Way Back When-sday is Going Streaking!

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November 22, 1997: Been holding on to this one for a while. This is Captain Michigan, Today is his birthday. 26 years ago today he agreed to run naked down the main drag in Manchester if Michigan beat Ohio State. He is nothing if not a man of his word. This picture was taken just after Michigan defeated Ohio State for the third straight year, locking in an undefeated regular season and a trip to the Rose Bowl en route to a National Championship. More from that day and beyond on the game page.

Maryland Occurred: Michigan 31, Maryland 24

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Michigan beat Maryland by seven. Same as they did last year. It was a struggle in the week prior to The Game. Same as it was last year. Last year was pretty good. Let’s do the same this Saturday as we did last year.

Way Back When-sday Got Drunk in Boston

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September 16, 1995: An appropriately out of focus group picture commemorates a weekend of drunken debauchery by the pre-website UMTailgate crew as Michigan defeated Boston College 23-13 in Chestnut Hill. Workhorse Tim Biakabutuka had 32 carries for 129 yards and a TD, but the defense was the star holding BC to 188 total yards, and sacking BC QB Matt Hartsell 5 times…which did enough damage that an unknown QB named Matt Hasselbeck had to come in the 4th quarter. More pics from the weekend on the game page here.

Raise a Glass: Michigan 24, Penn State 15

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No signs. No coach. No passing. Michigan didn’t put college football on notice Saturday…they’ve been doing that for weeks. What they did this weekend is dominate a top ten team with literally both arms tied behind their back and tell the pundits and the hypocrite big ten coaches to kiss their collective asses. They cannot lose. They will not lose. And Josh Gattis with his sour-ass exit comments from a year and a half ago is on the clock.

Way Back When-sday was the Best Tailgate Ever!

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October 15, 2005: Michigan went 54 yards in 37 seconds, culminating with a now famous “TOUCHDOWN MANNINGHAM” as time expired, and Michigan beat Penn State 27-25, their 7th in a row over the Nittany Lions and part of a 10 year run (1997-2007) with 9 straight wins. Led by Captain Michigan, we declared it “The Best Tailgate Ever” and thus began a several year run of blasting the Joe Esposito classic Karate Kid hit as often as possible. More from that day here on the game page.