113,000 +
DB is gone and the future is full of possibilities. Let’s make sure everyone turns out tomorrow and shows support for the team. If you have unused tickets make sure someone gets them that is going to use them. If you don’t have tickets head on down to the game and find some. Go Blue!
October 31st, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
October 31st, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
Can we talk about the actual game tomorrow? I mean, we only get 12 of these puppies a year (13 if were lucky). I for one am excited for the game. Seems winnable. Can talk shit to my little bro (current IU student) and can possibly wipe away the stink of defeat.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:44 PM ^
I hope the "lucky" reference only applied to this year. UM should never need luck to play 13...or 14...course, that's a big reason why there was a press conference today...and will be another soon.
October 31st, 2014 at 3:22 PM ^
We "only get twelve of these puppies a year." Meanwhile, the firing of David Brandon is a once in a lifetime event. This is like the "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" moment from the Wizard of Oz.
Today is a day of celebration. The game will be discussed plenty this weekend.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
October 31st, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
Can we talk about the actual game tomorrow? I mean, we only get 12 of these puppies a year (13 if were lucky). I for one am excited for the game. Seems winnable. Can talk shit to my little bro (current IU student) and can possibly wipe away the stink of defeat.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
Not a bakers dozen.
Waiting for the year we get 14.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:45 PM ^
I want 15.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:48 PM ^
Don't want to play in the National Championship Game as well?
October 31st, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
I'll be there... and not wearing white =)
October 31st, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
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October 31st, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
October 31st, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
I had other plans tomorrow, but my sister backed out of going with my dad. Hmmmm...
October 31st, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
Don't forget Fielding Yost's seat. I'm sure he'll be there, smiling. ;-)
October 31st, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
Come on, that's Crisler's seat. Yost dug the whole, so he gets most of the seats. Crisler has the ONE.
October 31st, 2014 at 3:05 PM ^
I knew that, but my brain has been drifting today. Sorry about that Fritz, and thanks for the Mad Magicians too!
October 31st, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
Snapped mine up already, I'm excited to go cheer them on.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:29 PM ^
Wow...Soulfire.. we just executed a perfect cyclone double post. May have to retire on the spot
October 31st, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^
It's going to be windy and 41 degrees. I doubt we'll be able to fill that stadium to watch this team in that weather.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:37 PM ^
owned by itchy send finger
October 31st, 2014 at 2:55 PM ^
Cheapest tickets were $14 earlier today on stubhub, now $16. So, this news potentially bumped up prices a bit, but the shitty weather is going to keep people indoors.
October 31st, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^
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October 31st, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
You need to hire somebody to replace Hoke, and the guy who will hire him is TBD. There is absolutely no reason to condition your attendance on his removal.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:44 PM ^
Brandon being gone was the first step in that process. Firing Hoke before the season is over doesn't make things better.
October 31st, 2014 at 3:38 PM ^
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October 31st, 2014 at 2:46 PM ^
support the fellas, be loud and have fun. Maybe a little daylight at the end of the tunnel.
October 31st, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
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October 31st, 2014 at 3:04 PM ^
due to living some 1200 miles from Ann Arbor. So take this request FWIW:
For anyone for whom attending would not be crippling from a financial or temporal standpoint,please do what you can to attend. Now is the time for the collective fanbase to put its money (and time) where its mouth has been for the last two months. Yes, the coaches still patrol the sidelines, but I can think of no better way to show that the invective was directed at the administration, not the players, than to pack Michigan Stadium tomorrow. Wear maize, get there early, watch the pre-game, sing the Victors at the top of your lungs, and be loud as hell.
I have to believe the players themselves would take some inspiration from seeing a nearly-full stadium (especially the student section) during pre-game. Whether that inspiration will be enough to counter the (in)effectiveness of the coaching staff is uncertain, but it's got to be better than a tent stake.
I also have a request for Mr. Hackett (who I'm certain has plenty of time to read the blog this afternoon): This strikes me as the perfect moment to kill the rawk music. Kill it dead. Do it tomorrow. I'm sure you've been attending Michigan games for decades, and you must know how much it changes the experience. If you do nothing else in your interim tenure, this act alone would stake your claim as one of the greatest ADs in history. (That last sentence is /s, but only slightly).
October 31st, 2014 at 3:10 PM ^
October 31st, 2014 at 3:43 PM ^
Oh don't worry...the student section will still be a third empty because that's what they do.
October 31st, 2014 at 3:52 PM ^
October 31st, 2014 at 3:56 PM ^
"Brandon Fired" so there is no confusion on what the students are chanting. How about a "We love Schissel" chant to pour salt on the pizza boy also.
October 31st, 2014 at 3:59 PM ^
I was already there but looking forward to it even more now.
GO BLUE!!!
October 31st, 2014 at 4:00 PM ^
I'll now go to the Northwestern game since I'm local to Chicago. I just purchased two tickets on the 106 sideline for $49 each.
Get other tickets while they're available.
October 31st, 2014 at 4:08 PM ^
...I got two from StubHub. Row B, behind the M bench.
It will be a lovely day no matter what.
October 31st, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^
I am going and I'm excited as fuck. Can we chant ''Thank You Schlissel''?
October 31st, 2014 at 4:25 PM ^
We need a giant "THANKS SCHLISS!" banner in the student section like we had for Ross.
October 31st, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
I'm now looking forward to this game just to see what, if anything, happens. Is it a celebratory mood and if the team still sucks...how does that affect everything?
October 31st, 2014 at 4:50 PM ^
WOOT!!!!
I will be there with bells and whistles as they say!!!!
GO BLUE!!!
October 31st, 2014 at 11:46 PM ^