Best Michigan Game Experience.

A couple people yesterday suggested that the game was a poor week for recruit's visit, but I disagree. I think, come the third quarter, that's the longest duration that I've felt the Big House rocking in quite some time, it has to have left a positive impact with recruits. I had a ball, despite, you know, losing.

Do students that sell the tickets not care who they sell them to?

No.

All I could think the entire 4th quarter that if I was a recruit there's no way I wouldn't commit on the spot. I was all the way up in the 83rd row of the student section, but it was still deafening. I tried for a few minutes to imagine what would have happened if we had tied the game... It would have been insane.

We watched the game at a bar and the game, stadium and day looked great on TV.  Great shots of the students and all the Maize throughout the stadium.  Very loud crowd noises came through too (or maybe that was the bar).  Overall, the game and the atmosphere looked and sounded great to us at the bar.

I had to miss the game yesterday but I am glad to hear despite losing it was still a great atmosphere. Because the atmosphere last week SUCKED!! I had never heard it so quiet in there in all my life.

I was questioning the crowd a little when I heard that, although I don't think its uncommon regardless of the team when coaches go conservative to get into the locker room. 

But I could tell in the 4th quarter that things were getting loud and wild in the crowd.

That was probly the loudest it's ever been. I'd say it was louder than Notre Dame last year.

Seeing the slippery rock score yesterday made me think that it would be nice to get them to play a game here in the big house. How we play alabama in 2012 in texas it would be nice to get them in the big house for a game. I think alot of our fans would show up and support them.

The Big House was rocking in the 4th. Great atmosphere all around especially on the 45 yd line-1st row. A small taste of what a night game could be.

The noise level was great towards the end of the game and was the best it's been all season.  Last year's ND game may have been louder though.

I agree it seemed like a better atmosphere for Iowa than the MSU, althought I was little more inebriated for the MSU game and forgot some of what went on. But I had a headache all of last night. I can't wait to see how loud it gets when we actually start playing defense! IT WILL BE INSANE!

I was at the game and even though Michigan lost, it was ultimately a great game.  The fourth quarter was incredibly exciting.  The crowd was really loud and fired up.  Tate came in and fed off the crowd.  The team fought to the end.  College football at its best. 

Wow, really? I was about to comment that it probably was awesome at the end of the third and into the fourth quarter, but I couldn't see it comparing to the 09 ND game. That game was close the entire game and the crowd was awesome for 4 quarters.

The best part was seeing Tate on the sideline, and trying to get the student section fired up.  Best atmosphere in a very long time.

Hoping for a win, but being realistic about the probability of an Iowa win and hoping that a Michigan loss would at least look respectable and promising for the future, I was very conscious of the recruits there and found myself watching through their eyes. 

Gorgeous autumn day.  Elderly homecoming cheerleaders still doing backflips.  Sea of maize in the stands.  (Didn't worry too much about the Iowa fans-- from the perspective of the recruits, yellow way up there looks enough like maize.)  Concern, dejection at halftime.  But thinking of recruits on the sidelines watching the amazing comeback and the fight and enthusiasm of the players, surrounded by the jumping-up-and-screaming excitement of the fans in the stands, made me come away with a pretty good feeling.  If I were a 17/18-yr-old kid thinking of joining in, I think I'd have gotten caught up in all that, with earlier breakdowns (mostly) forgotten.  Sure, the comeback was incomplete, but it showed what the offense was capable of against a highly touted defense, even without Denard the Miraculous and Molk the Magnificent, how youngsters in the defense can make big plays (at least some of the time) even without Martin the Monstrous and with hobbled Mouton & Floyd, and how there's certainly room for some talented kids who are no doubt confident that they can make a difference. 

Glad it looked like that in person too.  So thanks.

SIncerely,

Pollyanna

I took my 12 year old daughter to her first game yesterday. The atmosphere could not have better (except for a win). Day was perfect, crowd was great! It was loud in the fourth Q even after some people had left. My daughter did not want to leave at the end of the game. She was already a fan, but I saw passion I had not seen before!!! She is hooked, asking when she can come back. We live in Florida. A great memory for both of us! GO BLUE!!!

Awesome game to be at ...never heard it so loud...louder than the 3 games I went to in 97 championship season...I sit by the visitor side 10 yard line 70 rows up away from the students and band...and in years past you could barely hear the band but now its loud and proud...Keep rocking Bighouse!!

this year was the first year I've gone to games on a regular basis and it was nice to hear the Big House rocking yesterday.  I still need to work on that cheering and taking pictures thing though.

It was noticeably louder - maybe because of the comeback, but also because (and this might be stretching it) the music selection was much better. It's a much bigger pump up to have Hell's Bells playing on first down to get everyone fired up as opposed to Calyptors after several good plays, which nobody actually likes... not to diss the band, but sometimes the piped in music does work better.

The pre-game atmosphere was completely dead. You could have walked down main to the game, which was packed at 9 am last week. There were lots of empty seats early. The student section was filled going into the 2nd quarter. A lot of the game was deathly quiet. People left early...student section was maybe 3/4 full at the 10 minute mark of the 4th. It got really loud at the good comeback moments, but I wouldn't rank it anywhere on the best atmosphere rankings. It was ok.

an awesome gameday experience, of course minus the loss. The one thing I was disappointed with was the piped in music right before the team ran out. Is this really necessary? This is one of the most exciting moments in the Big House and it seemed like they cut out the music right before the team started running. I would have liked to hear it stop way before. I will say the 4th quarter was exceptionally loud which was really surprising bc of the number of people that left in the student section. I think one of the loudest moments was when Tate scored the TD, you've got to give the kid credit, he knows where the student section is and isn't afraid to try and get them involved. Compared with other games I think this was right up there during the 4th Q, its hard to tell sometimes when YOU'RE yelling too but I stopped a few times just to listen and it was loud.