Which Michigan Football team would you most like to watch play the game?
In the interest of learning about the needs and wants of the fanbase, I'd like know how each of you feel.
If you could only go to a game to watch one of the 135 teams in Michigan history play , which team would it be and why?
Feel free to combine different aspects of teams; for example, "the 2000 offense and the 1997 defense."
In addition to your answer, please include the range of years you've watched Michigan Football, as it will help compare and contrast different teams.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:19 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
From what I have seen in snippets here and there, THIS is what i would like to see more of. Michigan Magic!
October 4th, 2014 at 8:24 AM ^
October 4th, 2014 at 4:09 AM ^
Great call for the Mad Magicians: back when Michigan really were the "leaders and best." Michigan used to actually be ahead of the curve on offense instead of playing 30 years behind the times.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:20 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:22 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:32 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:05 PM ^
October 4th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
I think the 1985 defense was better too. 1985 had 3 shutouts, 1988 had zero. The 1985 team averaged to allow 8.12 points per game and a max of 23 points, the1988 team averaged to allow 13.92 points per game and a max of 31 points twice.
October 3rd, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
Messner was incredibly quick at the line, just unblockable. He's the best d-linemen I've seen at Michigan in the 38 years I've watched. Zettel at PSU reminds me a little of Messner. Too bad we missed out on Zettel.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:22 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
Henson's year at QB was the best ever at Michigan. 4 of the 5 OL were in the NFL the next season. A-Train was rolling behind that OL (if one can over look the fumble at NU). Terrell and Walker were a difficult 1-2 punch at WR.
It was quite simply the best offense we have fielded since Bo came to AA.
Unfortunately, the defense sucked and had no answer for teams that spread them out.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:26 PM ^
The 1986 offense with Harbaugh and Jamie Morris, paired with the '97 defense.
EDIT: Started watching Michigan in the early 80's, at the end of the Anthony Carter era.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:34 PM ^
1947...10-0...beat USC 49-0 in Rose Bowl...check them out on you tube.
Favorite Defenses were the ones in the early 70's- "Moellers Men" & "McCartney's Monsters" as Bob Ufer called them.
My first Michigan game was Sept. 1959.I was 8 and didn't appreciate how great our seats were and bitched about how hot it was that day.Bennie McRae was the star.First game I remember actually watching as a fan was the 1964 game in Columbus a 10-0 Mich. win & the Rose Bowl 34-7 over Oregon St.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:23 PM ^
2010 offense and the 2006 defense.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:25 PM ^
The 2000 team lost a close game at UCLA (aided by a bad call) when Henson was hurt, blew an 19-point lead at Purdue, and had the epic 54-52 loss at Northwestern that changed football forever. Those losses hurt so much because of how awesome that team was. If the 2000 squad, as Terelle Pyror says, "played 9 times out of 10," I think they make the NC game at least four or five times.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:29 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:51 PM ^
Look at this starting line-up:
LT: Jeff Backus, offensive line, fifth-year senior
LG: Steve Hutchinson, offensive line, fifth-year senior
C: David Brandt, offensive line, fifth-year senior,
RG: Jonathan Goodwin, offensive line, senior,
RT: Maurice Williams, offensive line, senior
TE:Bennie Joppru, tight end, junior
FB:B. J. Askew, fullback, sophomore
HB: Anthony Thomas, running back, senior (also on roster: Chris Perry, Walter Cross, Justin Fargas)
QB: Drew Henson, quarterback, junior,
WR:David Terrell, wide receiver, junior
WR:Marquise Walker, wide receiver, junior
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DE: Dan Rumishek, defensive line, junior
DT:Grant Bowman, defensive line, sophomore
DT:Eric Wilson, defensive line, fifth-year senior
LB: Larry Foote, inside linebacker, junior,
LB:Eric Brackins, inside linebacker, senior
LB/DE:Shantee Orr, Rush End/LB, sophomore,
LB: Victor Hobson, outside linebacker, junior
CB:Todd Howard, cornerback, junior
CB:Jeremy LeSueur, cornerback, sophomore
SS:DeWayne Patmon, strong safety, senior
FS:Cato June, free safety, junior
Kickers
- Jeff Del Verne, place-kicker, fifth-year senior,
- Hayden Epstein, place-kicker, punter, junior,
- Adam Finley, punter, place-kicker, freshman,
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 11:24 PM ^
Good call. I really liked this team.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:24 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:24 PM ^
I started watching when I was 6 years old in 1976. That team had Rick Leach and Rob Lytle. I'd want to watch them again to see how 44 year old me would contrast with 6 year old me. They beat Ohio 22-0, so that would be fun to watch. That team outscored it's opposition 432-95, so it obviously was good on both sides of the ball. The game is so much different now, though. I've watched some of the early 70's M-OSU games on BTN classic, and it doesn't seem very interesting - lots of runs up the middle for 3, 4, or 5 yards. But that team got me hooked at an early age.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:27 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:29 PM ^
Now I am going to have nightmares.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:56 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^
I am sure this year's offense will end up with better statistics, but largely from putting up big numbers against the likes of Miami, OH and Appalachian State. Functionally I think they are about equal.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:28 PM ^
an old team play. get to compare now and then. so id pick 1940 which was harmons senior year
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:33 PM ^
October 8, 1902.
