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April 15th, 2009 at 10:03 PM
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los barcos
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the new stadium

please forgive me if this has been discussed before....

...but i have been out of the country, and then out of the state, the past 2 years and have not been to a home game since notre dame '06. (which seems like forever ago....) anyways, i have not seen a lick of the new stadium construction, and i dont think anyone has really mentioned it before. so, how is it looking? i saw the pictures on gbmw and i dont know, im not a fan of what i've seen. granted, its not done yet, but it seems weird to me seeing this massive structure jutting from the sides of the big house. i always liked how the outside looked small like a glorified high school stadium...

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April 15th, 2009 at 10:05 PM | I love it. Imagine how big it (Score:1)
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I love it. Imagine how big it would be if it wasnt dug in the ground.

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April 15th, 2009 at 10:15 PM | that would be unfair to the (Score:1)
turbo cool
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that would be unfair to the rest of the stadiums in the country.

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April 15th, 2009 at 10:26 PM | i think the notre dame game (Score:1)
house of pain
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i think the notre dame game in 06 was at notre dame.

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April 15th, 2009 at 10:35 PM | ooops 07 (Score:1)
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ooops 07

April 15th, 2009 at 10:24 PM | I love how it's looking. Fits (Score:1)
IfOne
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I love how it's looking. Fits perfectly IMO.

April 15th, 2009 at 10:24 PM | nice...i have to admit, i was (Score:1)
los barcos
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nice...i have to admit, i was alittle worried it would lose some of its old fashion charm. but it still has all that?

April 15th, 2009 at 10:27 PM | The Stadium Facelift Will Be Awesome (Score:1)
RSelvala
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I enjoyed every visit to Michigan Stadium over the years but, taking a step back, the old stadium was a tin can buried in a hole (albeit one that holds 110k fans). Visitors see it for the first time and comment "That's it"? The problem is that it was often too quiet and un-intimidating for 110k fans. Yes it could get loud during extremes like Michigan's 2005 win over OSU or last year's comeback versus Wisconsin, but we seem to have lost our home field advantage. Now we will have this impressive and imposing brick structure with beautiful arches and state of the art press box, concessions and entry/exit points. Hopefully it will retain the noise better (how can it not?). It will STILL be Michigan Stadium with its history and 110k seats, but will more more impressive to recruits and more intimidating to our opponents. I am, however, somewhat bummed to be losing the sunshine much earlier on those fall Saturdays.

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April 15th, 2009 at 10:28 PM | um didnt beat osu in 05 (Score:1)
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um didnt beat osu in 05

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April 15th, 2009 at 10:29 PM | trick question? 1905 (Score:1)
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trick question? 1905

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April 15th, 2009 at 11:08 PM | UGH - Meant to say 2003 (Score:1)
RSelvala
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I must have selective memory - or simply unable to admit that we haven't beaten the Buckeyes since 2003. No wonder I'm so bitter!

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April 15th, 2009 at 10:28 PM | Our stadium should have a (Score:1)
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Our stadium should have a banner somewhere saying "6 feet under, your in hell now"

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April 15th, 2009 at 11:48 PM | Hopefully it will be exactly (Score:1)
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Hopefully it will be exactly as you've quoted.

April 15th, 2009 at 11:53 PM | That would be highly amusing (Score:1)
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That would be highly amusing

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April 15th, 2009 at 10:54 PM | The exterior (facing away (Score:1)
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The exterior (facing away from the stadium) looks great -- it goes right along with the look of Yost. But the interior (facing toward the stadium) ... eh, it looks sort of modern and boring. It's big and impressive and all, but I didn't enjoy the view inside the stadium like I enjoyed the exterior view.

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April 15th, 2009 at 11:02 PM | Stadium Facelift - Exterior View (Score:1)
RSelvala
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I should have noted that I've only seen the exterior (before the M versus MSU hoops game at Crisler in February of this year). It looks awesome from the Crisler side and assumed/hoped that look carried over inside? Apparently not or they just haven't finished that portion yet. Thankfully there is no yellow halo!

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April 15th, 2009 at 11:20 PM | I'm sure they would have (Score:1)
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I'm sure they would have liked to maintain the exterior look, but the weight issues related to using brick on a structure that juts out from it's support and has a face angled down were probably just too much.

April 15th, 2009 at 11:32 PM | Yeah, I know there are a lot (Score:1)
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Yeah, I know there are a lot of structural issues there. I just didn't expect the interior face to be quite so meh when they did such a good job on the exterior face.

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April 16th, 2009 at 12:09 AM | and we could add desmond (Score:1)
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and we could add desmond howard under the Michigan logo, with the two press boxes like field goal poles and call it touchdown desmond
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April 15th, 2009 at 11:24 PM | i didnt feel like starting a (Score:1)
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i didnt feel like starting a new thread, but btn has the michigan wisc game from last year. after seeing the first half, i cannot believe we won that game. it was awful. but, its weird to see this game with the perspective i have from the season. it probably the biggest highlight from the year. but i dunno, something about last year makes me feel that much more of a fan.

btw, the michigan difference PSA is thee best in college football. do they change those things yearly? i hope not.

April 15th, 2009 at 11:30 PM | dont mind if i respond to my (Score:1)
los barcos
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dont mind if i respond to my own post...

...i remember after this game thinking we turned the corner. and then i think the next week was illni and we took a quick lead (or at least looked good, i dont remember exactly) but it seemed like we had alot of momentum. then i dont know what happened. its like this team was playing without any confidence at the end of that year.

i think thats the difference between being decent and being good this year. we really need our swagger back. we have the talent, just need that confidence. thats why i think western is a huge game. a big win could get the ball rolling. a loss, however.....

April 16th, 2009 at 12:02 AM | Games (Score:1)
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I need to make it out for a game have only been to one and it was against NW, though we blew them out...

April 16th, 2009 at 6:57 AM | Love it (Score:1)
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I love what's being done to the stadium. It looks awesome from the outside, and thay are attempting to help the noise problem with the angled press and luxury boxes, which hopefully helps. I cant wait to see it finished.

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April 16th, 2009 at 9:20 AM | I jog by the stadium three (Score:1)
blueblueblue
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I jog by the stadium three times a week, and have done so for the past 8 months. I have not yet grown tired of seeing the new stadium grow. It has become both an awe-inspiring and imposing structure. It is both classy and intimidating (which fits perfectly here). I think it will undoubtedly improve our home field advantage - the big house is even more intimidating, more so because it is now quite impressive from the outside. Plus, all of this has got to make a great impression on recruits.

April 16th, 2009 at 10:45 AM | I check out these (below) web (Score:1)
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I check out these (below) web cams almost daily. Mgoblue also provides news photos bimonthly (Go to Facilities, then Michigan Stadium, then Renovations; the photos are labeled by month at the bottom). Anyway, I too am enamored with the structures.

http://www.umaec.umich.edu/projects/Stadium/webcam.html

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