When the Michigan football team walked off the field on Nov. 22, 1969, after slaying a giant, it didn't understand the full significance of what had happened.
It does now.
Fifty years ago, the Wolverines pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history, overwhelming No. 1 Ohio State, 24-12, at Michigan Stadium to kick off a party for the ages in Ann Arbor. The players on that team recognize the victory for what it was: a watershed moment that jump-started the Bo Schembechler era, returned the program to national prominence and elevated one the sport's signature rivalries to an epic level.