2008 19pt comeback vs Wisconsin is on BTN

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

This will take you up to the Softball game where Michigan Softball play wisconsin tonight.

What a comeback. Best thing that happened that season, unfortunately.

Wolverine Devotee

May 3rd, 2014 at 7:24 PM ^

I was at my friend's house watching this game. I was 13.

At the start of the second half through the 3rd quarter, all the adults were outside drinking while I stayed and watched because I always believed there was a way.

 

 

Avon Barksdale

May 3rd, 2014 at 8:09 PM ^

That team really had the players to win 7-8 games at least. Mallett would've really helped, but what good would a QB with a cannon do in a spread offense. /s

Ty Butterfield

May 3rd, 2014 at 8:31 PM ^

This was the only home game I missed in the RR era. Had to go to my cousins wedding. Sigh.

rob f

May 3rd, 2014 at 11:48 PM ^

3 home games I've missed over the last 8 seasons.  This and one other were due to the higher priority of watching my son play football (Rocket and Middle School). 

I remember listening to this one on my headset while at my son's game, got back home just in time to see the last few minutes, then watched it later on the DVR.  Sounded like a bad idea to have Threet run such an unfamilar offense, as I listened to mistake-after-mistake on the radio, especially all first half.

Hard to believe we only won 3 games that whole season with all the talent, though, on defense, but I know that part of the problem was the overall discord and disorder with the way the staff was built and how it "devolved" (de-evolution?) as the season disintegrated.  As good as we looked most of this Wisconsin game on defense, it was only a few weeks later at Purdue that I witnessed a Michigan defense that didn't do anything right (remember, the game with the newly-installed 3-3-5 that poor Scott Shafer had no idea how to run?  Now THERE'S a bad idea for you!) .  

GoBlue717

May 3rd, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^

He was 4 years old and we walked around the stadium most if the 2nd quarter and half time but he stayed in his seat the whole 2nd half. It was a great day and also the 500 game at the Big House!

GoBluePhil

May 3rd, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^

Earlier this afternoon. Then my wife walks into the house tonight and wants to watch some TV. I'm flipping through the channels and she sees this game on. Now I'm watching it for the second time today. Couldn't tell her I watched it earlier today. I'd rather have a wife that's loves Michigan football and put up with this brand of game than have a wife that won't watch. Gotta love her.

UMxWolverines

May 4th, 2014 at 12:15 AM ^

This was a great game. I was there and I remember as we were coming back that it was really the first time I can remember Michigan Stadium being defeaning while we were on defense. I remember you couldn't hear yourself think when John Thompson intercepted it and took it back. 

Mr. Yost

May 4th, 2014 at 7:02 PM ^

I love EVERY Michigan win...but this one was so fluky to me. It wasn't "great" in my eyes, it was just a bright spot in a bad year.

We really didn't do anything other than play great defense and finally stop turning the ball over on offense.

When I think of great games, Braylonfest is a great game. The PSU game at home with Manningham. Carr's finale. @PSU in '97 was a great game. Those 3-4 ND games were all great games.

We actually played good football in those games. Calling this a great game to me is like calling the 67-65 win over Illinois a great game. I mean, it was cool and all, but we were so fucking bad on defense that there was nothing great about the total team effort.

I mean I can't even watch the first half of this game they're so bad..and it's not like Wisconsin was playing that good either. I can't call it a great game, when we looked so inept in the first half.

I can't even really think of any standout play in this game by anyone. There were obviously big plays to win the game, but it wasn't like an all-time individual performance by anyone.