Way Back When-sday is at the Top of the Pyramid

October 19, 1996: The crew gets creative before Michigan comes back from down 17-7 to beat the Hoosiers 27-20, a comeback that included a 48-yard end around by future Heisman trophy winner Charles Woodson. Even the play by play stenographer knew CW was something special and got flowery with the language: “Williams started right, reversed to woodson who danced away from tacklers and went around le for 48 and the M TD.“ Love it. Also looking forward to re-creating this photo this week. I think we have half of this crew still around on the regular :). The rest of the pictures from this day 27 years ago are up on the game page.

Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations - Michigan 52, Minnesota 10

Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. A man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit -- ever. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote. - Carl Spackler

Tremendous day in the Twin Cities, with a Nook lunch and a Malcom Yards takeover pregame, followed by complete domination on the field. Traveling fam was strong.

Stay Regular, My Friends: Michigan 45, Nebraska 7 - The Photos

Like a tall glass of ex-lax

They may be the nicest fanbase in the B1G, but it’s only because they are all so happy because they are so damn regular. It’s a known fact that one runza per day it equivalent to 26 servings of bran flakes, and all evidence seems to point to these people sustaining on runzas. Don’t know what a runza is? Well you are not alone, as outside of Nebraska, which includes the auto-correct while I type that insists that I’m trying to type (coincidentally) “runs”, this pastry (?) is a mystery…not unlike the meat contained within it. I think it was most aptly described by the gentleman sitting behind me that called it a “closed White Castle”. But for some reason, I crave them every couple of years, and this stellar Big Ten West crossover matchup obliged once again, dragging me across the country to spend time with the most cutoff large city in the US, eat their made up fast food and pretend they are relevant. And you have to pretend. Tell them they would have won in 97, that you really are heartbroken over their unending pile of close losses, and that you were a huge Scott Frost guy and can’t believe it didn’t work out….because they really are that nice, and they don’t have anything else except a world attendance record for women’s volleyball. Anyway, Michigan played a perfect first half, and ran away 45-7, keeping the Bussin’ Bowl trophy in Ann Arbor and moving to 5-0 on the season. Hit up the game page for more stuff including Nebraska tailgates that go back to the 2005 Alamo Bowl.

Way Back When-sday Was Just A Freshman

October 8, 1994: The group picture before a 40-20 Michigan victory over the Spartans. Straight out of the box score: “With Tyrone Wheatley's 153 rushing yards on 23 attempts (6.7 yards per carry) and Tshimanga Biakabutuka's 141 rushing yards on 15 attempts (9.4 yards per carry), this backfield duo became the first Wolverines to run for 100 or more yards in the same game since Ricky Powers (151 rushing yards on 26 carries) and Jesse Johnson (104 rushing yards on 21 carries) ran for a combined 255 rushing yards against Illinois in 1991. The Wolverines racked up a total of 349 rushing yards, marking the first time that Michigan has run for over 300 yards since the Wolverines had 308 yards (including a 15 carry, 235-yard performance by Tyrone Wheatley) in a 38-31 victory over Washington in the 1993 Rose Bowl.” Head over to the game page here for more pics from this 29 year old gameday.

VICTORY!!!! Michigan 31, Rutgers 7

No, he’s not wearing hulk hands. those are his real hands ladies.

A beautiful day that was 10 degrees and some cloud cover from being perfection. Pajama participation was low, because nobody likes fun. I’m sure if I told the tailgate crew to wear Michigan colors they’d show up in red. But the boozy brunch was a success, quite festive for a noon kick, and all that orange juice I drank made me feel like I had a B12 shot. I think I might have done a light jog coming back from the game. As for the game itself, nothing like still being in the concourse when the opponent takes an early lead. It had all the traps and mistakes that help the stars align for an upset, yet Michigan won running away once again. Time for a runza-filled business trip. Onward. More from today and a lot of other Rutgers experiences on the game page.