October 26th, 2016 at 12:20 PM ^
MEEEEECHIGAN!
October 26th, 2016 at 12:21 PM ^
And the best quote ever: "We're here at Ohio Stadium, joined by 10,000 alumni and 84,000 truck drivers..."
October 26th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
Doubtful you could say that on the radio today.
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October 26th, 2016 at 2:23 PM ^
"We're here at Ohio Stadium, joined by 10,000 alumni and 84,000 truck drivers..."
I know that Ufer walked on water in some circles, but I'm actually not a fan of that quote. I actually hate it.
Nothing wrong with being a truck driver. Truck driving is honest and difficult work, and the work attracts all sorts of people - including the very bright. So using it as a putdown always was a bad look in my book.
Being a Buckeye supporter is another matter.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^
great track athlete and of course, all-time great announcer.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
Thank you for giving me Meeeechigan traditions
October 26th, 2016 at 12:24 PM ^
It feels strange that a man I so closely identify with Michigan games is someone who died before I was born. I can still hear him call the Denis Franklin TD as if I heard it live.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:24 PM ^
been 35 years. Bless your Maise and Blue heart.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:25 PM ^
God Bless every one of your cotton pickin' Maize and Blue hearts!
Michigan Football is a religion and Saturday is the holy day of obligation.
Rest in Peace Bob!
October 26th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^
"Little Gordie Bell ... he can run 15 minutes in a phone booth and never touch the sides!"
"Runs like a penguin with a hot herring in his cumberbund!"
"Fritz Crisler must look down on Chuck Heater and say, 'What a great back in the old single wing!'"
"... and they're tearing down the M-Club banner ... oh, they will meet a dastardly fate for that! But the M-men are getting the banner back up ... and here they come! ... take it away 105,000 fans!"
And what I grew up on: "Two tight ends and a balanced line ... Huckleby deep and Davis close ... Ricky Leach under center ..."
October 26th, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
The Guts and Glue of the Maize and Blue!
I bought a record (yes, a long time ago) that was all Bob Ufer clips. His best was the 1981 Rose Bowl pep-rally speach were we started the season 0-2. "...you are indeed the finest football team in America today." Gives me goose bumps
October 26th, 2016 at 12:30 PM ^
to Anthony Carter
vs. IU
maybe the greatest end to a regular season game for Michigan ever
October 26th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
still remember Ufer's call. So many great memories of Ufer. I feel bad that so many of today's fans didn't get a chance to hear him live. One of a kind for sure. RIP
October 26th, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
been so happy in all my cotton-pickin days!"
What a call on that Wangler to Carter play.
October 26th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^
Johnny winging Wangler to Anthony the darter Carter he used to say and Ricky the peach Leach those are just a couple of his sayings. Moellers monsters have their Maize and Blue dobbers up today was another one that sticks out to me he was the best.
October 26th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
but we were tied with a decent Indiana team.
I still have to go with Henne to Manningham in '05 against what turned out to be an 11-1Penn State team. Good to be the spoiler on that day, down 4 with time for 1 more play...
October 26th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
As a kid, if the away game was lucky enough to be on one of the 4 Detroit stations, we would go to Grandpa's (E. Kingsley, Ann Arbor) turn off the TV sound and put Ufer on.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^
I grew up with Ufer. He was incredible! RIP, and Go Blue!
October 26th, 2016 at 8:58 PM ^
October 26th, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^
October 26th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
They came to bury Michigan, all wrapped in Maize and Blue.
The words were said, the prayers were read and everybody cried.
But when they closed the coffin, there was someone else inside!
The Bucks came to bury the Wolverines, but Michigan wasn’t dead! And when the game was over, it was someone else instead!
Twenty-two Michigan Wolverines put on the gloves of grey, And as Revelli played ‘The Victors,” they laid Woody Hayes away!
October 26th, 2016 at 1:22 PM ^
"22 Michigan Wolverines
Put on the gloves of Green.
And as Richter played the The Victors
They picked Darryl Rogers clean"
R.I.P., Bob - and get ready to watch a great big Meeeeshigan victory this Saturday in East Lansing!
October 26th, 2016 at 12:40 PM ^
helping my dad in the garage when he called the anthony carter v. indiana game.... still get chills.... miss both those great men....
go blue-dad go blue-bob
October 26th, 2016 at 12:40 PM ^
"There isn't a Michigan Man out there who wouldn't want to go out and scalp those Spartans right now"
I know he actually said this referring to the "buckeyes" but I got to believe that Ufer would have something masterful to say before this one.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:43 PM ^
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October 26th, 2016 at 12:57 PM ^
the night before the Michigan-OSU game in 1979. Really incredible.
If you ignore all of his colorful sayings and homerism, and just listen to his play-by-play announcing, he was VERY good. Back when only a few games each year were televised, listeing to Bob Ufer was your only option. And his descriptions of the plays and everything going on was the next best thing to watching the game.
