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.

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

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.