What Michigan moments have brought you to tears?

1.) When the MMB plays the first seven notes of the M Fanfare.

 

2.)  When they play the weekly hype video before the team runs out of the tunnel.

 

 

I cried when we lost to Appalachian State for obvious reasons.

My wife and I had tears streaming down our faces when they carried Lloyd off the field after we won the 2008 Capital One Bowl. That was just awesome.

The closest I had previously come to getting choked up was when we won the National Championship and Lloyd addresses the team. But, being that I was still in college at the time, I didn't quite appreciate how moving that speech was and I didn't actually shed years.

There have certainly been a few others that brought me close in recent years - Brock taking the field, the team jumping up into the student section I sing the victors after UTL - but the two above stand out the most.

Sad Tears... 1. In Big House watching Cordell Stewart - ugh 2. In Rose Bowl watching Vince Young - heart ripped out Happy Tears... 1. In Big House - beating Ohio, rushing the field to clinch Rose Bowl/ play for a championship. 2. In Rose Bowl - winning the National Championship Happy/Sad Tears 1. Watching tribute to Bo before Ohio game 2. Watching Michigan lose to Louisville (sad to lose, but proud of team and Coach B) 3. Watching Carr being carried off field after last game

Keith Jackson telling Bob Griese it's ok to cry after finding out Brian was the MVP of the Rose Bowl.

Losing in 2009 v Illinois (1-5, 0-5 Big Ten).  I think I realized how bad things were.  It was draining.

Beating Va Tech 2011 in the Sugar Bowl.

But everytime I hear this Lloyd Carr speech, I get a little choked up: "You have left... a wonderful legacy, for every team that ever follows you. Youuuuuu, just won, the national championship."

1) Watching Brock Mealer touch the banner is something I'll never forget

2) Being at the Sugar Bowl and seeing the team win with some crazy plays in Hoke's first year

I was deployed at the time but luckily had a TV in my room. I turned on AFN knowing The Game would be on. Pins and needles watching that game alone in my room at 0300. I cried like a little girl when the time finally ran out.

2011 Ohio State. Just such an emotional atmosphere that day.

Brock Mealer walking at the opener in 2010 againt UConn.

I was a mess the day Bo died, as everyone else was. But there were two moments that day that stood out above the rest. The local news went to the hospital Bo was in and Jim Brandstatter, John Wangler and Jamie Morris were already there looking in complete shock. When they interviewed the three men, Jamie Morris was practically sobbing. Seeing Morris, who is such a funny guy, like that made me lose it. Then later in the afternoon on WTKA, they relived a touching Bo moment from a few months earlier. Tom Slade (1971 Michigan quarterback) had been battling leukemia. After a particularly painful day in the hospital, Slade woke up in his hospital bed to see Bo by his side sitting in a chair against the wall. They looked at each other but said nothing. Then Salde went back to sleep. Five hours later, he awoke to see Bo still sitting in that same chair. Once again I lost it BIG time. The two men ended up dying 8 days apart. And now I've seriously depressed myself. Somebody needs to post something funny now.

1. 2011 beating Ohio, watching them run into the fill and knowing we were heading to the Sugar Bowl

2. Sugar Bowl win and Hemingway's speech was cool.

3. Woodson returning the punt in 97 vs Ohio state, a special feeling and to this day, the loudest I've ever heard that stadium.

4. Denard on senior day was cool.

5. Keith Jackson announcing that Brian Griese was the most outstanding player in the Rose Bowl...

Happy:

2011 OSU, because obviously.

2010 Illinois- a little embarrasing in hindsight, but I was watching at home with my newborn baby girl and was emotional to begin with.

Sad: 

2004/2005 OSU- not immediately, but I was pretty shaken up in the aftermath both times.  I've said it before, but that '05 Game was worse than the horror for me, by a long shot. 

2005 Hockey Regionals-  Michigan let a late lead slip away, I was there, a senior, and a member of the Michigan Band for the last time.  That, more than the loss, caused me to lose it so badly I had to pull my jersey over my face. 

The lose and Bo's death.

When the band high steps it onto the field for the first game of the year is an annual battle against tears for me.

I have watched Micigan football since 5 or 6, during the mid to late 70's. The first time I went to a game at the Big House was in my late 30's and as soon as I walked in I cried. It was like I was dreaming, it was more special than I could have ever thought. I make sure we hit a game at the Big House every other year if we can...made it to UTL last year, what a great experience that was.

Not since I was little. Off the top of my head...2005 Rose Bowl Loss to Texas, 2005 Loss to OSU, and 2006 loss to OSU. In 2007 I was just fed up and when we lost to OSU again I said "I pretty much expected this since we lose to them every year now."

