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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL
ON AUDIO & VIDEO!
For many years we have been archiving U
of M
Football on both audio and videotape, and have found that neither the
University
of Michigan or radio stations that carry the games kept much, if
anything, of
these broadcasts... but I have! Now, I am able to provide them to
Michigan
fans who wish to re-live the memories. Games are available on
CD's (audio) or DVD (video). Prices are very reasonable so
that I can cover my expenses and costs of duplication.
This service is not
for profit or personal gain. Videos are being provided for private use and
not for sale or re-broadcast.
Audio copies of games are just $12. Video
copies of games are only $18. All video orders are provided on DVD and all audio
is on CD, from the masters
Thanks to search engines, like Google, quite a number of Michigan fans have been
in touch seeking games from past years. Some are former players, and
others alumni...while some are simply great U of M Football fans.
Over time we are transferring more and more games
from tape onto DVD's. Now, ALL games are being archived on DVD. Michigan Replay with hi-lights
of game is also included some of the recordings. Michigan Replay was a production of CTC Sports, and
was produced for more than a quarter century by top- notch
director Bob Lipson! In 2008 it was succeeded by a new program called
"Inside Michigan Football" with head coach Rich Rodriguez and hosted by Jim
Brandstatter. Visit
www.mgoblue.com for time and channel.
Feel free to e-mail me artvuolo@aol.com
with questions regarding your request. Scroll down past the listing for
news about how and why, after the 2005 season, WJR Radio dropped Michigan sports broadcasts in favor of the MSU
Spartans. We also have news about which stations are the NEW
home of Wolverine football, basketball and hockey for the 2007 season and beyond. Thanks and GO BLUE!
Scroll down past the game listings for
information about the most recently added DVD featuring Bo Schembechler's
passing in 2007, and just about ALL of the extensive TV news coverage.
Michigan
Football Archives:
A=Audio only V=Video
1968
- Ohio State A (last quarter only)
1969
- Ohio State V (THE big game!) from ABC-TV with bonus Bob Ufer ending!
1971
- Ohio State A (best parts & hi-lites)
- Ohio State V (rare)
1972
- Ohio State A (best parts & hi-lites)
- Ohio State V
1973
- Ohio State A (best parts & hi-lites)
- Ohio State V
1974
- Ohio State A
- Ohio State V
1975
- Missouri A
- Stanford A
- Baylor A
- Purdue A
- Wisconsin A
- Northwestern A
- Minnesota A
- Ohio State V (hi-lites only)
1976
- Oklahoma A
- Indiana A
- Northwestern A
- Purdue A
- Illinois A
- Stanford A
- Wisconsin A
- Minnesota A
- Ohio State V
1977
- Duke A
- Iowa A
- Minnesota A
- Texas A&M A & V
- Illinois A
- Navy A
- Northwestern A
- Purdue A
- Wisconsin A
- Ohio State V
1978
- Rose Bowl V
- Duke A
- Purdue A
- Notre Dame A
- Notre Dame V
- Wisconsin A
- Minnesota A
- Michigan State A
- Arizona A
- Illinois A
- Ohio State V
1979
- Indiana (classic) A
- Indiana (the classic Wangler to Carter finish
& lots of color) V
- Illinois A
- Kansas A
- Michigan State A
- Michigan State V
- Notre Dame A
- Notre Dame V
- Minnesota A
- Minnesota V
- Wisconsin A
- Purdue A
- Ohio State V
includes Dick Purtan's CKLW Pep Rally downtown
Detroit and the Mud Bowl Pep Rally with a very young Jim Brandstatter, Bo
and the amazing Bob Ufer...who is also the audio on the game video (local
coverage).
1980
- Wisconsin A
- Indiana A
- Minnesota A
- Illinois A
- Purdue V
- Ohio State V
1981
- Rose Bowl V (Bo's first bowl victory!) includes Pep Rally w/Bob
Ufer!!!
