With the current theme of looking back at the past I thought this would be a decent topic.
My uncle took to my brother and I to our first game in '89 when I was 9 years old, so that's the earliest one I can really put my finger on. But the moment I truly "became a fan" was unquestionably on the 2 pt conversion PI call on Desmond in 90. I think I had one random MSU sweater for some unknown reason...after that moment that thing never saw the light of day again.
Watching Desmond win the
Mercury Hayes' last second TD
Mercury Hayes' last second TD to beat Virginia.
Homer? Who is Homer? My name is Wolverine Incognito.
That was the first game I
That was the first game I ever went to. It was so loud when he caught that pass.
I hope to be like dang for large sections of the season.
You come at the king, you best not miss.
I was only 4 or 5 years old,
I was only 4 or 5 years old, but I remember Desmond's catch against ND.
"You went to Notre Dame. You couldn't have gotten into school here."
-Lloyd Carr
M 2007
The helmets and Bo snarling on TV
Probably late 70's, when I had no interest in college football. Silly me!
Watching Tim Biakabatuka on
Watching Tim Biakabatuka on my grandma's rabbit-eared TV.
I miss King of Belch.
This is mine as well
I have vague memories of my dad watching the 95 and 96 OSU games, and the first game I actually sat down and watched from start to finish was the 97 opener against Colorado.
5 years old at a New Year's
5 years old at a New Year's Day party with my parents and watching UM v. Washington in the 1981 Rose Bowl. I was in awe of the helmets.
It was the first football game that I can distinctly remember watching
Class of '97: 4 Years -- 4 Four-loss seasons
Oh my God! 16 points!! You
Oh my God! 16 points!! You guys really like me... you REALLY like me!!!!!!
This is the Best Day Ever!!!!!!
Edit - Obviously the sarcasm didn't come through -- everyone is getting the pos-bangs to counter the neg-trolls of this a.m.
Class of '97: 4 Years -- 4 Four-loss seasons
I think the sarcasm came
I think the sarcasm came through. It's just that sarcasm isn't always funny.
Biakabatuka
Trucking some unsuspecting safety on his way to the endzone
I was probably about 8
"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"
Watching him run is my first
Watching him run is my first memories of team. I think his name helped my memory hang on. Also Mercury Hayes played at some charity BBall game that I went to ( I think at a highschool by my house, hardly remember. I just remember me and a bunch of other young kids crowding around him as he took off his jersey and threw it up for grabs. I wound up getting knocked over.
Robinson also packed snow into a plastic bag for his return flight.
"Melted on the plane," he said.
'94 ND
The '94 ND game. I started crying when the domers took the lead late, and tried to walk off, but my dad made me stay and watch, saying Collins would lead them back. After the drive and Remy Hamilton's game-winner, I was hooked for life.
"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch"
my buddy...
and i ran out of my house and down the street yelling and screaming when remy hit that game winner...
I don't remember the year
But it was long before these other memories (I was at the Desmond game...sigh...), but when I was a little kid I remember my mom getting upset at the tv and wondering why this Michigan Football was getting her so worked up. I mean, it wasn't even pro football. It didn't take long to learn. And get even more upset.
Edit:Though I was at the Rose Bowl when I was 1, though I can't say I remember more than the pictures.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
First
First blurryish memory that I can only partly recall: Desmond's punt return
First crystal clear/can recall every emotion, feeling memory: Remy Hamilton to beat ND, 1994
Ufer.
Ufer. Then later climbing the wall on State to watch practice. Bo cussed me out once (OSU week).
I don't remember any
I don't remember any specifics, what year it was, which game we may have been watching (I think the short memory is probably a combination of several instances of the same thing happening), but I was in our basement watching a game with my dad.
He's a relatively quiet guy. Not shy, but just doesn't really go crazy about much, and he doesn't really care all that much about sports in general. Seeing the look on his face and hearing the scream of "OH BABY!!!!" coming from him as he jumped off the couch after a touchdown just put everything over the top for me. If he was that excited about this, I should be too.
Wow, I can think of no
Wow, I can think of no greater gift a father could give a son. This belongs in a in Hallmark card.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
My earliest Michigan Football
My earliest Michigan Football memory involved a hail mary from the arm of Kordell Stewart. I was in the opposite end zone when it happened -- I will forever remember that until the day I die. A sad, sad day. I remember my dad covering my ears as we walked out.
I stayed in a hotel in
I stayed in a hotel in Livonia that night. I rode the elevator up with a large number of CU players.
that play..
happened 65 rows in front of me, and its so vivid in my mind its like it happened yesterday...
The camera
Was right on the deck above my head. So every time they replay it, it looks exactly like I saw it...
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Listened to the 4th quarter
Listened to the 4th quarter of this one on the radio on the way to see Aerosmith at the Palace. Brutal.
Desmond having a diving TD
Desmond having a diving TD catch against Indiana or some other lowly team.
Sitting in a combine cab, as
Sitting in a combine cab, as my Dad cut corn/wheat, and listening to Bob Ufer go absolutely nuts after a 2 yd gain. My whole family are Sparties, but those fall afternoons listening to Ufer got me hooked on everything Michigan.
I just destroyed that toilet with a huge Rosenberg.
I was raised in a Sparty
I was raised in a Sparty household but there brainwashing did not work on me! I am 25 but I had never watched a College Football (on TV, my dad took me to a few Spartan games) game until Lloyd's first season. I had always only watched the NFL... mostly Lions games. So my first Michgian experience was the Virginia game. So back then I really didn't appreciate just how awesome that ending was.
My first Michigan game (in person) was the 2005 MSU game at Spartan Stadium. My first game at the Big House was unfortunatly The Horror.
