A guest post by Steve “Dr. Sap” Sapardanis #5: 1984 Miami (FL) – Jim Harbaugh’s first start as a Michigan Wolverine would come against the #1-ranked, defending National Champion Miami Hurricanes and he didn’t disappoint. Wolverine fans, myself included, had long felt that the maize and blue lacked one thing on offense for a few years – a tall, pocket-passing QB, ideally from California. That finally happened with the Palo Alto, CA 6-3, 202 pound Harbaugh. Having heard that he had attended a high school passing camp with John Elway as his instructor, sealed the deal for me – Harbs was going to be the next starting QB in my opinion and his first start was highly anticipated by many. His first two passes against Miami – an out pattern to Vince Bean for 11 yards and another to Steve Johnson for 16 yards – showed off his strong arm, much to the delight of the Michigan Stadium crowd, as Michigan went on to win, 22-14. It was an impressive victory for the Wolverines and a great start for the new QB from California. #4: 1985 Notre Dame – Remembering how Michigan finished the 1984 season at 6-6, not many gave U-M a chance in the season opener against Notre Dame in 1985. It was a statement game for both…
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TWIMFbH: Bo Shows ‘The U’ How We Do Things (1984)
Feels so good to be back home again. This Week in Michigan Football History returns to Ann Arbor and the Bud Light Victors Lounge at 1050AM WTKA on Saturday and here’s your bonus sneak listen. Miami FL comes to town (via Ticketmuseum.com) This time we take a trip back at the 1984 opener played on September 8 of that season, as Team 105 took on the #1 ranked and defending national champion Miami Hurricanes. Jimmy Johnson’s ‘Canes actually had already played two games that season which must have drove Bo nuts. When he found out I’m guessing some furniture was moved around. Clip: [display_podcast] How about some double bonus #TWIMFbH content? A player who prefers to remain anonymous shared this about that game and in particular, the scene doing pregame warm-ups. Awesome: “I can tell you one thing that I do recall from that game that really stuck out for me was the pre-game. As you may imagine the pre-game ritual for Bo was rather intense. We would come out in full gear and begin our warm ups with our individual position coaches. You know the usual running, stretching, form up hitting. Then we would move to the full team warm up where Bo would have us line up and hit, at full speed, against the first and second team…
