Way Back When-sday Blanked the Irish

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September 13, 2003: 20 years ago today the group posed before a banner day where Chris Perry had 3 TDs, the defense got QB Carlyle Holiday benched for freshman Brady Quinn, and Michigan had a 19-play, 80 yard drive that took 10:25, still a school record. Michigan destroyed Notre Dame 38-0, and later that season would go on to beat Ohio State in the 100th edition of The Game en route to an outright Big Ten Championship. The rest of the pics from that day are on the game page here.

Who Overserved Me? The UNLV Photos: Michigan 35 - UNLV 7

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Poor Godfather was shut out of last week’s photos and he was very upset about it. Out of revenge, he had Pammy spike my drinks with extra alcohol. So I took a lot of pictures of the Godfather, and I took a lot of pics of myself because when I get drunk, I selfie more. The result is 100 photos, most of which either contain the Godfather or me. Long day of food and drinks and shotguns and bottle funnels and pushups. In the end, there was a game I don’t remember, and a lot of conversations that made little sense to anyone that was around to hear them. My sainted wife came through, somehow guiding this giant off-balance plodding beast of a man from the tailgate to the game and back without major incident, keeping the streak intact.

Way Back When-sday Beat Colorado in Boulder When Deion Was Just a Cowboy

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September 14, 1996: There was a time that things were so historically great that something as random and stupid as Kordell to Westbrook was the worst moment in Michigan sports history (and probably the worst moment of my young life). The following year, the Wolverines headed to Boulder for what was known as the “redemption…vindication” game. The group poses here before Michigan defeated the Colorado Buffalos 20-13, properly knocking down a Koy Detmer Hail Mary at the end. The next day, Deion Sanders would recover a fumble and return it 22 yards for a touchdown for the Dallas Cowboys, but fall short of victory against the Colts, who were led down the field for a game-winning field goal by quarterback Jim Harbaugh. UM-Colorado game recap and the rest of the pictures from the weekend are here.

Photos From a Spirited Lowcountry Themed Opener

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Michigan wins 30-3. Tailgate wins 100-0. Huge and hungry crowd took down an aggressive 3-meal menu jammed in to the short noon-kick pre-game festivities. Great to see all of the regular tailgate family again, and share a shot ski or two with a new batch of idiots. Even had a small group of ECU fans join us. Bunch of sweethearts those Pirate fans are, even if a couple of them were secret Buckeyes. Enjoy the photos below and the recap roundup page here, which contains links to 27 (!) other season openers from UMTailgate history.

Way Back When-sday Is Talking Decades

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August 30, 2003: That’s 20 years ago folks. An iconic photo from the season opener against Central that saw Michigan dominate 45-7 led by a 232-yard, 2 TD performance by Chris Perry. This was the first “themed” tailgate, a Luau, complete with all things pork, Hawaiian decor, and everybody getting leid. More from that weekend here on the game page.

Michigan opens this weekend against East Carolina and a Lowcountry Tailgate Theme.