October 26th, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^
was special, Bo's 1st Rose Bowl win after several tries.
His speech at the pep rally really was incredible, and can remember a couple of his calls during the game:
"McCartneys Monsters Rise To The Occasion!"
"Touchdown Edwards!!! Stanley Edwards Completes The Vendetta!!!"
October 26th, 2016 at 12:51 PM ^
You know, aside from all his memorable quotes, Ufer was also an excellent play-by-play announcer. Back then Michigan wasn't on TV most every week like they are now. Seeing them on TV was something special ... most weeks it was via radio.
And listening to a game broadcast with Ufer was like watching a fine painting being made ... he'd describe the setting, the mood ... everything leading up to the kickoff. And then during the game he'd do an oustanding job describing the down-and-distance and play set. During the play he'd typically maintain good composure and stay right in stride, continuing to describe the play and the results. Simply outstanding radio.
He was quite a departure from the other play-by-play announcers at the time. Being such an open fan of the team wasn't considered ... right ... or something back then. So most would play it right down the middle. Ufer was unabashedly pro-Michigan, but that did not stop him from also being an excellent, excellent radio play-by-play announcer.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:58 PM ^
You did a much better job describing what it was like listening to a Ufer broadcast than I just did above. (Was typing my post at the same time!)
October 26th, 2016 at 1:18 PM ^
... think alike! :-)
I'm happy to see others saw Ufer as more than a goofball homer. He truly was great at radio play-by-play. He does not get the credit he deserves.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:54 PM ^
... don't-call-me-Harold Woolfolk.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:54 PM ^
One of the saddest moments of my life was Ufer's farewell 'appearence' at the Iowa game Oct 1981(a Mich loss),he died a week or so later.He and Bo were Michigan football for me.I tear up every time I think of either of theem.
October 26th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
get very emotional even thinking about that appearance and his short speech.
October 26th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^
"Football is a religion and Saturday is a holy day of obligation."
October 26th, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^
"The hole that Yost dug,Crisler paid for it,Canham carpeted it and Bo Schembuchler fills each and every Saturday."
October 26th, 2016 at 1:04 PM ^
was amazing.A Michigan player would score and Ufer would immediately tell the audience how many touchdowns that player had in his career,his hometown etc.He'd recall some long ago Michigan Man who scored a similar TD years ago.His extemporaneous 5 minute riff after Wangler to Carter was almost as exhilerating as the play itself.
October 26th, 2016 at 1:04 PM ^
I grew up - like so many others - listening to Ufer call Michigan games. He is the primary reason that fall Saturdays driving around corn fields pheasant hunting is my all-time favorite ever thing to do. Nothing but pure enjoyment...
October 26th, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^
Anytime I hear the voice of Bob Ufer or Ernie Harwell I am instantly harkened back to my childhood listening to the radio with my Dad.
I could still hear Ufer calling a Butch Woolfolk TD run in my mind.
October 26th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
"Big Bo....little woody"
Moeller's Monsters.
We'd turn the sound down on the TV and listen to Ufer.
October 26th, 2016 at 1:21 PM ^
what a truly great soul he was... could never repay him for the passion and dedication to meeeeechigan i learned by listening to his LPs over and over and over back in the day...
October 26th, 2016 at 1:23 PM ^
"Honk if Ufer Michigan". Beep beep...
October 26th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^
Missed the Indiana game in 79 to go visit some friends at CMU. Seemed like a good game to skip as we were suppose to roll them so I sold my ticket and headed to Mt Pleasant. Coming home late Saturday I put the game on WJR as I hit #23 South with about four minutes to go and realized this was NOT going according to plan.
So I'm in heavy traffic on 23 when Wangler hits Carter fort he TD pass to end the game and Ufer loses his mind. All I can hear is him screaming.....the George Patton horn sqawking and knowing something very good must've just happened but I have no clue what it was. Every car around me starts hitting their horn and Ufer is almost catotonic on the air.
October 26th, 2016 at 2:14 PM ^
It was a moment I'll never forget. Running onto the field after the game. Not even knowing where I was for what seemed like forever. Pretty cool moment for an 8 year old.
The radio played a replay of Ufer on the way home. That was amazing to hear.
October 26th, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
First time I've ever quoted Carly Simon but Ufer "was simply the best, better than all the rest!' The Anthony Carter Indiana call is the greatest of all-time.
October 26th, 2016 at 2:00 PM ^
Being from the west coast, did not know what to think of him at first. He sure grew quickly on me, and his passionate, hilarious and unique style made me quickly realize what a treasure he was. So glad he helped introduce me and my family to Michigan football fandom. RIP, Mr. Ufer, you were and always will be fabulously one of a kind.
October 26th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^
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October 26th, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^
In Ann Arbor is listening to Ufer on the radio. I can still remember the call on AC's TD against Indiana! Amazing stuff. The only other announcers that caused me to fall in love with listening to games on the radio as a child, Bruce Martin and Sid Abel.
GO BLUE!!