Way Back When-sday Dominated the Quad Cities and Squeaked by in Iowa City

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October 22, 2005: Dennis poses with his ladies before a hard fought battle at Kinnick ends with Jerome Jackson punching it in for an overtime win. Michigan wins 23-20, ending the Hawkeyes 22 game home win streak. This was a great weekend that started with a layover in the Quad cities, Chinese food eaten on a garbage can, a full tailgate in the parking lot of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the away seats for Michigan in the 5th row where we wreaked havoc on the home crowd with an arrogant amount of trash talking considering the score. Good times. Game page lives here if you want to see the recaps and the rest of the photos.

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They Carried Him Off the Field: Michigan 24, Northwestern 22

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All things touristy and Chicago were consumed: Italian beef, Chicago dog, Italian plates bigger than serving platters. We pre-gamed Wrigley-ville, took in a majestic and historic venue, and walked it off with a field goal in a baseball stadium. Another survive and advance win for the Wolverines. Onward.

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Fear the Spoilermakers, Just Don't Lose to Them: Michigan 21 - Purdue 16

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You remember this one, right? It’s the one after we played uninspired in an uninspiring place and doubled down on giving fans all the “we’re not at all good” feelings possible. We ate a lot of smoked meats. We played Purdue in November under the lights. We survived and advanced…which becomes a bit of a theme in this meaty part of the schedule.

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We Went to East Lansing. We Won. We Left East Lansing. Michigan 31 - MSU 20

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Recovering from my rich tradition of petering out mid-season on posting, we’ve got some photos and stuff to catch up on. MSU “under the lights” 2025 was the quietest, saddest, and least satisfying game in the history of the series. Sparty fans were basically a no-show. The few that did couldn’t even muster up a dated “you cheated” diatribe. Michigan didn’t play particularly well, MSU played even worse, Spartan fans checked out to a basketball season that surely must be Izzo’s final one, and the stadium remained the concrete crap hole it has always been. But they added a drone show! Take some of that $401 million and tear that horrible eyesore down. Fitz doesn’t know what to do with good players anyway…so don’t waste your money on stars.

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USC and Washington Photo Dump

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I get lazy when Michigan loses. USC was a suckfest. Another in a seemingly endless line of too hot game time temperatures that I’ll probably regret bitching about when the wind is whipping at Wrigley. Washington made up for it (but was also too damn hot for October) but we are left with no room for error in a quest to make OSU a play-in game. Anyway…photos…

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