- Navy V
- Notre Dame V
- Iowa (Bob Ufer’s last game) V
- Illinois V
- Ohio State V
- Blue Bonnet Bowl vs. UCLA
1982
- UCLA V
- Wisconsin V
- Michigan State V
- Minnesota V includes
major Pep Rally & Homecoming Festivities!
- Indiana V
- Purdue V
1983
- Washington V
- Michigan State V
- Indiana V
- Northwestern V
- Purdue V
- Ohio State V
1984
- Miami V
- Washington V
- Wisconsin V
- Michigan State V
- Northwestern V
(Famous Frank Beckmann on-air
break-up)
- Illinois V
- Minnesota V
1985
- Maryland V
- Wisconsin V
- Indiana V
- Iowa V
- Notre Dame V
- Purdue V
- Ohio State V
1986
- Oregon V
- Notre Dame V
- Florida State V
- Michigan State V
- Iowa V
- Ohio State V
highly produced
victory...a classic game in Columbus!
1987
- Washington State V
- Notre Dame V
- Long Beach V
- Iowa V
- Northwestern V
- Wisconsin V
- Ohio State V
1988
- Miami V
- Notre Dame V Last
2 minutes are missing (no scoring missed)
- Wake Forest V
- Iowa V
- Illinois V
- Indiana V
- Minnesota V
- Michigan State V
- Ohio State V
1989
- Rose Bowl V
- Notre Dame V Last
6 minutes are missing
- UCLA V
- Iowa V
- Indiana V
- Illinois V
- Maryland V
- Michigan State V
- Wisconsin V
- Purdue V
- Ohio State V
1990
- Rose Bowl V
- Maryland V
- Michigan State V
Thriller
- Ohio State V
1991
- Notre Dame V
- Boston College V
- Florida State V
- Iowa V
- Indiana V
- Purdue V
- Northwestern V
- Illinois V
- Ohio State V
1992
- Houston V
- Oklahoma State V
- Iowa V
- Michigan State V
- Indiana V
- Minnesota V
- Northwestern V
- Illinois V
- Ohio State V
1993
- Rose Bowl V
- Notre Dame V
- Houston (Art's cam)
- Washington State V
- Minnesota V
- Iowa V
- Wisconsin V
- Illinois V
- Michigan
State V
- Penn State V
- Ohio State V
very highly produced
keeper w/Chicago's John Landecker!
1994
- Notre Dame V
- Boston College V
- Colorado V
- Illinois V
- Michigan State V
- Penn State V
- Ohio State V
1995
- Virginia V (Pigskin Classic with thriller ending!!!)
- Miami of Ohio V
- Minnesota V
- Illinois V
- Michigan State V
- Purdue V
- Penn State V
- Ohio State V
great game! Larry Henry audio from
WWJ-AM
950
1996
- Boston College V
- UCLA V
- Colorado V
- Illinois V
- Indiana V
- Minnesota V
- Michigan State V
- Purdue V
- Northwestern V
- Penn State V
1997
The Perfect ALL-WINS Championship Year!
- Notre Dame V
- Colorado V
- Iowa V
- Minnesota V
- Michigan State V
- Wisconsin V
- Penn State V
- Ohio State V
1998
- Rose Bowl V
- Notre Dame V
- Syracuse V
- Iowa V
- Michigan State V
- Wisconsin V
- Minnesota V
- Indiana V
- Penn State V
- Ohio State V
- Hawaii V
(last 90 seconds is missing
but no scoring lost)
1999
- Notre Dame V
- Rice V
- Wisconsin V
- Syracuse V
- Purdue V
- Michigan State V
- Indiana V
- Illinois V
- Northwestern V
- Penn State V
- Ohio State V
2000
- Bowling Green State V
- Rice V
- UCLA
- Illinois V
- Wisconsin V
- Purdue V
- Indiana
2001
- Miami (Ohio) V
- Washington V
- Western Michigan V First Game
After September 11th
- Illinois V
- Penn State V
- Iowa V
- Purdue V
- Michigan State V Unforgettable
"one extra second" ending
- Minnesota V
- Wisconsin V
- Ohio State V
2002
- Washington V
- Notre Dame V
- Utah V
- Michigan State V
- Purdue V
- Penn State V
- Iowa V
- Wisconsin V
- Ohio State V
2003
- Central Michigan V
- Houston V
- Notre Dame V
- Oregon V
- Indiana V
- Iowa V
- Minnesota V Huge
comeback win!!!
