Woodson Superman interception
Not Notre Dame or Friday POSBANG related. But today is October 25th. And I forever remember October 25th as the date that Charles Woodson did this...
Years and years later, Woodson himself says he has no idea how he did that. But amazing things don't always need an explanation.
So....happy Woodson-taking-it-to-Nick-Saban's-Sparty-team-Day.
October 25th, 2019 at 9:42 AM ^
I can't even think of another play like it. QB was just trying to dump the ball into the bleachers and Woodson climbs the ladder to heaven like Jesus himself.
October 25th, 2019 at 9:43 AM ^
Way to bring it back to Notre Dame week. Bravo.
October 25th, 2019 at 11:14 AM ^
Interception Jesus?
October 25th, 2019 at 1:09 PM ^
climbs the ladder to heaven like Jesus himself.
That was Jacob who climbed the ladder to heaven. Some kids in Colorado built it, I think. Different from the stairway to heaven some old lady tried to buy.
October 25th, 2019 at 9:43 AM ^
I never thought about this before, but the pic clearly shows it - he caught a ball coming in from his right, with his right hand. WTF??? Not only was it an outstanding catch to start with, but he did it having to turn his hand around to stop the ball.
The left hand would be the better choice to stop a ball coming in from the right - you have your palm, and everything is normally aligned. An awesome catch just became more awesome!
October 25th, 2019 at 1:16 PM ^
When you're Chuck, why bother with the left? Just backhand that shit.
October 25th, 2019 at 9:43 AM ^
Love it, Go Blue!!!
October 25th, 2019 at 9:47 AM ^
Probably the highlight of my time at UM.
Go BLUE!
October 25th, 2019 at 9:54 AM ^
Didn't other things also happen that year?
October 25th, 2019 at 12:25 PM ^
This interception was the first time I remember ESPN putting a CFB play into heavy rotation. It was shown on nearly every show they had, every day, in slow motion, for the rest of the season. Their features of this play helped spark more realistic discussion of a defensive player winning the Heisman.
I was in the MMB then. Great memory - can’t believe that was 22 years ago!
October 25th, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
Go Blue!
October 25th, 2019 at 10:39 AM ^
Also featured: one of the best refereeing jobs of all time. The ref on the sideline had to watch both the ball “15 feet in the air” as Woodson snagged it with one hand and rotated away from him, and the foot as it touched in bounds. The ref sees all of this, pivots, and dramatically and correctly signals first down Michigan.
We dog the refs when they get it wrong. This guy made a challenging call perfectly.
October 25th, 2019 at 11:07 AM ^
I've said it before, but that referee looks, to me, like he knew he just witnessed something incredible, and was as pumped up about it as a fan would be.
October 25th, 2019 at 12:06 PM ^
^^^and this is how a Referee should view every play no matter what team(s) are on the field.
October 25th, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
Yes, unlike the total crap refereeing on the Burke block, perhaps the Michigan basketball equivalent of this play.
October 25th, 2019 at 1:24 PM ^
It's a good thing it happened 22 years ago. If it happened today, some dopey ref would have made up a reason to throw a flag or just say he was out of bounds....which of course would not have been overturned.
October 25th, 2019 at 10:53 AM ^
The closest interception play we've ever had to the Woodson snag is JD's interception against Wisconsin a few years ago. Even it was nothing close to the play Charles made. Ahhh.... UM Football of the 90s was a great time to be alive!
October 25th, 2019 at 1:16 PM ^
Re: the Jourdan Lewis pick, while it was spectacular, it was also 4th down. Michigan would've had 4th and goal from the Wisconsin 8. But we won and that's what ultimately matters. Hard to tell a kid to quit being awesome and it did fire up the crowd and team.
October 25th, 2019 at 10:54 AM ^
A bunch of us drove up from Ann Arbor for that weekend. We couldn't afford tickets to the game so we watched it at a house on M.A.C. The guys that lived there were all MSU undergrads from Lake Orion. A few of my friends knew them from HS so that was the connection.
Most of the guys from that house went to the game so it was probably like 8 of us Michigan undergrads and a few MSU students watching the game at the house. After we won we moved their big speakers to the windows and cranked the Victors on repeat. For those that don't know that area it's squarely in the student ghetto. So people walking by were fucking pissed.
Finally the guys that lived there came home and they were not happy. We also locked them out so they ended up kicking their own door down to turn off the music, true story. It was one of my few fun memories of visiting EL when I was a student.
My non-fun memory was when we visited two years prior and were drinking out on the yard at a house party. The police approached a few of us standing there drinking, I was 21 so whatever. Well apparently 3 of us were standing on the sidewalk and 3 were standing on the yard. The 3 of us on the sidewalk were given open intox tickets and the others were not. That was fun. Thanks MSU police for taking care of that criminal activity while couches burned and women were raped.
October 25th, 2019 at 10:54 AM ^
The icing on the cake/gravy on this play? The QB gets lit up upon release of the ball and the receiver he was trying to overthrow out of bounds gets buried by Dhani Jones. A symphony of dominance from 3 levels of the defense on one play.
October 25th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
I had seats about 20 rows up on the opposite sideline. Sight lines are absolutely garbage in the corners of the lower bowl of Spartan Stadium. But I was in the perfect position to see that play unfold. I knew immediately that I had just seen something that people were going to talk about for a long time.
October 25th, 2019 at 11:18 AM ^
I miss the big shoulder pad era.
October 25th, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
Greatest int ever, hands down.
October 25th, 2019 at 11:25 AM ^
or in this case, hand way up!
October 25th, 2019 at 11:58 AM ^
And Bill Curry's description of the play is classic:
October 25th, 2019 at 11:58 AM ^
Well worth the double-post.
October 25th, 2019 at 12:44 PM ^
Look at all that Sparty Face!
This will warm the cockles of my heart while I sit in the monsoon tomorrow.