1997: Michigan-20 Ohio State-14 (PART 1)

[74timfletcher]

Brady Hoke @ 8:40

[chrisuncleahmad]

Imagine how bigger this would have been if the Buckeyes had won at Penn State.

[MrPeppyyy]

November 22, 1997 is my birthday and I have loved Michigan football ever since. And for the record, the game was on in the room.

[joeyvottobiggestfan]

hail to the victors. GO BLUE!!!!

[hindupushup68]

Love the Crimson Tide music. Question: with Hoke back, will Russell Crowe start hanging around the program again?

[MgoMuse]

8:41-8:48 HOKE!!!!!!

[bweiserkob]

you bring urban meyer to columbus look at all the bad shit the players got into at florida, arrests and 30 more crap, hell yeah bring him to columbus ncaa will have a field day. GO BLUE!!!!

[BlackSabbathory]

7:58 was that Griese saying "tackle his ass"? lol

[CieraJean100]

GO BLUEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KeepRockin55]

The Michigan Glory will be restored very soon.

[bluebobbyd]

check out Brady Hoke talking with Woodson at 8:40 back when he was an assistant coach!

[aquaguy322]

"TACKLE HIS ASS!"

7:58

[DaBigMotor]

Check out Brady Hoke with Woodson @ 8:45. Coach Hoke knows! GO BLUE! :)

[Bexly]

come on Mich get your shit in gear...Buckeye fans miss these epic games....

[headstrong420]

@Bexly ohio state goes and brings a spread offense into the big ten see how well you guys are gonna do im really happy we got denard robinson out of it but we should of had ryan mallet it was a stupid move to bring rich rod we lost 2 star recievers because he brought the spread also

[jjwilson3345]

@headstrong420

Urban Meyer is camping out in Columbus so maybe the spread offense will hit the Buckeyes soon! As big of an @sshole that he is (which is why most Buckeyes fans don't want him), Meyer won 2 national titles in the SEC with that offense. Compare that to Rich Rods great success in the Big Least.

[headstrong420]

@jjwilson3345 well urban meyer is a boss but it took him a while to build those teams up and honistly the first one wasnt that impressive no disrespect to you buckeye fans but your 2006 team gin was your only guy he got hurt you guys got beat down and there 2008 team was nasty there defense was amazing they had all kinds of speed on offense but the defenseive coach was the main reason they won in 2008 and percy harvin i dont see him being as sucessful at ohio state

[Bexly]

the cooper years...........

[nd12124]

Damn, So thats what a Michigan defense looks like. Haven't seen one in 4 years

[jerryvalez]

I was 12 years old and I was there with my dad. I remember that punt return so vividly, our seats were right on that side and I remember him running by and everyone around us going absolutely insane, like people I didn't know hugging me and jumping around, just going totally nuts. The energy the whole game was so intense. When it ended it was so packed and everyone was going so crazy you almost had to go where the crowd moved you.

[campauchicken]

8:16 Woodson made him his bitch with that slap ;)

[ChazzyJoe]

Charles Woodson...he puts the team on his back!!!!!!!

[Ooftyman]

I almost get the impression Chuck was going to strike a Heis--I mean... Desmond pose after that punt return until he got tackled in the endzone by the rest of the return team. :)

[tturules1985]

HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN

[boxellmark27]

This year's defense should watch this video and see how you wrap up ball carriers properly and attack the ball relentlessly.

[StFidjnr]

@ 0:04 the U of M are within sight of the summit of their mountain.

[nd12124]

7:32 - best scene

[Grace410]

In my 30 + years of attending Michigan Football games, this was BY FAR, the BEST Michigan regular season game I have EVER been to!!! I will never forget the game, the crowd, getting onto the field after the game. It TOTALLY was the BEST!

[Amaizenblue86]

That defense was nasty.

[XavierXDN72892]

I LOVE CLASSIC COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!!!

[bhorvath5270]

Hey WolverineHistorian, I was born and raised in Howell, MI. I now live in Florida. Michigan Football has been such a big part of my families life for many, many years. I love looking back at all these great memories and remembering how I felt at the time. Love what your doing man! Keep it up!

