Challenge for the Board - Can you remember this obscure play?

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August 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
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UMdad
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Challenge for the Board - Can you remember this obscure play?

My brother, dad, and I always refer to one particular play when we talk about tough Michigan football.  We have been bringing it up for years, but for the life of me I have been unable to remember which game it was in order to track down some video of it.  I thought I would toss it out to the board and see just how good you are.  Here is the scenario as I remember it:

Aaron Shea was playing fullback and was a lead blocker on some sort of off tackle or sweep play to the right.  He ended up blocking the end, I think, sliding off and blocking a linebacker, and then plowed over a defensive back as the runner followed him into the endzone.  I remember calling my dad after the play and his first comment was "did you see Shea blocking three guys on that run?"  It is nice to see the flashy runs, great catches, etc. but I have a special love for guys making tough plays like that one. 

This is quite the test, though.  I am asking if anyone remembers one particular play, given a description of a blocker, from almost a decade ago.  What do you have?

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August 3rd, 2012 at 10:05 AM | Ask and you shall receive (with video) (Score:5 Normal)
Carcajous
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Ask and you shall receive:

 

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19981116&id=CQVKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wx4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1635,4403969

 

From the Michigan Daily... game was against Wisconsin on Nov 14, 1998.

 

VIDEO (start at 12:45):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKY9rbFfTS8&feature=plcp

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:10 AM | (No subject) (Score:5 Normal)
icefins26
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August 3rd, 2012 at 10:11 AM | Nicely done!  Just our of (Score:2)
UMdad
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Nicely done!  Just our of curiousity, did you remember that play or did you look it up somehow?

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:13 AM | See below... remembered the (Score:2)
Carcajous
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See below... remembered the play like it was yesterday.  It has stuck in my mind as well and I remebered it was against Wisky and the year (my first year out of grad school and in my first real job) so the rest was easy.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 AM | CSB (Score:3 Normal)
LSA Aught One
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I sat next to Anthony Thomas in Freshman English the year before.  I always laughed about his gold front teeth. 

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:32 AM | I tried to teach him Euchre (Score:4 Normal)
Kermits Blue Key
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I tried to teach him Euchre at a mutual friend's party.  He decided to stick to football.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:44 AM | seinfeld voice: (Score:3 Normal)
Lookatthatspeed...
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what's the deal with in-staters and euchre?  does that game exist only in the state of michigan?  after college, i haven't seen or heard of anyone playing it.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:48 AM | I learned it in (Score:2)
Well...Well...Well
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I learned it in Chicago...from a friend with family in Michigan

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:49 AM | Pretty sure it's a German (Score:2)
icefins26
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Pretty sure it's a German game and Germans brought it to Michigan and other parts of the Upper Midwest.

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:42 AM | i guess that explains it. (Score:2)
Lookatthatspeed...
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i guess that explains it.  the more you know.

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:09 AM | I think the answer to your question (Score:2)
Kermits Blue Key
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I think the answer to your question is mostly yes, except it's probably more a midwest thing than Michigan.  I live in North Carolina now and the only people who have ever heard of it are other people that moved here from Michigan or Ohio.

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:11 AM | Midwestern game (Score:1)
Bocheezu
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They play it in Iowa as well, but use a 6 and 4 to keep score instead of two 5s.  Apperantly, two 5s is the "Canadian" way to keep score.

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 AM | 5 & 5 (Score:3 Normal)
Hardware Sushi
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5 & 5 is total bush league.

Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.

August 3rd, 2012 at 12:50 PM | 5 & 5 is the only way to go, (Score:1)
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5 & 5 is the only way to go, eh.

Semper Fidelis

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:27 AM | Euchre leagues (Score:1)
Vote_Crisler_1937
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Here in Chicago there are many Euchre leagues to join.

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:59 AM | I've always heard that it's because of the auto plants (Score:1 Normal)
1201SouthMain
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Euchre is quick to play ..... when you have experienced players.  It was/is perfect for the short breaks the line workers take.

I was in the service and Spades was the dominate game.  If you saw a euchre game you knew that those guys/gays were from Michigan or Ohio.

 

 

August 3rd, 2012 at 1:27 PM | Same here on the West Coast.  (Score:1)
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Same here on the West Coast.  Back home in MI we used to play Euchre tournaments all the time for big money.  Once I moved out here, everyone looked at me like I was crazy when i wanted to play.  I have also found the Euchre can sometimes be a rather difficult game to explain to people.  It's almost as if it's ingrained in your blood if you were born there.

August 3rd, 2012 at 3:28 PM | Euchre (Score:1)
SCarolinaMaize
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When we moved down here, no one plays so I joined an online site.  My wife used my account & got me kicked off.  No love between friends in Euchre, and never team up with your wife.

"Finish Strong"

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:37 AM | Wow. (Score:4 Normal)
Hobbes217
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Unreal. The way you threw that down was almost Chunkums-esque.

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:03 AM | FYI, you can add "&t=12m45s" (Score:4 Interesting)
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FYI, you can add "&t=12m45s" to the end of the url and it will automatically start at that point.

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:31 AM | Great job! (Score:1)
Vote_Crisler_1937
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Impressive!

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:55 AM | awesome (Score:2 Normal)
goblue_jb
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the speed in which you nailed that response is damn impressive. +1 to the board.

August 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM | (No subject) (Score:2)
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August 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 AM | mgoboard FTW (Score:5 Normal)
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mgoboard FTW

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August 3rd, 2012 at 10:05 AM | Amazed (Score:2 Normal)
aroberts36
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That only took three minutes!


