1940 Michigan

Ok, I'm stealing from my work blog today because it's kind of fun and humorous.

I think it's safe to say that Nick Saban is getting sick of questions about facing LSU and would just assume play the game right now. Wednesday, in his final meeting this week with reporters (and this is after we gave him a birthday card for his 56th), Saban went off a little bit (and in a fun way) after a Louisiana reporter asked about LSU people who are staying at the Saban house this weekend.

"As much as you guys try and make it a fact that everyone hates my guts in Louisiana, everybody doesn't," he said. "I hate to say that, but we do have a few friends left, and they are lifelong friends that are probably, like us, us being me and Terry, like who we are, not what we do. We respect the fact that they went to LSU, like LSU and root for LSU. I don't have a problem with that.

"My neighbor in Michigan is a very, very good friend of line, was the biggest Michigan guy in the world and I was at Michigan State. We're good friends, we went to church together ...
"I know you guys want to make it like it's people want to blowup everyone's house. It sells newspapers and all that kind of stuff, but I don't feel that way about anybody."

Saban went on to say that all LSU and Alabama supporters are always welcome at his house, but for some reason didn't give the address. He also didn't invite reporters.

So happy birthday coach, and here's a picture for your old neighbor. Coach Fritz Crisler and “Ole’ 98” Tom Harmon hold up a torn jersey in 1940. Ranked third the Wolverines missed out on the national championship, but Harmon outdistanced Texas A&M’s John Kimbrough in voting for the Heisman Trophy. Courtesy the Bentley Historical Library (photo BL001067), the University of Michigan.