Old sights at Michigan Stadium
The discussion on the panoramic big house photo listed some observations of things that you no longer see at home games. (Fans wearing white, location of the marching band, grass turf, etc.) This made me think of other things, the majority of which are no longer allowed.
1. Flags and flagpoles inside the Big House:
2. Male cheerleaders doing backflips on to the field after scores for every point UM had on the scoreboard. (Makes sense they had to stop doing this once the field was lowered in 1991. They'd kill themselves trying that today.)
3. Toilet paper explosion after touchdowns:
4. Marshmallows in the end zone:
5. Students drinking beer in the stands:
6. Packed student section for pregame regardless of opponent. I really hope we get back to this:
They should allow flags in the student section. Kind of like what they do in Europe with the supporters section.
April 28th, 2016 at 10:38 PM ^
I think the backflips would kill me without even needing to worry about the field being raised. My back and lower legs hurt from that GIF and I do remember the cheerleaders doing backflips at games I was at as a kid.
As for the drinking, that might have been the original "Game Day Thread" going in that section there. It certainly is equipped correctly.
April 28th, 2016 at 10:38 PM ^
April 28th, 2016 at 10:43 PM ^
April 29th, 2016 at 12:17 AM ^
Everything was less organized that it is now . . . but more fun.
We just did stuff without worrying about "how it looked".
April 29th, 2016 at 10:37 AM ^
April 29th, 2016 at 10:59 AM ^
Agree. Liability and public safety have become default bullshit reasons to take fun and creativity out of society writ large.
April 28th, 2016 at 10:54 PM ^
That sounds awesome
April 28th, 2016 at 11:01 PM ^
April 28th, 2016 at 11:16 PM ^
In the 70's and into the 80's, early in the year, when we were usually playing some MAC doormat, they'd invite 30 or 40 high school marching bands from around the state to play at halftime. It was a pretty cool thing to see, all the colors. The bands I'm sure got free tickets, but the proud parents of all those kids were anteing up to pay to see their kid on the then-Tartan Turf.
April 28th, 2016 at 11:48 PM ^
Band Day began in the 1950s. Around 1970 they were inviting 13,000 high school band members to fill the field at halftime. Band Day died out in the mid 1970s--as soon as we began selling out the stadium for every game. (The 100,000+ streak began with the penultimate game of the 1975 season.)
April 28th, 2016 at 11:19 PM ^
Even better was the inflatable sex dolls. It's still a thing at Penn State.
Are they ever gonna learn their lesson?
there are several beach balls every single game ???
Go Blue!
Thanks, I forgot about smuggling in tp for touchdowns.
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I guess there’s not much video of that. It always took a while to get the post to fall. I knew a guy who actually had a good sized piece of one in his apartment.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:39 AM ^
I remember the end of the 1983 Ohio State game. A guy in a gorilla suit climbed up there as the game was winding down and it was clear we were going to win. The crowd pelted him with just about anything they could throw. The goal posts eventually came down, sans-gorilla.
an undergrad and of course knowing that and feeling as nostalgic as a 21 yr old can.
April 29th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Bullwinkle
April 29th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Bullwinkle mascot lasted for 2-3 years in the mid 80's
April 29th, 2016 at 10:30 AM ^
Was a freshman in 1969. Goal posts being torn down after beating OSU was awesome. Don't know how the size of the student section was back then compared to the 18-22,000 in recent years. But certainly there were fewer girls and more in-state students than now. Wish we did maize outs back then.
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April 29th, 2016 at 10:54 AM ^
Where's the gif of passing up the coeds?
April 29th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^
How about the guy (Rob, I think was his name) that would go stand on the wall in the SW corner and spell out M-I-C-H-I-G-A-N after every touchdown? I've only been to about one game a year since 2001 and haven't sat in that area for the games I've been back, but man I loved doing that and pointing to the visiting fans in the South endzone as a kid. If the game got out of hand, he'd get "creative" - I remember spelling out C-O-R-N for Iowa one time.
April 29th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
'86 was my freshman year, and man -- did I have a good time going to the game that season! I seriously remember this Illinois game. Mostly because I drank an entire leather wine skin filled with schnapps. I ended up so drunk/hung over, I couldn't even function the next day. Does ANYONE drink from a wine skin, anymore? Jeez.
I used to love when the "dude" cheerleaders would sneak up on the opposing mascot, and then run him into the goal post, 'nards first. People were less up-tight about stuff back then, so it was all in good fun.
April 29th, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^
...and of course, the Bullwinkle stuff. Can't forget that.
April 29th, 2016 at 12:38 PM ^
things change, but a lot of it should be tolerated at least and is a reason for your #6 and ticket sales declining in general. I miss the days and see no harm in flagpoles, drinking, throwing TP, crowd surfing...marshmellows and white shirts i could do without. I would add facing better competition to your list. But it's all about forging memories right, not conjuring excuses to ruin fun
Used to smoke a lot of herb in the 2nd half of games. "No Smoking" rules in general have probably put that habit to rest.
I like the look of a non-maize student section as well. For the most part, I think primarily maize shirts looks crap on everybody tbh.