GO BLUE Banner to Travel to Dallas?
Michigan only does the GO BLUE banner jump for home games and I'm guessing they will treat this like more of a bowl game style atmosphere seeing as it is on a neutral site, but is there a possibility the banner will travel with the team to Cowboy Stadium? I'm guessing no but with David Brandon you never know what to expect anymore.
August 25th, 2012 at 6:14 PM ^
We'll be lucky if Brandon lets M send the band. Don't get greedy.
August 25th, 2012 at 6:18 PM ^
I wish, but Brandon doesn't like to spend money even though we have a couple million dollar surplus every year and you could probably fold it up and carry it on an airplane with you.
August 25th, 2012 at 6:33 PM ^
August 25th, 2012 at 6:21 PM ^
TSA would make you check that faster then they could groupe you.
August 25th, 2012 at 7:23 PM ^
August 25th, 2012 at 6:31 PM ^
We may technically be the "home" team, but not really. I really doubt the banner goes.
August 25th, 2012 at 7:35 PM ^
August 26th, 2012 at 7:33 AM ^
August 25th, 2012 at 6:36 PM ^
Anyways, if you can't spend 300K to send our band when other teams do the same, you're cheap.
August 25th, 2012 at 6:44 PM ^
For some reason I think they took the banner to the 2006 Ohio State Game...
August 25th, 2012 at 6:58 PM ^
No they did not.
August 25th, 2012 at 9:46 PM ^
They never take the banner to away games, especially Columbus. If they did, I'm sure the OSU players and students would try to rip it apart ala-1973.
Speaking of go blue banner drama, remember when those jackass Syracuse students stole it before the Donovan McNabb disaster in 98? How they managed to get that out of Crisler without anyone noticing is beyond me.
I've despised Syracuse ever since because of that. Don't mess with the banner.
August 25th, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
It was last seen hanging off a parking garage near Marshall Street in Syracuse before an SU game years ago.
August 25th, 2012 at 7:24 PM ^
I wish we'd take it to all of our games in the big ten. The SEC sends pep bands to most away games. You wouldn't have to spend any extra money if it's in the back of a bus on the way to South Bend, East Lansing, and Columbus.
August 25th, 2012 at 8:52 PM ^
I'd love to bring a pep band to every venue, but I don't know about the banner. When you're the visitor, you don't participate in all the same pagentry you do at home. Note for example that at Michigan Stadium, the visiting team isn't allowed to charge out of the tunnel toward midfield - we make sure our band is in the way. They have to sidestep it, almost in single-file.
August 25th, 2012 at 9:00 PM ^
I bet Dave Brandon is too cheap to bring Carl Grapentine, Special K and the Michigan Stadium ushers too.
August 25th, 2012 at 9:16 PM ^
OH SNARK
August 25th, 2012 at 10:38 PM ^
I have inside info on this from the athletic department.
The Banner was going to go to Dallas as the first time it's ever traveled. However, Hoke nixed it. He said it's a "home" tradition.
What I'm not sure about is if it were a "home" game in Texas, would he have allowed it to travel. Not sure.
August 26th, 2012 at 1:20 PM ^
Hoke. It IS a HOME tradition. If we can't negotiate a home game, the banner stays home.