1991: Michigan vs. ND - Desmond's 4th down catch

[MrDrugist]

check out those shorts at 1:39 sweet lord lol.

[Davecm008]

les miles at 0:55

[Davecm008]

1:01 is that kevin bacon playing quarterback?

[BaconFrisbee]

Desmond Howard > Rudy Reuttiger.

[NoPancakeMixxx]

I got chills

[Jean0987654321]

Musburger haters are in silence

[GraniteBees]

Good, i can't stand lou holtz.

[DealerCamel]

It wasn't supposed to be a fade throw. Grbac was just going to throw a quick hitch to Desmond to get the first down and go from there, but then the cornerback rolled up late on Desmond, so he took off. Imagine being Grbac in that situation, expecting to throw quickly and then finding that your receiver is going for it all. What a play.

[duhu1148]

You'll never see that on 4th and short.

[kuhlbrez25]

...on 4th and a foot..

[HAILtoBO]

Doc and Father wanted me out 30minutes before this game... Been a Michigan fan ever since. Go Blue!!

[bobbertska]

4 people are Notre Dame fans.

[vasantos]

There is a guy wearing pink shorts in the back of the end zone. That should have been on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

[1976jimmyboy]

Great catch...only to be topped by the best pink shorts ever- at 1:36

[jmcieslak0]

"a DIVING catch for a touchdown!"

[westons44]

I was there and this was just awesome. It was about time Michigan finally took it to ND. They had lost 4 straight years. Back then it was as if ND did have god on there side.

[Markoh2020]

Pure Class, Pure Michigan

[JPoz1123]

WINNING!

[yao581]

eat shit lou holtz

[tsbuoy]

the best part is at 1:46 when grbac looks back and you think "HA HA!"

[PetertheAverage]

I remember my father yelling, "NO NO NO NO! YES YES YES!!!!"

[Astronaut890]

@PetertheAverage I said the exact same thing this year

[PetertheAverage]

@Astronaut890 That game was unbelievable.

[avocadoman3]

Pink Shorts!!!!!

[generalbullmoose]

This won the game. Just look how stunned ND was.

[LSU4LIFE44]

Safety help over the top I think and he stil beat em

[billsblots]

I nearly sh1t bricks when Elvis did the pump fake. Holy Cow.

[unluckybum]

I am hardcore Notre Dame, and hate Michigan..but that was one of the greatest plays in college football history.

[bruhe]

I can't help saying it - I was there and it was amazing. When Grbac faked that throw, you could almost hear the gasp from the fans. Goddamn that was even sweeter than seeing Desmond's punt return against Ohio State. I'm not bragging on what I've seen, I'm just saying how blessed I was to be there.

[sychly]

1:37 fabulous pink shorts, darling.

[1200x2]

i can't think of a better clip to watch on st. patty's day.

[michbluewolf]

/watch?v=RjVARHKtPps

[JisAllOverYourFace]

0:56 Les Miles!

[tinmaddog16]

Maybe the best sports moment I ever saw in person.

[1200x2]

one of my favorite moments in sports.

[ChazzyJoe]

Nice pink shorts at 1:38

[California66er]

@ChazzyJoe LOL I was *just* gonna mention that guy!

[ArmyRob13]

1:38 - male in pink shorts

[StFidjnr]

an heisman omen.

[ews850]

OH MY!

[occlude32]

between this play and the MSU fake field goal, the state of Michigan OWNS ND!! this was also a gutsy call

[richie19190]

Desmond Howard and Anthony Carter are the greatest Wolverine football players in my lifetime!

[McSomething15]

@richie19190 I dare say Charles Woodson more than deserves a mention alongside those two.

[idontknowanothername]

I don't think Gary Mohler called that play. He was walking down the sideline shaking his head.

[jcgamer107]

Lou Holtz: "scchhiiss isscchh an outragesch, howre they gunna run a play like that and ssschhhoresscchhh?!??"

[BrenMcCloud]

That guy on the left at 1:37 had pink shorts on!

[mikmicals]

Desmond is one of the greatest college players of all-time. TOP 5. ENDOF.

[llongone2]

I literally never get sick of it! This clip has got it all: Brent`s surprise at the call + one of the best catches in the history of football in double coverage + dumbstruck, flabbergasted Notre Dame players both on and off the field looking like someone just $hit in their cereal + Lou storming up the sidelines pissed as all hell. Classic, classic. Whenever I have a bad day, I can always watch this and smile.

[bjblyrical]

he knows in his heart he trapped the ball.

[llongone2]

Thank you for posting this Wolverine Historian. I never get sick of watching it...ahh, I remember the day - the very moment - it happened. Wonderful!

[smallfry206]

i can only imagine how Ufer would call this.

[jsj297]

It would hard to be pissed about that catch, even for an opposing coach really. You don't get to see that more than a few times in a lifetime, ya know? If the teams were reversed, I would still watch this highlight in ahhhh. JMO

[thegov1020]

@ shooooooo81 amen

[Shoooooooo81]

I will give Rich Rod another year's grace. I mean, we were competitive in some games this year but bottomed out at the end. Hopefully we get it together next year.

