The Big 1050 Gameday Podcast

This week in Michigan football history with the Professor Craig Dooley. Good morning to the Maize and Blue Faithful on this glorious Saturday in Ann Arbor. A warm welcome back to the thousands of alums joining us for Homecoming 2025. Buckle up for today's walk back in time, a trip that includes a few familiar faces and very historic people. Go Blue, Happy homecoming. Let's beat the Badgers and kee...

I had to make an appearance here. And yes, we are right above the garage here. We are a criminal defense law firm. Nothing but criminal defense matters from misdemeanor game day offenses up to all serious felonies, primarily in Washington County. You can find us at themichigandefenders.com. I made a little quick joke about human evolution and the two big theories there, one being intelligent desig...

Ira Weintraub breaks down Michigan's victory over Nebraska to open B1G action, 30-27! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week in Michigan football history with the Professor Greg Dooley. Today we rewind to 1969, a special but pivotal year in Michigan football history. It was that year that we welcomed Glenn Edwards Schembecher Jr. Soon to be known to fans in Ann Arbor and nationwide as simply BO. On this day, exactly 56 years ago, a young, untested coach with a weird last name and Buckeye roots stepped onto the...

Ira Weintraub breaks down a big turnaround game for Michigan in a 63-3 victory over Central Michigan! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

1980 was a special year in Michigan football history and perhaps one that hopeful Wolverine fans might appreciate this season 45 years later. On September 13, 1980, the season opened with Northwestern, who were in the midst of a 34 game losing streak. Bo's teams had routinely pummeled our purple friends over the years. The only real coaching strategy seemed to be to take the foot off the gas late...

Ira Weintraub breaks down the Top-20 matchup between Michigan and Oklahoma. Michigan falls to The Sooners 24-13 in Norman. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Buckle up Wolverine fans, because we're flashing back to 2008 when Rich Rodriguez kicked off his wild and yes, sometimes rough ride as Michigan's head coach. On this day 17 years ago, Rich Rod notched his first W against Miami of Ohio. But like a lot of things in the Rich Rod era, it was no cakewalk against our friends from Oxford. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz....

Michigan opens their 2025 season with a 34-17 victory over New Mexico. Listen to the Retirement Income Solutions Wrap Up Show, hosted by Ira Weintraub! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week in Michigan football history, with the professor, Greg Dooley. Good evening to all you maize and blue fedora wearing diehards. Welcome to season 146 of your beloved Michigan Wolverines, and season 16 of This Week in Michigan Football History. We kick things off with a birthday salute to a Wolverine legend. Born on this day in 1974, I'm talking about Mr. Remy Martin Hamilton. And why do w...

We get to talk actual football, but first of all, it's the first game as we get ready for the Bryce Underwood era here at Michigan. So they got to let him get enough reps to get a good game under his belt before next week, and at the same time they got to keep him healthy. That'll be interesting to see how they incorporate that. Also, they got two Cadillac running backs, in my view. How they get o...

Good morning, and Go Blue! Today we renew the greatest rivalry in sports, as once again we face the Buckeyes, this time down in Columbus. While Michigan has had different teams that we'd consider our number one rivals over our 145 years of pigskin prowess, make no mistake that from Ohio's perspective, it has always been about that team up north. So it's no surprise that Michigan figures deep in ma...

Throw out the record books on any given Saturday. They put their pants on one leg at a time just like we do. Games aren't won on paper, you still have to play the game. Whoever runs the ball better, whoever takes care of the ball better, often sells tickets, defense wins championships. Insert your favorite cliché here because that's the state of this Michigan team as they head into the game. Knowi...

As we dive into November, Michigan football history lovers know that each day is drenched in tradition. And today, November 23rd, is an absolute showstopper. First up, a huge birthday shoutout to the 15th president of the best university in the world. Santa Ono, our president turned 62 today. So happy birthday to the man leading Michigan into its next great chapter. Now, a not so fond memory. Host...

All right, Joe, you always come to us on game day with your game day arguments, so what do you have us for us today? At the start of the season, I don't think anyone had today's game circled as a red letter, critical must win. But this game is every bit of that. In the last couple of days, as you mentioned, Ira, we've had an undeniable surge in energy in the program. But now bowl eligibility and e...

This week in Michigan football history with Professor Greg Dooley. Michigan has squared off against countless teams that could be called our rivals over the years. But once upon a time, we had one clear nemesis in the field. And it wasn't Ohio State, Michigan State, or even Notre Dame. It was a conference foe no longer in the Big Ten. I'm talking about the alma mater of President Ono himself, the...

This week in Michigan football history with Professor Greg Dooley. "Good afternoon! Today we journey back to 1907, a year that marked the beginning of a truly unique chapter in Michigan football history. On this very day, the Wolverines traveled south to the heart of Nashville, Tennessee to face off against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Michigan was a founding member of what we now know as the Big Te...

Please welcome for today's game day argument, our good friend, the Silver Fox, our legal advisor, Joe Simon. All right, Joe, your game day argument. What do you have for us? I think you guys are going to like this. There's an old adage in my business. When the facts are against you, argue the law. When the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts and the law are against you, just argue....

We welcome to the stage one of our hosts here, of course, one Mr. Joseph A. Simon from the Law Offices of Joseph A. Simon. Joe, we're back! We're back on a beautiful fall evening, and let's hope it segues into a great fall night. So this is really an important game, maybe more important than at any time, even though the records aren't what we'd want them to be on either side. All right, Joe, one m...

A special edition of The Recruiting Roundup with special guest recruits Andrew Marsh and Shemari Earls. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Good evening to the Maize & Blue faithful. Tonight's edition of This Week in Michigan Football, as always, draws inspiration from none other than the legendary voice of Michigan football, the one and only Bob Ufer. Ufer's energy, his electric enthusiasm, and his undeniable passion for Wolverine football were simply unmatched. Though we lost Ufer in his battle with cancer on this day in 1981, his s...

This week in Michigan football history with Professor Greg Dooley. Today, your beloved Wolverines take part in a celebration in Champaign, as Illinois honors the 100th anniversary of the dedication of Memorial Stadium. But this date is much bigger than that historic building, and that's because of what happened on this day exactly a century plus one day in 1924. Michigan was the Illini's guest for...

Joining us from a very secret, undisclosed location is our counselor and host of Joe's Garage, where we will finally return next Saturday afternoon is Joe Simon. In great football irony, this Michigan team that has performed so poorly in the second half of games now enters the second half of the season with a critical need to perform much better than they did in the first half. While the bye week...

We have our good friend Joe Simon joining us now and I have to admit, it's been a great privilege to have so many games consecutively in the garage, but yeah, you're right, and it's sad because what a perfect fall day. It would have been such a great environment. You can find us at themichigandefenders.com, and like I always say, nobody ever thinks they need to know a criminal defense attorney, bu...

This week in Michigan football history with Professor Greg Dooley. Tonight, we travel way out west for an unlikely rematch of last year's national championship game...and of course, welcome the Washington Huskies to the Big Ten. U-Dub's pigskin history dates all the way back to 1889, and have played at their home stadium since 1920. But we save this evening for a more traditional conference oppone...