Hail to the Victors

When Michigan was put on the schedule we all knew we were going to the game. Of all the years to play there we got a good one. Michigan was changing coaches, offenses, new qb, among other players, whilst the U was pretty much the same as last year. I had a good feeling going into the game.

On a much different note I need to add that the reason this has taken me so long to post about is that the last real guy trip we had was two years ago to UCLA. While posting about that trip I received the news that my dad was rushed to the hospital. That news still haunts me. I had to think through it before I could post about this trip.

We wore our red to the game and went out among the Wolverine fans before to get a feel for them and the whole Michigan football atmosphere. We weren't disappointed. The fans were great to deal with. They came up shook our hands, thanked us for coming, invited us to some jello and pudding shots, and wished us well. I have to say I was very impressed.

Our seats were great. 6th and 7th row. We were surrounded by Michigan fans who welcomed us to the stadium. Two things I really liked at the start. The announcer comes on the PA and says, "The University of Michigan would like to welcome the University of Utah to the Big House with a warm Michigan welcome." Then they booed. I loved it. They then announced the starting lineups both defense and offense and after announcing each player the fans yelled "Who Cares!" Loved that even more. It was a great atmosphere.

One funny thing, all the fans knew the fight song, unlike Utah, so they didn't put the words on the jumbotron. But when it came to the National Anthem they did the post the words on the jumbotron, something you wouldn't have to do at Rice Eccles Stadium. Priorities I guess.

The 108 thousand was the amount of people at the game. Basically if you took the U stadium and the Y stadium and put them together that is what you would get
They had an actual flag ceremony before the game in which they raised the flag and then took it down after the game. They also had a flyover, it was sweet.







The game was great. The ending was tense and I was definitely nervous, but to be honest every point Michigan scored was because of a Utah error. They didn't ever march all the way down the field on their own accord. So in the end when they had to do just that I was confident we would win.

Nothing beat having them play their fight song Hail to the Victors for us and not them at the end. This was the best guy trip ever.