Gravewalk
One of my favorite traditions and I can never remember if it is on Tuesday or Wednesday night since The Game moved until after Thanksgiving.
For those that are wondering what the hell I'm referencing, it's not about walking on Hoke's figurative grave, but it is about the real graves of the greats of Michigan past. Every year Superfan leads a group of people through Forest Hill Cemetery to visit the gravesites of Bo, Yost, and Ufer. Singing of The Victors, recordings of Bo or Ufer, and the ceremonial cracking of buckeyes have all been done in the past.
If you have never been, and this is still occurring, I recommend the experience.
Anyone know if Superfan is leading the walk again this year?
November 24th, 2014 at 10:56 AM ^
If I weren't flying out on Wednesday, I'd considering going and saying hi to my brother. He's got a great view of Bo.
November 24th, 2014 at 11:14 AM ^
Thanks for sharing.
November 24th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^
Give me one second and I'll email the Superfan and get that.
OP can you edit the title of your post once I get the info?
EDIT: The Gravewalk is Tuesday (tomorrow) 11/25 at 6pm. Meet at the fountain between the Bell Tower and the Michigan League. Always wise to bring a flashlight if you have.
November 24th, 2014 at 11:26 AM ^
It's weird, when I was younger I was under the impression that The Game was almost always Thanksgiving weekend. This was due to the fact that when I was kid we coincidentally took family trips in just the years when it was Thanksgiving weekend due to the season starting later, in 1989 and 1990 (and in the case of 1995, when Michigan had an extra bye week because they played in the Pigskin Classic), which made that year's holiday a little more memorable than usual and caused me to associate The Game with the holiday weekend. In subsequent years when it was the weekend before, I would just be like, "Oh, must be a scheduling anomaly this year," not realizing it was for the fifth year in a row. I evenutally figured it out hahah.
I like that it's always the holiday weekend now. It would feel kind of empty before to have all that football on, but no Michigan.
November 24th, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^
but it's terrible for students
November 24th, 2014 at 11:27 AM ^
November 24th, 2014 at 11:36 AM ^
is it michigan's equivalent to that obnoxious buckeye dude who is always shown at football games? or is it more chill like the awesome guy who owns that uofm memorabilia store downtown?
November 24th, 2014 at 11:43 AM ^
November 24th, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
think of 'dead man walking,' and then some scenes from the Green Mile. Hoke's face/eyes have the look of someone consigned to his end as UM's coach.
November 24th, 2014 at 12:16 PM ^
November 24th, 2014 at 4:22 PM ^