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.