Oliver Thornton

Chock-full of archival footage, interviews with former players and coaches and more, this jubilant film celebrates the passion that surrounds one of college football's most prestigious programs: the University of Michigan Wolverines. Relive their many triumphs, including 11 national championships; thrill to their frequent victories over archrival Ohio State; and hear from the devoted fans themselves what makes Wolverine football so special.

J.P. McCarthy was an icon of Detroit broadcasting who ruled the radio waves in the Motor City for thirty years. His story is the ultimate local-kid-done-good tale. Working extensively with the McCarthy family and conducting over twenty interviews with J.P.’s friends, family, co-workers and contemporaries, Detroit Public Television memorializes someone who was considered more of a family member than a voice on the radio to anyone who tuned in to hear his morning show or the Focus program over the years.

Chock-full of archival footage, interviews with former players and coaches and more, this jubilant film celebrates the passion that surrounds one of college football's most prestigious programs: the University of Michigan Wolverines. Relive their many triumphs, including 11 national championships; thrill to their frequent victories over archrival Ohio State; and hear from the devoted fans themselves what makes Wolverine football so special.

J.P. McCarthy was an icon of Detroit broadcasting who ruled the radio waves in the Motor City for thirty years. His story is the ultimate local-kid-done-good tale. Working extensively with the McCarthy family and conducting over twenty interviews with J.P.’s friends, family, co-workers and contemporaries, Detroit Public Television memorializes someone who was considered more of a family member than a voice on the radio to anyone who tuned in to hear his morning show or the Focus program over the years.