There are...
...days until Bob Perryman (FB 1983-1986) watches his first game from Michigan Football's Valhalla as it opens season #144 in the Big House.
Rest In Peace, Forever Go Blue.
In honor of Mr. Perryman, here is his senior team's trip to Hawaii in which he rushed for 107 yards on 14 carries and scored two TDs...
Thanks WH. Enjoy.
I remember thinking two things about the game: 1) why are we playing a game after OSU? and 2) in the third quarter why aren't we beating these guys?
I remember going to work off my annoyance at the CCRB and upon return, we had won.
Those rainbow helmets are glorious
Today's charm was awarded to the oft-forgotten 1964 Big Ten Champions:
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Wow, both Michigan Men in this picture are gone too soon. Another great selection of the player in the countdown, JWG.
The team could use this suspension as an opportunity to show off their coaching depth. They could alternate the 4 games between Sherrone Moore, Steve Clinkscale, Mike Hart and Jesse Minter. This would work around the other suspensions also. Just a thought.
Damn, how did we lose that Rose Bowl?
This is the correct question.
The correct answer is we played the long game. That loss brought John Cooper to Columbus and a dozen years of joy to Michigan.
Looks like the ASU player has a nice hold of his facemask.
We made that 1986 M Alumni Assn trip to Hawaii. The game was OK --- I thought at the time that the team suffered from a little residual jet-lag, and the game was after a tough win against the tOSU, so maybe the whole exercise was somewhat anticlimactic as well. But M, led by All-American QB Jim Harbaugh, carried the day.
Anyway, the following day, Sunday, December 7th, happened to be the 45th anniversary of the Japanese attack. The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association had gathered in full force, and I had a chance to speak with several of them, including one who served on the light cruiser USS Detroit. And of course the trip out to the USS Arizona was paticularly moving. All in all, a great trip.
One more note. Kenny Higgins played end on the '86 team. He forwent his final year of eligibility because he had been accepted by the Harvard Law School. The Free Press then ran the headline, "Bo loses player to academics."
I made the trip to the 1998 Hawaii game.
Visited all four islands with Oahu and the game being the first. Went to Pearl Harbor also. Very moving indeed.
RIP he was a tank. I remember the Hawaii game my senior year of high school. We were at Andy Silverman's in Georgetown off Eisenhower and the game was on and Perriman was getting all the carries in that crazy wishbone we used to run. And then the Eisley Bros. song from Animal House came on and were jumping and my friend Brent threw me up by my collar as I was jumping up and my head crashed through the ceiling drywall and Andy was not happy. I remember the game being too close.