August 3rd, 2012 at 10:11 AM | Skip to 12:45 (Score:3 Normal)
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CoE Class of 2007

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:11 AM | I knew as soon as I started (Score:3 Normal)
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I knew as soon as I started reading your post what play that was.  I remembered it was against Wisky and even kinda remembered the call and hoopla afterwards about Shea doing the dirty work and Thomas getting the glory.  Great play.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 AM | You sure it wasnt this one? (Score:4 Normal)
mGrowOld
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You sure it wasnt this one?

 

 

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:16 AM | I'm going to call that one a win for the board! (Score:2 Normal)
1201SouthMain
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Board is up 1-0

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:17 AM | Impressive. The collective (Score:3 Normal)
ForeverBlue
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Impressive. The collective knowledge of the board truly is spectacular.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:23 AM | Well done, MGoBoard (Score:3 Normal)
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/mouth agape in amazement

 

This Board never ceases to astound and delight me.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:25 AM | another obscure request (Score:2 Normal)
MugginsTecmoStars
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Anyone have video of John Navarre's longest run at Michigan Stadium? I remember a couple of hilariously long scrambles in the big house but not the opponents.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:58 AM | That might have been Iowa (Score:2 Normal)
BlueAggie
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That might have been Iowa '02. I remember Navarre having a long run (30 yards?) in an otherwise brutal game.

EDIT:

Found the box score.  It was a 39 yard run, in a game in which Navarre led Michigan with 18 net rushing yards.  He passed for 112 yards.  Like I said, brutal.

EDIT EDIT:

The play in question happened on the first drive of the 2nd half.  This is the longest video that I could find of that game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eukaQpnTrf0 but it doesn't include that play.  It's going to be tough because, for obvious reasons, the videos of that game seem to be put up by Iowa fans, who are reluctant to include a broken play where the lumberingist of lumbering QBs lumbers for 39 yards against their defense.

 

 

 

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August 3rd, 2012 at 11:10 AM | Hawkeye Historian (Score:2)
Hobbes217
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doesn't hold a candle to our historian.

August 3rd, 2012 at 1:45 PM | I remember that run.  It was (Score:2)
snarling wolverine
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I remember that run.  It was actually over 50 yards, but there was holding near the end of the play that brought it back to "only" 39.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:34 AM | I remember a couple "pass" (Score:2)
Carcajous
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I remember a couple "pass" receptions (latteral then pass back to Navarre) that were hilariously slow developing but somehow effective.  

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:33 AM | Double Pass (Score:1)
Grit McGritterson
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Apparantly we ran a few of those double pass plays over the years.

The one that jogged my memory was the Minnesota game, both for the blocking and Navarre's jogging (starts @ 3:33).

August 3rd, 2012 at 12:02 PM | I love that play (Score:3 Normal)
BiSB
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You can almost hear Navarre yelling to his linemen "wait for meeeeeeeeee..."

They no longer call me Bisbiño

August 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 PM | We need that play back in the (Score:2)
snarling wolverine
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We need that play back in the playbook for Denard, stat.

August 3rd, 2012 at 1:49 PM | Can you imagine that with (Score:1)
ForeverBlue
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Can you imagine that with Denard and Devin? Goodness that would be a thing of beauty. Borges make it happen.

August 3rd, 2012 at 1:50 PM | You do notice the only one to ever score on it (Score:3 Normal)
M-Wolverine
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Was super slow Navarre.

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

August 3rd, 2012 at 7:21 PM | My favorite part (Score:2 Normal)
FreeTheFabFivePlz
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Is during the pass the Henson against PSU where you can hear someone yell "shit" as soon as its clear it's a double pass

So hot.  Milk was a bad choice.

August 3rd, 2012 at 10:42 AM | Beautiful job finding this so (Score:2)
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Beautiful job finding this so fast. Reminds me somewhat of Omameh taking out Te'o and the safety (IIRC) on Denard's 87 yard touchdown run against ND in 2010.

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August 3rd, 2012 at 11:13 AM | John Navarre had some wheels (Score:3 Normal)
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John Navarre had some wheels

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August 3rd, 2012 at 11:23 AM | I vividly remember (Score:1)
Vote_Crisler_1937
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Shea blocking 3 guys on this play and my Dad and I also talk about it often. Glad to see the context.

August 3rd, 2012 at 11:47 AM | Moundros had a similar play (Score:2)
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Moundros had a similar play as well. Thumping fullbacks are okay in my book.

August 3rd, 2012 at 12:07 PM | Ha! (Score:1)
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I loved that play too, and thanks to WolverineHistorian I've been able to watch it over and over in the comfort of my living room surrounded by beautiful ladies. Plus the first comment solved the riddle!

Abort, Retry, Fail?

August 3rd, 2012 at 12:11 PM | I actually thought this was going to be the play that (Score:2)
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you referencing.  I remember it so clearly because it catalyzed my immediate man-crush on Shea to an extent where I scoured the interwebs for an Aaron Shea authentic jersey.  Remembering it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

"Coach, if you need one yard, I'll get you three yards. If you need five yards, I'll get you three yards." -Leroy Hoard

August 3rd, 2012 at 12:35 PM | Love it (Score:3 Normal)
Turd_Ferguson
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Those are the kind of plays that get me all warm and tingly.  Don't get me wrong, I love watching Denard in the spread offense... he's one of the most exciting players I can remember... but I definitely won't mind seeing some big ol' fullbacks lead the way for the Michigan power running game I've come to know and love.

The encouraging thing is that Borges seems to like to mix it up.  I doubt we stop recruiting athletic QBs and I could see a Brady/Henson situation down the road where we have different players with different strengths coming into the game to run a variety of formations.

August 3rd, 2012 at 1:10 PM | MAN ball (Score:2 Normal)
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also tremendous

 

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