Teared up during the Brock Mealer banner event and when Bo died.  I also was misty of course when I watched the ESPN show on the Mealers.

The whole lead-up to the 2006 OSU game was just brutal for me.  I was unemployed and I literally had nothing to do the whole week.  I was out of chores to do, the house was clean, and I was just watching TV or reading.  They had a countdown on ESPN all week, and so I was becoming more and more anxious.  Then boom, Bo passes.  I was a wreck.

11-26-2011.

My first real win over ohio. I saw 2003 but I was in second grade and remembered very little. 

That moment when Avery intercepted it.......everything flashed before me.....all the pain of 7 years and never truly knowing what that feeling of beating them felt like....

I call it the greatest day of my life. It was liberating. 

Also, the Basketball B1G Championship in 2011-12. All I ever saw Michigan win in my life was an NIT up to that point.

read another Austin Hatch story I found on Yahoo.

A lot of the same information except it tells how much and how quickly he has been recovering. I can't wait until he hits a three at home.

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I was 10 or 11, and Michigan lost to Lake St. in the CCHA championship at Joe Louis......I was crushed.

I was in 7th grade and I cried like a baby.

Jan 1st, 1998 at the Rose Bowl. I sat on the 50 yard line and said to myself I just witnessed greatness.

Without a doubt, Denard's Senior Day got to me.  Not only because of how special Denard was for the school, but also because it was "my" last game as a senior.  Although Denard was obviously the one out there playing his final home game, it felt like me too as my first game was Denard's fumble TD play against Western.  That game effectively brought my student football experience to a close.

I remember getting to the game extra early just to spend a few extra minutes in the Big House and being really emotional as the band came out for my last time as a student.  I know it's still recent, but sometimes you can just tell when moments are significant.

It was even more special when Denard actually got to go in and play.  I was worried that he was going to have to sit out.  That game will always be a special one for me.

I am only 19 so the fact that I couldn't tell you what a MBB or FB national championship feels like depresses me and makes me want to cry already. After the 2006 OSU game, I wept like a baby. The 2013 National Championship and this year's Elite 8 game (which I was in attendance for) didn't make me cry, I just was stunned and didn't want to talk to anyone for a little bit. 

2011 Ohio State. tears of joy

Extremely rare for me to cry because of Michigan truimph. I remember my mind being blown when we beat Washington State and won the NC in 97.

The only time I remember crying real hard was when we lost to Colorado in 94. I remember where I was exactly and how huge of a blow that loss was.

At the 2005 Rose Bowl when Vince Young ran it in at the end to beat us. I swear he looked right at me and smirked! I was so upset, my wife just looked at me and knew I was gonna cry. That game still was the most exciting game I've ever been to, even the Nat Champ Rose Bowl Game I went to was not as exciting as that game!

Brock walking and touching the banner. 

Fellow 2012 graduate - I cried tears of joy at UTL and the OSU game for sure.  I definitely cried when Brock Mealer touched the banner.  I cried when we beat Kansas.  I cried at the game in Minnesota when we lost to Duluth in OT.   I cried when Bo died.  As a kid, I probably cried after every loss.  

for NCAA College Basketball championship. The poor officiating was so very bad (sad) that it brought me to tears, and perculated with my anger.

Walter Smith was the heartbeat of the team back in the early 90's, but in the august of what was to be his senior year, he tore his ACL; he was still voted team captain, and was always a presence on the sideline; Mo snuck him in for one play against Minnesota in November, however, and it is my favorite two-yard gain of all time... shed some happiness tears in the stands on this one (thanks to Wolverine Historian for digging this one up) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakgFGqSFPU&feature=player_detailpage#t=1312s

Michigan/Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen. My Grandma's funeral was that day and we missed the whole first half and when my whole family and I finally got Red Robin (in our funeral clothes), that's when Trey Burke started to take over. And I vividly remember watching Trey make that shot from 30 and having no immediate reaction, then looking down and just crying. Real emotional day.

I have a few:

- Coach Carr's last game was hard for me. I know there's a lot of people around here that don't really care for the guy, but being born in 91, Lloyd was the only coach I ever really knew up to that point. Beating Tebow and Urban was great, but watching that game knowing it was Lloyd's last was tough.

- Our last second win over PSU in 2005. That season was so disappointing, but that was a huge bright spot to be able to beat a top 10 team that year.

- 2000 Orange Bowl win over Bama. David Terrell is still my favorite Michigan player ever. Plus I was 9. I'm allowed to cry at the age, right?

- The first UTL was pretty awesome. Tears of joy right there. Pure joy.