20 years ago this week
Somehow I missed this (we may have to remove the 'historian' from my name) but this past Wednesday was the 20 year anniversary of Dreisbach to Hayes against Virginia...
Yes, I'm sure you have the same reaction as me. How the hell has it been 20 years?
August 29th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
August 29th, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
I was there, but sitting in the other end zone. And I was really glad to see the Barber twins leave town.
August 29th, 2015 at 7:23 PM ^
Go blue!
August 29th, 2015 at 7:23 PM ^
Go blue!
August 29th, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
that was my freshman year. since the game was 10 days before the semester started, I watched on TV. arrived for orientation in A2 3-4 days later and saw them play Miami(OH) the next week.
Orgo I + Lab fridays 1-5 (bruuuutal)
Calc I
Accel French
Got hockey tix with my future wife for $87 a month later.
August 29th, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
two things:
1. At least you didn't have to take Fortran that semester.
2. You met your wife the first month into college? Did you two get hockey tickets together straight away or was she already getting them so the timing just worked out? (3 things I guess).
August 29th, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^
She was getting them with my roommate and those 2 camped out to get them. I was reluctant to get tix at all but they offered to get mine since they were getting them already. Yes 1st month of college we met
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August 29th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
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August 29th, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
Awesome game to go out on. I moved to Philadelphia the next day.
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August 29th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
August 29th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
Or the onliest, loneliest Michigan fan left in the House....
August 29th, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
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August 29th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
of that catch hangs in my Michigan memorabilia room. The first game of Lloyd's tenure as head coach was a brutally hot early afternoon game carried nationally on ABC. Michigan struggled offensively most of the day before Scott Driesbach started to connect late. Mercury Hayes was the perfect name for the best target and catch of the day.
I was living in Ann Arbor then, and remember the heat for that late August game seemed worse than any day that summer.
This was the first of many fantastic finishes under Carr and two years removed from the NC season.
For many, the game's ending eclipses the Hail Mary loss sustained against Colorado the year before and signaled the start of memorable opening day wins and losses during the Carr reign, including the Phil Brabb field goal win over Washington and the Horror loss to App State in Lloyd's last season that ended with a most unexpected victory over Florida
August 29th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
Ann Arbor News headline from that game.
August 29th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
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August 29th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
WD what came first - a) potty training, or b) first Super Guide???
/jk
August 29th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
I was ALSO ten years old when this happened lol.. just thought I'd add to all the string of posts made by 29/30 year olds who remember this moment in michigan history.
August 29th, 2015 at 7:17 PM ^
August 29th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
This was my first game at 10 years old as well. My dad's boss had a connection to the school and was able to get Mercury Hayes to sign a print of the catch. The ball is about 18" from his hands and you can perfectly see the scoreboard showing zeros.
Somehow my 10 year old self managed to save the ticket stub from the "Pigskin Classic"
August 29th, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
This is my first vivid memory of Michigan football, and ultimately the reason I'm a wolverine. Goosebumps.
August 29th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
Wow, crazy how this feels like yesterday. I'm with the above couple of gents in this being one of my first vivid Michigan memories. I remember how excited I was to have Michigan kick off this early in the season! Very cool Wolverine Historian.
August 29th, 2015 at 11:53 AM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 1:26 AM ^
An even magicaller age... My son was 4 months old.
Oh, man, I hate this aging business.
August 29th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
I might be late on this, but is Daelin related to Mercury?
August 29th, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
August 29th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
Who would negbang you for answering a legit question?
August 29th, 2015 at 12:59 PM ^
Wait & watch...
By the way, I was 34 MF'n years old when Dreisbach hit Mercury in the corner of the end zone, and it was and remains one of my greatest Michigan FB moments...and for all you "I was 10"..."I was 9"..."I was a freshman"..."I was one month..." young bastards let me lay one on you:
I was there when Bo beat Woody in '69... and I was 9, so there!
August 29th, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
And, as was I. That was the year Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and Michigan faithful walked on the clouds.
August 29th, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^
I liked the poetic symmetry of your answer Hail! Is that Poesy?
August 29th, 2015 at 7:19 PM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 1:28 AM ^
I was 17 and on the bus coming back from a pre-season basketball scrimmage as the game came to a close. Almost as old as Dierdorf, and not as pretty.
August 29th, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
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August 29th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
I came to school in '71, and one of the very few downsides of the Schembechler era was a consistent inability to come from behind late in the game if we were down more than a TD.
At the time, this was the largest deficit ever overcome in Michigan history, and while there were some disappointing come-from-ahead defeats in the Carr era, there were also more than a few dramatic come-from-behind wins, too. This was one of the best.
August 29th, 2015 at 11:13 AM ^
The timing of this one had some drama, being just a few months removed from the Moeller thing. The team was still sort of in mourning. Carr couldn't even bring himself to use Moeller's parking spot.
Remy Hamilton, who kicked 26 field goals the year before (and reached GOD level status in my eyes for kicking the game winner in South Bend) had a horrible outing in scrimmage and a horrible week of practice. He missed his only FG attempt that day.
The running game resulted in this:
Tim Biakabutuka 7 for 36 yards, Chris Howard 6 for 13 yards and Ed Davis 4 for 11 yards.
Dreisbach was 27 of 52 for 372 yards, 2 TD's and 2 interceptions.
August 29th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
We also missed a PAT, which then prompted us to go for 2 after the second score, which failed. If we'd just converted our PATs, we'd have only trailed 17-14 at the end, which makes you wonder . . . would Lloyd have gone for the tie on that 4th down?
It would have been an interesting decision, as this was before overtime existed.
August 29th, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^
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Thanks, but not sure how funny those defeats were, and I didn't coin the phrase anyhow—it's been around for years.
August 29th, 2015 at 12:35 PM ^
Historian and WD can confirm but was the Minnesota road game with Navarre and Thomas the biggest comeback ever for UM?
The Braylon Edwards Henne vs MSU game also has to be up there.
Don - I was shocked you were not 10 years old when this catch happened like almost every other member of the board. ;)