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Football Preview Event with Special Guests - SAVE THE DATE
When: Wednesday, July 24, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Where: Downtown Chicago (further details TBA)
Details: Come join us for an exciting night in anticipation of Michigan's 2013 football season. The event will feature three experts on Wolverine and Big Ten football: (1) Brian Cook from MGoBlog (also formerly AOL Fanhouse and The Sporting Blog); (2) Sam Webb from WTKA, GoBlueWolverine, and The Detroit News; and (3) Gerry Dinardo from the Big Ten Network and 670 The Score. Each of our panelists will discuss a few specific topics before answering questions from you! Further details, including location, to follow.
Contact: Questions? Email Bruce Canetti at canetti@gmail.com

Got an email with the above information from the U of M Chicago Alumni Association. Mark your calendars, Brian's coming to the Windy City. After hearing about last year's event in DC I'm thrilled that Brian will be travelling west on I-94. I know we've got a big contingent of MGoBloggers in Chicago, and I look forward to meeting some of you IRL.

Any other Chicago Wolverines signing up on this Pi day to go for a run?

Info from the Chicago Alumni Association Email:

Upcoming Events

Big Ten Network 5K/10K - Registration Opens March 14

When: Race is July 27th - Registration begins March 14th

What: The Big Ten Network 5K/10K will be back in its second year on Saturday July 27th with a brand new course, televised LIVE on the Big Ten Network. School specific shirts will again be available to participants who register early.

Registration: IMPORTANT DETAILS -To be counted in the Michigan Alumni club's registration count, please use BTNMichigan as your promo code when registering.

Why is this important? The Big Ten Network will be making a generous donation to fund scholarships for local students to the alumni club that registers the most runners. Michigan won this honor last year - let's show Chicago again we are the leaders and best!

You can register at http://www.btnbig10k.com/ beginning March 14th

Chicago Alums/Fans, the Sports-O-Rama is tonight aka the Coaches tour... It was a fun event last year and is for charity (scholarships)/supports the alumni association.

Obviously Hoke, Beilein, and Red will be there...

Several hundred attended last year, and there are tickets available at the door:

www.lollapalooza.com - Early Bird and regular passes go on sale today. 

No headliners or bands announced yet but they usually put together a good bill even if the headliners aren't so good.

Already got mine!

Anyone else going? 

EDIT: Early Bird sold out as of 10:17am CST. 

EDIT 2: April 11th is the lineup announcement date. 

You might recall a few weeks back when we addressed the four proposals that fans could vote for on Facebook and touched upon the one rods-and-cones-scarring possibility that the court would end up looking like this. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and the least awful option was selected.

Below is sample illustrating how the stained floor will actually look upon completion:

 

That’s actually not too shabby. You know what? Democracy: sometimes, it actually works!

http://www.sportressofblogitude.com/2011/08/16/northwestern-fans-select-...

It was posted lower on the Board that the NYC event was last night. I saw some people were disappointed that they did not know about it, so I figured I would post a FYI regarding the Chicago event.

Hosted by the Chicago - University of Michigan Club.

Tuesday, June 14 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile

Last info that was emailed yesterday said that the event is going to have a great turnout, and they have stopped doing phone or internet tickets. However, they did say that there will be limited tickets available at the door. Cash $50. I assume you could at least try to call/email to confirm.

Just a heads up. I will be there and hope more can make it. Go Blue!