To kick off season 10 of #TWIMFbH, it’s time for relive The Brabbs..and I love it: You can hear this during the WTKA 1050AM Keybank Countdown to Kickoff, starting four hours before every game. And Saturday, make sure you catch Sam Webb, Ira Weintraub and Steve Clarke live inside the Go Labatt Blue mVictors Lounge. Go Blue! /script Good evening! To kickoff the 10th year of This Week in Michigan football History we take a short, but glorious trip back to August 31, 2002 as Rick Neuheisel’s 11th ranked Washington Huskies marched into Ann Arbor to take on the #13 Wolverines. A capacity crowd filled the Big House on a sweltering hot day to witness this season opener, which for a while, looked like it would be a big Meechigan blowout. On his first carry of the day, Chris Perry broke through an enormous hole and dashed 67 yards to paydirt. Then, early in the 2nd quarter, John Navarre connected with Braylon Edwards for a 45 yard TD to put the Blue up 14-0.But the Huskies wouldn’t go quietly as U-Dubb quarterback Cody Pickett battled back…and before they knew it the 111,000 fans had a game on their sweaty hands. Things remained tight as Chris Perry’s 3rd touchdown of the day put Michigan up early in fourth. But the Huskies quickly answered and LED…
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TWIMFbH: A Ticket to Michigan Football’s Valhalla (Washington 2002)
Welcome to the first edition of the 4th season(!) of This Week in Michigan Football History. This time we step back to exactly 11 years this Saturday to the seesaw battle against the sweatervested Rick Neuheisel and his Washington Huskies in the 2002 season opener. The wild events of the final couple minutes caused many a Michigan man to lose his hair, especially those enduring the brutal heat that day. But in the end, coach Carr chose wisely and and the name Phil Brabbs is forever etched in Wolverine lore. Clip: [display_podcast] If you missed it, I chatted with Brabbs this week about the kick, kicking cancer’s ass and more. And P.S. I know old Ufe’ used to say “..to the coast of lake Huron,” but my boys Sap and Kryk we’re listening in Canada, ok? So Lake Erie it is. Remember–You can catch all of the This Week in Michigan Football History clips here. Listen to it live tomorrow on the KeyBank Countdown to kick-off on WTKA 1050AM or catch it live inside the Bud Light Victors Lounge. Follow MVictors on Twitter script: To kickoff another year of This Week in Michigan football History we take a short, but glorious trip back to August 31, 2002 as Rick Neuheisel’s 11th ranked Washington Huskies marched into Ann Arbor to…
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Phil Brabbs & the Righteous Ratty Shoe
Eleven years ago this Saturday coach Lloyd Carr summoned Phil Brabbs onto the field. Seconds later he punched his ticket to Michigan Football’s Valhalla as his 44-and-a-half yard kick sailed true and sunk Washington 31-29. Phil was mobbed by his teammates, you hugged the person next to you and probably spilled a few things. Life was good.
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Won’t Get Fooled Again–The U-M History Calendar (beta)
So I’m listening to the WTKA ‘Fantastic Friday’ broadcast prior to the Alabama beat down. Former U-M kicker Phil Brabbs took a break from kicking cancer’s ass & called into the show. Naturally the topic of his splendid game-winning kick against Washington in 2002 came up. Then this happened: someone on Twitter pointed out that it was the 10th anniversary off that kick. After the obligatory sadness (I’m getting old) I realized that there’s really no reason that such dates and anniversaries should be sneaking up and biting us. So this week I pinged the brilliant Craig Barker of The Hoover Street Rag for help and away we went on this concept. We started plugging in key dates in the history of the football program – the good, the bad, birthdays, deaths, special anniversaries and milestones. It’s a publicly available Google Calendar and I’ll keep it as a page in the tabs above, and post the upcoming events on my sidebar (scroll down). Again, we have just started (177+ entries, some need tweaks) but I like what we have so far. And thanks to Craig – your entries are spot on and yes, I love this one. Check it out. For starters – Did you know Harry Kipke died on this day 40 years ago? Did you know ‘The Catch’…
