- Don Canham, former U of M Athletic Director, led the charge to take Michigan out of the old WCHA, Denver’s former conference, in order to save money and not have to fly Michigan hockey to Colorado, while reconstituting the then-CCHA as an upper-midwestern hockey bus league back in 1981, taking Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Michigan Tech, along with his Wolverines.
- Maize and blue? It’s called, “Yellow & Navy” by folks that don’t wear tweed jackets and smoke pipes.
- If Michigan’s hockey arena is named after Fielding H. Yost – a FOOTBALL coach, shouldn’t Big Blue name The Big House (Michigan Stadium) Red Berenson Stadium?
- Michigan’s current hockey head coach Mel Pearson allegedly told players to lie on COVID-19 contact tracing forms before the 2021 NCAA Tournament. What other tests are they cheating on?
- U of M has more bandwagon fans than Notre Dame. Most of their gameday crowd have their certificates from Dearborn Middle School.
- It is illegal to cuss in front of women or children in the State of Michigan. U of M lost 6-1 to Ohio State this season in hockey. No cussing in front of women and children? Just ask Buckeye fans.
- Michigan is a football school – well, at least until the College Football Playoff Semifinal.
- The Wolverines have so many ongoing investigations into their hockey program that their law firm, WilhelmHale, is listed on the hockey staff directory.
- Michigan has dodged the Pios in regular-season hockey for more than 40 years. Former DU skipper Jim Montgomery finally scheduled a weekend series in Denver with U of M to take place at Magness Arena in 2018. But shortly before the 2018 DU schedule was released, the Wolverines bailed on DU and scheduled a weak Vermont team at home. DU was forced to find a late replacement in Alaska-Fairbanks. Denver and Western Michigan have more in common than we thought…
- Former Michigan all-American, NHL star, and Wolverine head coaching legend Red Berenson, a Saskatchewan junior star who was once recruited by DU and Michigan to play college hockey, chose Michigan over Denver because, he said, “some of the guys that went to Denver, I just didn’t have a lot of respect for them as students.” That’s pretty rich, coming from a guy who was arrested for public urination on a public library wall (and then drunken driving) in 1994 at the age of 55.
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Win Two Tickets to Loveland Regional Hockey Tournament Thursday!
Win two free tickets for Thursday’s NCAA Regional hockey tournament in Loveland. To win, you must write in the comment section below a limerick about the tournament, teams, players, or Loveland. The entry deadline is 11:59 pm Tuesday night. The winner (1) will be selected by a LetsGoDU panel on Wednesday.
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We told you about the eBay auction and sale of Damien Goddard’s authentic flight suit. One of Goddard’s emissaries, Denver Boone, delivered the check to Colorado College this past week as promised. Continue reading Denver Boone Delivers Goddard Auction Proceeds to Colorado College
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LetsGoDU Founder Damien Goddard Auctions Flight Suit to Benefit CC Hockey
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Damien Goddard: First in Space for DU
The inimitable Damien Goddard, the founder of LetsGoDU, was recognized Wednesday by the University of Denver as the first DU graduate venturing to space. Following in the footsteps of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and William Shatner, Goddard will be blasting into the great unknown on January 15th, 2022. Goddard’s travel was booked through Elon Musk’s Space Perspective company at a cost of $125,000. Continue reading Damien Goddard: First in Space for DU
Top 5 Things to do with an Online Grand Canyon University Degree
While figures vary by institution, US News claims that only 17% of online students actually finish their bachelor degrees, Grand Canyon University – Denver men’s soccer’s first-round opponent in the NCAA Tournament – publishes a claim that 65% of their online students graduate. A cynic might call this a ‘diploma mill’. Continue reading Top 5 Things to do with an Online Grand Canyon University Degree
UNO Tabs Ned Lasko as New Athletic Director
The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) surprised constituents Monday with the announced hire of a relatively unknown candidate to guide Maverick athletics. Thirty-eight-year-old Ned Lasko, a Puma shoe representative from Richmond, UK, as Omaha’s new athletics director. Continue reading UNO Tabs Ned Lasko as New Athletic Director