• TWIMFbH: “Turtle Slow” Tom Brady takes on Nick Saban’s Spartans (1998)

    Saturday’s edition of TWIMFbH jets back to the conference opener of 1998 – a battle against Nick Saban and the Spartans.  Tom Brady took all the snaps for the Wolverines in this gem, played on September 26, 1998: You can listen to all 6 years of This Week In Michigan Football History here.  And don’t forget to catch the whole KeyBank Countdown to Kickoff on WTKA 1050AM starting 4 hours before each game, and of course live in the Bud Light Victors Lounge when they lace them up in Ann Arbor.   See you out there. Follow MVictors on Twitter script: It’s hard to defend any title, especially a national title, but that’s what Michigan and Lloyd Carr set out to do in 1998. Gone was Heisman winner Charles Woodson, but the team returned enough talent to earn a top 5 preseason ranking. But things didn’t go as planned, and the year started 0-2 with losses at Notre Dame and at home against Syracuse. The Wolverines took the first step toward righting the ship by crushing our friends from Ypsilanti 59-20 to conclude the preseason. On September 26 1998 the Wolverines opened the big ten slate with a huge one against rival Michigan State and head coach Nick Saban. One of the big questions of the year was at quarterback, where…

  • Sorry Plaxico, Tom Brady Wore Cleats (ESPN radio audio)

    Check out former MSU receiver Plaxico Burress talking about Tom Brady this morning with Colin Cowherd on ESPN radio: [display_podcast] That Plaxico has a mancrush on respects Brady isn’t a shock, but he’s claiming that back in college Cool Tom didn’t wear cleats during a game played on grass vs. the Spartans? To get this straightened out I shot a note to longtime equipment manager Jon Falk & asked if there is any truth to Plaxico’s claim.   Falk’s reply:  "None." Case closed. P.S. I still want Super Drew Henson in there instead of Brady!