Poll: Which Michigan Road/Neutral Games Have You Attended?
Tomorrow night will be my 19th road/neutral Michigan game, including 4th straight road opener. I'm 8-10. Here's my list:
2015 Utah
2014 ND
2013 Northwestern
2012 Alabama
2012 ND
2012 Purdue
2012 Virginia Tech
2009 Iowa
2007 USC
2004 ND
2004 Purdue
2001 Washington
2000 UCLA
2000 Purdue
2000 Northwestern
1999 Wisconsin
1998 Northwestern
1998 Washington State
1997 Indiana
I should add we only lost those three games in 2000, and by a combined 7 points. Saw three goal posts come down that fall. Had I not gone we might have won another national championship.
So what's your list?
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
2000 Citrus Bowl vs. Auburn
2003 Rose Bowl vs. USC
2004 Rose Bowl vs. Texas
2005 Iowa
2005 Northwestern
2006 Notre Dame
2006 Rose Bowl vs. USC
2007 Capital One Bowl vs. Florida
2010 Gator Bowl vs. Mississippi State
Highlights: Watching Notre Dame fans silently march out of the stadium after Manningham shredded their #2 ranked team was the best. Lloyd pulling out all the stops to take out Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer then carried out by his team was unforgettable.
Lowlights: Still wonder what could've been if Braylon had caught that first quarter bomb from Navarre against the loaded Leinart/Bush Trojans. Still can't believe that Dusty Mangum kick was good despite Ernest Shazor getting a piece of it. Everything about the Gator Bowl in 2010.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
1979 MSU.
September 2nd, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
Whoa. I just noticed that tomorrow is my third straight road opener too. Can't wait to see us win one of these. I've been to some tough road games over the last few years. At least the Northwestern game turned out good - that Rutgers game was no fun. And neither was the UConn game - even though we had won.
The Outback Bowl was a tough one too - we definitely played tough in that one. I really thought we were going to pull that one out. Maybe I should stop going to road games. LOL
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
1997 - Sparty (W)
1997-Rose Bowl (W)
1999-Sparty (L)
1999-Penn St. (W)
2000-Purdue (L)
2010 - Ohio St . vicisious beat down (L)
2012-Jerry World Bama beatdown (L)
I am 3-4 away from A^2 as a fan with some great wins and a few brutal defeats.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
MSU: 93 97 99 01 03 07 09
OSU: 06 08 10
PSU: 01 08 10 13
ND: 02 06 08
Iowa: 03
Purdue: 08
Wisconsin: 07
Alabama 12
Connecticut 13
Rutgers 14
Rose Bowl 98 04
Outback Bowl 03
Sugar Bowl 12
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
While my bucket list has me catching a UM game at every B1G stadium, I still have some work to do. I'm crossing my fingers on timing as I might be able to cross Minnesota off the list this year, as I'll be in MN this fall on a date TBD for my new godson's baptism. (He's due in September and the date of his baptism remains TBD). With Wisconsin coming back on the schedule soon, I'll be able to cross off that one too.
Here's the ones I've been to (pretty much all Northwestern as its half an hour away):
2014 - M00N @ Northwestern
2013 - Dileo Slide @ Northwestern
2009 - The goal line failure @ Illinois (aka the Soul Dong Punch game)
2007 - Won 28-16 @ Northwestern, Lloyd Carr's final season
2005 - Won 33-17 @ Northwestern after a 2nd half shutout of the Cats.
1998 - Won 12-6 @ Northwestern
1996 - Blew a 16 point 4th quarter lead @ Northwestern
Other sports:
Ice Hockey - 2001 Cold War @ MSU Spartan Stadium
Basketball - 2013 Mens Basketball @ Northwestern
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
took my kids from the Belk Bowl in Charlotte straight down to Florida for the Michigan/Miss St game the next day. 2 games in 2 days. It was a great road trip but a terrible game.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
Notre Dame - 1994 (W) & 2004 (L)
UCLA - 2000 (L)
Syracuse - 1999 (W)
Boston College - 1995 (W)
Michigan State - 1989 (W), 1991 (W), 1995 (L), 2003 (W)
Ohio State - 1994 (L) & 2006 (L)
Penn State - 1995 (L)
Purdue - 1996 (L)
Wisconsin - 1997 (W)
Iowa - 1998 (W)
Northwestern - 1996 (L), 2000 (L), 2007 (W)
Indiana - 1995 (W)
Illinois - 1995 (W) & 2007 (W)
Minnesota - 1998 (W)
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
That loss was tough to take on TV; it must have been excruciating in person.
