September 29, 2001: Captain Michigan retires (for the first time) from leg wrestling, and becomes the first person inducted to the UMTailgate Hall of Fame before Michigan’s 45-20 victory over the Illini in the 2001 Big Ten opener. BJ Askew ran for 2TDs, John Navarre threw for 2 TDs, and the Bin Lotto rolled over to the following week (if you know, you know). Pics from the rest of that day are on the game page.
December 3, 2005: The Godfather rocks an NIT Champions T-shirt and makes a drink before the group heads to a hoops game in South Bend where the Wolverines defeated the Fighting Irish 71-67. Did we take a group picture? Yup.
September 27, 2003: The crew looks on from section 30 as Steve Breaston returns a punt for TD and catches a John Navarre TD pass leading Michigan over the Gary DiNardo-led Hoosiers 31-17.
A very special retirement edition of Way Back When-sday…
January 1, 2000: Mr. Tom Brady threw for 4TDs, led Michigan back from 14-point deficits twice and forced overtime where Alabama missed an extra point, making Michigan the 2000 Orange Bowl champions. After this his last game in the Maize and Blue, Tom would go on to be the undisputed GOAT, eclipsing every QB record in the books and collecting more Super Bowl rings than any franchise. Looking forward to seeing you in the booth or on a future Michigan sideline with a headset on!
Michigan takes on Purdue in hoops tomorrow at Crisler so we throw it back to November 13, 2010 when we touched bellies for luck before Michigan’s 27-16 victory over the Boilermakers. Some interesting stats in this one: Will Hagerup, Tate Fortier, and Denard Robinson all PUNTED in this game as pooching (since outlawed by, um, math and statistics) was a standard practice back in the 2010’s. I do recall we ate two caterers trays of Chick-fil-a minis at the tailgate, and by we I mean “I”. Full game page is here and has a bunch of good photos from Frydaddy who brought his big boy camera that day.
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