Faster Ways To Score
Brian;
I read your post dated 9/24, and remembered the following:
Years ago (there was a rule change) against Navy, M kicked off to Navy,
and nobody touched the ball which stopped dead in the end zone. A M player
jumped on it for a TD. The clock never ran, or only just, because nobody touched the ball.
It became the longest onside kickoff ever recorded. Now with the rule change, the Ball is dead.
Too bad!
September 26th, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
sir this is not an email
September 26th, 2022 at 3:50 PM ^
I hope this finds you well...
September 26th, 2022 at 3:52 PM ^
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
September 26th, 2022 at 6:51 PM ^
September 26th, 2022 at 3:50 PM ^
Someone tell Bluegoose’s grandson to help his grandpa out with this technology stuff.
September 26th, 2022 at 7:54 PM ^
This is an above-average post for the ol' MGoBoard.
September 26th, 2022 at 3:51 PM ^
"Faster Ways to Score" sounds like some spam e-mail....
September 26th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
I am exhibiting enormous self-control by NOT making the jokes that are easy, but nonetheless tasteless and wrong.
September 26th, 2022 at 3:56 PM ^
Faster ways to score:
Charm.
September 26th, 2022 at 4:55 PM ^
...and a martini (or two)
September 26th, 2022 at 6:00 PM ^
Lower standards and volume selling.
September 26th, 2022 at 8:51 PM ^
He doesn't really mean any..... harm
September 26th, 2022 at 5:25 PM ^
so no Urban Meyer comments?
September 27th, 2022 at 10:42 AM ^
Faster Ways to Score: Number 3 Will Amaze You!
September 26th, 2022 at 3:57 PM ^
Sorry to disappoint, but I was born in the 1940's and was happy with myself that I was able to do what I did!
So not spam, and only a memory. Take it for what it is worth and look it up your ownself.
September 26th, 2022 at 4:00 PM ^
No apologies needed. This is good info and a good post, thanks for sharing and I'm definitely going to look it up
September 26th, 2022 at 4:38 PM ^
Disregard the young fools who are sniping at you. Good info, thanks for providing it!
September 26th, 2022 at 4:00 PM ^
Thought this might be another Penix thread.
September 26th, 2022 at 5:09 PM ^
as long as its not a book by bill cosby
September 26th, 2022 at 6:09 PM ^
Zing....that Jello Pudding Pop Eatin' Muthafuc*ah
September 26th, 2022 at 9:59 PM ^
Faster way to score?
sex panther.... 60% of the time it works every time
September 26th, 2022 at 3:52 PM ^
Tried finding this in a box score. Michigan played Navy almost every year in the 70s but I'm having trouble finding details besides the score for some of the earlier games. Nothing later than 1972, at a minimum... unless OP is misremembering the opponent.
September 26th, 2022 at 4:18 PM ^
I went thru boxscores via wikipedia sources from every M-Navy game since 1945 and sadly didn't see anything that matches it. Winsipedia gave me the list of all games, I went to the wikipedia page for that Michigan season and then glanced to see if M had scored a TD in the first quarter, and then clicked on the source for the box score - but all the 1st quarter scores appeared to be short, goal line runs (except for 1967 when Ron Johnson ran 62 yards on the second play from scrimmage). Yea maybe a different opponent, OP? Do you remember if Bo was coaching yet or not?
September 26th, 2022 at 4:43 PM ^
Or perhaps it wasn't the opening kickoff?
September 26th, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
I think story is either apocryphal or OP is remembering the wrong opponent. I looked from 1972 back and if it happened against Navy it was not for the opening kick.
I looked from 1972 back and could rule out (almost) every Navy game. Either Michigan didn't score in the first quarter, or there's a scoring summary available that didn't show a recovered kickoff.
