FOOTBALL'S VALHALLA: The Bob Ufer Story Premiering this Friday October 5th at 7pm
"FOOTBALL'S VALHALLA: The Bob Ufer Story" debuts this Friday October 5th at 7pm at the Michigan Theater. Tickets are going fast, at last count there were less than 500 left and a sell out is expected.
The film has been in development for the past three years and showcases many different voices in the re-telling of Bob's inspiring life journey. Over 40 heartfelt interviews were conducted for the film including Jim Harbaugh, Jack Harbaugh, Lloyd Carr, Jerry Hanlon, John Wangler, Frank Beckman, Rick Leach, and Tom Ufer. The film contains rarely-seen archival footage and photos from Ufer's life including the early days as a star athlete for Meechigan!
Be sure to tune into MGoRadio or better yet be at The Bo Store this Friday to hear more about the firm from the director Dan Chace before heading up to the Michigan for the premier.
Check out the films official website here
Tickets available at the Michigan Theater website here
Follow the film on twitter here
Pre-order the Blu-Ray here
October 3rd, 2018 at 3:25 PM ^
He was awesome - and I miss his calls but most especially when I listen to the current radio team (unfortunately). Hope the movie is a fitting tribute of the man.
October 3rd, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
This is a disk I will buy. Ufer is the basis of my love for Michigan - so many childhood memories imprinted with his voice. My earliest memory of him is the Billie Taylor touchdown. I only have spot recall from back that far, but that call, and some early video of Denny Franklin with Ufer on the radio (slightly out of sync) are etched in...
Thanks for the notice that this is out, now!
October 3rd, 2018 at 3:41 PM ^
I was only a year old when he died. But I can listen to his old broadcasts over and over and never get sick of them. He still left us too soon. He was only 61 when he died.
"Welcome to Ohio Stadium, home of 10,000 students and 70,000 truck drivers." ~ Bob Ufer
October 3rd, 2018 at 3:51 PM ^
I will be ordering the BluRay for my Dad for Christmas; he played during the Ufer-era, and I hope this brings back many good memories.
October 3rd, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
It was Nov 22,1969..They came to bury Michigan,...All wrapped in Maize and Blue..The words were read ,the prayers were said and everybody cried but when they closed the coffin ,someone else was inside..Oh they came to bury Michigan but Michigan wasn't dead and when the game was over It was someone else instead..22 Michigan Wolverines put on their gloves of gray..And as Revelli played the Victors,They laid Woody Hayes away..... Bob Ufer
October 3rd, 2018 at 4:19 PM ^
I will definitely be buying this disc. I was very young when Ufer died, but I know my parents - my mother in particular, being an alumna - would be glued to his radio call when they weren't at the game or no one was near a TV (assuming it was on).
October 3rd, 2018 at 5:31 PM ^
We brought a radio to the games to listen to his call.
October 4th, 2018 at 10:49 AM ^
As did I and countless thousands of other Michigan Fans. Sometimes a pocket transistor radio, other times a small stereo boombox, but Ufer's play-by-play was an integral part of the Michigan Stadium experience.
October 3rd, 2018 at 4:35 PM ^
I might have to buy this simply for
a- The Wangler to Carter call and
b- The Harry Oliver Call...I believe that was the last UM-ND game that was not televised...so it was all on Ufer and...damn...that whole game was full of epic Ufer calls
October 3rd, 2018 at 8:58 PM ^
It was televised, I watched it. You can still find the video.
October 5th, 2018 at 10:11 AM ^
I remember Ufer’s call of the Oliver kick vividly. I was playing a game of touch football with friends and we had a transistor radio next to our “field”. As the game came down to this kick, we all hovered around the radio to hear the end. Ufer’s call of “end over end over end” still sticks in my mind.
I was, at a later date, blessed to meet Mr. Oliver (God rest his soul as well as Mr. Ufer’s). He signed an autograph for me ... “end over end over end” Harry Oliver.
October 3rd, 2018 at 4:49 PM ^
TOUCHDOWN BILLY TAYLOR...TOUCHDOWN BILLY TAYLOR!!!!!....Ricky the Peach Leach the guts and glue of the Maize & Blue....Anthony Carter the Human Torpedo...Harlan Huckleby was pickin' em up and layin' em down..Russell Davis was running like a penguin with a hot herring in his cummerbund....Dr.StrangeHayes...Johnny Wangler to Anthony Carter will be heard until another hundred years of Michigan football is played...,,2 Te's and a balanced line,Huckleby deep Davis close...Bless his cotton pickin' Maize & Blue heart.
October 3rd, 2018 at 4:54 PM ^
Speaking of Harry Oliver ,there a bull shit pass interference call in front of the Michigan bench that set up the 51 yard field goal.
October 3rd, 2018 at 8:54 PM ^
Everything about that field goal is bullshit. It was bullshit then, and its bullshit now. Fuck you, Oliver - with a career long of 37 yards (or some other BS like that). Fuck you, dead wind. Fuck you, God Squad. Fuck that game. Everything about that FG was, is, and forever will be, bullshit.
October 3rd, 2018 at 5:29 PM ^
The fondest memories of my youth are that of crisp and cloudless autumn days, listening to Ufer with my dad doing yard work. Even during televised games we would turn the tv down and listen to the radio call. Innocence eh
October 3rd, 2018 at 5:29 PM ^
Never having lived in Michigan, I hadn't heard of Bob Ufer until long after he'd stopped being the Voice of Michigan Football. Listening to some of his audio clips that are available, I understand how Michigan Wolverines football fans were lucky to have had him on their radio broadcasts.
October 3rd, 2018 at 5:49 PM ^
Best of luck
I will be wearing the shirt in LA.
October 3rd, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^
Well that's one christmas present down
October 3rd, 2018 at 9:29 PM ^
A lot of us older guys grew up on Bob Ufer calling the games! This was back in the 70s, when very few Michigan games were televised
October 3rd, 2018 at 11:03 PM ^
Some of my fondest memories of Michigan football were listening to Ufer call games while we at Weber's prepared meals for the post game celebrations in our banquet rooms.
October 3rd, 2018 at 9:40 PM ^
I remember first listening to Ufer on WPAG in the early 70s when I was 8 years old, before WJR signed him up in '76.
October 3rd, 2018 at 11:00 PM ^
1974 and Ufer couldn't believe we, and Lantry, missed that field goal. And he didn't. Watching video you can clearly see the ball pass in front of the right upright. Still, it remains one of Ufer's most heart wrenching calls.
October 4th, 2018 at 3:48 AM ^
In many ways, his voice is why I'm here. Some of those calls are hard for me to listen to without getting teary eyed. He really makes you remember why you love this program.
Wish I could be there especially because I'll be at the game, but I can't so I'm glad to know I can preorder it!
October 4th, 2018 at 3:51 AM ^
Here's another one. Why didn't we just endlessly clone this man to call every Michigan Football game ever?
October 4th, 2018 at 6:54 AM ^
I approve.
October 5th, 2018 at 9:30 AM ^
Unfortunately I am not old enough to remember any of his famous broadcasts, but owning just one of his cd's(which I listen to prior to every football season, I wish I had the opportunity to hear them live. Also some great stories as well. When he had surgery for prostate cancer, he told his doctor 3 things. 1) I have all the confidence in the world you will do a great job, 2) Take the buckeye out and 3) Go Blue!! Classic Ufer.