[theproducerspart2]

Games like this make's you damn proud to dawn the maize and blue. God I love this school and this team! GO BLUE till the day I die.

[glory789]

Fire RichRod, hire Les Miles. PERIOD

[bluejayforever2006]

Or # 4 ;) Jim Harbaugh! or give Fred Jackson the RBs coach a shot! GET A MICHIGAN MAN in their and go back to the basics!

[ZiaCombs]

I miss the days when Michigan was Michigan. Rodriguez must be fired.

[justrobin1]

Thank you WolverineHistorian for putting this up. Even though I was only two and my family had not moved to Ann Arbor yet, Today I still feel proud of the wolverines in their glory days as #1, and I hope this season we can regain some of our old glory with a new generation of players and coaches on the team. GO BLUE!!!!

[Tigersfan829]

wtf at 2:29???? how can you wear a michigan hat with an ohio state shirt! cardinal sin!

[jbrooks11566]

nice video i like it a lot. GO BLUE.

[gluelicker]

I thought the jazzed-up intro was hokey... give me a straightforward 70's-80's telecast w/o any of the Hollywood frills. And this kind of BS has only gotten worse since then.

UM was unbelievably fired up. So too was OSU. Incredible intensity.

Also, Antoine Winfield had a helluva game.

[Knightmessenger]

But the intros are cool because they represent the time and graphics of the era. I often find them more interesting than than the game highlights which can get repetitive in some of the less significant games.

I'm glad the intro is included here because it is not on the official Michigan Beat Ohio State dvd. But yeah, some of the overhyped ones today with a lousy band are pretty forgettable.

[hindupushup68]

Haha Boston!  Woodson FTW

[loosekanen]

This is simply the best college football defense I ever watched. There have been many, but for their time I never saw a better one.

[NintendoFanM]

go michagon! they are my favorite big 10 school, im a longhorn fan

[fishbonebuba]

Thanks, WH! So many things to like about this video:

Keith Jackson (love how he just let the moment unfold after woodson's return)

The Crowd (SO loud during that punt return. "Boston, Boston", "Heisman!")

That Ohio State was clearly rattled after the first TD.

Chris freaking Floyd.

[ajm21582]

I was very lucky to have attended this game. Best time I have ever had at a Michigan game.

[whoaprobemachine]

agreed

[bluejayforever2006]

Lucky you! I was at the 2005 Michigan Minnesota game :(! IT was my first time at the big house it was still alot of fun!

[maize09blue]

Anybody else got the great feeling of justification for Woodson's heisman hype after watching boston's shocked looked at 7:30 - 7:38?

Go Blue!!!!

[AnitaDoobie]

that made me laugh sooo much!

[LITTLE22TACO]

wow lots of players who later went 2 the nfl and had a nice career

[silverandblack68]

That game still gives me chills. Woodson was so dialed in.

[schef2006]

good lord i hope they are respectable this year

[llSgtScopell]

Wow this is your greatest video ever man. Great intro too! Gotta love the Crimson Tide theme!

[DMichiganWol21]

The greatest video you have ever done. Period.

[MWolverine9]

Sweet intro, no woodson though, that surprised me

[WolverineHistorian]

Only seniors were interviewed for that intro. Woodson was a junior.

[MWolverine9]

Ohh ok I didnt know that

[glory789]

Oh all that nostalgia I am feeling right now! GO BLUE!

[CArchivist]

A lot of people in the Wolverine line-up that had long productive NFL careers.

[superstarlex32]

GREAT intro!! I want one of those picks for myself, LOL!! What a season that was!! GO, B:LUE!!

[maizenblueforever]

Awesome video, man Charles put on a show that day.

[goldnugge]

That block by Chris Floyd at 4:57. He was one of my favorite players from that team.

[DrOman5596]

More 1997 games would be greatly appreciated : )

Thank you so much for putting up these videos.

[godofwar2masterR]

Great video. With great music at the beginning. If I am not mistaken its from the movie "The Rock"

[dubvideos]

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