OT - Second Columbus trip

Are you going to wear a Michigan shirt?  That doesn't sound like a great idea.  Besides all the F Yous your going to get your also going to get the "hey you're at the wrong game!!"

I wouldn't wear the U of M jersey. Its not worth it. I think you would get shit for wearing the PSU jersery, but not nearly as much as for UM.

I guess it depends on how much you want to just enjoy the experience vs. piss off OSU people and maybe get in a fight. If it were me, I would wear the Red Wings jersey, but I am a huge Wings fan, and a little bit anti-confrontational.

I'd wear it, just watch out for flying  cans full of beer.  Hell yeah wear it, who the fuck cares if people say you're at the wrong game.

Leaning towards the Red Wings stuff, as I'm also a big fan. I think I was a Red Wings fan before I became a Wolverines fan (i.e. learned the game of football). Though that's basically 4th grade vs 6th grade.. not that big of a difference in the scheme of things.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm out to just enjoy the spectacle of 2 Top 10 teams duking it out at night, even if its at the Goatshoe... again.

by wearing your Woodson jersey.

and wear a bullet proof vest.

i'd just wear normal clothes and enjoy myself. anything else is just looking for problems. but maybe that's your style. i'm conflict avoidant. enjoy the game

If the worst you got was "Fuck you!" or "you're at the wrong game" or someone telling you how bad they think Michigan sucks this year, it's worth wearing the jersey.

However, I don't think that would be the worst you would get.  In my experience dealing with Ohio State fans (I lived in Ohio for a little while after undergrad) you very well may get something thrown at you or dumped on you that you wouldn't like.  When I was living in Cincinnati, I was wearing a Michigan t-shirt the Friday before we played OSU, and while at lunch with friends three guys dumped their left-over Panda Express on my lap.  Just an FYI.

You might want to get it kalvared...just sayin!

You will have the oppoortunity to watch the Pa. State High School playoffs in Hershey.  They play them at the Hershey stadium every year.  PS you will love Hershey, Pa-great place.  Michigan outer wear is worn everywhere here in Pa.

Watch out for beer, or even getting pissed on if you wear your Michigan gear.  I had a buddy who was at gameday in 02 in columbus, and he got pissed on.  You'd be better off wearing your Penn State shirt.  Have fun though.

So how did it go? Great game!  Go Nits!

This time, without having to be on guard for random Buckeye molesters, i.e. being in enemy territory, it felt like I had diplomatic immunity walking around with friends who are Buckeyes and tailgating with my friend's classmate's family. It helped that I wasn't out to antagonize anyone, though I got a few comments asking about the Red Wings shirt I was wearing (i.e. why are you wearing that, You don't have any red OSU stuff?, Red Wings suck, etc). But generally now that I was considered a human being, the experience was way better than the first (though that might be because we lost that game).

The night game atmosphere is a lot of fun. I think Michigan should do more of those. Also, I think that the Block O in the Ohio Stadium is responsible for a lot of the noise that they make, and leading the cheers. I never really felt the same way in Michigan Stadium. As I understand it, to be in the Block O, you have to be an undergraduate, and you have to go to these 'training' sessions to learn how to lead cheers in unison, and you can't leave the game early (you might think that's not a bad thing, but what about the blowouts?). So basically they get the more hardcore students, teach them how to lead the cheers, give them towels and choreograph the gear so that the Block O shows up.

Continuing on that tack, I think that that group sets the example. When I was at The Game in 2006, I was in the visitor's section in 28AA, with a pretty good view of the Block O. I didn't know how that worked then, but I remembered that a lot of the noise started from there. And then, being in 38B, just behind the Block O, I could really hear and feel the noise. My thinking is that these groups set the example, and lead the O-H-I-O cheers, and all of that stuff. Is there no group like that at UM? I know there's usually the guy with the cowbell, and the student section is usually quite loud. I haven't had to sit in the other sections of the stadium so I don't know how things are. But those were my thoughts while I was at the game. Don't blame the acoustics, or the old people (OSU has their fair share of the elders)- we need some way to help direct the energy. If we don't have these tacky NBA arena animations on a giant TV-like board that OSU has (i.e. Laurinaitis waving his arms up and down with the giant red letters "GET LOUDER!!!" or marquee "LETS... GO... BUCKS!!" messages scrolling across, and Brutus jumping around and making the "no-good" signal, fake decibel graphs, etc.) then we can at least have a specific part of the stadium lead the cheers. It's not the acoustics - we just don't have the direction. That's just my thought on the issue; I haven't been back to the Big House since '06 Iowa so it's been a while.

What are your thoughts on the sound issue? I'm told that Beaver Stadium can get even more rockin', but I haven't had the opportunity to go yet - I'm looking into going for the Michigan State game. Another opportunity to root against Sparty.

Anyway, Blue Balls - yeah, I liked Hershey a lot. I've been in Philadelphia for 2 years now, and I'm ready for a change that's more metropolitan.. even if Hershey is a bit more rural than I'm used to. Good place to study medicine, is the way I see it.