November 25th, 2010 at 3:43 PM ^
Wings.....
November 25th, 2010 at 3:47 PM ^
Spots wings are the best. Even Chris Webber says so.
November 25th, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
November 26th, 2010 at 12:24 AM ^
Keep in mind, for his first three seasons at Michigan, he was basically the Coner. Griese was Griese's kid, and Dreisbach had most of a year of starting while Griese was drying out, plus all the hype.
Brady became the starter during the 2nd game of his redshirt junior season (a game we lost to Donovan McNabb's Orangemen) and then was kind of Navarre-ian until he stopped staring down receivers and some of his linemen got healthy enough to give him a pocket. His senior season half the fanbase was split on whether it should be him or Henson. "Put in Henson!" was the assholes' "Fire Dick Rod" cat-call of the late '90s.
He was tall, but still scrawny enough that he looked more like Lloyd Brady than Mr. Jailsexme. If people saw him on campus, it wasn't like you ran into a huge star (it was for A-Train and Henson, and I imagine Woodson x eleventy billion). You'd say "good game," or "how did you almost lose to Indiana?" or "man, do you guys have any chance against Ohio State this year?"
Point: From his arrival in August 1995 until September 1998, he probably wasn't recognized except by the more ardent football fans. By the time he started to look like maybe he had star potential, it was November 1999 and Michigan was coming off of losses at MSU and against Illinois. He graduated just a month later, had his best game in the Orange Bowl, and still his star was so low in the sky that he got drafted in a throwaway round to sit behind Bledsoe and Bishop. There was plenty of time in there to sit on the deck of Mr. Spots (or just stop by to pick up to-go wings) without being harangued by fans.
November 26th, 2010 at 12:29 AM ^
November 26th, 2010 at 12:33 AM ^
The banners came down, but Webber's autographed picture is still on the wall at Spot's.
November 26th, 2010 at 12:40 AM ^
ah.
nevermind me. [whistle whistle]
November 26th, 2010 at 1:29 AM ^
No worries. I was in the Brady camp, too, though I was a little worried when his first pass ever was to UCLA linebacker Philip Ward for a 42 yd TD. Unrecognizable especially then in '96.
November 25th, 2010 at 3:47 PM ^
November 25th, 2010 at 4:04 PM ^
I didn't know they delivered to Detroit
November 25th, 2010 at 4:05 PM ^
It's Tom Brady, I'm sure they were willing to make an exception.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^
And Brady can probably afford any special delivery fee. Not sure, but probably.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
It's on the road, but you can still hope you catch Mrs. Brady in her working clothes.
November 25th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^
a reference on National TV versus a long delivery? Hmmm.....wonder what all this advertising is worth...
Go Blue!
November 26th, 2010 at 10:23 AM ^
or whoever else is on delivery that day
November 25th, 2010 at 4:06 PM ^
I had Mr. Spots wings with my now-fiancee for our first official date after watching UM shut out LSSU 4-0 in 2004. Clearly, Michigan hockey and Mr. Spots is the 1-2 combo for relationship success.
November 25th, 2010 at 10:19 PM ^
Rotel and Velveeta definitely come in a close 2nd place for world famous queso success
November 25th, 2010 at 4:08 PM ^
Spots has always been my favorite spot in Ann arbor. The steak bogus and cheese fries are second to none. In fact the last time I was in there before I graduated I saw Henne and long eating in there and talked to them for a while about their time in Miami. Great guys. They even signed the back of my spots receipt. If you has never been there you are missing out. It's an incredibly underrated place.
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November 25th, 2010 at 4:09 PM ^
Steak hoagie is what I meant. My iPhone messed that up.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:15 PM ^
I was wondering why I hadn't ever seen the Steak Bogus. Very funny typo.
Michigan got quite a bit of publicity in this game. Fun to focus on the great things Michigan has to offer.
November 25th, 2010 at 11:56 PM ^
I just figured that was the vegan version. (Soy or seitan?)
