12 Things You Didn't Know About Tom Brady
There's a pretty cool article about Tom Brady on ESPN, so I figured I would share it since all this recruiting mumbo-jumbo has died down.
Some interesting tidbits:
- Apparently he calls guys 'babe'
- Everyone made way to big of a deal about the Bill O'Brien argument
- He bought his entire team Ugg slippers one year
- He now loathes the spotlight that comes with his fame
Anyways, it's well worth the read on a slow night. Michigan is also mentioned plenty of times.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:37 AM ^
Im 25 and a long time michigan fan, but i really cant recall much about tom brady's days at michigan. Wonder if that is normal
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:40 AM ^
All you have to remember is 34-46-0-369 with 4 tds.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:48 AM ^
If my math is right you were in 7th grade when he was a senior. I'm older than you but didn't start following Michigan athletics until I decided to enroll at UM in the spring of 2000. I have zero M-related Brady memories.
February 2nd, 2012 at 9:04 AM ^
I remember cringing a lot, and the fmr women's bball player from the 70s yelling, "Ppppuuuttt in Hensonnnnn!" while all the wives around us nodded in agreement. I remember the drunk at the end of the row refusing to refer to Drew Henson as anything but, "the MESSIAH" and he would ask our row to genuflect every time he came on the field. Bill Freehan would just look away. Good times in section 2! Yes section 2 knew far better than Lloyd that Henson was the man compared to Brady /s
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:20 AM ^
I'm 24 and I feel the same way.
February 2nd, 2012 at 9:27 AM ^
Always a nice guy and a great student. He had a nice arm. He was the least mobile QB we have ever had. Watching him run was sheer pain. John Navarre could easily destroy him in a running race. In Brady's last game at the big house against Ohio, a huge hole opened up on a play and all the receivers were covered. So Brady took off running in what was probably the most painful 14 yard run I've ever witnessed.
Another great memory of him I have is against Penn State in Happy Valley (Jerry Sandusky's final game) where Lloyd called the transcontinental pass which he always did once a year. But he knew Brady wasn't fast enough to get anything on it so he did a fake injury and had Henson come in to take the pass from Diaolo Johnson. Brady's fake limp to the sideline wasn't caught on camera but all the players on the sideline laughed at how bad it looked.
He made me want to pull my hair out at times during the 98 season but he improved as the season went on. When he knew he would have to compete with Drew Henson to be the starter in 99, he stayed in Ann Arbor all Summer to train and work his ass off instead of going home to California. He was known as the comeback king in 99 leading us to second half comebacks against Notre Dame, Indiana, Penn State and Ohio State. Oh, and that little Orange Bowl game against Bama where we were down by 2 touchdowns twice.
In person, I only saw 2 of his games. 98-Eastern Michigan and 99-Northwestern. That second game was great. Brady threw a touchdown pass to Marcus Knight that was literally right in front of me.
I didn't know much about the NFL in those days so I thought his lack of mobility might keep him from ever succeeding in it. Good call there.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:27 AM ^
Look at the buffet busters up front...
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:04 PM ^
I was at the Penn State game in Happy Valley with my wife. Even though we got down 10 in the fourth quarter, PSU knew that there was too much time left. They could not defend Brady's passing. Michigan marched down the field and scored late on a TD pass for the win.
My wife knows who Tom Brady is because of the TV and People Magazine level of fame. I remind her now and then: "Do you realize you saw him play in person before he was famous at that '99 game at Penn State? That is who the Michigan quarterback was." She is very pleased by this.
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:23 PM ^
...looks a lot like a Tai Streets / David Terrell highlight reel.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:38 AM ^
But did you know he was taken 199th overall?!?!?!?
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:41 AM ^
socks after wearing them only once too.
February 2nd, 2012 at 2:00 AM ^
As long as you don't throw away Twin City socks. Those socks make angels cry.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:44 AM ^
Is it sad that when I glance at the board, even after I open the thread, my brain sees "Brady" before "Tom Brady" and I automatically assume its about Lloyd Brady.
I even read the whole thing and thought "Wow, Lloyd Brady must be rich" until I actually read the name Tom.
#MGoProblems
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:03 AM ^
When I interviewed Tom in my dream the other night he admitted to having a Fathead of Lloyd Brady on his bedroom wall. It was like a Barbara Walters moment between Tom and I.
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:06 AM ^
night MGoBoard comments.
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:24 AM ^
Ahhh, yes.
My sources at ESPN tell me you should expect the 12 Things You Didn't Know About Lloyd Brady article to hit news stands early next week.
February 2nd, 2012 at 2:00 AM ^
I see nothing less than a treatise.
February 2nd, 2012 at 7:31 AM ^
Oops, that was actually a typo. The formal name of the article is actually 1200 Things You Didn't Know About Lloyd Brady
Sorry for any confusion.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:03 AM ^
Already wrote that.
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:48 AM ^
Wow Tom Brady and I shared a dream
My dream is to also have a new pair of socks every day for the rest of my life.
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:15 AM ^
Must be thinking about those wool socks that the team gets every friday
/ThreeAndOut'd
February 2nd, 2012 at 1:52 AM ^
ESPN is really stretching for things to put on their front page
February 2nd, 2012 at 2:28 AM ^
11 and I knew about Brady.
February 2nd, 2012 at 5:05 AM ^
I'm 67 and became a Michigan fan in 1958 when my brother enrolled at Michigan, so yes I remember Tom Brady..I believe Bob Ptacek was the QB that year, but I can assure you I don't remember him
February 2nd, 2012 at 7:03 AM ^
that all of the respondents at @1AM are 24ish years old...and the ones at the crack of dawn are 60ish.
February 2nd, 2012 at 7:35 AM ^
Not completely true...I'm 21!
Although the only reason I'm up this early (late?) is because I'm just getting finished with homework.
February 2nd, 2012 at 7:23 AM ^
...to dress up like a pirate.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:06 AM ^
And I hear religious figures too, but that gets him into some trouble...
February 2nd, 2012 at 8:55 AM ^
My tom brady memory was when I saw him and the rest of the team when I was a kid in miami for the orange bowl. cool story bruh
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:08 AM ^
The article was written by a woman.
I wonder if he did the "Babe" think before he got to Michigan. The video coordinator likes to call people "babe" too. Wonder if he picked it up from him, or already did it.
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