Don't miss tomorrow's Ufer broadcast replay on WTKA
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2012/09/bob_ufers_call_of_1979_michiga.html
The reason I went to UM was Bob Ufer, not the great Engineering School. I still get goose bumps listening to him. I cried at the Big House when he led the band from the press box to play "the Victors" knowing he was very ill (he died 11 days later).
WTKA will rebroadcast Ufer's broadcast of the 1979 revenge win over MSU, who the previous year ruined my Homecoming with Eddie Smith and Kirk Gibson's heroics. They will even replay the old commercials from 1979!
God Bless His Cotton pickin' Maize and Blue Soul!
October 17th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
October 17th, 2014 at 9:40 PM ^
http://mvictors.com/ufer-returns-saturday/
October 17th, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
On the goose bumps. I still feel it too
In life you remember the people that made you feel happy the way Bob Ufer did
October 18th, 2014 at 12:32 AM ^
But how long until us young guys get to have these memories with our radio guy??
October 17th, 2014 at 9:49 PM ^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYiUVUYmjU4
May want to have kleenex around. Boy were those days special.
October 17th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
October 17th, 2014 at 10:39 PM ^
Today I learned Michigan had a QB named BJ Dickey. Seriously though, I love listening to old radio broadcasts of sporting events. Commentators seemed so much better back in the day, including tv announcers because most had the radio background. There are still some good ones but there are so, so many bad ones.
October 17th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
Oh, yeah. B.J. Dickey was on that team in 1979. I can't remember if he played in that Michigan State game, but maybe we'll get to hear Ufer call his name. (This was my sophomore year at U-M.)
The 79 season is most famous for the John Wanger-to-Anthony Carter pass against Indiana, but the season ended in terrible fashion, with the loss to Lawrence Taylor and North Carolina in the Gator Bowl. Wangler got hurt in that game, and Dickey came off the bench to lead the Wolverines to the loss. He was Bellomy-esque.
October 17th, 2014 at 10:57 PM ^
Sorry, Wangler, not Wanger.
That's right. Our two quarterbacks in 1979 were named Dickey and Wangler.
October 18th, 2014 at 12:14 AM ^
October 18th, 2014 at 7:40 AM ^
Per the stats archive's numbers for this game, B.J. Dickey was 8-13 for 147 passing yards and 2 passing TD. On the ground, Stanley Edwards ran for 139 yards on 24 carries, but it was one Butch Woolfolk who accounted for the sole rushing touchdown in the game somewhere in his 20 yards and 9 carries. Both Dickey and Wangler had some minor contributions to the ground game themsleves.
October 17th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
October 17th, 2014 at 11:09 PM ^
I'll be watching live football instead.
October 17th, 2014 at 11:18 PM ^
At 9AM, that's gonna be tough.
October 17th, 2014 at 11:29 PM ^
October 17th, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^
The fact that they play Ufer broadcasts on off weeks is really cool. One of the good things in life.
October 18th, 2014 at 12:04 AM ^
October 18th, 2014 at 1:10 AM ^
October 18th, 2014 at 9:18 AM ^
He's doing the pregame show, just got done interviewing Bo, and now telling old tales of Michigan and Bennie Oosterbaan vs. State and Biggie Munn. Just some great stuff, "Man's inhumanity to man"!
October 18th, 2014 at 9:27 AM ^
Wonder if Brandy could go down the line and rapid-fire name every guy lined up on kickoff coverage.
Also, love that the level of excitement for Sheikh kicking a freaking touchback is exactly the same as a touchdown.
October 18th, 2014 at 9:33 AM ^
a 14-yard punt return by Anthony Carter----wow, I've got chills running up and down my Maize-and-Blue spine!
October 18th, 2014 at 9:47 AM ^
http://player.listenlive.co/22561
...to listen live to WTKA and Ufer describing the U of M vs. MSU game.
October 18th, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^
This IS a lot of fun to listen to. His command of language has never been equalled!
96 yards down the field in E. Lansing.. way to go BJ Dickey
edit: Before anyone freaks out, I meant his command of language in his profession..
October 18th, 2014 at 10:14 AM ^
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October 18th, 2014 at 11:06 AM ^
October 18th, 2014 at 11:33 AM ^
and kicking game woes were a big part of the 8-4 season. Some have their shorts in a bunch over how "mean" Hoke is to the media these days, but Bo didn't necessarily handle the pressure any better.
http://www.michigandaily.com/content/2009-02-19/bfyh-when-bo-schembechl…
October 18th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^
October 18th, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^
The OP posted an article from 2012.
October 18th, 2014 at 6:20 PM ^
The one thing I remember about 1979 other than Wangler to Carter against Indiana was that the kicking game cost us a couple of games that year.
October 18th, 2014 at 8:52 PM ^