November 25th, 2010 at 4:39 PM ^
Then you should try the steak bogus. It's a little of a mess, but so worth it.
November 25th, 2010 at 5:26 PM ^
Does that come with the wack fries and bummer shake?
November 25th, 2010 at 4:12 PM ^
Sorry to keep posting but I seriously cannot say enough about spots. I've missed it so much since graduation. The next best thing to the food is the memorabilia. They have lots of great autographs and pictures of old players like Brady, Morrison, red, etc all claiming tags spots is there favorite place.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:46 PM ^
But really, is Mr. Spots OT?
Props to Brady treating his O-linemen right...
November 25th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
...Mr. Spots nor Tom Brady is OT.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^
Don't forget--Bo said Spots has the best tuna fish sandwich in town. His autographed picture on their wall says so. One of the first times I ever went there Steve Everitt was in there eating and chatting with the employees. It's a great plave to eat and run into football players, I've seen a ton of them there.
November 25th, 2010 at 5:21 PM ^
Izzies>Mr. Spots
November 25th, 2010 at 11:35 PM ^
But no wings to match.
November 25th, 2010 at 5:45 PM ^
I never made it down that far on the State Street block for Mr. Spot's. Always got caught up at Campus Corner, BTB, and Rod's for a collider. I'm sure it's great.
November 25th, 2010 at 8:27 PM ^
Spot's is right next door to BTB, and is further north than both Rod's and Campus Corner...
November 25th, 2010 at 6:02 PM ^
The wings are solid, but I usually get the Philly Original and cheese fries. A friend of mine and I hit up the cheese fries after every win on Saturdays.
November 25th, 2010 at 7:32 PM ^
November 25th, 2010 at 8:02 PM ^
AWARD WINNING.
November 25th, 2010 at 11:38 PM ^
Or the fine wait staff?
November 26th, 2010 at 12:00 AM ^
November 25th, 2010 at 8:29 PM ^
I still think San Fu has better Chinese than China Gate. Family place, and the owner frequently delivers himself and is awesome
November 25th, 2010 at 8:37 PM ^
Sounds to me like you need to get yourself to Middle Kingdom.
November 26th, 2010 at 10:34 AM ^
November 25th, 2010 at 11:39 PM ^
It's run by Chef Jan's daughter and husband. Other family members work there too.
November 25th, 2010 at 11:37 PM ^
Might be the perfect follow-up to a day of American food gluttony.
November 26th, 2010 at 12:02 AM ^
November 25th, 2010 at 7:41 PM ^
Mr. Spots was started in Bowling Green (ohio) by some BGSU lax players from Phily. They graduated and opened a second place in A2 back around when I was in school in the late 1980s (it was there by 1987, but I get the feeling, it'd been there only a few years). I lived at the corner of Hill and State (go sig eps!) and ate there all the time -- wings or stake hoagies (sp?). Now, when ever I get back to the motherland, I take the wife/kids/friends there. It's a favorite of Michigan hockey and football players. Bo loved it to. Nuff said.
November 25th, 2010 at 9:06 PM ^
Also lived at corner of State & Hill in late 80's, too bad our house is no longer there. Bucket of extra hot wings from Mr Spots was our regular meal after returning to the house most evenings! My romates and I would sit down on the floor with the bucket and a roll of paper towels and go to town! Great memories - I introduced my son to Spots at the football game and now he loves it also. its the only thing he wants to eat whenever we go down for games (that and a Pizza Bob's shake!)
November 25th, 2010 at 8:50 PM ^
Brady is the man. Ordered from a great resturant. Love me some brady. MVP for brady
November 25th, 2010 at 8:57 PM ^
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November 26th, 2010 at 2:37 AM ^
Kayne album is great.
November 25th, 2010 at 8:58 PM ^
Should have gotten BTB instead.
November 25th, 2010 at 11:40 PM ^
Wasn't there when Brady was, I don't think.
November 25th, 2010 at 9:34 PM ^
Mr. Spot's chicken fingers = delicious.