If I remember Illinois was up in this game at half time and Bo let them have it, really surprised Michigan lost to WIS and Iowa that year. AC was a beast.
I took my then fiance" to this game I was 22 then and we just walked up to the ticket counter and bought 30 yrd line txs right in the middle of hundreds of Illinois fans and they were just giving it to us big time for the first 1/4, then they shut up the rest of the game GO BLUE!!!!
I like how its just the team coming onto the field. These days, the field is packed with god knows who, and its just chaos. In this video, it was just the simplicity of the team coming onto the field. Ohhhh wellll. GO BLUE!
Much of the toilet paper always ended up on the field and the refs had to clean it up before the PAT's delaying the game like crazy.
I can see why they stopped allowing the students to bring it into the stadium. Especially when we played a Northwestern, Indiana or Wisconsin where the game was won by 40 to 50 points. That's alot to clean up.
Thank goodness for better cameramen nowadays, haha! But this is unbelievable--like one of my NCAA Football scores. (Sighs) These were the damn days...
commodorefan2, I think u read the comment wrong. It didn't say Bo did not love Michigan, it said , "had no love for the Illini or M. White" meaning "Mike" for the M, not Michigan. I wasn't sure what u meant, but I can see how you got confused.
Steve Smith was like having a 3rd running back. Fast, durable and didn't fumble.
Those QB draw plays and QB option counter players were just killer.
But UM had a fine OL in those years too (1980-1983) courtesy of coach Jerry Hanlon.
I agree that Schembechler had no love for the Illini or M. White, but when the Illinois finally beat UM in 1983 6-16, Schembechler was congratulatory. Don't think Bo knew at that point how White's policies were driving UI into certain probation.
Steve Smith had legit speed. He told me this story how Mike Gittelson (their S&C coach at the time) was making the team run 40 x 40 yd. sprints and the real trick was that gittleson would time people at random and they had to be w/in 0.2 sec of their actual 40 time. on the 16th sprint Steve was still running 4.5 sec. That is damn impressive.
At that time, Bo had more than one issue with Illinois. First of all, Gary Moeller was fired from Illinois before White took over. Bo felt Moeller wasn't given a fair chance. Secondly, White used JC players and had--in Bo's opinion--questionable recruiting methods.
The wild thing about this game was that up until that first interception, Illinois was absolutely KILLING UM, but from that point on it was completely in the other direction- we had no idea we were in for a ten TD performance!
i'm 16 so the best Michigan blow out win i saw was a 58-0 win against Minnesota just this past season
1997goblue 2 weeks ago
If I remember Illinois was up in this game at half time and Bo let them have it, really surprised Michigan lost to WIS and Iowa that year. AC was a beast.
TheGophers11 5 months ago
holy god bo really hated Illinois this game
ELJimO1985 1 year ago 2
Steve Smith had some great speed for a qb.
klondike999 1 year ago
was it even possible to cover AC in single coverage? hahaha
LOseIDon 1 year ago
I took my then fiance" to this game I was 22 then and we just walked up to the ticket counter and bought 30 yrd line txs right in the middle of hundreds of Illinois fans and they were just giving it to us big time for the first 1/4, then they shut up the rest of the game GO BLUE!!!!
rikiking1959 2 years ago
The seats are so close to the field...like, there's maybe 5 feet bewteen the corner of the end zone and the stands...why isn't it like that now?
BrenMcCloud 2 years ago
The field was lowered after the 1990 season because the players on the sidelines obstructed the view of the fans in the first 4 rows.
WolverineHistorian 2 years ago
ah, right...
BrenMcCloud 2 years ago
This was like an early 80's RB sampler: Woolfolk to Larry Ricks to Rick Rogers.
I was a freshman that year and we used to stuff toilet paper in our coats to get it in. Don't miss that crappy turf.
mcmanwich 2 years ago
I like how its just the team coming onto the field. These days, the field is packed with god knows who, and its just chaos. In this video, it was just the simplicity of the team coming onto the field. Ohhhh wellll. GO BLUE!
