Team rushing student section: An answer to Brian's question

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October 31st, 2012 at 12:28 PM
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Team rushing student section: An answer to Brian's question

Brian put out in a recent blog his answer to a question he was asked regarding when the team began rushing the student section and asked readers for responses and recollections.

 

After significant wins, (1997 win over OSU, leaving Michigan undefeated in the regular season and headed to the Rose Bowl, and the last-second Manningham catch to beat PSU, for example) the fans rushed the field.  I don't ever remember the team rushing the stands, even as a one-off kind of event.

 

The team began rushing the student section on a regular basis during the first year of the RR era, and only after a win, of course.  I remember at the time the feeling of it was the team's response for the fans being "all in."  Since the RR wins were not at the level of significance as mentioned above (perhaps only the comeback win against Wisky), the fans would not be rushing the field, so the team rushed the fans.  It has been occurring ever since--and might I add at every home game thus far during Hoke's reign.

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October 31st, 2012 at 12:33 PM | Like 5 people have noted, and (Score:4 Normal)
chitownblue2
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Like 5 people have noted, and have photographic evidence of, the team rushing the student section in 2002 - 6 years prior to Rodriguez.

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October 31st, 2012 at 1:06 PM | I'm not sure about this. (Score:0 Normal)
October 31st, 2012 at 1:17 PM | I don't know what to tell (Score:2 Normal)
chitownblue2
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I don't know what to tell you. I was at the 2002 Washington and PSU games, and saw it happen.

I don't believe they sang the Victors.

However, I don't believe "singing the victors was part of the question Brian was asked. Wait...it wasn't!

You gave a list of when people rushed the field, but when was the first time the players ran over to the student section?  I was in the band at the turn of the century (Boom.  Old-timed.) and I don't remember that ever occurring.  The first time I remember it happening was the Manningham TD against Penn State.  Was that the first?  When else can you remember it happening?

So, if you want to answer a different question, that's fine. I'll answer the one that was asked.

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October 31st, 2012 at 1:20 PM | Fantastic! (Score:0 Overrated)
October 31st, 2012 at 2:14 PM | I'll take an eye witness (Score:2 Normal)
MQTBlue
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I'll take an eye witness account as fairly accurate however I think it has consistently been a thing since the 08 Wisconsin game. I think that was the start of what happens now with them singing The Victors. 

October 31st, 2012 at 2:34 PM | I do remember that. (Score:1 Normal)
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The reason I recall it is that I was pretty excited that my guest for the game was the Dean of Wisconsin's business school, who loves college football and who is a wonderfully nice guy, and I commented to him that, "That's weird, I don't recall the team doing that before; it is what Notre Dame does."  I think it was our Big Ten opener, and I don't honestly recall if I had stayed through to the end of all of the other games that year (first game was the loss to Utah, then the win over Miami-OH, then we were away at Notre Dame). 

 

 

November 1st, 2012 at 8:45 PM | 2002 was my senior year and (Score:2)
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2002 was my (5th yr) senior year and yes the players came over after both the Washington and Penn State games. I don't think we sang the Victors for Washington, but we (the fans) did for Penn State. Not out of tradition--more like everyone was sitting there all happy and well what else are we going to do. The players kind of hopped up and down and slapped people 5. Alijah Bradley and Victor Hobson (the two sixes) both leapt into our group and the pic is still up on DeSimone's page.

One of my favorite Michigan pics--Alijah looks like a kid who just put on Hobson armor. I would have been a few rows back and to Bradley's right.

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October 31st, 2012 at 12:35 PM | I was in the student section for the PSU win... (Score:2 Normal)
hypomodern
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...and the players definitely came over and jumped up on the wall. It's cool to have the team come over to their fellow classmates like that, so I'm glad that it happens more often now.

October 31st, 2012 at 12:40 PM | Yes. I distinctly remember (Score:2)
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Yes. I distinctly remember this happening. 

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October 31st, 2012 at 11:21 PM | I do as well (Score:2)
vablue
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There were no fans rushing the field in the 2005 PSU game, in fact the thing that struck me most was not only that the fans stayed in the stands but that they stayed in the stands for a very long time after the game.  This was the first time I remember the team going to the student section, but that does not mean it did not happen before.  Either way, it was not an RR thing.  Either way, I rather like the tradition now.

October 31st, 2012 at 12:43 PM | I would have welcomed... (Score:4 Normal)
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...this (somewhat) new tradition if it existed in the '80s. It clearly helps bridge the student/student-athlete gap.

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October 31st, 2012 at 12:51 PM | 2002 (Score:3 Normal)
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I was there at the 2002 Washington game with my Blue-hair uncle and my sister who was going to a frosh at UDub that fall. I remember Brabbs hitting the field goal, me taunting my sister, and my uncle (Season ticket holder for AGES) saying "Oh, I wonder if that's going to be a new tradition for the players to run to the student section after wins, I like that"

October 31st, 2012 at 12:52 PM | Show me that big Dougie (Score:2 Normal)
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Show me that big Dougie smile.

or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

October 31st, 2012 at 1:03 PM | Don't remember the fans (Score:5 Normal)
Blueisgood
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Don't remember the fans rushing the field VS. PSU with the Maningham catch. I was there and I'm sure I woulda been on the field if that were to have happened.

