The Best/Worst game you witnessed at the Big House?

Lloyd's only win against Tressel was 2003.

The best and worst are easy:

Best: 2004 MSU
Worst: App State, obvs.

for one tressel didnt coach ohio state till 2001 and lloyds only win against him came in 2003 and 2, brabbs missed 2 fg's and came back on for the game winner and nailed it.

the only michigan game i have ever been to was either 1994 or 1995 against purdue. it was a straight up blizzard they were playing in and we ended up winning 5-0

I was with a bunch of buddies who played in the CFL at the time and the size of the Big House amazed them. Ended up winning on the last play of the game on a pass deep in the corner of the end zone. Good times.

It was unbelievable how bad it was. The worst part is that it was a shockingly accurate preview as to how bad we were going to be against mobile qbs for the next 10 years.

Best - probably the PSU overtime win (DONT RECALL THE YEAR)

Worst - Illinois 1998 or 1999? (blew big lead over a weak Illinois team)

I thought it was Tressel but is was John Cooper. They won 24-17. I am pretty sure Brabbs got pulled after he missed three feild goals but I could be wrong.

or maybe worst 1(a) was the Desmond trip loss to MSU in 1990.

Best Game - 1997 against O$U. The end of the perfect regular season. Great feeling after that one.

Worst game
*Heartbreak style - Colorado...Kordell Stewart...yada yada
*Beatdown style - Oregon 2007

Worst:
05 Minny, when we were headed to OT, but their #2 RB busted a long one for the win (FG, I think, but I've blocked it out).

That running back by the way was Russell who scored a td in the superbowl this year for Pittsburg.

That is definitely a horrible loss from the year of infinite pain.

fell down on the last play against Wisconsin in a loss at Camp Randall?

Even though it was not a big rivalry- Kordell Stewart's hail-mary- The Miracle in Michigan.

Best- any OSU win.

Tough to choose.
Best- 2003 OSU, 2004 MSU
Honorable mention: 99 ND was fun, 02 PSU
Worst - 2001 OSU (game was just ugly, we were much better then they were but gave up two long Wells' TDs, Navarre threw 97 interceptions*, and it started the Tressel era)

*Don't bother correcting me, I remember it as 97.

'95 against Virginia.

worst is either '90 Minnesota game (where Tripp Welborne injured his knee) or the '98 game against EMU we won 59-20 (it lasted forever).

NW '08!!! Fuuuuuck that sucked. Cold, wet, cold, and pissed.
Also sorta manic for a while.

Best that I can think of:

1) 1999 vs. Notre Dame: We won 26-22, first game of the season. I think Notre Dame ended the game on our 25 yard line or somewhere near there.

2) 2002 vs. Penn State: 27-24 Overtime win. First OT game at Michigan, I believe.

3) 2003 vs. Notre Dame: 38-0, largely on the list because we were standing next to two Notre Dame guys that were talking so much crap before the game and even more so after ND recovered a fumble on the first offensive possession.

Best Michigan games I've been to though have not been in Ann Arbor: 1998 (1997 season) Rose Bowl and 2000 (1999 season) Orange Bowl.

Worst that I can think of:

1) 1999 vs. Illinois: Lost 35-29, blew a HUGE lead. Win that game, and there's a distinct possibility we play for a title in '99.

2) 2001 vs. OSU: Ugh. I still don't even want to talk about it.

3) 2005 vs. OSU: See #2.

best:

97 by far!!! there was nothing better then watching C-Wood return that punt right in front the O$U bench. and the hit that was laid on david boston at the end of the game.

worst:

colorado game.........i was there it happened 65 rows infront of me. i couldn't believe what i had just seen. (i will have nightmares of this game tonight)

1983 Purdue - drew sideline warnings for crowd noise, so we did silent "shh" waves
1986 MSU - lorenzo who?
1986 ILL - 69 points was not enough
1989 OSU - Bo's last home game (also a worst, for the injury to Vada Murray)
2002 Penn State

Fun post, but I think the only game your memory was correct on was that Jeff George was Qb at a game you saw and I hope you were right on being 9.

Errors on the OSU and Wash games have already been cited.
The Florida St game was not a 1 vs 2 game and T Buk's Int was more like 40 not 80yds

I wish I had the advantage of being able to talk about the weekly routine of visiting Michigan Stadium... Simple geography makes my visits much less commonplace, and more like periodic pilgrimages. UNFORGETTABLE, every one, but less frequent than most of you I'm sure.

With that being said, the best game I've ever seen in person is clearly the 2002 Penn State game... Like goblue02 said, the first OT game in the Big House. When we were going in for the win I think everyone in the stadium knew we were gonna pound it in on the ground, and that's exactly what we did.

Best games I've been to (that I can recall):
1987 vs OSU. My dad was in town from LA. I cried when we sealed the game. My dad looked at me like, "WTF?"
2004 vs MSU. My son and I were there and Spartola was awful cocky. There was this one fan standing in the aisle, singing the State fight song, and pointing at all the Michigan fans and taunting us. Eat that, fat boy.
1985 vs. OSU--I can still see that pass in the air to Kolesar as Harbaugh got hit

Worst games.
1998 vs. Syracuse--one of the worst performances I can ever remember us having.
1986 vs. Minnesota. It was eerily quiet in the stadium before the game. I sensed something bad was gonna happen. It did: Ricky Foggie and some douchebag kicker.
07 vs OSU--pitiful performance
1988 (I think) vs. Miami. We were way up in the 4th quarter. Miami fans were leaving the stadium early and I chastised a couple of them as they walked out. I ate my words. Luckily I didn't run into them on MY way out.

BEST:
'97 v. OSU- handing out roses to the players, running on the field.

WORST:
'05 v. OSU- really thought we had that one.

I saw the 2002 Washington game as well.

I really enjoyed the 2000 game against Wisconsin where Henson faded right and threw across his body off his back foot across the entire field to the very back of the endzone where David Terrell lept up and pulled it down for the game winner.

I'm surprised no one's added this one to their list of best games yet. Henne to Manningham with no time left on the clock for the win. Even though I was in the student section on the far side of the field and couldn't see the play that well, I remember seeing Henne drop back, throw the ball in the endzone, the receiver cup his hands, and then the crowd behind that endzone cheered loudly. Absolutely incredible.

2003 OSU and 2004 MSU are also right up there. And just because I enjoy blowout victories over rival schools, 2003 ND and 2002 MSU were also very enjoyable.

As for worst... 2002 Iowa (34-9 loss on homecoming) and 2005 Minnesota were tough to stomach.

My best:

Washington, 2002

My worst:

Colorado - Kordell's toss...

'08 Northwestern, waited my whole life to go to a game at the Big House, and that was it. 3 rows behind the UM bench, stayed till the very, bitter, wet and cold end.

Favorites were 2003 OSU, the OT game against PSU that was the first OT game at the Big House (and a game the PSU fans still bitch about), the 2002 Washington game.

I also enjoyed the 2003 Notre Dame game simply for the loud student section chant of "HOUSTON'S BETTER clap clap clapclapclap" at Notre Dame as we shut them out.

Worst were the 2002 Utah borefest and the epic beatdown that Iowa gave us in the second half of the game that year.

Best Game

Wisconsin '08

Worst Game

Northwestern '08

Quite a year, indeed!