and is now the School of Natural Resources & Environment (where I was for grad school). I didn't know my grandfather very well because he had Alzheimer's Disease from when I was really young, so I like having both those connections to him through Michigan history.

I don't have anything but my dad has a signed (by Bo) picture of Michigan Stadium from the top seats during an Ohio State game that he attended. That, with the ticket stub from the game, is pretty cool.

1998 ticket stub

non-michigan related, but as a member of the sports media, i was lucky enough to be on the field at yankee stadium last season the minute after the yankees clinched in game six. my favorite keepsake from that is a half-eaten bag of sunflower seeds i got from the dugout.

Then it's my Bo "Merry Christmas" note on his stationary. But I have a helmet signed by him and Lloyd, as well as a cap...it just means more with him gone. Biakabatuka authographed football, Irons practice jersey... All those ticket stubs from '97 as well as other great games. The Rose, champagne, and M #1 sign we got in Pasadena that year. Oh, and the mountain ax picks Lloyd passed out to everyone in the '97 season (technically not mine, but possession being 9/10ths and all that...)

How many others have those old original AstroTurf coasters? Man...the lust could go on and on...Love it all.