October 31st, 2012 at 1:06 PM | It started after EVERY win at (Score:5 Normal)
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It started after EVERY win at RR.  He wanted the team to come over, celebrate with the fans and then sing The Victors with the students and the band at the end of every game.

October 31st, 2012 at 1:08 PM | ITT: People who hate RR claim (Score:-1 Trolling)
October 31st, 2012 at 1:15 PM | You obviously missed my post. (Score:-1 Redundant)
October 31st, 2012 at 1:19 PM | I don't hate Rodriguez. I (Score:5 Normal)
chitownblue2
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I don't hate Rodriguez. I just know that it was done before him. The actual question was "when was the first time it was done", AND THE GUY THAT ASKED THE QUESTION CITED A TIME IN 2005.

Rodriguez is thus automatically precluded.

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October 31st, 2012 at 1:32 PM | I know one guy who liked having the players in the stands . . . (Score:4 Normal)
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October 31st, 2012 at 1:54 PM | This also happened at the (Score:5 Normal)
samsoccer7
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This also happened at the 2000 orange bowl. Players came to our corner of the end zone with the trophy. I know bc I got an orange from the trophy and my friend got a receiver glove and wristband (we were front row somehow).

October 31st, 2012 at 2:46 PM | OP I don't understand this (Score:1)
JohnnyV123
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OP I don't understand this post if you lack the real answer.

Brian already said that he remembered it happening before RR and everyone knows rushing the stands became a regular occurrence during his tenure but the idea is when did it FIRST start.

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November 1st, 2012 at 9:50 AM | JohnnyV123 - I posted this... (Score:1)
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because I didn't see anyone else try to address Brian's question here.  I didn't head my post with "'THE' answer to Brian's question", it was "'AN' answer to Brian's question."  I, like Brian, was going by memory.  While I didn't recall when the first celebration in this manner took place, I felt it was reasonable to stipulate that celebrating with the students ON A REGULAR BASIS began with RR, thus my answer.  I was hoping to get out of the post exactly what transpired: others' input.

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October 31st, 2012 at 3:12 PM | Long before RichRod... 1997 (Score:5 Normal)
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Long before RichRod...

1997 Penn State game in Happy Valley:

1999 Penn State game in Happy Valley:

2002 Washington game at the big house:

2002 Penn State game at the big house:

2003 Notre Dame game at the big house:

2005 Penn State game at the big house:

And being at Braylonfest in 2004 myself, they celebrated in the student section for that one too but I'm having trouble finding a picture of it online.

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October 31st, 2012 at 11:24 PM | Well done! (Score:2)
vablue
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Hard to argue with this photographic evidence.

October 31st, 2012 at 4:16 PM | I was at the 2005 Penn State (Score:4 Normal)
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I was at the 2005 Penn State win, and I don't remember the fans rushing the field. In fact, I remember wanting to rush the field and being disappointed that it didn't happen. I guess it was because that was our seventh straight win over Penn State. 

October 31st, 2012 at 4:54 PM | I was also there.  I'm almost (Score:2)
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I was also there.  I'm almost certain no fans rushed the field.  Before the 2011 Ohio game, the last time (as far as I know) was the '03 game.

October 31st, 2012 at 4:54 PM | let's reference a source, shall we? (Score:5 Informative)
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rodriguez started the tradition of singing the victors with the student section after each home victory. not "rushing" the student section.

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Following yesterday's victory - UM's first under Rodriguez - the team gathered in front of the student section for a hearty rendition of "Hail to the Victors."

It's one of many new traditions established since Rodriguez arrived.

"Is that alright with everybody? I'm not upsetting the apple cart with that thing?" Rodriguez said. "Some of the players asked me about it before, and I thought it would be a neat thing and they enjoyed it. Hopefully we get to do it a few more times."

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October 31st, 2012 at 6:08 PM | "Is that alright with (Score:3 Normal)
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"Is that alright with everybody? I'm not upsetting the apple cart with that thing?" Rodriguez said.

Given all that we know now, that seemingly sarcastic question by Rodriguez is quite telling.

October 31st, 2012 at 6:47 PM | Really ironic. (Score:-1 Trolling)
October 31st, 2012 at 9:47 PM | I wonder if Trey Burke, THJ and co. (Score:2)
goblueattorney
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will jump on the scorer's table like Chris, Juwan and co. did in 1993?  Good times.  Except for the fact that the students were way up high (I was in the last row) and we could only buy split season tickets because demand was so high! 

It's nice that they now take care of the students a little better...

November 1st, 2012 at 5:15 PM | RichRod mandated his players rush the students (Score:0 Redundant)
November 1st, 2012 at 8:43 PM | Who's Brian?? (Score:0)
November 5th, 2012 at 11:35 AM | The blog site owner. (Score:1)
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The blog site owner.

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