20 years ago this week
Somehow I missed this (we may have to remove the 'historian' from my name) but this past Wednesday was the 20 year anniversary of Dreisbach to Hayes against Virginia...
Yes, I'm sure you have the same reaction as me. How the hell has it been 20 years?
August 29th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^
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Couldn't wait till Sunday to move? You stayed in Ann Arbor all summer, but left on the opening day of football season.
August 29th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
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I'm just joking. I'll be in SLC too - should be a good game. But we will win!
"Michigan will pound Utah like they're the slutty sister wife."
August 29th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
August 29th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^
I'm actually more into M football now than I was in college too. Has a lot to do with the other cool stuff going on in your life at that time.
We're going to do the same pre-game. No real plan, just get close to the stadium and see what's what. Find some people with maize and blue and offer beer in exchange for a place to drink it.
August 29th, 2015 at 12:41 PM ^
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August 29th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^
Maybe, but despite this, I never missed a game in the 4 years I was in school (and the year after before I moved to CA). I wasn't as die hard as I am now in terms of following in the off season and knowing every freaking player's name, but I would never want to not be in the stadium when they were playing a home game, nor would any of the people I knew.
I do think the current TVs and crazy HD has something to do with it. Our fraternity had one of the old school tube big screens which we thought was awesome but was nothing like there is today. We would never miss a game in person to watch it on that.
August 29th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
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August 29th, 2015 at 7:26 PM ^
I think most of us were huge fans as kids, well before we thought we would attend Michigan or even worry about college. I had just turned 8 before the 1970 season, the first season I became a huge Wolverine fan!
August 29th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
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August 29th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
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In real time, did not look like it was even close to being in. But it was!
August 29th, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^
This game was weird because it was added late to the schedule, being the Pigskin Classic, so it wasn't part of the ticket package. It was sold as a one-off game and still pretty much filled the place up - a sign of how large the ticket-buying public was. (I think the attendance ended up being announced as 101K and change, but if you look at the crowd shots it looks pretty much full.)
IIRC, Biakabutka was injured early in this game, which left us with a freshman QB and untested RBs (as Tyrone Wheatley had just graduated). The first three quarters were rough and there were calls to put in Brian Griese at QB, but Dreisbach got it done when it mattered.
August 29th, 2015 at 5:33 PM ^
Well, it was part of the ticket package in that season ticket holders were given the opportunity to buy their seats. It was just like any other normal home game in our neck of the woods. May not have been part of the student package, as they weren't on campus yet.
Which reminds me of one of the best parts of that day. There was an old, crotchety guy with an old-school can-style radio headset sitting about five rows behind us, just railing on Lloyd for the entire first half. He was going absolutely apeshit. "Don't count on an extended contract!" I wish I'd been there for the end just to see how he handled the comeback.
August 29th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^
That game was a few weeks after my elder son was born. I had seen more my share of last second defeats while I was a student in the 1980s, so that game gave me some hope that the karma pendulum was swinging in the other direction.
Or maybe my newborn son was a good luck charm ...
August 29th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
Are you Wolverine Devotee's dad?
August 29th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
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August 29th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
17 points was the biggest comeback in Michigan history? That's not even that much. I feel like we must have had several bigger comebacks since then.
August 29th, 2015 at 12:20 PM ^
Part of it was that we rarely faced large deficits under Bo. But also, football in general has opened up in the passing game considerably since that time, and teams now can put up a lot of points more quickly. No-huddle offenses were rare back then.
The record comeback is now 21 points, from 2003 Minnesota.
August 29th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
The dramatic ending of this game prompted me to jump up with arms extended in unadultered joy, only to have my hand get mauled by a low ceiling fan the was lazily spinning in the living room. No harm was done, but Dreisbach to Hayes memories always make my right hand ache a bit.
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August 29th, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
Still such a fresh memory. I was 13, 8th Grade was about to start. My Dad and stepmom went, they said that while the game itself was obviously amazing (4th Quarter, anyway), the experience kind of sucked. 95F with nasty humidity and by the 3rd Quarter all the vendors were out of water. I was watching it back home with my stepdad. We were both going nuts on that final drive. I can still remember the phone ringing a play or two before the TD, he wanted to ignore it but thought it could be important and just picked it up without going into the other room to look at the caller ID (yes, in 1995 it wasn't always just part of the handset, kids). Sure enough, it was a telemarketer. "Are you fuckin' kidding me, lady, the game's on!" - CLICK. That was really funny to me because he's always been a very mild-mannered guy and rarely curses.
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August 29th, 2015 at 5:43 PM ^
but there was ALSO Virginia coach George Welsh deciding not to make Michigan try an extra point.
By thiis time, I believe, if Virginia had gotten the ball and ran it into the endzone, Virginia would have scored two points and won the game but Welsh was clearly too flustered by the turn of events.
August 29th, 2015 at 6:49 PM ^
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and the most routine plays get botched every once in a great while.
IIRC the call correctly, Musburger brought that point up.
August 29th, 2015 at 6:00 PM ^
I missed that game entirely. My then-girlfriend and I had planned a trip to visit her family in England. They added the game after we got our tickets and made plans. So, yeah. I had a choice to make and I chose the girl and the trip to Europe. I found out what happened the next day when I called home.
On the one-hand I missed an ionic TD, on the other I did marry the girl and we have three lovely kids. (Our 18th anniversary is tomorrow, in fact.)
By the way, was it really necessary to point out that 20 years ago?
August 29th, 2015 at 6:46 PM ^
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Our cat just turned 18 and is still quite healthy and active. I suppose she could make it over 20?
August 29th, 2015 at 9:32 PM ^
An unbelievable come from behind victory on a blistering hot day, made even more sweet for me personally as I was able to attend the tailgate party celebrating the 15th anniversary of the 1980 Big Ten Champion/1981 Rose Bowl Champion Team.
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Batshit when it happened.
Go Blue!