There is a remote possibility for the 1927 game. The Wikipedia description of the game lists who scored the four touchdowns, with no note of anything unique. The fullback scored two, quarterback one, and an end (Bennie Oosterbaan!) scored one. Oosterbaan's TD was the final one, so it's theoretically possible the fullback or quarterback recovered the kickoff in the end zone but I doubt it. I don't have a NY Times subscription, but if someone wants to look up the game article to confirm, it should be here: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/11/13/95020944.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false
September 26th, 2022 at 4:44 PM ^
See below - it seems it was the 1971 UVA game
September 26th, 2022 at 5:00 PM ^
Georgia scored a touchdown against Notre Dame in a bowl game in a similar way. The ND player just blew it, maybe thinking it would roll through the end zone, but the Georgia play ran past him and gained possession for the score.
Can I put this in an OP?
September 26th, 2022 at 5:23 PM ^
I think this is the perfect place for it, or as a reply to the front page game post by Brian or the podcast, both places he brought it up
September 26th, 2022 at 5:30 PM ^
It sounds like this was the 1981 Sugar Bowl? It seems like that was recovered at the one after a UGA FG, and Herschel Walker took it in two plays later, according to Wikipedia.
September 26th, 2022 at 5:40 PM ^
I remember Bo Rather scoring that way. Do not want to investigate.
September 26th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
Your email subject line doesn't match anything in the body of your email.
Are you stating there are faster ways to score and just aren't telling us? Are you asking if there are faster ways to score? Did you actually intend this email for the letters section of the May 1981 issue of Penthouse?
September 26th, 2022 at 4:38 PM ^
I think of this gif at least 10 times daily.
September 26th, 2022 at 5:34 PM ^
I thought of this cool million dollar idea for a body worn screen that you could play reaction gifs based on what was happening around you.
Then I remembered I have a face. Saved myself a lot of wasted time on R&D.
September 26th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
I believe what he is trying to get at is the opening TD was quick. However, the Fox broadcast incorrectly showed the game clock at 14:57 for the TD when the actual game clock as well as box score read 14:52.
September 26th, 2022 at 7:05 PM ^
I don't know about you, but I think scoring in 8 seconds is still pretty quick.
September 26th, 2022 at 3:56 PM ^
"Wendy's."
"Hello, Wendy. This is Kevin's friend, Michael."
"This isn't Wendy."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Could you put her on, please?"
"Dude, this is a Wendy's restaurant."
September 26th, 2022 at 3:59 PM ^
I opened this thread thinking it would help scoring with the ladies. Highly disappointed.
September 26th, 2022 at 6:05 PM ^
I can help....the fastest way to score is to call my ex-girlfriend
September 26th, 2022 at 4:02 PM ^
I usually find that if I'm extra nice to wife she'll sometimes let me score faster.
September 26th, 2022 at 5:01 PM ^
wife has no control over how fast i score. just whether i get to score at all or not.
September 26th, 2022 at 4:04 PM ^
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September 26th, 2022 at 4:14 PM ^
I find skipping foreplay helps me score faster but reduces the overall experience
September 26th, 2022 at 4:18 PM ^
I definitely remember seeing this happen at a game. We kicked off into the North end zone; nobody on opposing team fell on it, we did. Touchdown Michigan. It was definitely in the 70's, I think the early 70's but it was not on the opening kick.
I don't remember it being Navy, and half think that it was a "little 8" conference opponent, but I just don't remember for certain which team it was.
UPDATE: Per a thread here from ten years ago, it was Virginia in 1971.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/help-remembering-1971-unusual-bo-rather-touchdown?page=0%2C3
September 26th, 2022 at 4:20 PM ^
were you a student? if you graduated '78, that could help narrow it down further
September 26th, 2022 at 4:28 PM ^
No, I am 78. Well, it feels like it somedays.
September 26th, 2022 at 4:32 PM ^
haha well you used this internet tool prettty effectively to find the answer
September 26th, 2022 at 4:27 PM ^
i think it may be the 1977 Northwestern-Michigan game???
EDIT: nope, it was not. found the bentley's play by play to confirm and that was an offensive fumble recovery
2ND EDIT: nice find, 78. UVA in 1971, but unfortunately not the opening kickoff, instead M's 5th kickoff of the day. Here's the link to bentley's play-by-play archive