Keith Jackson intro to the 100th playing of The Game
I know, it's been far too long, but I was listening to this game today at work (thanks to Wolverine Historian, of course) and was really captivated by the intro... so much so, that I felt compelled to type it up and share for all my MGoFriends. Whoa. Nelly.
"When the last glow drips away from the Big House at Michigan
It's a good time to have a seat and listen.
Here, Yost, Kipke, Crisler
And in your mind's eye, see the lads who wore the colors:
Harmon, who played both ways all the way to a Heisman Trophy
And got a standing ovation once, at the Horsehoe.
And Archie Griffin, the double Heisman man from Ohio State,
Who had his moments-- So many to remember,
Players and coaches,
But there are two coaches who had a special place in this history:
Woody and Bo, the salt and pepper of the series.
Giants in their profession, their histronics legendary
And, they could win;
This is a remarkable festival annually, whether here or at the Horseshoe;
There are the great bands, fight that team across the field,
Show them Ohio's here;
Hail to the Victors, Valiant, Hail to the Conq'ring Heroes;
Today another bounty of memories, concluding a hundred years,
of Buckeyes and Wolverines."
...Six Zero. Damn it, but that's about as good as it gets.
Bobblethon reminders notwithstanding, Big Ten Icons will be must see TV this fall.
Looking back to this game, I always remembered Perry as the star of this game, last at the Big House, workhorse performance, etc... but what I didn't remember (until today) is that Braylon was en fuego the whole game.
By halftime he already had 120 yds and 2 tds, and at the 9 minute mark he had another 87-yard score negated by a Stenavich hold. And that's with some pretty good Buckeye DBs all over him the entire game, and with Avant going down in the first series (although Breaston was no slouch on the opposite side). Not sure of his final stats for the game, but certainly wore the #1 well that day.
I was sitting in sec 31 row 6 when they broke the huddle and Navarre lined up at WR. I told my girlfriend that Breaston was about to run it in and we were going to kill tOSU.
I took a pic of Perry running through a huge hole. Great memories!
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Screw State - we really, really need to man up and beat the Buckeyes this year. (I don't want to enter Ohio State Week feeling like a whipped puppy again ...)
I'm getting pretty tired of responding with gymnastics, softball, women's tennis, ice dancers and solar cars ... our accomplishments in each are outstanding acheivements, but I want The Game back!
Somebody send this clip to Dee Hart, stat!
And I mean the only thing that sucks about that game is ... It was the last time we beat the Buckeyes. To put that in perspective: a child born in 2003 is now entering the 2nd grade.
/Sigh.
My oldest girl is 4 and she has never witnessed a Michigan win over the evil Jim Tressel. She was raised on "Let's Go Blue" and her favorite Michigan Man is "Coach Carr". I'm bringing her this year...
This is the year for RichRod to unleash hell. Oh, and that little bitch Danny Hope gets it too on November 13.
You've destroyed my production for the next hour or so...
I'm now watching the entire game.
I think it's "drifts" instead of drips...I've listened to it/watched a million times.
What a great excuse to re-watch this game.
I forgot how bad the officiating was to us. While watching, I was hollering about Ohio State holding (and pass interference) like mad all game, and then when they finally called a hold, it was a bupkis call on Stenavich that negated an 87-yard pass to Braylon.
Avant leaving on the cart was a seminal Michigan moment for me, and I said so at the time. Carl Tabb really stepped up that game.
On defense, Alain Kashama had his best game ever in blue. He was a rush end (from Canada, eh) who usually got escorted beyond the play, but Krenzel used to drop back so far it was right in the way of Kashama's loop. Half of the 20-odd obvious holds they didn't call on the Buckeyes were arms around Kashama's neck.
Amazing that we accumulated so many passing yards against that Buckeye team. Gamble, Whitner, Salley...they had so many guys in that defensive backfield who were the top DB recruits in the country when they came out of high school, plus that little interference-master Dustin Fox.
God, I miss that man!! (Keith Jackson)
Thanks for posting, awesome stuff.
I also can't believe that Clocks came out 7 years ago.
else think that Keith Jackson would make a great addition to EA sports NCAA franchise? obviously no disrespect to Nessler
I remember my seats in the student section (way far up due to being a stupid freshman). I think I cried when we lined up in the victory formation. That or I had tailgated so hard the alcohol was escaping through my eyes...