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.
godfather is here, everything is fine
September 23, 2000: A well lubricated group poses before the game where Drew Henson started the second half and Michigan scored 21 4th quarter points to dispatch the Fighting Illini 35-31 in Champaign. The rest of the photos and game page lives here.
September 2, 1995: A young group of tailgaters made the trek to Illinois as Michigan, coming off of Mercury’s miracle, dispatched the Lou Tepper-led #24 Fighting Illini 38-14. Full game page with all the pictures is here.
September 23, 2000 - A throwback to me when I was in my cougar hunting phase prior to Michigan’s 35-31 defeat of the Illini in Champaign. This photo is part of the “Pammy Project,” a rough version of Marie Kondo where I personally archive all the Godfather’s shit so his wife can get it out of the house. Full game page lives here.
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