Michigan football has arguably its biggest nonconference game in decades and the Wolverines are going back to old reliable.
The maize and blue have had some huge games over the past three-plus years and with Texas coming to town, it’s no exception. So Michigan will be clad appropriately, set to wear what it now wears for the biggest of games.
The official Michigan football X (formerly Twitter) account used an EA Sports College Football 25 video to share that the team will, in fact, be wearing the ‘big game blues’ on Saturday against the Longhorns, reserved for the Wolverines’ biggest games.
🪡 You already know!#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/wiREwTVKtV
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) September 6, 2024
Michigan started wearing the ‘big game blues’ in 2021, starting with the Week 2 contest against Washington. The Wolverines won them again in Week 13 in the upset win over Ohio State. Michigan also wore them against Ohio State in 2023 and again in the national championship game against the Huskies.
The only time the maize and blue have lost while wearing the ‘big game blues’ came in 2021, when they wore them in the Capital One Orange Bowl against Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
Texas announced on Thursday that they’ll be wearing all white in the Week 2 contest.