Tyrone Whealey had his way with the Huskies
Jun 16, 2007 Holiday posts, Michigan Wolverines, Teams that aren't the Texans
Happy Father’s Day.
I was really trying to write some heart-string-tugging piece about my dad and some shared love for football. Ain’t gon’ happen, though. While I have all sorts of great (and not-so-great) stories about my pops, he was not and is not a football fan. I honestly can remember only one time that he watched a football game–the 1993 Rose Bowl, in which Michigan defeated the Washington Huskies on the strength of Tyrone Wheatley’s 235 rushing yards and 3 TDs (on 15 friggin’ carries!).
Now, considering I have watched every nationally televised Wolverine game since 1989 (including eight Rose Bowls in that timeframe), the only explanation for this game standing out in my mind is because I watched it with my dad.
Oddly, though, I can recall nothing substantive about actually watching the game with him. I remember Wheatley breaking off his 88-yard run. I remember the Elvis Grbac to Tony McGee TD that won the game. I remember cursing Mark Brunell for roughly three hours. But I remember not a single thing my dad said or did during that game; I just know he was there and, somehow, that is enough to make the game incredibly memorable.
Alright, I just re-read the above and I realize how much it screams of unresolved daddy issues. That’s not really the goal. It’s just that my dad didn’t like football (he’s a baseball man) and, somehow, his lack of interest in it made the one time… aww, hell, you get it.
Anyway, just remember to call your dad today. And if you have kids, make those little turds wait on you hand-and-foot.
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For much lighter holiday blogging, I point you in the direction of this post from Kissing Suzy Kolber. I also point you to LaRon Landry getting shot. In the junk. By someone not named “Sean Taylor.”
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Finally, before you accuse me of posting something that has NOTHING to do with the Texans, realize that Mark Bruener was involved in the 1993 Rose Bowl and caught a TD pass. So there.