- Illinois V
- Purdue V
- Michigan State V
- Ohio State V
2004 (all
games from this point are archived on DVD)
- Miami (Ohio)
- Notre Dame
- San Diego State
- Iowa
- Indiana
- Minnesota
- Illinois
- Purdue
- Michigan State The
major triple
overtime thriller!!!
- Ohio State
2005
- Northern Illinois
- Notre Dame
- Eastern Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Michigan State
another big overtime
thriller!
- Minnesota
- Penn State one-second
left thriller!
- Iowa another
overtime thriller!
- Northwestern
- Indiana
- Ohio State
cliff-hanger!
2006
- Vanderbilt
- Central Michigan The
"Rain Game" first stopped game in the Big House!
- Notre Dame Biggest
win ever in South Bend!
- Wisconsin
- Minnesota
- Michigan State
- Penn State
- Iowa
- Northwestern
- Ball State Art's
cam with radio audio...not as good as ESPN but almost
- Ball State from
ESPN-U
- Indiana
- Ohio State THE GAME! (from TV
with lots of local color!)
2007
All
games from this point digitally recorded and edited with radio audio!
- Appalachian State (Big Ten
Network) An Historic loss! Tonight Show comment
- Oregon (ABC) A tragic loss
- Notre Dame (ABC) A shutout win!
- Penn State (ABC) A major win
- Northwestern (Big Ten Network)
- Eastern Michigan (Big Ten Network)
- Purdue
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Michigan State
- Wisconsin
- Ohio State (ABC)
- Capital
One Bowl vs. Florida!
A huge win for UM + TV News... a real keeper!
2008 Not a Year to Remember
- Utah
- Miami (Ohio) WIN!
- Notre Dame (wet & soggy)
- Wisconsin WIN!W
- Illinois
- Toledo (first MAC loss ever)
- Penn State (first half was best)
- Michigan State Best
Produced Game ever with TONS of local color!
- Purdue
- Minnesota WIN!
- Northwestern
- Ohio State
2009
- Western Michigan first home
opener victory since 2006!
- Notre Dame (highly produced
thriller 38-34 win...a true MUST HAVE video!
- Eastern Michigan
- Indiana (a true thriller...much
closer than expected)
- Michigan State
- Iowa
- Delaware State
- Penn State
- Illinois
- Purdue
- Wisconsin
- Ohio State
+ Art’s camera only (many games in the late 70's and 80's are Art's
camera only)
Most all games feature audio with the late Bob Ufer until the ‘81 Iowa game which was his last broadcast.
Bob passed away on October 26, 1981. From that point
forward through the 2005 season, nearly ALL games have WJR audio with Frank Beckmann calling the
games and color analyst Jim Brandstatter! Some games feature other
partners with Beckmann like: former player Bob Thornbladh and Coach Jerry Hanlon.
You must remember that in the 70's and 80's NOT EVERY GAME was televised.
Today fans are somewhat spoiled by the amount of TV coverage U of M
receives. But, in the days prior to ESPN, ESPN-2, ESPN-Plus, and Classic ESPN etc,
radio was the only medium for Michigan Football. This why several games are
via Art's single-angle camera in the late 70's and 80's. Starting in the 2006
season, radio audio features Frank and Jim with new field reporter Doug Karsch
from the Michigan Sports Network and produced by IMG. Karsch succeeded
WJR's Steve Courtney.
2005, 2006
and 2007 Football Seasons
There are several "keeper" games from these seasons, in case your VCR
taped the wrong channel or someone taped over your favorite game. The
Michigan State game with a win in OT in East Lansing, the thrilling last second
win against Penn State on 10-15-05 and an amazing OT win on the road at Iowa are
all true blue collectable games. The 2006 Notre Dame in South Bend was
huge, with lots of local color added. The CMU game was the first ever
stopped by a thunderstorm in The Big House! All games are on DVD with Beckmann & Brandstatter.
