Countdown to Kickoff - Day 1: Top 10 Moments in Michigan Stadium History

I'm kinda foaming at the mouth here, and I've got a kinda nervous twitch... could I be clinically rabid for football??  Should I be worried that my co-workers are going to find me in a football-induced coma????

and totally redeem yourself!

How many times is to many times to watch this?

One half assed day of work and a wake up away ladies and gentleman.

I swear I read somewhere that he was going to, but the other players jumped on him too quickly. It could have been a different play too, although I'm pretty sure it was referring to that touchdown.

If you watch the video from the camera in the corner of the end zone, he looks like he's going to, but gets swarmed by players before he could/was too tired.  He goes so far as to point his arm.

Would have said goosepimples, but I'm with ya man. Those and chills.

Does it go to 11 tomorrow morning?

they do EVERYTHING!

The answer to your wrangler questions -- yes.  the stadiaum went nuts. my aunt, who hasn't missed a game since the 69 osu game, jumped into my arms she was so estatic.  corso was just as big of an ass back then as he is now.  he did not like michigan before, but this game was the game that set him off on his umich hate, especially because of the the play right before the carter catch.  i would have had it as number two behind the 69 osu clip.

i was at all of them but:

10.  Still going to school at OU (the barry switzer era)

8.   Studying for my doctoral comps -- knew if i went, i would loose focus.

3.    Left game early.  had two obnoxious moo u types right behind me all day and i was about to kill them late in the 4th.  um scored two td's on my way back to the car, and watched the rest of the game at aforementioned auntie's condo.  she and my other auntie left earlier for same reason -- moo u asshats behind us.

The problem is that Woodson's pick was at MSU otherwise it may have made the list.  That play, to this day, may be the best catch I have seen.  It was certainly the best interception I have ever seen.

But as far as Big House moments the Woodson return basically cemented his Heisman and assured Michigan of an opportunity to play for a national championship with a huge punt return against Ohio State so the moment was just enormous with wide reaching implications.

Woodson is my favorite Wolverine of all time and I don't know if we will ever see another player quite like him again.

Most exciting game finish I personally witnessed. With the timeout situation (none available, iirc,) the field position (mid-field,) and the time on the clock (6 seconds,) it was virtually impossible to win. In fact, my roommate had left the game early to beat the crowds, as did many "so-called" fans. I love all the plays on the list, and am fine with the placement of the Wangler - Carter catch in the list, but I don't think there was a single other play, FTW, under such difficult conditions. The PSU Manningham catch from Henne, we were knocking on the door and in reasonable field position, same with MSU 3x OT win. The punt return and kickoff return were awesome, but I don't think we were behind, nor did those plays end the game.

The closest play I can think of (field position from mid-field or more, time on clock, timeouts, and FTW,) is one that got away . . . the failure to lateral in the Bowl Game vs. Nebraska.

I saw some great stuff, but I wasn't at any of the top ten moments.  I was in Ann Arbor after I had graduated for the Howard catch against ND, but that was the closest I got to any of those moments.  The most memorable moment for me was beating UVA on the last play of the game, but I was there for the Miami comeback in '88 :(

Other than the '87 season, most of our wins in Michigan stadium (in '88-'90) were some pretty good beatdowns.

me too.  as rumor had it, the dowms never had much tp on monday's for some reason....

I've always wondered that myself.  It seems like it would be a really bad idea to lay down on the field and let them pile on top of you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ94N5G3sLU

but top 10 ALL TIME? I mean... top 25 probably, yeah, but still...

I've never heard more noise in that stadium.  That was a great last-minute drive led by a true freshman against a key rival.  The TD came with just a few seconds left.

I guess it depends on the criteria for the list.  That Touchdown Tim game was an awesome effort, but was it really a *moment*?  I'd displace it with the Brabbs field goal.

From another angle, Desmond's catch against ND was an awesome play, but Michigan was ahead at the time and it wasn't too near the end of the game.  I'd replace it with Tate.

One other thing: Anthony Carter's play against IU is Top Ten all by itself (higher than where it is on that list IMO), but Ufer's screaming has never done anything for me (too young, I guess) and I think it's tarnished by the fact that they were tied with a mediocre Big Ten team near the end of a game at home.