Tom Brady often says he will play professional football until he is at least 45 years old, possibly even 50. Whenever Tom Terrific retires, Brady will go down as one of the game’s all-time greats — five Super Bowl championships, four Super Bowl MVPs and 12 Pro Bowl appearances, all after being drafted 199th overall by the New England Patriots.
Brady turns 40 on Thursday and while he celebrates the Big 4-0 — likely with his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick — The Champaign Room thought there would be no better way to honor Brady’s milestone birthday than with a subtle reminder of the time Illinois stunned Brady’s Michigan men at The Big House.