Breaking a losing string against the buckeyes - 1976 MICHIGAN 22 osu 0
My guess is most of us also check Maize n Brew but in case you don't, there's a nice piece on the '76 Michigan/osu game where we broke a losing streak. Some of you may be familiar with this game. Rick Leach and Rob Lytle headlining.
Includes some game footage which is pretty awesome (not the quality) as you get to hear the amazing Bob Ufer and the incredible passion he had for Meeechigan football.
http://www.maizenbrew.com/football/2017/4/20/15285766/throwback-thursda…
In case you need a little inspiration for this Thursday.
GO BLUE!!
April 20th, 2017 at 11:27 AM ^
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April 20th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
The bitching on the message boards by 75 was horrible...
April 20th, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^
We kept running out of thumb tacks!
The Lantry FG was good but the sorry ass refs called it out.
We lost the game 12-10 instead of winning it 13-12.
After the game, Schembechler said "That FG would've counted if this game had been in Ann Arbor" (or something like that).
That "loss" was particularly bitter after the vote in 1973.
It's a bitch going from jubilation on the game winning kick to see the officials, for whatever reason - The Wood Man - calling it wide. I think the replays might have caused an even worse feeling, if possible.
April 20th, 2017 at 11:53 AM ^
Only a 2 year losing streak? What a time to be alive.
From that point to Tressel's arrival (1976-2002) that would be the longest winning streak OSU ever had over us at two games, 1981 and 82.
It was pretty huge when they beat us in back-to-back years for the first time since the early Reagan years....and them winning in Ann Arbor after going winless for the decade at the big house.
I need a tissue. Or a million of them.
April 20th, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
Bo went for 2 after the 3rd TD as payback for Dr.Strangehayes going for 2 in 1968 while up 50-14.
Going for two was sweet payback, but Bo's motivation was tactical. Since we had lost to Purdue a tie sends OSU to the Rose Bowl as out right champions. Michigan needed to beat Woody to claim a share of the B1G title. We go to the rose bowl on the head to head win.
After Michigan took a 7-0 lead, Schembechler said he and his staff debated whether they should go for two points then or later so that Ohio State couldn't gain a tie. That's all the Buckeyes needed to gain a fifth straight Rose Bowl trip since Michigan already had a loss in the league and the Buckeyes were 7-0.
"We had to gamble, and we decided to go for two points after the second touchdown," Schembechler disclosed.
On the fake extra point try, holder Jerry Zuver took the snap and ran around left end, giving the Wolverines a 15-0 lead.
April 20th, 2017 at 12:30 PM ^
April 20th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^
Yup. Pretty weird to think that any incoming recruits have probably only seen Michigan beat Ohio State once in their life and that was when they had an interim coach.
April 20th, 2017 at 11:58 PM ^
That second half of the 2012 game still gives me emotions. We realistically should have won this year, 2012 and 2013 with how the games went but thats football
will mean he will try to recreate this score.
AND HE WILL DO IT
I look forward to this OSU game more than I have looked forward to an OSU game in a while.
As I recall, that was the game where a very frustrated Woody Hayes went after the ABC camera man to our delight in the student endzone!
Two takes from watching and listening to that. 1) Woody Hayes was douche. 2) Bob Ufer is the greatest radio announcer michigan ever had. I liked Beckman but Brandstatter needs to go back to color.
April 20th, 2017 at 11:44 PM ^
Ufer during the game broadcast:
"That's right, I have 7 kids. No I'm not Catholic, just careless."
To this day, it's the most satisfying victory I can remember over OSU since we shut them out on their home field in front of all their dirtbag fans. It was Rob Lytle's last regular season game as a Wolverine.
I was a UM senior in the fall of 1976 and the 3 previous games vs OSU had been so painful- on top of 72 and 70. The only bright spot had been 71 at UM Stadium. To so thoroughly thrash the Buckeyes in the second half in Columbus was just heaven.
I remember being at the 1969 game, and that was the greatest sports experience I ever had. The stadium was nuts! It was a few days before most of us could talk.
I was a freshman in 1976 -- living in Chicago House, West Quad. At the conclusion of the game, I joined many fellow West Quaddies in front of the Michigan Union, cheering the OSU beatdown and Rose Bowl berth. The weather was chilly -- but I vividly remember our group ending up in front of the President's House, and President Robben Fleming coming outside - in a short-sleeved shirt, and no coat - and leading us in "The Victors"!
BTW, Rick Leach lived in Adams House (also West Quad) that year. Without a doubt, he was the best pinball player I've ever seen. He used to pile up free games on "Spirit of 76" - and his offensive linemen would tilt them away. Incredible hand-eye coordination!
April 20th, 2017 at 10:58 PM ^
I loved that 76 team so much. Rob Lytle was my first Michigan hero. They wrecked almost everyone that year. (I will never understand Purdue.) But I was still awfully nervous for that OSU game. 75 was so depressing; 74 was a horrible joke; 73 was a ridiculous joke. The 76 game was such a sweet relief. Bo was officially 5-4-1 against evil Woody, but it really should have been 7-3.