Most games in 2006 and 2007 feature Michigan Replay after the game from CTC
Sports. The 2007 season had a bad start and finish, but all the other
games were worthy of another look. The Appalachian State loss even
includes Jay Leno's Tonight Show comment about Coach Lloyd Carr! The 2008
Season is one we shall overlook during the year that both the Big House and the
team were being rebuilt.
2009 Football Season
After the
disappointing 2008 season, and as the stadium was being upgraded, the team was
also undergoing a major makeover...but the results were not to be realized until
the 2009 season. With three talented quarterbacks, the surprising season
is providing for a lot of dramatic games. In 2009 all games feature video from
television and audio from radio! This combination makes for a very
exciting presentation. The games are all meticulously edited on a MacBook
Pro with Final Cut software. Every DVD is produced like a real "Keeper"
for Michigan fans. The videos also feature extra-heavy amounts of "local color"
by Art from both before and after the game itself!
Memories
of Bo Schembechler from Television News
This very special 120 minute DVD contains extensive TV coverage of
the passing of our beloved Bo from Detroit TV stations: WJBK Fox 2, WDIV Local 4
and WXYZ Ch. 7 plus FSN-Detroit, ESPN and ABC Television. Among those
featured with reflections about Bo are: Don Shane, Bernie Smilovitz, Dan Miller,
Steve Garagiola, Fred McLeod, Steve Courtney, Devin Scillian, Carmen Harlan,
Dave LewAllen, Ray Sayah, Stephen Clark, Ron Kramer, Jim Brandstatter, Earl
Bruce, Frank Beckmann, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Jamie Morris,
Stan Edwards, Jon Falk, Bonnie Bernstein, Chris Fowler, Mitch Albom, Wendi Nix,
Brent Musburger, Doug Karsch, Rick Leach, Don Nehlen, Billy Taylor, Ara
Parseghian, Lou Holtz and Lloyd Carr. The DVD ends with an FSN
"Tribute To Bo" hosted by Mickey York and closing comments from WJR
personality and UM football announcer Frank Beckmann. Special thanks to
U-M fan Bill Adlhoch for recording it all.
Just $15.00 on DVD
artvuolo@aol.com for information
on these great games!
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Michigan
Basketball Archives:
1986
1989
- Virginia
- Seton Hall NCAA Championship Game! (with TV post coverage too)
1991
1992
- Duke
- East Tennessee
- Temple
- Cincinnati
- U-M Basketball Homecoming Coverage Ch. 7 Detroit
1993
- Coastal Carolina
- UCLA
- Kentucky
- Temple
- George Washington
- Kentucky (Final Four game 1)
1994
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The
Battle in Seattle
In 1989, I had the pleasure
of producing a special tribute to the NCAA Basketball Champions as Michigan beat Seton
Hall. Proceeds went to the U of M Athletic Scholarship Fund. Ask about the
availability of that sensational video. That project was completely
financed by Ann Arbor businessman Jeff Dorn, and produced at Whirlwind Studios
in Dearborn by Brian C. Dombrowski. Video is from CBS Television, audio
from WJR Radio with play-by-play from Larry Henry! Running time: 30
minutes. It is an incredible memory of Michigan's finest basketball season
ever! $15.00
SPECIAL
MOMENTS IN MICHIGAN FOOTBALL
from the personal archives of
Art Vuolo, Jr.
For
any true Michigan Football fan, we've put together a special 2
hour DVD which contains many memorable moments, including: Memories of Bob Ufer:
The 1981 Season. It's a moving look back at the ultimate
"homer." Hi-Lites of the stunning 1993 victory over Ohio State
in The Big House! The cliff-hanger ending to Lloyd Carr's first game in
the late August 1995 win over
Virginia in the Pigskin Classic. The actual video which helped convince
the university to keep the games on The Great Voice of The Great Lakes...WJR-AM
760, hosted by 1975 UM Grad and WJR morning host Paul W.