So obviously the blame for
So obviously the blame for The Horror rests squarely on your shoulders.
I just destroyed that toilet with a huge Rosenberg.
I suppose I walked right into
I suppose I walked right into that one.... doh!
I'm a bit younger, so the
I'm a bit younger, so the earliest thing I can remember is of me and my friends imitating Charles Woodson on the playground. We were reinacting his interception against MSU.
Washington 2002
Phil Brabbs Dominates that field goal!
Are you 13 by chance?
Are you 13 by chance?
Moved
I moved to Ann Arbor from North Carolina the week before the Michigan v. Washington game, and also Phil Brabbs is from my Dad's hometown. So it was my first real exposure to The University of Michigan and I was completly sold from that day on.
Before that I was a fan of Mack Brown's University of North Carolina.
Ahh - makes sense! Welcome.
Ahh - makes sense! Welcome.
The third Saturday in
The third Saturday in November, 1969. I was 9 yrs. old. My parents left me alone in the house. I was flipping through the channels on the new Zenith color television. I saw two teams playing football - one had really cool helmets. I watched with interest as some kid named Garvie Craw scored a touchdown against what was supposed to be an unbeatable team coached by some fat man in a short sleeve shirt. It changed my life.
that was my first memory as
that was my first memory as well- i had no idea how historical that moment was as i watched it unfold.
we had just moved to detroit from nyc- i was 8 . we were actually back in nyc for a party with my parents. stuck in a hotel room with my 2 other brothers we had nothing to do. we turned on the tv and were quite intrigued to see our new home state on tv. we decided to watch- the rest is history. all 3 of us attended um in some fashion.
Here's...
...mine.
My first experience with college football was the 1976 Orange Bowl. I was living in Germany and AFRTS probably showed it tape delay a week after it happened for all I know. Whatever, I was in third grade and it was the first time I’d seen Michigan’s uniforms and helmet and I was enthralled. In retrospect, it was probably written in the stars at that moment that I’d end up going to school at Michigan.
LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe
97 ND
A vague memory, I was with my parents at a football Saturday party, and the hosts were ND fans. I knew who I wanted to win though, and while I don't remember any specific plays from that game, I remember the joy of my first real M win
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Neg Trolls
Looks like they're back...
"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"
They must lead a very sad
They must lead a very sad meaningless life.
I think it may have been a
I think it may have been a glitch.
Doubt it
Every post to randomly get -3 to -6? When most of them are positive M football memories? Nah.
My response is to just +1 every post with an undeserved neg like this. and yes, their existence must be a sad one
EDIT: and now all the posts just jumped up +5. Looks like they're at least sentient trolls... who disappear if we talk about them
"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"
I just feel sorry for people
EDIT: the post I replied to was deleted. It looks lost now
I just feel sorry for people like you. It can't be fun to go through life so angry and critical, which is what all people who troll really are. If you were a happy positive person, you would never take the time to write something so dumb, and thus, I feel sorry for you.
Sure, points are indeed pointless. But they help this community communicate to others when they like what they say and when they don't. What is so terrible about that? Try being a happier person, you'll enjoy it more.
As a side, my first memory is the Kordell game. My first memory in life is of me throwing up after eating a jar of pickles. Funny how your first memories tend to be traumatic.
I've been called the songbird of my generation, by those who have heard me. THAT GOOD
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I dont remember much detail, but my first UM football memory was when I was five years old watching the 1998 Rose Bowl when we won the National Title.
"I tried to but a pencil in the light socket but it was too wide and didn't fit so I used a paperclip."-Terrelle Pryor, Future Rhodes Scholar
I vaguely remember the first
I vaguely remember the first Michigan game I attended, which was the victory over OSU in Tom Brady's final home game. I remember the bowl win against Alabama more vividly however. Good times.
EDIT: I wasn't drunk, I was six.
those guys
with the cool hats on TV. This was the early 70s and i had little concept of football, but my family seemed pretty into it..
My first vivid memory was watching Ricky Leach
walking off the field at the horseshoe after having beaten OSU for the third straight year (76-77-78) and the announcers talking about how he would go down as one of the greatest players in the history of the rivalry.
I think my first game at the big house was in '77 against Duke, although I don't remember too much about it, as I was too young. I do remember a long run (90+ yards) by Butch Woolfolk against Wisconsin that I think was in 77 or 78.
My first M memories are also
My first M memories are also from the Leach era (thus, my handle). I went to several games with my Dad in the seventies. The one I remember best was a 70-14 shellacking of Navy. It stands out for two reasons. First, we were learning our multiplication tables in second grade that year, and over the weekend I became the first in my class to master my 7's. Second, I remember the cheer "yay Wood! The kick is good!" (for the extra point exploits of pk Bob Wood), which may or may not have been invented by my parents (but I thought everybody said it).
1969 Michigan getting waxed by Missouri
Bo's first year. I remember the stadium was not full and I went with some friends and ran around in what was then box seats, the first 4-6 rows where not many people were sitting that day. This was a time where your parents could drop you at the stadium and it was like $3 or so to get in for students (K-12). You would go with a bunch for friends and have free roam of much of the end zone.
I remember watching the OSU game on TV. I have vague memories of us killing Iowa and Arizona in those early years
"I knew Bo Schembechler and you sir, are no Bo Schembechler!"
The first time I walked into
The first time I walked into Section 4 when I was about 7. Most beautiful sight I had ever seen. I remember sometime around then asking my parents "was I born a Michigan fan"?
And they both replied "Of course you were."
Watching Desmond win the Heisman on a 13" TV with rabbit ears. I was seven.
Athens, GA