Where does the 2024 Rose Bowl Goal Line Stand rank in Michigan Football History?
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:45 PM ^
It’s right up there at the top, for me. And so is Blake’s TD run. Winning that game took TWO iconic Michigan football moments. Experiencing that live is something I hope to never forget!
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:51 PM ^
I think you have to consider Roman Wilson's circus catch before tying it up too.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:53 PM ^
This. That grab may have saved the game.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:55 PM ^
And it's just pure football beauty to boot- its going to be the wallpaper on my phone for a while.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:10 PM ^
That game was filled with memorable plays like the ones mentioned above, the sacks, and JJ's circus catch to instant throw as he is getting smeared for a 20 yard play.
We score a TD on that drive and if JJ doesn't make that catch its likely a huge loss (or even turn over) and a punt.
January 3rd, 2024 at 12:50 PM ^
Its a scoop and score for Bama 100%. That defender was on an island with JJ.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:37 PM ^
I may have missed it if there already is, but I hope there is a picture with him looking like the Jumpman logo. One angle was pretty close, but just a bit further from the camera and not quite the right angle.
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:08 PM ^
If I could start a thread, I might start a Roman Wilson appreciation thread. He's been great for us
January 3rd, 2024 at 8:48 AM ^
CJ has been just as clutch, I think more, keeping the chains moving in huge games with little catches no one notices. Those catches were game winning catches, they just happen in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Thanks for coming back CJ!
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:49 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2024 at 9:13 AM ^
You know if that ball does NOT get tipped at the LOS I think that is a pick by Bama. Their DB broke beautifully on that ball and could not adjust to the slightly higher and a touch slower pass once he broke. A game of inches.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:46 PM ^
Corum’s TD the play after Zinter got his leg snapped should be up there, too. That moment could’ve been detrimental and swung the advantage OSU’s way, but it instead galvanized the team.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:31 PM ^
We need to start curating an early Of The Decade list, because it's so full.
Rank these:
(a) Corum TD after Zinter gets hurt
(b) Goal-line stand against Bama
(c) Hassan Haskins hurdles fool against Ohio State 2021
(d) the Sainristil PBU, 2022
(e) We Stole your "Don't Tackle Edwards" sign, OSU 2022
(f) JJ double pass, Alabama 2023
(g) Roman Wilson climbs the ladder, Alabama 2023
(h) Roman Wilson catches ball on dude's head, Nebraska 2023
(i) Kenneth Grant runs down Kaytron Allen, PSU 2023
(j) Rod Moore game-sealing interception, OSU 2023
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:49 PM ^
(K) Hutchinson burying the OSU lineman into Bolivia and gets the sack
(L) O-JA-BO
January 3rd, 2024 at 12:29 AM ^
The biggest for me personally and my initial jubilation (not the “most impactful” of the group), was C. It was that hurdle where I finally believed that we were: “Michigan again. Michigan.”
January 3rd, 2024 at 7:01 AM ^
Somewhere I see John Bacon sighing, still trying to figure out how to wrap his arms around all of this.
January 3rd, 2024 at 12:54 PM ^
Anyone else think that Eric All Penn State catch and run TD may have been the play that started it all?
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:46 PM ^
This defense, thus far, has had two of the most iconic plays, especially on defense, in Michigan history. The aforementioned stop and the Rod Moore interception to win the game against Ohio State.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:53 PM ^
and Mike Sainristil PBU of Cade Stover in 2022. That was magical
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:38 PM ^
Mikey not getting enough love in this thread.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:43 PM ^
He could be mentioned in every post and this would still be accurate.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:47 PM ^
I think that's my favorite Michigan play ever. The aesthetics of it are just perfect. Cade Stover is 6 foot 4, 251 pounds; Sainristil is 5 foot 10, 183 pounds. But Sainristil just has that dawg in him.
One interesting fact that I didn't know is that Cade Stover was recruited as a linebacker and then played defensive end his Freshman year; he even played linebacker in the 2022 Rose Bowl a bit. So they are actually both converted players.
January 3rd, 2024 at 8:50 AM ^
As was Harrell’s, thats the crazy part. 30 different players make key plays every game!
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:47 PM ^
probably right below Corum's TD run.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:55 PM ^
Yeah, to me the Corum run is unquestionably the “iconic” moment from that game. The stop was great and I will always remember it, but it is more that Mason Graham TFL on second down that jumps to the forefront of my mind in that series. “The stand” was essentially a broken play into a stacked box.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:50 PM ^
Definitely up there with:
O JA BO
Hello Heisman
Woodson Punt Return
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:53 PM ^
Hello Heisman was great but the team wasn't going to win a national championship due to a previous loss to FSU.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:23 PM ^
O JA BO was basically in garbage time. Great play and great call, though.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:51 PM ^
Woodson’s interception in the Rose Bowl is iconic. It won Michigan a rose bowl and a national championship, but it wasn’t the last play of the game.
(His INT against MSU was cool as hell, maybe the greatest INT ever, but the stakes weren’t as high.)
January 3rd, 2024 at 8:13 AM ^
That pick kicked off the Heisman campaign. It has a rightful place on any 'Top x' list...