September 2nd, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
I was there also. It really really sucked.
September 2nd, 2015 at 4:43 PM ^
It was not so much excruciating as it was just this bizarre theater of the absurd. I remember making my way back to the El with my buddy and we just were laughing in disbelief that we scored 51 points and lost....to Northwestern.
Excuciating was sitting in a cold, drizzle in Iowa City watching Michigan slog it out with Iowa 12-9. Excruciating was freezing your ass off in West Lafayette while losing to Purdue 9-3 when Michigan had the ball on the goal line and Lloyd Carr decides to try and have Will Carr do his best Refrigerator Perry impression and barrel in for the go-ahead score only to fumble.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
2008 Minnesota
2009 Wisconsin
2012 Minnesota
2013 Iowa
2014 Northwestern
I am 3-2. Not going to any road games this year, but would like to get to Nebraska eventually.
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
They were very friendly before and after the game in 2012; I'll go back when I get the chance.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:26 PM ^
Jan. 1992 Rose Bowl (Washington)
Dec. 1995 Alamo Bowl (A&M)
Jan. 1998 Rose Bowl (Washington St.)
1998 Ohio State
Jan. 2002 Citrus Bowl (Tennessee)
2012 Jerry World
2012 Notre Dame
That's a record of 1-6 but thankfully the one win is the one that mattered the most.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:26 PM ^
1977 Rose Bowl
1985 South Carolina
1986 Notre Dame
1987 Rose Bowl
1993 Rose Bowl
1991 Boston College
1993 Penn State
1995 Boston College
1995 Penn State
2011 Gator Bowl
2014 Notre Dame
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
I'm 7-6 seeing Michigan away from Ann Arbor. A handful of the games, including the Rose Bowls, were with the band.
2013 UCONN
2009 MSU
2006 Minnesota
2005 Rose Bowl - Texas
2004 Northwestern
2004 Ohio State
2004 Notre Dame
2004 Illinois
2004 Rose Bowl - USC
2003 Indiana
2003 MSU
2003 Iowa
2002 Purdue
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 Notre Dame
2009 MSU
2012 Sugar Bowl
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
I gotta say that I have never attended a Michigan road game.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:32 PM ^
but here are two that occured in 1986 that suddenly come to mind ....
at Indiana and at Nore Dame
#4 at QB and 2 Michigan victories. The IU game is memorable to me because Harbaugh ran an unbelievable option play when he ran some 35 yards downfield only to have an IU player catch up with him ... and as he was just getting tackled he calmly flipped the ball to his tailback that had been following him the entire way ... TD Michigan !
Go Blue!
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:32 PM ^
Every game @ MSU from 1993-2013
@ NW 2011, 2013
@ ND 2006
@ Cowboys Classic vs Bama
Sugar Bowl
I know I'm missing some
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September 2nd, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^
If Carr doesn't immediately drop the ball when he runs into Okeafor, part of me wants to believe that the game turns out differently.
What I remember more is that it was earlier that week that Tony Colletto said he was not returning as Purdue's head coach, and then they promptly go out and beat their first Top 10 opponent since the mid-1980s - us.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
1998 Washington State (Rose Bowl)
2000 Alabama (Orange Bowl)
2000 UCLA
2004 USC (Rose Bowl)
2006 Ohio State
2008 Penn State
2009 Michigan State
2012 Virginia Tech (Sugar Bowl)
2012 Alabama (Cowboys Classic)
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
I saw M in Evanston 3 times.
O.P.
I'm nearly positive that while the students tried to rip down the goal posts in Evanston in 2000 they were ultimately unsuccessful. The engineers claimed the posts were too reinforced but also non-athlete NU students are not the brawniest in the Big Ten.
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September 2nd, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
I've only been to two (although I aim to change that!).... both the last two Northwestern games in Evanston. They were both horrible displays of comedy. #M00N
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
I think this is all of them:
1988 Notre Dame
1988 Wisconsin
1999 Syracuse
2000 Orange Bowl (Alabama)
2004 Rose Bowl (USC)
2009 Iowa
2009 Illinois
2011 Northwestern
2011 Iowa
2012 Alabama (Dallas)
2013 Iowa
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
2014 MSU. Being drunk didnt even help.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^
09 MSU
10 OSU
11 MSU
12 ND
12/13 Outback Bowl
13 MSU
That's 0-7 for anyone keeping track. I'm wary of going to the Maryland game this year
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
I wouldn't put too much stock in your record to date unless you went to games at Northwestern, Purdue, or Indiana. We haven't won at Ohio State since 2000, at PSU since 2006, at MSU since 2007, and at Iowa since 2005. I didn't include Wisconsin because we have played them so infrequently over the last decade, but we haven't won in Madison since 2001. The last decade has been pretty dark.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^
2005 Alamo Bowl. Not sure if anyone else did this, but the Lions played the Katrina-displaced Saints in San Antonio the Sunday prior. Had some family in SA so we made a Christmas vacation trip out of it and went to both games. Lions won on a last second Hanson field goal after a hail mary bomb from Joey Harrington to Roy Williams. Oh, the memories.
