Unverified Voracity Reminisces About Defenses Past

since space is already taken (justifiably) by zoltan, i hereby annoint will hagerup chief senator of the troposphere. 

Defense: You don't you what you have until it is gone, and you don't remember what you had until you watch video clips you shouldn't have watched.

*(Attention OSU fans: cutting yourself with a broken bottle in a bar fight and oozing all over your Busch Light totally counts this year.)

But chipping your tooth again on those pesky twist off bottle caps and bleeding all over your chaw doesnt.

now i have to try to run errands looking like i just watched Old Yeller.

There should be a law against childhood heros dying.

My special teams numbers do the same thing and have Michigan 5th on the season. Unfortunately 2-3 points a game seems high. I have Michigan's punt team worth 5.6 points above average total on the season. The national leader is at +7.0. About a point a game seems to be as good as it gets by my calculation.

...MZone post about college fooball coaches's Halloween costumes is horrifying super fantastic. Maybe it's time for RichRod to switch things up a bit on the sideline.  You know, go with a different look to help change his tenure's trajectory mid-flight.  The Lombardi look just might do it, but the fedora would probably have to have some M/adidas adornment (contractually speaking, that is).  Also: blue overcoat.  The Jim/Bo photoshop is solid gold.

I remember having a sinking feeling in my stomach the week we played Purdue and Siller was announced as their starting QB. They were horrible, and it was a winnable game for us. He then proved me right and went all Donovan McNabb/Troy Smith/Dennis Dixon/Juice Williams on us. I hope this week is different (Mcgloin is not as mobile), and we don't make this guy look amazing.

amount of TFL's from the '97 D in that game are unreal. 2 sacks on the first drive? Man do I miss our guys getting that kind of penetration.

My favorite Ufer memory was the 79 Indiana Carter-catch game.  I had gone up to CMU that Friday and was on my way back to campus during the game.  We were expected to crush Indiana as we were 6-1 at the time and rolling so I didnt think I'd miss much (I was a sophmore and football had yet to become my life as it is now).  I remember distinctly driving on 23 in fairly heavy traffic when the play unfolded and ALL you could make out was Ufer screaming, yelling and honking his Patton horn.  So I started honking my horn in the car as I knew something good had happened, I just didn't know what.  And the cars around me started honking too so pretty soon 23 was filled with honking, happy drivers who had NO idea what had just happend.

We just knew it must've been awesome based on Bob's reaction.

Ufe has been my pic for a couple of weeks.  I absolutely loved the guy growing up.  I actually sent him a fan letter when I was 12, and he sent back an autographed copy of his first album, which happened to be narrated by Paul W. Smith.  Needless to say, this album is prominently displayed among Yard Dog's memorabilia.

And please watch the video.  It gave me goosebumps.

Brian, way to kindly out your lady.  For the sake of your personal life privacy, make sure Kirk Herbie never hears any rumors about you.  He spreads gossip given his past wounds-

This makes two times now that some sort of female intervention has screwed the mgopodcast.  Your fiancee owes us big time.

What's the line on the Penn State game now? 

Anyone else think that Mike Cox is a runner in the Chris Howard mold?  Sure wish that guy could get on the field.  

Hahaha, "the last time Griese ran that far he was being chased by his daddy with a stick."

Is it just me, or do all the hits seem significantly harder back then? Also, that big hit in the first half of the '97 PSU game is eerily similar to the hit that paralyzed Rutgers' DL Eric LeGrand this year.

like that's a bad thing...

WARNING: watching these videos may make you powerfully nostalgic for defenses that have people on them who play football.

Thank you so much for the warning, situation avoided!!!!



I should put up a ticker that says 1343 DAYS SINCE OHIO STATE BEAT MICHIGAN AT BLEEDING.

This would actually be cool.

Beating Penn State without Bolden would cheapen the victory

I completely disagree.  Or at least, it wouldn't for me.  M wouldn't be any less bowl-eligible and we'd get to avoid a lot of 2010 = 2009 talk, which is the whole point of a victory.  You can't cheapen a win unless the point of the win is to beat that specific team.  It would cheapen the win if all of Ohio State's two-deep was injured in an unfortunate hotel collapse the night before the game and we got to play all their walk-ons.  I don't care about PSU's myriad injury issues.

Vid-Staff is a bunch of volunteer who work in their free time to capture the history of the band. Pretty cool group of people. Most importantly they know where to stand on the field during the shows as to not get in the way because they are old band members (espn or abc always end up being the wrong place at the wrong time. I remember having to kick a few camera-men during my time) I highly encourage going through them if you want some video or pictures of the band.

If you are looking for older photos check out Dick Gaskill's website.
http://www.printroom.com/studio_homepage.asp?domain_name=dickgaskill
He has been taking pictures of the band for over 50 years. He is also a great guy and really funny if you get the chance to talk to him.

Doesn't taking Devin to Penn State kind of weaken a possible argument for a medical redshirt?