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| Source: rockathletics.com |
On October 18, 2014
Slippery Rock University's football team will travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan to play Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division rival
Mercyhurst University. The
Wolverines have a bye week during that time.
Sounds a little random doesn't it? Well it's actually not all that random. The University of Michigan and Slippery Rock have a long history starting back in 1959.
During Michigan football games, PA announcer, Steve Filipiak, saw Slippery Rock's name on the wire service ticker. The game he was announcing was boring. Wanting to interject some life into the fans, he announced the score of the unusual name. The Michigan fans loved it.
From that day on, the University of Michigan would announce the score of the SRU games during their football games.
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| Source: bentley.umich.edu |
On September 29, 1979 the U of M invited Slippery Rock to play at Michigan. They lost 45-14 against Shippensburg. That game set a record for the largest crowd at a Division II football game with 61,143 fans. This year SRU hopes to break that record. Two years after their first visit to Michigan, SRU was invited back to play against Wayne State (Mich.). Slippery Rock lost 14-13. These games were "Band Day" at Michigan where high school marching bands across the state were able to play at the games. Michigan has decided to re-instate the tradition for next years game.
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| Source: bentley.umich.edu |
In 2010, coaches and select players from Slippery Rock were invited to a Michigan home game to be introduced. Check out the video below:
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