Favorite UM - ND Sports Moment
My favorite UM - ND sports moment, hands down, is the 2005 1st round walloping of the Irish Men's Ice Hockey Team.
We embarrassed the Irish 10-1 in a game where we (as I recall) blew through all 3 goalies they brought to Ann Arbor and both of our backups (Montoya/ Ruden/ Mayhew) prompting my personal favorite Ice Hockey chant:
"Goalie-Goalie-Goalie! Sieve-Sieve-Sieve!"
Here's what's left of the presser on MGoBlue:
http://j.mp/uaaD4
If we match the noise and intensity of Yost that day ND won't stand a chance Saturday.
Any other all time favorites out there in MGoBlog land?
September 9th, 2009 at 3:39 PM ^
The student section chanting "Houston's better" at ND in the 2003 edition of the 38-0 blowout was entertaining.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:46 PM ^
down to about the three yd line was a huge play in that game.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:23 PM ^
that was an awesome game to watch. I enjoyed every minute of watching ND getting torched. I believe it started off with a Prescott Burgess pick six.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:38 PM ^
Burgess's pick six off of Brady Quinn was at ND in 2006; Meeeechigan 47- ND 21.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=262590087
Edit: I now see this is well covered below ...
Edit: I now see this is well covered below ...
September 9th, 2009 at 6:26 PM ^
I turned on the TV at that exact moment, and watched the first play be a pick six, and I knew the game was going to be a great one to watch.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:39 PM ^
Absolutely. I was totally convinced M was going 13-0 at the end of that game.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:54 PM ^
but the following week they went to a *noisy* Autzen Stadium and lost to Oregon in a game, that, had there been just five more minutes to play, could have had a quite different outcome.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:43 PM ^
When Mark Messner puked on an ND lineman's shoes and then got around the surprised lineman to get a sack. I read it in What it Means to Be a Wolverine. I think that sums it up right about there.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:44 PM ^
TD pass : Elvis Grbac to Desmond Howard on 4th and 1
September 9th, 2009 at 4:07 PM ^
That said, I was at that ND hockey game and that was freaking fabulous. I remember Goalie-Goalie-Goalie, Sieve, Sieve, sieve as one of my favorite moments in Yost.
September 9th, 2009 at 8:04 PM ^
for me. Goalie-Goalie-Goalie, Sieve-Sieve-Sieve is one. The other was a game against MSU - a butt-ton of penalties to both sides at one point, and we piped up in the student section:
"We got the whoooole team, in the box
We got the whoooole team, in the box
We got the whoooooooole team, in the box
We got the whole team in the box!"
Amazing.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:33 PM ^
The Catch. Nothing else is really even close. This is one of the iconic Michigan Football moments.
The other thing that should be remembered from the 1991 game was the way it ended. Michigan ran the ball right down ND's throat for about the last 5 minutes. The last drive didn't result in a score, but Ricky Powers and the OL just chewed up the end of the game, killing any Irish hope.
The other positive memory (there are far too many negative memories) that the youngsters on here may not have been privy to was the 1994 drive at the end of regulation capped by Remy's FG FTW.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:50 PM ^
Really its Desmond's catch and then everything else. ND is the team who has "moments" in this series it seems.
Desmond's catch deserves the iconic tag that you used. Every other moment is vying for second place.
Also: I knew I could count on you to point out Powers running on the final drive. That is good stuff.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:40 AM ^
Old folks reminiscing about the good ole days is cute.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:51 PM ^
came after four consecutive opening game losses to the Irish.
The catch was like a flash of lighting which brings the cooling rain during a long, hot summer.
1990: 24-28 10 pt 4th Qtr lead not enough
1989: 19-24 Rocket runs back *two* KOs
1988: 17-19 Ho's FG stands up
1987: 7-26 Can't recall; too much Stroh's?
1990: 24-28 10 pt 4th Qtr lead not enough
1989: 19-24 Rocket runs back *two* KOs
1988: 17-19 Ho's FG stands up
1987: 7-26 Can't recall; too much Stroh's?
September 9th, 2009 at 4:37 PM ^
Whenever my wife muses as to what to do with an undecorated, white-painted wall of our house, I always suggest that a mural of Desmond Howard, stretched out horizontally in the end zone, ball landing gently in his fingertips, would do nicely. Somehow she doesn't agree with me... there's no accounting for taste.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:45 PM ^
"Oh wide open."
September 9th, 2009 at 5:57 PM ^
God I love watching the highlights from that game and hearing Haden say "oh wide open" with disgust in his voice. Like he didn't want to be bothered with an actual play whilst telling a story. "Oh wide open." I'd love to have that made into a ringtone. I love the fact that 5th year seniors who graduated in '07 had bookend 38-0 wins over ND with a 47-21 win at ND mixed in.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:46 PM ^
chris perry's 4 td's against nd in 2003 (my senior year).
