September 22, 2001 - Red, white and blue pom moms and an American flag in the stands for the first game in Michigan Stadium after 9/11. Michigan would win 38 - 21 over Western Michigan behind 3 TDs (2 rushing, 1 receiving) from BJ Askew.
September 2, 2000: Hey, that’s me! Holding my niece (now a Junior at Purdue) at our tailgate on the golf course before Michigan dismantled Bowling Green 42-7 to open the season. Added about 20 fresh photos from the Godfather’s archives to the game page, which you can find here.
October 15, 1993: The group poses for a picture in the Clearfield Days Inn the night before Michigan’s first meeting and first victory over Penn State 21-13 in Happy Valley. This and the rest of the pictures from that trip (which predates my introduction to the tailgate) are part of a massive conversion of The Godfather’s photo albums to digital. Enjoy taking a look back at yesteryear when the tailgate group was just “old” as opposed to “really ancient” by visiting that now archived game page here.
October 22, 2016: The pride and joy of section 30 poses before Michigan thrashed the Illini 41-8. Game recaps and tailgate photos are available here: http://umtailgate.com/illinois-2016-1 Michigan will head to Champaign this season on 10/12 to face off with former quarterback Brandon Peters.
November 2, 2002: The old man and me before Michigan pasted the Bobby William’s led Spartans 49-3. Old man turned 80 last week!
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