Favorite All-Time Game

Submitted by Mr.Mario86 on

Just like yesterday guys, instead of knowing your all-time favorite Wolverine, let's hear your all-time favorite game. Mine was most likely watching Ohio fall to Michigan the first time in my life 40-34 just this year. Explain and Go Blue!

Ben from SF

January 6th, 2012 at 11:45 AM ^

My liver got carpet-bombed that day too.  That, plus the 30 degree temperature drop during the game, landed me on the sick bed for a week afterwards, but, it was well worth it.

The Top 3 games in person:

1. 3OT game vs MSU

2. 2003 @ Minnesota, the "Navarre throwback" game

3. 1998 Rose Bowl

swan flu

January 6th, 2012 at 7:40 AM ^

1998 Rose Bowl.

 

1997 was the first year I actually paid attention to Michigan football (I was 7), and I cut out the clippings from the newspaper after every single game. The culmination of the first, and still best, season I've ever witnessed was an experience.

 

Charles Woodson will always be my favorite player because of that season.

nmumike

January 6th, 2012 at 8:24 AM ^

game, I was in the Army stationed in Bosnia and my Sgt. let me listen to the game on my headphones. A nice break from patrols and what not. Needless to say that game helped make my deployment, at least for that day, a little better. Go Blue!

 

 

Lady in Blue

January 6th, 2012 at 8:44 AM ^

That game holds a special place in my heart as it was my first ever game in the Big House - I was 9 and had no idea what was going on other than that the ending was crazy exciting. 

2005 Penn State may be my #1... sitting on the field with the marching band to witness that Manningham catch and then rushing the field was unforgettable.

Blue Ambition

January 6th, 2012 at 8:31 AM ^

Henne to Manningham.

There have been bigger, better, more significant, more entertaining games. But that was a magical night in the Big House. It's also the moment I went from casual fan to lifelong/diehard. Whenever I think of that game I smile and remember the chant--"It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine"--that seemed to go on forever.

Six Zero

January 6th, 2012 at 8:34 AM ^

'98 Rose Bowl... '91 OSU, '95? OSU (313 Biakabutuka), '03 OSU (SO!), '94 Notre Dame,  '06 Notre Dame-- and probably the last two ND games as well, '03 OSU (Perry), '97 Penn State, and about a gazillion others...

Schembo

January 6th, 2012 at 8:50 AM ^

I'll go with the 93 Rose Bowl.  It was a great game and we got revenge on Washington for the prior year's Rose Bowl loss.  Wheatley was a stud that game.  The Biakabatuka OSU game is a close second.

Tater

January 6th, 2012 at 9:01 AM ^

Michigan wins, 31-3.  The best thing was seeing the sea of scarlet and gray asses as they streamed toward the exits at the beginning of the fourth quarter.  I remember almost having mixed emotions, but mostly thinking how great it was that Michigan was so superior to Ohio that the rivalry was in danger of becoming a joke.  

The rivalry, of course, would turn around, but the 1990's were a great decade to watch Michigan pound Ohio to the tune of 7-2-1. It would be great to see those days return forthis decade.  

Bill in Birmingham

January 6th, 2012 at 9:05 AM ^

  1. 1979 Indiana game. Wangler to Carter. "They won't ge able to kick the extra point! WHO GIVES A DAMN!!!!!!" I hugged people in the stadium that day I didn't particularly like.
  2. 1998 Rose Bowl. I will be able to die in peace when the time comes.
  3. 2012 Sugar Bowl. Far from the best team ever. But Molk, RVB, Martin, Koger and all of the guys that gutted out through the last three years.....damn, I'm happy for those kids.

 

Wolverine 73

January 6th, 2012 at 9:20 AM ^

If you were around for it, nothing can top the 1969 upset of the "greatest team ever assembled," the 1969 reigning national champion Buckeyes.  The fact Woody never got over it is strong evidence this deserves to be at the top.  And talk about stunned disbelief?  The manhandling of the vaunted Ohio offense by the Wolverines left the Bucks' fans almost speechless.  I watch that game whenever it is on BTN.

Ike Pond

January 6th, 2012 at 9:28 AM ^

Very difficult to choose one but I'd have to say the 1995 Ohio game.  Biakabutuka’s performance that day was so spectacular and so unexpected that it elevates the game to all time favorite status in my eyes.  His 313 rushing yards was just about triple Ohio’s output and it’s still our second best rushing performance in 132 years of football.  I also loved the way future Heisman winner Chuck Woodson emerged in that game with two interceptions including one with a minute to go to ice the victory.  The entire coaching staff, which included first year DC Greg Mattison were all trying to get Woodson to take a knee after making the final interception but Woodson ran it back around the right end before finally being pushed out of bounds into a wildly celebrating Michigan bench.  After that it was victory formation and a 31-23 win. 

Yeoman

January 6th, 2012 at 9:40 AM ^

It's funny: the games that stand out in my memory aren't the big wins in bowl games or over Ohio but the miracle escapes in games that were supposed to be won. Emotionally I don't think I've ever escaped the true big 2 and little 8 days of the early 70s, when the worst thing that could possibly happen was a loss to some crappy team that would ruin the season before it had started.

No, I take that back. The games that really stand out in my memory are the losses, especially that incredible run of frustration from 1970-1975, made nearly unbearable by the fact that the '71 Ohio game was not on television so I missed the only win. So...

1. '76 Ohio. It was about time.

2. '79 Indiana.

3. '81 Illinois. Getting absolutely shredded by Eason, it was about to be 28-7 early in the second quarter but Burgei intercepted a pass in the endzone and Michigan ran off 63 unanswered.

4. '03 Minnesota.

