Neither Michigan nor Ohio State had an especially good year, and Penn State had already clinched the conference before the game. But a mediocre season was made better by whipping UM 22-6. Better still was the fact that The Future Wife came to her first Michigan game in 1994. (It was Fred’s first Michigan game… Read More history: 1994.

This was the culmination of the first year we really started to do the big tailgate parties, and we got good and cranked up for this one. Ohio State already had the best record — 12-0 — of any team of my lifetime, but it would all be for naught if we couldn’t beat Michigan.… Read More history: 2002.

We had lots of lean years against Michigan going into Jim Tressel’s first game in Ann Arbor. And we didn’t have much reason to believe 2001 would be much different — Steve Bellisari had just been suspended for his DUI, and some guy named Krenzel, a guy from Michigan no less, was starting his first… Read More history: 2001.

This day started off well. A little tailgating and a long search for a pair of tickets for Uncle Crappy and The Future Wife. The search had turned a little anxious when, as we made our way from Fawcett Center to the stadium, we walked by a woman who said, “Oh, you’re looking for tickets?”… Read More history: 1996.

Two days, two hours and six minutes. This is worse than waiting for Christmas.

I didn’t say these would all be happy memories. I referenced this game in an earlier post, and it was as horrible an experience as you might imagine. My folks were sitting together in a visitors’ section, but we picked up a spare ticket for me — alone, in the opposite end zone, miles from… Read More history: 1993.