Smack Talk by Wolverine Bench?
I'm an alum ('82' Engineering) living near Lancaster PA, and traveled to State College for the game Saturday. After the witnessing the predictable 2nd half debacle, we met back at the car for some post game tailgating. I was surprised to learn from my PSU loving friends that the Michigan bench players were taunting the PSU fans during the surprising first surge. If anyone else witnessed this, I would like to hear from you. I would hope the players would have had the sense to avoid smack talking given the season it has been, in all its glory, and UM coaches would put a stop to behavior not becoming a Michigan player.
In any event, Saturday was a great time, even in defeat (although the 35 degree temp in the morning was a little chiller than expected). State College is a great place to go for a game, especially the tailgating atmosphere, and the PSU fans are friendly hosts. They even didn't get too pissed when I donned my "Who's Your Daddy" yellow T-shirt, with the scores of the last 9 games posted proudly on the back. I am not sure I would dare to display a shirt like that in Columbus for fear of being flogged by the classy OSU fans.
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...no.
In 1995 there were lots of snowballs being thrown. At one point there was even a warning message that came over the PA saying that if any more snowballs were thrown, there would be a 15 yard penalty assessed against PSU.
Then, another snowball hit a Michigan player in the facemask (I believe *during* a play). Anyway, no penalty called. So the student section was rowdy and cold and did throw snowballs.
About that same time there was an NFL game in NY, a Jets game I think, where a bunch of fans were found on video and season tickets confiscated. As far as I know, no similar penalties for PSU students. I tend to hold grudges on these things, so my memory of the event is probably worse than it was, but I felt at the time like it impacted the game.
As I had commented in another post, the student section is a very different experience for a visitor than the rest of the stadium.
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