Michigan 119 Michigan State 0
Fielding Yost's team was a week off of giving up their first points since 1900. They beat the Aggies to a pulp.
The score was 71-0 at halftime. Albert Herrnstein scored 7 TDs.
The Michigan Alumnus called it "the greatest fusillade of touchdowns ever known to the football world".
It was a Wednesday game, just 4 days after their beating of Case 48-6. Michigan's best player Willie Heston, didn't even play.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:35 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
I'd pick the 1980 team.
Most together, enthusiastic team I've seen. If there is one team during the Bo era that epitmoized "The Team, the team, the team," it was the 1980 squad. Andy Cannavino is, in Bo's own words, the greatest captain to ever serve under Schembechler. The defense finished the season not allowing a TD in its last five games. On offense, we had Wangler at QB, Stan Edwards and Butch Woolfolk in the backfield (with Lawrence Ricks--one of the most underrated RBs in the Schembechler era--backing him up), and, of course, Anthony Carter, the original #1 who finished in the top 10 of Heisman voting for 3 straight years.
I've watched Michigan Football since my birth in 1970, but I only consider to have working knowledge from 1979 until now. So, I can't compare my selection to the 1976 and 1977 teams, both of which were ranked #1 in the nation during their seasons, featuring Rick Leach and All-Americans Roby Lytle, Jim Smith, Calvin O'Neal, and Mark Donahue (and a host of other studs--this team was loaded).
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:15 PM ^
Your post about the 1980 team brought back memories of one of the most heartbreaking losses we've ever had.Michigan got a late TD to take the lead @ South Bend then a bogus pass interference penalty on us set up the winning FG.
October 4th, 2014 at 12:21 AM ^
My senior year. You made me smile. That was the best team in the country by the end of the year. The '77 and '78 teams probably had more talent, but that team was special.
October 4th, 2014 at 1:18 AM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:38 PM ^
1901, the first of the "point-a-minute" teams. Outscored their opponents 550-0. The team was built on toughness and speed. During training camp Yost's favorite technique to toughen them up were cold baths in the lake. The defense was so dominant that it only allowed 7 first downs the final 3 games, only 2 teams moved the ball inside the 30 yard line and 4 opponenets never had the ball inside Michigan territory.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:48 PM ^
October 4th, 2014 at 1:25 AM ^
October 4th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
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October 3rd, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^
1997 D, 2010 Offense. With a good D that 2010 offense would have been a hell of a lot better.
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:35 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:43 PM ^
97 D with 91 offense so I could magically make Charles Woodson and Desmond Howard young and game-ready again :)
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
Mike Hart, Braylon Edwards, Charles Woodson, Marcus Ray, Sam Sword, Dhani Jones, Glen Steele, Chad Henne, David Baas, Jason Avant, Steve Breaston
October 3rd, 2014 at 9:24 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
1948 Mad Magicians. Great offense, great defense.
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:15 PM ^
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
on each side of the ball since those guys were our friends and fraternity brothers back when that was still possible. the hammersteins, the mallorys, steve smith, muransky, jumbo john elliot, A.C., we had some fun back in the day.
saw my first michigan game in 1974, with my oldest brother playing them (and getting stomped, unfortunately). season ticket holder since 1980.
October 3rd, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^
I think I'll go with the '91 offense (Grbac and Desmond) along with the '97 defense.
October 4th, 2014 at 8:47 AM ^
October 4th, 2014 at 12:29 AM ^
I could argue for a number of offenses, but the '97 defense was a top ten of all schools in the nearly fifty years I have watched college football. Honorable mention '85 and '06.
October 4th, 2014 at 1:13 AM ^
1985 Defense, 2000 Offense
October 4th, 2014 at 1:39 AM ^
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