November 22nd, 2020 at 1:04 AM ^
Driesbach 1995 Virginia?
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:06 AM ^
Scary that that’s the first that came to mind for me as well.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:43 AM ^
That game also featured a 17-0 comeback but Driesbach was the starter.
That was the year he broke his thumb a month into the season and Griese replaced him.
November 22nd, 2020 at 11:17 AM ^
Yeah Driesbach started. That was the first game I went to as a kid. Talk about getting hooked. The Barber twins were owning us.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:06 AM ^
Easy. 2015 Speight on Halloween at Minnesota
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:13 AM ^
That game was scary
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:29 AM ^
Definitely a correct answer. For discourse, we were only down 4 or 5 when Speight came in that game and the pep sweep and pep cat were working somewhat. I would argue Cade came in and put the team on his back to win. The Peters entering the Rutgers game in 2017 felt kind of like tonight however it was not a comeback.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:34 AM ^
For certain. To my recollection, Speight only engineered the one scoring drive to take the lead with a TD to Chesson, capped off with a 2 pointer to Darboh. Minnesota got the ball back and drove the length of the field only for Tracy Claeys to do...that
CMac was a whole other ballgame tonight, playing the majority of the game and bringing the team back from 17 down. Excited to watch him play again next week
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:28 PM ^
That was the worst clock management I've ever seen. Not that I would take the trade, but right after we gifted MSU a win, Minnesota kinda gifted one right back to us. Should have gone to overtime at the very least.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:36 AM ^
Fun game.
O'Korn led a comeback against Purdue in 2017. That performance should give us some level of reservation about the team's performance tonight.
November 22nd, 2020 at 8:42 AM ^
Yes, I remember the O'Korn led comeback in 2017 @ Purdue as the most recent.
Also, Cade won't fix all the issues with this team but it did go a long way. The run game also got a huge lift.
November 22nd, 2020 at 10:55 AM ^
Okorns performance literally made you feel like every pass was shaky or scary when he would throw the ball.
Cades passes didnt feel like that.
November 22nd, 2020 at 12:08 PM ^
Cade looked much better than O’Korn. Plus,he did have a moment vs Wisconsin.
McNamara looked in command, was accurate, and threw a catchable ball. The team responds to him too which is really important.
November 22nd, 2020 at 12:47 PM ^
Cade just didn't get rattled even though he was facing a defense with a pulse. I liked his confidence and touch on the ball. He saw his receivers and knows what a rainbow looks like.
I don't expect he can't have an off game, but he isn't a deer in the headlights
November 22nd, 2020 at 3:39 PM ^
Milton's Antjuan Simmons comment after the MSU loss made him seem like an asshole. That could be revealing of how he comes off to his teammates.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:46 AM ^
In the Harbaugh era?
How soon we forget?
November 22nd, 2020 at 7:29 AM ^
I was 10th row drunk at that game - beyond scary
November 22nd, 2020 at 10:33 AM ^
Ah those were heady days. Before the Jumpman and the top 10 rankings. There was hope then.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:08 AM ^
Denard's last season was 2012.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:08 AM ^
Dreibach vs Virgina?
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:09 AM ^
Oops denard. I'm old af.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:10 AM ^
Shit it's speight
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:09 AM ^
When is the last time Michigan had the 2nd string QB come into a game with a 17-point deficit and score 5 touchdowns and get the win?
The answer is never.
2020 has been shitty enough. It’s okay to be happy tonight. I’m celebrating Cade’s performance with a glass of top shelf whiskey.
Great job, kid!
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:47 AM ^
This is two weeks straight that he's taken over an offense that hadn't scored a TD all game (we had 3 points last week) and immediately drove them down the field.
I can't think of such a night-and-day performance from the starter to the backup.
November 22nd, 2020 at 2:02 AM ^
I’ve been on teams where this has happened and it has always been a CLEAR sign that the team supported a different choice than the coaches were making.
November 22nd, 2020 at 8:46 AM ^
It was a drastic change to see Cade lead a scoring drive on consecutive weeks. We got a long look at Cade in this Rutgers game to see if he's the real deal or not. Suffice to say, he passed the smell test.
November 22nd, 2020 at 8:26 AM ^
Yeah but...
How much better would a lot of people be feeling if the defense made a stop on the last drive in regulation? Down 17, put in the back up quarterback, outscore them 35 to 10 down the stretch.