Smith produced in December of 1996. The infamous one extra second UM-MSU game on November 3rd
2001. You see the same ending with 3 different audio tracks; WJR's Frank
and Jim, WXYT's George Blaha and lastly ABC-TV's Brent Musberger and Gary
Danielson! The thrilling ending to the U-M vs. Washington Huskies game in
2002, and the first ever overtime win in the Big House against Penn State.
This video even includes the only time that Frank Beckmann ever "broke up"
on the air and Jim Brandstatter had to take over at the 1984 Northwestern game
in Ann Arbor. It was after the tackle involving two players by the name of
Rogers and Hammerstein! Outrageously funny!
DVD
only $18
U
of M Celebrity Roasts are now available!!!
These special charity roasts are
outrageous and real collectors items featuring:
RON
KRAMER the legendary ole number 87. Recorded live at the
Ann Arbor Sheraton Hotel on June 2, 2000 with roasters: Don Canham, Jim
Brandstatter, Dave Diles, Norm Masters, Earl Morrall, Jerry Green, and Bo
Schembechler! MC is Bob Forman. Rated PG-21 Time: 101
minutes.
JERRY
HANLON & TIRRIL BURTON: this was a "double roast" at
the Michigan League on April 23, 1993 and featured roasters: Jon Falk, Bo
Schembechler, Harlan Huckleby, Ron Kramer, Jim Betts, Rob Lytle, Lloyd Carr,
Gary Moeller, Bob Forman and MC Frank Beckmann! Rated
PG-18 Time: 121minutes.
Others
Roasts Available include: DON LUND, AL RENFREW, AL ACKERMAN and
SONNY ELIOT which featured MC Jim Brandstatter!!!
Roast
videos are only $20 on DVD. Content....PRICELESS!
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Why WJR repainted the
BLUE
room with GREEN
paint!
A true story
by Art Vuolo,
Jr.
A stunning turn of events the University of Michigan had to find a new
radio home for their football and basketball games after the 2005 season when 50,000
watt WJR-AM (760) abruptly announced on Thursday, October 13, 2005, that they
would no longer be carrying any U of M sporting events.
Even more shocking was the news that The Great Voice of The Great Lakes had
signed a new five-year deal to carry the Michigan State Spartans!
The reason it all took place was MONEY. The answer to almost every
"business decision" is money. There was simply more
"GREEN" coming out of East Lansing than Ann Arbor!
Insiders knew that basketball was the driving force behind this move. The MSU basketball program is, generally speaking, stronger and there are more than
twice as many basketball games as football. More games, equals more spots
(commercials) and that equals more money. Simple economics.
The news thrilled the Green and White MSU fans and caused great
distress to thousands of maize and blue Michigan fans at the same time.
The deal was put together by, WJR’s president and general manager, Michael
D. Fezzey. Sources say that
Michigan State had been lusting after the mega-power WJR for several years.
The Spartans had been aggressively perusing WJR since the spring
of 2005.
It was also thought that the station was not getting as much “love and
respect” from the Wolverines as they felt they deserved.
Many felt that was a sure- fire recipe for defection.
Some insiders felt the Wolverines had become somewhat complacent regarding the U
of M's relationship with WJR. Others felt the culprit was
the network coordinator Host Communications, but that could not be confirmed,
nor is it considered feasible. Host has since been incorporated into
sports marketing conglomerate IMG.
The Michigan
Athletic Department was completely blind-sided by the move. Athletic
Director Bill Martin actually heard the news first on the radio...WJR
radio! It was incredible news since he was dealing with the station and
it's network arm, Host Communications, in what was termed "good faith," or so it
seemed.
The trio of broadcasters who cover the U of M Football games; Frank
Beckmann, Jim Brandstatter and Steve Courtney, were also stunned by the news.
The staff of WJR was taken by bus to East Lansing unsure of
what was going to happen. En route the bus was pulled over at a rest
area near Fowlerville, by a State Trooper. This action was pre-arranged so
that Beckmann, Courtney and Paul W.
