October 29th, 2010 at 8:10 AM ^
michigan stadium got rick roll'd!
October 29th, 2010 at 8:20 AM ^
Nobody was more estatic than me when this happened. But right now it just depresses me as a Dolphins fan. Throw the ball downfield damnit!!! I'm getting flashbacks from Sunday when he dumped it off to Lousaka Polite on 3rd and 8 for 1 yard on our last drive.
But really the last throw had to be one of the greatest in Michigan history. I mean he threads the needle over 2 PSU defenders and put in the perfect spot to avoid the defender on Manningham's backside. It's throws like these that help me feel confident that Henne is going to be a good quarterback. I still think he checks down too often and too fast to do so.
October 29th, 2010 at 8:29 AM ^
He was only a true sophomore here but I totally agree. Watching the whole drive really reminded me how unlikely the final outcome was.
October 29th, 2010 at 9:16 AM ^
Wow, that's a great point. Beyond the Breaston return, the 2 secs getting added back, and the final play, I had blocked out the rest of that drive. I must have been just short of a homicidal rage as Henne continually checked down, with only the very last throw going into the end zone when you need a TD to win the game.
Did anyone ever ask Breaston to see if he dropped that one pass in the flat on purpose? It would have gone for about 2 yards if he caught it and even more time would have come off the clock.
A great outcome and a great final throw, but man, that drive was a bit dodgy.
October 29th, 2010 at 8:23 AM ^
I have got to say, even though I don't despise Penn State like I do certain other teams, I always enjoy beating them. What a great game.
October 29th, 2010 at 6:30 PM ^
i don't know why. maybe it's JoPa. just looking at JoPa reminds me of being a kid ... looking at JoPa.
October 29th, 2010 at 8:35 AM ^
According to the broadcasters, Michigan's player of the game was a linebacker. Obviously this was decided before the game was decided, but still, it's been a while.
October 29th, 2010 at 8:53 AM ^
I think that's David Brandon at the 10:45 mark
October 29th, 2010 at 9:34 AM ^
I was surprised no one else had picked up on that yet. I didn't figure I was the first to notice.
October 29th, 2010 at 9:05 AM ^
Henne (dolphins), Avant (eagles), Breaston (cardinals), Manningham (giants), Hart (colts).
GO BLUE CRUSH PSU !!!!
October 29th, 2010 at 10:15 AM ^
1 of the forciers at 8:08
October 29th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
He was a true freshman and redshirting then. Tate was in 9th grade at the time.
October 29th, 2010 at 10:33 AM ^
October 29th, 2010 at 11:15 AM ^
that is the best game I've ever attended in my four years at Michigan. The crowd was absolutely insane. Good memories
October 29th, 2010 at 10:52 AM ^
Only said Tremendous once and was referring to Penn State. I have to say I'm a little disappointed with his interview efforts after the game.
October 29th, 2010 at 11:19 AM ^
this is like watching Michigan porn. I love it.
October 29th, 2010 at 11:26 AM ^
how we love this game so much (me included) even though it was a highlight in an otherwise poor (relative to our then-standards) expectations. Just goes to show -- an exciting finish is memorable regardless of the season (I feel the same way about last year's ND game).
October 29th, 2010 at 2:33 PM ^
For all the bitching PSU does about calls that were actually correct, I'm surprised we don't hear more about Avant's heel landing OOB.
October 29th, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
They have bitched about that one, too. But it was a correct call. His toes landed in first.
October 29th, 2010 at 2:43 PM ^
I have gotten a chance to watch the drive. I was on my honeymoon in Hawaii and didn't get a chance to watch the game, only highlights, and only heard about the 2 seconds and saw the highlight of the final play. From this video, the 2 seconds added doesn't look like it was Lloyd complaining non stop for them like the Penn State fans have said. It looks like the play ended, we called timeout right away, the clock ran past the timeout, and they reset the clock to the right time. Classic finish. Hopefully it won't be this close this year (meaning we roll) and we get an epic finish like this against TP and TUOS.
October 29th, 2010 at 6:32 PM ^
honeymoon's suck!
October 29th, 2010 at 7:05 PM ^
I cut out about a minute and a half of Lloyd complaining about the clock running after the timeout.
October 29th, 2010 at 3:41 PM ^
Amazing to think that UM went into that game 3-3 and 1-2 in the Big 10. The next year they were 11-0 going into the final game of the season.
Perspective.
October 29th, 2010 at 4:37 PM ^
Gave me goosebumps. I was 8 rows up in the endzone where Manningham caught the TD. One of the best days I've ever had.
October 29th, 2010 at 7:10 PM ^
I was in the north endzone, so I couldn't really tell what happened on the last play. I just heard the stadium explode. Awesome.
October 30th, 2010 at 11:06 AM ^
if the PSU safety does his job and steps back just 3 steps, henne's only option was probably Avant. That would have been a thread the needle throw.
good times, good times.