January 3rd, 2024 at 9:07 AM ^
Well then you need to add Desmond’s 4th down TD in back of end zone to beat ND. It was his 6th TD in 2 games (the week before he had 4 vs BC—punt, KO, and IIRC a run and a pass rec). But the 4th down TD was the exclamation point that effectively kicked off his campaign.
(Cool story—I was at both the BC game (in Boston) and the home game vs ND.)
January 3rd, 2024 at 1:04 PM ^
Given the years I was at Michigan (86-93), Desmond's 4th and 2 will always have a special place in my heart
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:52 PM ^
Hard to think of a bigger one. For pure excitement, maybe Roundtree's game winner against Notre Dame? Or Braylon's fourth quarter against MSU? Pehaps Henne to Manningham against Penn State?
But based on what was at stake, I'd say the game-tying drive and then the goal line stand may be the greatest Michigan football moments of my lifetime.
Until Monday.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:54 PM ^
For pure excitement, listen to Ufer’s call of Anthony Carter’s TD against Indiana.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:59 PM ^
Not having lived through that era of college football, I don’t understand that play from a football logistics perspective. It’s one down for the game from midfield and the best receiver on the field takes a crossing route and hits the seam to paydirt? When has that ever happened? What was the defense doing, and why?
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:02 PM ^
A little different but the Eric All catch/TD run against PSU in 2021 wasn’t that different
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:03 PM ^
I really think you have to separate reg season games from bowl games. They are completely different things
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:38 PM ^
That was in the middle of the 4th quarter. The AC catch was the last play of the game. I don’t understand the defense that could possibly be called to allow such a play to happen.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:10 PM ^
It's important to remember that while it was one of the best Indiana teams ever, it was still Indiana at the end of the day.
January 3rd, 2024 at 8:19 AM ^
They were in the 'Prevent-a-Win' defense - everybody deep. So they gave up the middle depth and allowed the catch because they didn't want anything going deep. And once he caught it, he made a move and the guy nearest him fell flat on his face causing the second guy to fall flat on his own face. From there, AC just out-ran the safety coming from the other side.
They had him doubled and let him catch it underneath. The thought, undoubtedly, was don't try to stop the catch because that's where you get beat. What they didn't think about was that it was Anthony fucking Carter that forced Bo fucking Schembechler to finally start using the forward pass as a weapon.
They had the right coverage. He just beat them.
January 3rd, 2024 at 12:59 PM ^
What is crazy is that we had dominated Indiana for years before that. Something like 90-10 the previous two seasons. Why it is celebrated like that im still not sure I understand.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:15 PM ^
"Oh my God, Carter scored!"
I'll see your Ufer and raise you Frank Beckmann's call of Woodson's end zone interception against OSU.
"Polish off the Heisman ... "
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:22 PM ^
Too often forgotten when that story is told is the great play by Lawrence Reid just before, lateraling the ball across the sideline from between the numbers and the hash when he realized there was no other way to get the clock stopped.
And of course none of it could have happened without Lee Corso's weaselly settling-for-the-tie with less than a minute to play.
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:15 PM ^
Yes! Anthony Carter's 45-yard touchdown catch and run against Indiana, which clinched a 27–21 victory for Michigan as time expired. Part of the historic nature of that play is the accompanying radio call by Bob Ufer.
January 2nd, 2024 at 11:26 PM ^
That Ufer clip was in the reel that the UM alumni club or admissions dept (can't remember which) played on a recruiting event in my hometown.
Michigan had me at hello, but that sure helped seal my desire to be Ann Arbor bound.
January 2nd, 2024 at 10:30 PM ^
I was at UTL1 and while it was amazing that game is deeply stupid and Michigan mostly won it by rolling 6 after 6 in the fourth quarter (and by Jerome Gallon's cloaking device).
As far as Denard highlight games, 2010 Illinois, 2010 Notre Dame (of course) and 2011 Ohio State for me are probably the best.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:53 PM ^
I have trouble ranking things, because I have trouble picking favorite things in general, but it's gotta be high up on the list, for all kinds of reasons- the stakes of the game, the iconic beauty of it being at the Rose Bowl, etc. I'm tempted to say that it might have been the most cathartic moment in a game that I've watched, even with all of the cathartic plays we've had over the last few seasons- I'm thinking, Haskins' last touchdown against Ohio State, the Dovan Edwards' two touchdown runs against... Ohio State. This one felt different, though- it was a single moment that cashed in so much frustration for us, in spectacular fashion. All those times that we've been -just-that-close and hadn't been able to get it done, they all got brushed aside in an instant.
January 2nd, 2024 at 8:59 PM ^
That probably set a record for the most air released during one collective sigh of relief. It felt like all the air in my body left me at that moment. Just an overwhelming sense of calm came over me. I know most people were ecstatic and screaming shouts of joy. I was just happy and calm. After going 0 for the last 6 bowl games, we finally won one.
January 2nd, 2024 at 9:39 PM ^
Yeah that was me. I watched Texas v UW on absolute cloud nine. It’s possible that I have never enjoyed a football game more than the 2024 Sugar Bowl.