Smith could be pulled off the bus and receive the news separately since it was
thought the news would affect them the most. It did. Smith is a 1975 U
of M
graduate and a huge Michigan fan.
They were all taken to the Spartan Stadium
where the MSU band was on the field playing the fight song and the WJR logo was
already up on the electronic scoreboard. They were treated to a warm reception at the MSU
facility and then were taken to an elegant dinner at the home of Michigan
State President Simon. It appears that the Spartans wanted to express their
appreciation for this new association in a first class manner.
Fans no doubt compared this to when the Tigers and the Red Wings
moved from powerful WJR to the far lesser signal of sports WXYT-AM (1270).
The teams lost all of their fans in Indiana, Ohio and Ontario.
WJR will no doubt be perceived as a “turn-coat” by many U of M
fans. They have been broadcasting
Michigan football and basketball since 1976 when the late Bob Ufer segued over
from Ann Arbor’s WPAG, now WTKA-AM (1050). Michigan fans can be pleased that an extensive network of stations
have kept the Wolverines within ear-shot of most fans.
In May 2006, the University of Michigan reached a final decision
regarding the much anticipated radio home of their sports teams.
Back on October 13, 2005, I was
flattered to be asked to help find a suitable
replacement for news-talk WJR-AM (760). Because
no station is bigger than ‘JR, this reporter recommended that the games be placed on
an FM signal which is as strong after sundown as it is in the daytime.
That cannot be said about any AM stations in southeast Michigan.
Even though personnel at the U-M Athletic Department are brilliant at
knowing how to market their teams, they were unaware of the technicalities of
radio, and AM radio in particular regarding night-time power reductions and
limited coverage areas due to what are known as "pattern changes" after dark.
Now
fans can hear the Wolverines on WOMC-FM (104.3) home of Detroit's best
known, hall-of-fame radio personality, Dick Purtan and a healthy power output of
just under 200,000 watts!
Additionally, the games are carried on Canadian powerhouse CKLW-AM
(800) that, with 50,000 watts, reaches from Fort Wayne, IN to the far side of Cleveland,
OH.
No other Detroit area AM covers that area keeping Michigan fans to the south
pleased. For some reason (other than in Toledo) it's hard to find
stations in Ohio that want o carry the Maize & Blue.
There
was a
long delay in getting the deal done with WOMC due to negotiations with WJR management over the university’s
desire to have Frank Beckmann call the games while remaining a key mid-morning
talk host on 760 AM. Jim
Brandstatter, who is a free-lance talent and had no contractual conflicts, remains with Frank. They have a magical chemistry and most fans
love ‘em. Steve Courtney, who is WJR’s
morning sports reporter on the Paul W. Smith show was dropped from the
broadcasts. CBS Radio, which owns WOMC, wanted one of
their own people as a part of the radio team. So, the current field reporter is WXYT’s
mid-day sports
co-anchor Doug Karsch, who actually lives in Ann Arbor, in the shadow of the
Michigan Stadium, and is well- connected with the Michigan Athletic Department. U-M tailgate shows are still featured at
all home
games at WOMC hosted by long-time Ann Arbor radio stars Lucy Ann Lance and Dean
Erskin, with Karsch. A pre-tailgate show was added in 2009 with longtime
WOMC fixtures Tom Ryan and Mindy Markowitz.
Basketball is carried on all-news WWJ-AM (950) and according
to U of M Associate Athletic Director Bruce Madej, games are also
available on urban-talk & gospel WCHB-AM (1200). U-M
hockey will be on sports WXYT-AM (1270) when not conflicting with the Red Wings.
U of M Hockey remains on Ann
Arbor's WTKA-AM (1050) as will Michigan Football and Basketball. WTKA has
a very long-standing relationship with Michigan , as it's "unofficial" sports
station.
Michigan games
can also be heard border to border
and coast-to-coast because U of M currently has a contract with Sirius XM Satellite
Radio. Another huge plus is the ability to hear Michigan
Football games on-line over the Internet!.
Stay
tuned. Each year will be another
interesting and exciting season of college sports from the University of
Michigan and its network of stations.
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