5. '77 @ Purdue. First game I ever saw live. Temperature must have dropped 40 degrees at least during the game and the fans froze their butts off, or at least the small handful of us that were still in the stands at the end of an otherwise unmemorable slaughter.

neoavatara

January 6th, 2012 at 9:50 AM ^

1991 Notre Dame (Desmond's catch, my freshman year)

1991 OSU (Desmond in a pose, destroyed OSU)

1993 Rose Bowl

1995 OSU

1997 OSU

1998 Rose Bowl

2000 Orange Bowl

2003 Minnesota

2006 OSU (yeah, we lost, but what a buildup, great game)

2008 Capital One Bowl

2011 OSU (End the streak)

Chaggi

January 6th, 2012 at 9:58 AM ^

2008 Wisconsin 

sitting in the student's section, texting my friend who left to watch some Celine Dion concert instead of the game

felt so good, legs were shaking after the game

DTWNwa

January 6th, 2012 at 10:02 AM ^

Well since everybody picked a bunch I get more than one too.

'79 Indiana, my Dad's favorite sports memory ever. (He was there)

'88 Rose Bowl v. USC

'96 Ohio (Keeping the ball for the last 7 min of the game to close it out was awesome)

'97 PSU (that game is now a verb to me: when we are whipping some ass we are PSU 97'em)

Y2k Orange Bowl

Go Blue!

M Fanfare

January 6th, 2012 at 10:09 AM ^

Only counting ones I attended, and in no particular order:

2007 at Northwestern

2007 at MSU

2008 Capital One Bowl

2008 Wisconsin

2009 Notre Dame

2010 Illinois

2011 Notre Dame

2012 Sugar Bowl

MichiganTeacher

January 6th, 2012 at 10:12 AM ^

1991 Notre Dame game. My junior year. Desmond's catch was right in front of us although on the other side of the endzone. Notre Dame had dominated the series recently, winning four straight, including a couple wins that were either super flukes or else extremely irritating special teams nightmares. I can still see the faces of the people I went to the game with that day, jumping up and down, hugging and smiling in the stands, after that 4th-and-1 catch. So good.

Gorgeous Borges

January 6th, 2012 at 10:19 AM ^

 Under The Lights is my favorite game that I've ever been to, but I've only been going to games since 2007. The atmosphere was unbelievable; I've never seen the Big House so fired up, not even for the 2011 Ohio game.

artds

January 6th, 2012 at 10:20 AM ^

Any win over OSU. However, one that I enjoy watching on BTN in recent years is the 2007 win at MSU. The Spartans actually tasted victory for a brief second when they went up by 2 scores in the 4th (which prompted Dantonio to break out his signature shit-eating smirk) only to have their hopes shit on by Mario Manningham. Love it.

Section 1

January 6th, 2012 at 11:03 AM ^

'71 OSU @ Michigan.  One of the very best games of the ten-year war, and the scene of Woody's tearing up the down-marker.

'76 Michigan @ OSU.  22-0 in Ohio Stadium.  Doesn't get much better.  It was my first time in Columbus.

'79 Indiana @ Michigan.  Anthony Carter's human torpedo play gets all the attention, but the entire last minutes of that game were amazingly, incredibly tense.  (I have to wonder about myself, picking a routine win over Indiana, over last year's UTL game.  I guess that I'd say the end of UTL was less astonishing than the time-expiring play with AC.  It is certainly an arguable point.)

I watched, but was not at, the miracle comeback win over Minnesota in 2003; I am only counting the games I was at.

I'd add the basketball game of December 7, 1991 against Eastern Michigan.  And ordinary game to start, we saw after a few minutes into the first half the first appearance of all of the Fab Five together on the floor.  (And actually, I do remember being only a little more excited than I was when seeing Rose, Webber and Howard as starters earlier that season.  Jalen Rose as a freshman point-guard was electrifying.  He came into the Big Ten like he was a senior All-American.  I don't think I have ever seen such an attitude with a freshman.  Not OSU's greg Oden, not Aaron Kraft; nobody.  Magic Johnson?  Maybe; I'm not so sure).

Roy G. Biv

January 6th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^

A few stand out:  my first ever game in '84 (beating YTM w/ Bernie Kosar), ND '91, a few OSU games in the 90s where we dashed their hopes, 3 OT MSU, UVa Pigskin Classic (good God it was hot for that game), Manningham beating PSU, and so on.  An oddball on the list would be the '94 or so 5-0 Purdue game I toughed out in its entirety with 100,000 (**cough, 50 or 60,000, cough cough **) dedicated Michigan fans.

If I had to pick one, I'd say ND '91.

chewieblue

January 6th, 2012 at 12:29 PM ^

First place:  1969 ~ UM 24, OSU 12

Seven years before I was born, but I would have given anything to be there to watch the REBIRTH of Michigan football.  What an amazing day that must have been.

Other Favorites:

Touchdown Tim

Elvis to Desmond

Any win over MSU

and

1/1/98 Rose Bowl.... beat it Ryan Leaf

Trust the Process

January 6th, 2012 at 1:01 PM ^

Both the ND and OSU wins this year were amazing. I might have a short-memory but man I really enjoyed watching this year's team.
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<br>Henne to Manningjam vs. PSU
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<br>2007 Capital One Bowl
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<br>1995 UVA
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<br>Woodson's last game vs. OSU

Blue boy johnson

January 6th, 2012 at 1:21 PM ^

I will go older school. 1977 Michigan vs Texas A&M. This was a magical memorable game. One of the best non Ohio State wins of the Bo era. Great names abound, Leach, Huckleby, Russel Davis, AC. Nice pre-game intro by a young Keith Jackson. also great to see Bo's halftime interview with Bill Fleming at the end of Part 1.