[bjblyrical]

@Shoooooooo81 he doesnt NEED YOUR GRACE you're a nobody. He is a millionaire. He is coaching the team. you're a fat couch potato who gets no pussy. do the math. stick to small dicking your hairy fat ass wife and let him coach football.

[Shoooooooo81]

@bjblyrical stop talking about yourself. Nobody needs to know what you do on a Saturday night or lackthereof, pal.

[Tigersfan829]

lol lou holtz is so pissed

[mad122780]

Hey Holinyx idiot they did beat tebow and the gators in the last bowl game of Carrs career.They have lots of young potential.

[MrWinner670]

0:16 great catch

[Holinyx]

unfortunatly, Michigan was heading in the toilet way before Rich Rod came to town. we rode Grbec/Brady/Griese/Woodson for nearly a decade, Michigan just can't get any good recruits in the last decade; enough to pool some winning teams anyway.

[jpsartrean]

@Holinyx Are you joking? - Jake Long, Mike Hart, Chad Henne, Braylon Edwards, Mario Manningham, Ryan Mallet (for a few years), and many more - all KINDS of talent came to Ann Arbor within the last decade.

[Du30ke]

@jpsartrean The only decent ones are Long and Manningham, but he is from Ohio.

[SmallvilleFanCK1]

What a special catch.

And to all this toxicity polluting our program, just remember:

You sacrifice short-term gains for long-term goals.

[toddxedge]

It's amazing where we are now as a program. We were a program of elite players, history and tradition. Rich Rod comes to town and throws it all away for his "spread offense" and garbage recruiting.

[InRichRodWeTrust]

Your statement is laughable. It soes not even need an explanation why.

[ZiaCombs]

Look at us now, we're a shadow of our former selves... Rich Rod is the worst thing to EVER happen to us...

[thhhegame33]

You are right.........so sadly right............

[ZiaCombs]

Really guys? Name 1 thing to ever happen to Michigan football thats worse than Rich Rod. He's won 8 games 22 tries. He only has 3 Big Ten victories in two years. He broken numerous "bad" records this and last year. He's chased out all the talent we have because they didn't fit his "system." He's going to be investegated by the NCAA for charges against him. And to top it off he's ALWAYS disrespecting the Fans. Remember when he told you guys to "get a life." He's in WAY over his head at UofM

[victorsvalient]

wow, what a great play and video! Go blue! This year's game was great as well.

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[generalbullmoose]

And pardon me...I love Bo, but no way would he have done this!

[generalbullmoose]

I remember this. I remember seeing Grbac throw toward the end zone, and I screamed, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!!" Then Howard made the catch. I went crazy.

[BarbarosDerby132]

Almost 20 years and I still get goosebumps. This is why I have always love Michigan and always will. Simply incredible....

[KaiserBep]

One of the greatest college football plays of all time. One of the greatest catches in college football. I rememebr this day and I was so friggin happy thye beat the Irish. Can't stand ND.

[KRS922]

@boomps88

He did, but he didn't call the play. At the interview at the end of the game he said that selection was done by Grbac and Howard. He tried to talk them out of it.

[slothfest]

i've got frickin' goosebumps!

[ashleydylenski]

That play will NEVER EVER get old

[boomps88]

Mo had guts!!! To bad he couldn't handle his booz

[abney20]

this play wasn't gary moeller's call. Elvis Grbac had called an audible and being that he had a formidable relationship with howard since high school; knew that howard knew what was coming.

this is the best play i think in the last 20 years of college football beside tommy frazier's amazing td run in the orange bowl back in 1995

[UFloM13]

HOLY COW WOULD YOU BELIEVE THIS

[laclipps1]

the greatest college football play in the last 20 years!

[snsevenone]

Great TD Pass!!!!! what a catch by Desmond Howard!!!!!

[devastator226]

desmond howard = bad mofo !!!!!!!!!!!!

[615198028]

Arguably one of the greatest catches ever

[bobmurphATL]

god that awesome

[cjjt66]

I was sitting on the 45 and I immediate thought "he threw it away" but then Desmond Howard caught it.

[greyfox37]

Heh, that was rough

[tekon1994]

les miles at 0:56

[WolverineHistorian]

Good catch! I never noticed him before.

[londonjig]

@tekon1994 Only if that idiot came back to Michigan!!!!

[tmac22a]

Those days they are a coming back. In Rich Rod we trust. GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BigBlueBri]

I remember seeing this from the student section. He throws on 4th-and-1 and I'm like "What the --- Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!"

[kobraf150]

I was 8 and watching from row 90 sec 26, my reaction (as Grbac throws) NOOOOOOOO!.....(the catch) YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Best catch I've seen by a Wolverine.

[Wezcoastbiatch]

I liked the one vs Minnesota where he drags his toe fully stretched out

[killercy13org]

How I long for those days.

[sacketts4]

Sweet