But nope, Don Brown’s bend and break defense strikes again.
Before that last interception, when was the last time a Michigan safety played centerfield, rolled over the coverage, and either knocked down or intercepted a pass?
November 22nd, 2020 at 10:40 AM ^
I’ve just about had my fill of Brown as our DC, but I will give RU some credit for converting that 4th and 9 for the TD - that was a clutch throw/catch.
November 22nd, 2020 at 12:09 PM ^
Shibley completely blew the coverage on that play. He's stays in his zone, he likely tips it away. Instead, he moves toward the QB vacating his area. There was no way Vedral would have scored from there if he tried to run.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:13 AM ^
As stated, Speight got a win in relief in 2015.
O’Korn also came in after Speight’s injury against Purdue in 2017 and looked solid. So it has happened a couple times in the Harbaugh era.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:21 AM ^
You're right, I think O'Korn in 17 actually is the answer!
Weird situation because it was 0-0 when he came in, took the lead, lost it, and regained it for the win
I think that still fits the criteria of a backup leading a comeback win, even though he didn't start the game in the hole
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:21 AM ^
That Purdue game was not going well before O'Korn came in.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:26 AM ^
Funny how memories work because it was actually scoreless when he came in, and we went down 10-7 with O'Korn before finishing the game on a 21-0 run, so it actually was at its worst when he was in. Funny because I too thought we must've been losing when Speight got hurt
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:37 AM ^
I was there at that 2017 Purdue game, I thought about it but didn't think it qualified as the game was 0-0 when Speight got mugged.
As an aside, other than the '95 Pigskin Classic vs Virginia, that '17 Purdue game was the hottest weather game I can remember.
November 22nd, 2020 at 11:22 AM ^
The 2011 WMU game before the monsoon was a scorcher
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:20 AM ^
Beat me to it!
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:22 AM ^
More recent than Dreisbach, less recent than Speight: Forcier against Illinois, 67-65.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:51 AM ^
That's a little different though, as Forcier was a former starter.
Similarly, Griese relieved Driesbach at halftime of the '96 OSU game when we were down 9-0, but he too was an ex-starter.
Here we had a guy playing in his second career game being asked to save the farm.
November 22nd, 2020 at 1:48 AM ^
Yeah Driesbach was the starter in 1995. Still the hottest game I have ever attended. I bet if there is replay Delany makes a call and screws Michigan. Great catch by Hayes.
November 22nd, 2020 at 2:02 AM ^
Welcome to the MacNam-era.
November 22nd, 2020 at 2:11 AM ^
Wasnt Michigan trailing Purdue when Wilton got hurt and JOK for the only time looked competent?
November 22nd, 2020 at 2:38 AM ^
I think the last time was Peters vs. Rutgers at home in 2017. I was there and the team seemed as hapless as they did in the first quarter tonight, until Peters was inserted. He came in, launched a TD to Evans on a wheel route, and we ended up blowing them out.
I'm not sure if it was a comeback or not. I think we were down 7-0, if my memory serves me right?
November 22nd, 2020 at 7:07 AM ^
Griese 1996 Ohio State?
November 22nd, 2020 at 7:26 AM ^
November 22nd, 2020 at 12:43 PM ^
So does Illinois.
November 22nd, 2020 at 8:02 AM ^
Do you consider Tom Brady to be Drew Henson’s backup for the games Drew started in 1999 that Brady went on to win in the second half?
November 22nd, 2020 at 10:31 AM ^
Henson never started a game. In the platoon, Brady played the first quarter and Henson played the second, and then the better performer got the second half.
There were two times Henson got the second half - Syracuse and MSU. Against SU he went the distance and we won. Against MSU we fell into a deep hole and Brady came in and nearly brought us back.
November 22nd, 2020 at 3:44 PM ^
Correct. Brady locked down the job full-time in the second half of that 1999 MSU game, and Henson played only sparingly the rest of the season.
Knowing what we now know about Brady, it's hard not to wonder what might have been in that 1999 season (and the 1998 season, for that matter) if Lloyd had stuck with Brady from the very beginning.
*sigh*
November 22nd, 2020 at 11:35 AM ^
Add to the list Tate Forcier in the 2010 game against illinois. Denard got banged up and Tate came in in the fourth and led the team to an overtime victory.
November 22nd, 2020 at 11:56 AM ^
Tate Forcier over Illinois in OT in 2010?