September 9th, 2009 at 3:49 PM ^
Prescott Burgess' pick six to start the 2006 game in South Bend
September 9th, 2009 at 4:15 PM ^
My favorite as well. It really set the tone for the blowout.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:25 PM ^
Burgess had a second pick in the 3rd Q and almost took it to the house again from what I can remember
September 9th, 2009 at 4:32 PM ^
and want rumbin', stumblin', bumblin', 54 yards to the final TD. That was a great game, one of my all time favorites.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:05 PM ^
Everything about the 2006 game. They were ranked higher than us, it was in South Bend, and we gave them the biggest ass whooping they have ever experienced at home. Set the tone for the rest of the season.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:19 PM ^
I was at that game and leaving Notre Dame stadium that afternoon is one of my favorite football related memories ever. UofM fans singing The Victors and screaming "It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine" could be heard more than 30 minutes after the game echoing through the ramps used to exit. Thinking about that still gives me goosebumps.
Still "The Catch" is better.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:15 PM ^
1. Remy Hamilton's kick in '94:
2. Lamarr Woodley's fumble return in '06.
3.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:17 PM ^
Mario
September 9th, 2009 at 4:20 PM ^
I'd have to go with Mario's 3rd touchdown in 2006. Maybe it's just because I'm a pessimist, but it took until that moment for me to go from "Lloyd can't blow this, can he?" worry to "We're killing these guys!" celebration for the rest of the game.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:28 PM ^
A lot of great ones, but I have to go with the game-winning drive in '94. ND scored a TD with 52 seconds left, seemingly clinching it and cementing Ron Powlus's status as a future Heisman winner . . . until we shut them up.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:29 PM ^
"We're going to beat Notre Dame."
Sure enough.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:45 PM ^
I would have to say the catch. On a personal note, when I was 12 I was able to come with my family to the ND game and got to see my older bro' get on the field for his first play. That was pretty cool too.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:47 PM ^
Jiiiiiiimayyyyyyy..........Jiiiiiiimayyyyyy..........jiiiiiiiiimayyyyyy.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:46 PM ^
The 1984 NIT Title Game. Eric Turner, Bitches!!!!
September 9th, 2009 at 9:38 PM ^
1976. Michigan hoopsters led by Rickey Green and Phil Hubbard , beat a very good Notre Dame team that included Adrian Dantley. Michigan of course finished the season losing in the Title Game to undefeated Indiana.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:49 PM ^
I was watching with my of my best friends who is a ND fan. One of the best finishes ever!
September 9th, 2009 at 4:49 PM ^
No doubt. I was a junior at U of M and had endured 4 straight years of losing to Lou Holtz and his band of Catholics. Desmond made The Catch and I sat in the stands for probably about half an hour after the game was over just smiling.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:28 PM ^
"He went for it all..."
September 9th, 2009 at 6:29 PM ^
I have no doubt Musberger shat himself when Grbac threw that pass.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:11 PM ^
Grbac to Howard. I was sitting on the goal line about 10 rows up and had a great view of the whole play. Still one of my all time best memories in Michigan Stadium.
Here is a link to the play on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-llh0HpBnxQ
September 9th, 2009 at 8:10 PM ^
I was there too, my Freshman year. Section 12, somewhere way up high.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:20 PM ^
The 2006 game, what an awesome ass whooping. I couldn't remember the second half due to a few too many celebratory beverages in the first half. Man, some crazy things went down in celebration, what a win!
September 9th, 2009 at 7:46 PM ^
I was a senior, and we had lost 2 years in a row. The pick-6 on Quinn's first throw was awesome enough, but at that point there was a long way to go. But after that first long TD pass to Manningham, my friends and I were going nuts. It was terrific. If only we could have beaten OSU that year...
September 9th, 2009 at 7:58 PM ^
U of M beat ND by like 40 as underdogs in 09'
wait that hasnt happened yet
September 9th, 2009 at 8:02 PM ^
1) the '06 football game
2) '07 hockey where we came back from 2-0 to do this...
September 9th, 2009 at 9:16 PM ^
Mike Hart's guarantee in 2007. I took his word for it and planned my proposal to my girlfriend around it. 38-0 made for an awesome day with her in the Big House followed up with a fantastic night.
September 9th, 2009 at 9:34 PM ^
The first Michigan game I can really remember watching.
September 9th, 2009 at 9:41 PM ^
I have fading memories of a ND Michigan football game where Bo kept running the draw to Butch Woolfolk and ND was baffled everytime.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:36 PM ^
Personally, watching Flint Southwestern's Rick Leach Lead UM to a come from behind victory at South Bend, beating JOE MONTANA, 28-14