Quote Originally Posted by MUMac View Post
Give 'em heck Hank, never really took off.

Hank's first year as HC, MU played at ND (who, under Hanzlick came back to beat MU - ugh). NBC had that game as the national game that year. The night before was the ND pep rally. A bunch of MU fans were there - I recall one sitting on the basket. On the stage, the MC introduced the guest speaker as an Irishman from Brooklyn, NY. I yelled "Give 'em hell Al!". The MC looked a little perplexed and introduced Al McGuire. The ND fans booed as the MU fans chanted "Give 'em hell Al!". During his talk, he predicted a ND victory. The ND fans cheered and the MU fans started chanting "Give 'em heck Hank!".

That was the last great MU team for quite awhile (were No. 1 in the polls at one time). Unfortunately, it ended abruptly when Peter Pavia blew the call against Miami of Ohio and threw Whitehead out of the game (yes, I was at that game as well - ugh).
39-25 at half and they were talking about MU being a legitimate contender to repeat and then lose 40-20 in the 2nd half. I learned to hate Kelly "Horseface" Tripuka even more after that game.

That Miami game was a killer - would have loved to have seen another MU/Kentucky game although something was missing with that '78 MU team.