Sundevilhp29 2 years ago
watched the whole thing to see tom hassel score that last td...he was a darn fine linebacker in 83
ggoblue 2 years ago
it's impressive anytime someone scores 70+ points.
acnhs09 2 years ago
mr histoiran was this michigans most lopsided win and i think mr ufer said somthing to em at the half if ya know what i mean
thegov1020 2 years ago
Far from the most lopsided win. Fielding Yost's teams in the early 1900's beat teams by 100 points.
Off the top of my head, Bo's most lopsided wins while at UM were a 70-14 win over Navy in 1976 and a 69-0 win over Northwestern in 1975.
Bo beat Illinois 69-13 in 1986 and he beat Wisconsin 62-14 in 1988.
WolverineHistorian 2 years ago
The most lopsided Michigan win was in 1904. Michigan 130 West Virginia 0. LOL. Another reason their fans hate us
thedynamic35 2 years ago
was this Frank Beckman's first game as the pxp announcer?
crawford371 2 years ago
No. Frank did the entire 1981 season. He and Bob Ufer sort of shared duties for the first half of the season as Bob's health got worse and worse.
WolverineHistorian 2 years ago
damn it! why can't we throw toilet paper now?!
Tigersfan829 2 years ago
Much of the toilet paper always ended up on the field and the refs had to clean it up before the PAT's delaying the game like crazy.
I can see why they stopped allowing the students to bring it into the stadium. Especially when we played a Northwestern, Indiana or Wisconsin where the game was won by 40 to 50 points. That's alot to clean up.
WolverineHistorian 2 years ago
Thank goodness for better cameramen nowadays, haha! But this is unbelievable--like one of my NCAA Football scores. (Sighs) These were the damn days...
musicalone8123 2 years ago
you know bob was going crazy up in the meechigan valhalla !!!!!!!!!!!!
devastator226 2 years ago
Hey, Bo did love Michigan. he coached there for 21 seasons, and you think that he didn't love Michigan?
commodorefan2 2 years ago
commodorefan2, I think u read the comment wrong. It didn't say Bo did not love Michigan, it said , "had no love for the Illini or M. White" meaning "Mike" for the M, not Michigan. I wasn't sure what u meant, but I can see how you got confused.
desboukis 2 years ago
i love it 63 unanswered points! haha! Great game!
DMichiganWol21 2 years ago
Steve Smith was like having a 3rd running back. Fast, durable and didn't fumble.
Those QB draw plays and QB option counter players were just killer.
But UM had a fine OL in those years too (1980-1983) courtesy of coach Jerry Hanlon.
I agree that Schembechler had no love for the Illini or M. White, but when the Illinois finally beat UM in 1983 6-16, Schembechler was congratulatory. Don't think Bo knew at that point how White's policies were driving UI into certain probation.
markusr2001 2 years ago
Steve Smith had legit speed. He told me this story how Mike Gittelson (their S&C coach at the time) was making the team run 40 x 40 yd. sprints and the real trick was that gittleson would time people at random and they had to be w/in 0.2 sec of their actual 40 time. on the 16th sprint Steve was still running 4.5 sec. That is damn impressive.
rwolfpack 2 years ago
Steve smith is one of my favorite " Bo era " quarterbacks.
AnitaDoobie 2 years ago
Hey WolverineHistorian what was the story between Bo and Mike White and why they hated each other?
BluebomberX3 2 years ago
At that time, Bo had more than one issue with Illinois. First of all, Gary Moeller was fired from Illinois before White took over. Bo felt Moeller wasn't given a fair chance. Secondly, White used JC players and had--in Bo's opinion--questionable recruiting methods.
Meloximan 2 years ago
No 'questionable' about it. Illinois went on probation for a few years afterward for White's recruiting violations.
Jackwraith 2 years ago
The wild thing about this game was that up until that first interception, Illinois was absolutely KILLING UM, but from that point on it was completely in the other direction- we had no idea we were in for a ten TD performance!
marzzz1 2 years ago 2
we need smith at 5:45
qwerty69966 2 years ago
man, Steve Smith tore it up on the ground that day...I hope Tate Forcier can pull off something like 5:45
sXe53 2 years ago
Damn if I don't love seeing those boys run out under the Go Blue banner...
Cromulus420 2 years ago