Any guesses.....
Judging by fast ticket sales for Michigan and slow ticket sales for VT I'd guess 50,000 Michigan fans.
...it turns out I will be working a little more than I thought next week and into the first week of January, culminating with a nice presentation on the morning of the 4th, so I cannot go. However, if anyone wants to stop by and you're in SE Michigan, I will send along all the beer I was going to drink. You might want to bring the truck.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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If you are serious, I would totally drink a truck of beer for a downtrodden fellow fan. Why not keep it for the home viewing?
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....but not so much that I am making presentations to managers the next day in a visibly hungover state...unless we win, of course.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
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Another reason I'm not a supporter of the BCS is the weeknight games. You could at least move the natinal championship to the friday night that the Cotton Bowl currently occupies.
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I see it as more proof that the BCS is all about the money. They would rather have the higher ratings that come from playing the games unopposed on a weeknight than more fans in the stadium. The NCAA always defends any stupid act involving football with "we're doing it for the good of the student-athlete," but how does it help the student or the athlete when the biggest games are played when they are supposed to be in school?
Fuck the BCS.
In the Superdome itself, I would guess about 30-35,000 UM fans and 20-25,000 VT fans with the rest of the seats empty or filled by locals who are not fans of either team, but I'm no expert in these things and am only going by the information in some of the same news stories everyone else has seen, plus the falling ticket prices. Stubhub now has some of the seats selling for as little as $20.00.
The whole McCaughey family will be in attendance, some of you might know this entrenched clan of Michgan faithful.
I'm leaving Nashville,TN new years night and making a pit stop for the night in Memphis to scoop up some friends. Then were heading down Jan 2nd, so flipping stoked. Nawlins here we come!
Remember Who You Are!
are going. flying down new years day. cant wait. any suggestions for bars?

"There is not a scale available with which I can accurately measure how much I want you to shut the fuck up right now."
That's quite....helpful and entertaining. And industrious(?).
This is highly accurate.
Here is a better image.
15k VT fans
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I am taking my Son. It will be his first Michigan game. This will really put things in perspective when I take him to the Big House for the first time.
Go Blue!
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My first was watching Tom Brady lead Michigan against Alabama in the Orange Bowl. 35-34 OT win. Pure Awesomeness! The next year I began my first year at Michigan.
I don't hate often but when I do, I prefer to hate that school in Ohio. Stay Victorious My Friends.
Making the drive with me and my buddy.
Section 251!
Ive been to NOLA dozens of times so thats no big deal to me,,Im flying from Atlanta to Biloxi on the 3rd driving to the game then back to Biloxi for some R & R and Casinos...Im guessing those of us who Live in South will be there en masse!!!
GO BLUE
I'll be there with about 7 others. Can't wait!
I bought five tickets for me and my buds so I can say at least five with some confidence.
Whatcha gonna do, little brother?
Based of the other students I know and from Facebook, there will be a lot of Michigan students there. and assuming most of them are like me and it's their first time in NOLA...we're about to get rowdy.
I have a pocket full of Christmas money waiting to get blown on hand grenades and seafood! Thanks Grandma & Grandpa!
Also: Night game.
The world looks better through maize mirror tint.
I will be there, but then again I only live an hour from the city. Best news is that I was able to score suite tix from my employer.
The team! The team! The team!
There was a tom of maize n blue in J'ville so I would think there will be a ton of us in NOLA!!!! We all should have a great time!!! Coming in from ATL... Go Blue!!!
"Those who stay will be Champions" Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler
if going to jacksonville last year was any indication, new orleans should be packed with maize and blue. im going with my dad on the 2nd, and whole-heartedly plan to miss my first day of class for the semester.
im just glad this game is at night rather than noon or 1, this way i have more time to nurse my bourbon st induced hangover.
It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk
Will be in sec 519
I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge
I'm hoping the Sugar Bowl opens the Louisiana recruiting trail for GO BLUE! Maybe pick up one of those dominating Louisiana DT's or RB's!!!!
Working in the baseball industry (SEC territory) I've seen first hand the dominant athletes here in the deep south.
Hoke and Company will continue to put a fence around the north and keep those athletes up there committed to BLUE.
But for us to make an impact with the national title run (consistent) -we need to snag those highly skilled position athlete's in the south.
GO BLUE!!!
its going to take several years of utter big ten dominance, and probably a national championship, for us to make serious inroads into louisiana or other southern states. sure, michigan is a nationally recognized brand, but to just about all of these kids, its more desirable to play in the much warmer south in the unarguably best football conference, where academic expectations are minimal at best.
someone correct me if i'm wrong on this, as i may be, but i doubt even tressel made serious inroads into the southern states. i think every once in a while we'll get some elite southern kids, but they'll be ones who actually give a crap about the education they'll be receiving.
i really hope i'm wrong, though. heavily recruiting michigan and ohio is important, but snagging elite southern recruits would make us that much better.
It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk
I certainly agree...
These coaches in the SEC have it a little bit easier down here. There are more athletes to choose from and the academics- excluding Vanderbilt - standards are less then the Big Ten for entry. ( nobody seems to look at that).
When I speak to these athletes they feel Big Blue is just another school.
However, when the coaching staff gets these players to visit, it certainly changes the complexity of their mindset.
So key is... Get them to visit!!!!
Hopefully we can snag some talent once in a while.
GO BLUE!
2 for sure. Me and the avatar will be there.....section 614, row10.
I can verify 2 fans in section 121 row 8. My estimate is lots of them.
Florida Wolverines have dreadlocks...
my wife and I are making the road trip from Ann Arbor to New Orleans. Count the two of us in section 310.
I and a buddy will be there. Driving from Ft.Hood, Tx. Never been to Nawlens' and this will be my first Michigan game. I cant wait. I bought a #1 Michigan jersey just for the occasion.
Go Blue!
I'll be driving down with my Dad on the 31st, and we're meeting my uncle and his daughter (my cousin) down there. First Michigan Bowl game, second Michigan road trip
If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?
Seven - four tix through television network and three through sugar bowl committee member.
Michigan is and will always be every BIG schools' measuring stick.
Anyone driving down from Atlanta????? Maybe we can convoy.
"Those who stay will be Champions" Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler
been coming from Macon but my crew backed out last minute.
"This is MICHIGAN ferGODsakes"
can't wait to make the drive.