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Yost Gets His Stadium. Stagg Gets Stalled. (1927) | This Week In Michigan Football History

Related Topics: Fielding Yost, Amos Alonzo Stagg

With all the stadium and tunnel talk, this week is a perfect opportunity to discuss Fielding Yost and his quest to build Michigan Stadium (yes, with its coliseum-like tunnel entrance in the center of the arena). We also discuss a prime example of someone who didn’t get his–namely Chicago’s iconic coach Amos Alonzo Stagg–as well as the consequences. Go Blue.

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Go Blue! You’ll hear this live on the WTKA 1050AM KeyBank Countdown to Kickoff Saturday night around 5 pm EDT!

Good evening! Tonight’s opponent Rutgers famously won the first college football game ever played in 1869.