Short Klatt Video on Zinter’s Injury, Must See
Really great video from Joel Klatt talking about the injury and how it inspired the fans and then the team from there. He gets emotional talking about the crowd going from silent to chanting for Zak during the commercial break. “It was incredible. I’ve never seen anything like it in my career.”
November 28th, 2023 at 12:04 PM ^
I've watched like 10 times this morning. Very moving and powerful.
November 28th, 2023 at 1:30 PM ^
It’s dusty in here…
November 28th, 2023 at 12:04 PM ^
FANTASTIC stuff here.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:07 PM ^
That's beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Thinking about Zinter.
Go, Blue. Beat Iowa.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:07 PM ^
Wow that is really emotional stuff. The only similar moment I can recall in Michigan history was the Jason Avant injury against OSU in 2003.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:36 PM ^
I think I remember the crowd at the Game (also 2003? the 100th edition) chanting "Perry! Perry!" after he was slow to get up in the endzone. I reminded me of the movie 'the Gladiator' (in a good way if that makes sense)
November 28th, 2023 at 12:39 PM ^
Yeah, that was that game too. Avant went down really early after three games that made him close to a star. Left the game balling and trying to pump up the crowd at the same time.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:08 PM ^
I think this might have been on the board before but I'm not sure because I didn't look at that thread. But I'm glad you posted this one because I probably wouldn't have seen the video otherwise.
Aside from the obvious (great video, very emotional moment for Michigan, etc.) I also am thinking, wow, Klatt just made an incredible 3 minute commercial for Michigan. I mean, that was excellent. I'm totally over his whole Roman-Wilson-not-a-catch thing.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:21 PM ^
The video was posted about 2 hours ago, so it's not been on the board. I did check, but all that was new was the B1G highlights, which dropped about the same time as this one.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
I saw this video yesterday morning. He makes his videos on Sunday nights.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
It was on Klatt's Xwitter yesterday.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
Yikes, I'm not on twitter so I didn't see it. SIAP then I guess, though I know it didn't have it's own post but maybe someone commented with it somewhere.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
This piece is a small segment from Klatt's roughly hour long piece which was on the board yesterday...roughly half way through.
I had the same reaction Klatt did...very moving.
I also commented that even though I disagreed with his interpretation of Wilson's TD, after this piece it was hard to think anything but positive thoughts about the man. He showed a very raw side of himself that few people are willing to expose publicly and he was spot on.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
Dreaded double post. Sorry
November 28th, 2023 at 5:00 PM ^
It doesn't matter, but it was posted.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:11 PM ^
FYI, you can hear some of it in the cinematic highlights a few posts below this thread.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:19 PM ^
The chants are in the cinematic highlight video as well, yes. I guess this was a part of Joel's podcast though but they cut it almost like a cinematic thing within the podcast. I don't watch his stuff regularly enough to know if he does this sort of video all the time, but they did a really great job putting it together.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:22 PM ^
Bah. I meant to post this under the 'something similar' reply but whatever.
November 28th, 2023 at 1:32 PM ^
I was thinking about that Gardner image after the game. All these years later, the image of Gardner setting competition aside is burned in my mind.
Here's a shot from Patrick Barron's collection ... this is the Ohio State sideline during the time Zinter was being treated on the field, which I thought was a wonderful show of respect and support:
November 28th, 2023 at 12:22 PM ^
Either way, Klatt was in the bag for Ohio during that broadcast. Completely unprofessional. This video did not include and apology for his biased announcing.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:31 PM ^
It was weird how one sided he seemed on Saturday. I told my wife that he has been so complementary of UM for so long he probably thought he had to go in the opposite direction for the game or be called a homer.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:32 PM ^
This is a little over the top. He was an OSU lean, for sure. I have heard much worse though.
The only really ridiculous thing was calling the Mason Graham "nothing" a good call, which, fair enough was really bad.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:55 PM ^
You are a world champion grudge holder.
November 28th, 2023 at 1:09 PM ^
You’re not wrong…
November 28th, 2023 at 12:25 PM ^
I am curious as to whether a Buckeye rolled up on his leg. It looks like two OSU players did a number on him but it happened so fast.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:33 PM ^
Supposedly it was JTT who rolled up on him (unintentionally). Can’t remember where, but i read that JTT was pretty upset about it and one of our OL was consoling him.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
I didn't think so. It just looked to me like a mass of humanity fell to the ground and his leg was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(Edit - To the comment right above me, yeah, seeing a bad leg injury up close is really unsettling. It did not particularly surprise me that Michigan scored on the next play, due both to inspiration, but because I think a lot of the defenders were about a play or two from being ready to hit somebody).
November 28th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
It looks like two OSU players did a number on him
Honestly: are you suggesting that OSU players conspired to 1) hold Zinter in place and 2) get blocked or intentionally dive into his leg in such a way as to injure him?
If yes, can I direct you to Harbaugh's recent press conference where he bemoans the animosity between fan bases?
I love this blog, but the recent vitriol and idiocy reminds me a lot of what we accuse other fan bases of being about.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:26 PM ^
I saw that yesterday. Gets you right in the feels.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:33 PM ^
It’s truly great to be a Michigan Wolverine!
November 28th, 2023 at 12:40 PM ^
Damn, my house must have gotten really dusty as I watched that 🙄
November 28th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
Great job Michigan crowd. Zak strong. The young man is most worthy of that support too imho.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:42 PM ^
Someone cutting onions in here?
November 28th, 2023 at 12:42 PM ^
I listened to the podcast (no video). Definitely worth listening to the whole thing.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
Super moving. I saw that in the full video last night -- glad that they clipped it.
November 28th, 2023 at 12:56 PM ^
Outstanding! And yes, it is a must watch.
November 28th, 2023 at 1:02 PM ^
Truly inspiring. Need to sew “65” onto the boys jerseys for the remainder of the year.
November 28th, 2023 at 1:06 PM ^
Once again, my office is asking me if everything is ok and why am I crying. Great share. Thanks
November 28th, 2023 at 1:14 PM ^
It was such a strange feeling in the stadium. When the stadium started chanting "Let's go Zak" and he gave a thumbs up and put his fist in the air there was a palpable change in energy. To me, especially after Corum's TD run on the very next play, it went from "we're playing well and should win this game" to "we have to and will win this game".
My first Michigan game was 2008 Utah and in these years I also can't really recall a moment quite like that.
November 28th, 2023 at 2:08 PM ^
When the stadium was cheering and Zak takes a long look into the crowd, That's what got me!
November 28th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
It was one of the more moving experiences I’ve ever had in that stadium! The sequence of events during and following Zak’s injury lets me know we are destined for great things.
That TD on the very next snap will live with me forever.
November 28th, 2023 at 7:47 PM ^
It was both the worst and the best moment of the game. Let’s Go Zak!