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Iconic Performance Week: Denard Robinson heads improbable comeback over Notre Dame

Few players in Michigan football history were as electrifying and dynamic as Denard Robinson. With a flip of a switch, he could completely turn the outcome of games. This week is Iconic Performance Week here at Maize n Brew and it is fitting to kick it off with Shoelace, the biggest star at quarterback position in the 2010 decade.

Let’s look back to 2011 in the first year of the Brady Hoke era when the Wolverines hosted the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the renewal of their historic rivalry. This was the first time the Irish had come to Ann Arbor since the 2007 season, and it was the first-ever night game in one of college football’s most renowned stadiums; the Big House.