Way Back When-sday Beat the Cowboys

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September 19, 1992: Three future tailgate hall of famers had a beer or two before the Oklahoma State Cowboys visited the Big House and got dismantled 35-3. Todd Collins went 29 of 42(!) for 285 and 2 TDs (both to Derek Alexander), and Ricky Powers led all rushers with 69 yards and 2 TDs. Game recap and pictures from 1992 Oklahoma State are here.

Way Back When-sday Had Quite a Comeback

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October 30, 2004: Having a little trouble coming to grips with the fact that “the Braylon game” was almost 20 years ago, but here we are. The first families of UMTailgate pose before Michigan comes back from a 17-point 4th quarter deficit to defeat Michigan State 45-37 in triple overtime. Chad Henne went 24 of 35 for 273 yards and 4 TDs, of which 189 yards and 3 TDs were Braylon’s. More memories on the game page here.

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

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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.

Way Back When-sday Ran Up the Score

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October 24, 1992: Just 31 years ago 🤮, the group (with a super early Stephen appearance!) gathered before Michigan manhandled the Golden Gophers 63-13 in the Big House, amazingly just the second worst beat down of the Gophers (58-0 in 2011). Michigan had 66 carries for 391 yards and 5 touchdowns AND Elvis was 14/19 (11 of them to Derrick Alexander) for 208 yards and 4 more touchdowns. More on the game page.