The Prof and The Pundit return from Pasadena with details from this glorious victory in the Rose Bowl. Includes breakdown of the key moments, sights & sounds from the trip and a peek ahead at the National Title game.
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Brady Breaks Bama (2000 Orange Bowl) | This Week in Michigan Football History
For the CFP playoff game against Georgia, we take a trip back nearly 22 years to the 2000 Orange Bowl, when Lloyd Carr, Tom Brady, David Terrell, and crew took down the Alabama Crimson tide in overtime.
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Avoid The Bammer
We Michigan fans love our maize and blue gear and our clever T-shirts but beware: quite a few Alabama fans are on a different spiritual realm. Take The Bammer here, as seen before the 2011 Capital One Bowl against Michigan State: Having face paint and kilt is one thing, but the tattoos are obviously around 24-7. That’s dedication. After this photo was snapped Bammer grabbed my bro, a Spartan fan, and told him, “Now ya’ll take it easy on us, ya hear?” and he winked. At that precise moment, my brother’s pregame tailgate-infused glee and optimism was wiped away and he knew his Spartans were doomed. Doomed. Avoid The Bammer. Go Blue. 2000 Orange BowlI’ve had my own run-in with Alabama fans, namely at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Bullets: Alabama fans were dang annoying (not that we Michigan fans aren’t). When we won the game on the missed extra point I got the double whammy of the euphoria of a huge Michigan victory alongside the devilish joy of schadenfreude. Speaking of winning on the missed extra point. I’ve heard a few folks, looking back, telling me something like, “Yeah, great game but too bad that game ended that way.” I totally disagree with this. I don’t feel it was cheapened by how it ended. Those extra points in overtime are…
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Win-Win From the U-M Letterwinners Club
A unique opportunity from the U-M Letterwinners M Club benefitting their graduate scholarship fund. They are offering a limited number of raffle tickets to the public for a variety of prizes, including package for the Michigan-Alabama game on September 1 in Dallas: I know it’s listed at #5, but lunch I’m guessing lunch for two with AD Dave Brandon would fetch quite a pretty penny on the open market! Get in the raffle here…let me know if you win. Drawing is JUNE 1 at 8pm EDT. Related: M Letterwinners home page