2010 @ Indiana. Met some buds who live in Louisville halfway. Was part of one of those 5-0 starts under Rich Rod, during Denard's first-half-Heisman run. Good game, think it was 42-35.
2013 @ MSU. Full disclosure, my son attends MSU and my wife and some fellow Sparty parents thought it would be "fun" to go to this game. Worst. Day. Ever. Weather sucked. Team sucked worse. Everything else about the day sucked even worse-er.
Might do Indiana again this year. Would love to do a Chicago/Northwestern trip, and hit some of the big future road games, especially Washington but also UCLA, Texas, maybe even Florida @ Jerry World.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
2012 Nebraska (Denard goes down early, along with all hope for a win)
2013 BWW Bowl vs. K-State (Morris starts because Gardner is hurt, Countess gets destroyed by Lockett)
I should never go to any more away games.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
UM-MSU once in the 70's, twice in the late 80's and once early 90's
Northwestern in 1982 or 1983...can't remember but it was when I was in school in Chicago.
Notre Dame in 2012
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:54 PM ^
1985 Iowa
1990 Notre Dame
1991 Boston College
1993 Penn St
2010 Indiana
Almost forgot the best one I ever attended 1996 at Columbus
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^
97 Indiana
98 Northwestern
99 Syracuse
01 Iowa
03 Minnesota
04 Illinois
06 Minnesota
08 Purdue
09 MSU, Iowa
10 Penn State, Gator Bowl
11 MSU, Northwestern, Sugar Bowl
12 Bama (Cowboy Classic), ND
13 UCONN, Penn State, MSU
14 ND, Rutgers, MSU
Planned for this year:
15 Utah, Maryland, Indiana, Minnesota, Penn State
I’m only 24 so I feel pretty accomplished and very lucky that I’ve been able to make it to all these games.
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^
You're going to every away game this year? Wow. Do you go to all the home games too?
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^
Yeah I figured it was about time I accomplished the "every game" feat. There's about 5-6 of my buddys that go to as many road games as we can. And yes this is my last year of student tickets sadly, haven't missed a home game since Rich Rod's first year. Always went to a lot before then too but not every one like I am able to now.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:54 PM ^
Michigan Sate early 80s (W)
Notre Dame, Ohio State, Rose Bowl, 1986 (W, W, L)
Boston College 1991 (W)
Ohio State 2010 (L)
UConn 2013 (W, sort of)
Notre Dame, Rutgers 2014 (L, L)
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:55 PM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^
95 Illinois (W)
95 MSU (L)
13 BWW Bowl KSU (L)
I should have stopped going to away games after the first one. :(
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
1997 MSU
2003 Northwestern
2011 Northwestern
2012 Purdue
4-0 record to date.
September 2nd, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^
you need to attend more road games. Might I suggest a kickstarter campaign?
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
2006 OSU
2010 ND
2012 VA Tech (Sugar Bowl)
2012 ND
2013 Northwestern
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
2015 Minnesota
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
@ Notre Dame in 2004 (L)
2012 Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) v. Virginia Tech (W)
2013 Outback Bowl (Tampa) v. South Carolina (L)
2014 BWW Bowl (Tempe) v. Kansas State (L)
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
1999 Syracuse
1999 Penn St
2002 ND
2002 OSU
2003 NW
2005 Wisc
2006 ND
2006 Minn
2007 NW
2008 Purdue
2011 NW
2013 NW
2014 NW
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
03 MSU (W)
07 Rose Bowl (L)
08 ND (L)
08 PSU (L)
08 OSU (L)
09 MSU (L)
09 Illinois (L)
09 Wisconsin (L)
10 PSU (L)
10 OSU (L)
12 Alabama (L)
13 BWW Bowl (L)
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^
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September 2nd, 2015 at 3:48 PM ^
That's bad, man. 11 in a row!