OT - What are some Family-friendly pre / post game activities?
Naked Twister?
Shave the dog?
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To answer your one question follow the band pregame if you wanna see the cheer team do stuff. My friend is on there so I know what they do for pregame. They're actually at the drumline/step show before games.
Do they march into the stadium with the band after the drumline show? I don't recall seeing them do it, but it was not something I was watching for.
Condom balloons?
Fart lighting?
Post game: can't think of anything besides finding a place to eat and wait for the traffic to die down. Your kids would probably enjoy Pokemon on main St if that's their kind of thing.
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August 4th, 2016 at 10:29 AM ^
You can hang out on the Diag after the game, but it gets hazy there at times.
August 4th, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
While everybody is walking out. Security will never notice.
Dog races?
Pad level
August 4th, 2016 at 11:50 AM ^
Definitely needs to improve his playing strength.
August 4th, 2016 at 11:54 AM ^
To go with the redpants?
Drum line and the march to the stadium is a great start, and yeah the band does its postgame show, and then you can fight the crowd for a restaurant, but my kids always enjoyed going to the Michigan Union for food after the game. Yeah its fast food options, but the kids think its cool because they're eating with college students all around them.
If you know the Union, its a cool building with a great history ... I gave them a mini-tour just to walk through it.
Go Blue!
You can find plenty to do after the game walking around. Do you try to catch more games on TV?
August 4th, 2016 at 10:05 AM ^
We will definitely walk around after the game and then go eat in a restaurant. I will always want to watch more games, but I'll have toi do it out of the corner of my eye at the restaurant since my wife will think I've had enough football for the day.
I go to games with my Dad who grew up in Ann Arbor but lives in NYC now. We always go to Washtenaw Dairy for ice cream after the game. It's a nostalgia thing for him since he used to go there as a kid. It's a bit of a walk from the stadium but a nice way to pass the time while waiting for traffic to clear. Just walk down Main st to Madison and turn left, 1 block over on the corner of Madison and Ashley.
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August 4th, 2016 at 10:22 AM ^
Just walk through campus after the game. The vibe is always great after we win.
August 4th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
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But my daughter is 10!
She's way too mature for Ricks.
August 4th, 2016 at 10:59 AM ^
drink on the golf course until we get kicked off. Usually takes a hour or two after the game. Then we stroll around campus and look at all the cool architecture before heading to ABC or LBJ for a few beers and some food.
In short, OP . . . . I got nothin for ya with those kids you're toting around.
August 4th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^
If you want to teach your kids about Michigan football history, a great place to start is the Forest Hill Cemetary on Observatory Street. I go there every year before the first game of the season and visit the graves of Bo, Yost, Ufer, and Vada Murray. I always leave some Michigan-related trinkets there, and the cemetary crew usually leaves them there (I left a hat on Yost's grave once that was still there two years later, albeit really faded).
Definitely not the most common pre-game location to visit, but still a pretty interesting way to teach your kids about Michigan's past, and what makes Michigan football so great.
August 4th, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^
Bongo Man on Hoover. He will likely work your kids into his rhymes.
August 4th, 2016 at 11:52 AM ^
Take them out for a steak and a tall glass of whole milk.
August 4th, 2016 at 12:01 PM ^
Lawn darts on the Diag
Seriously, though, the drum line performance is an absolute pre-game must-see event. Never fails to disappoint. I seriously love walking the campus in the post-game victory afterglow. Eating in Ann Arbor on game day stresses me out, so I don't do that with kids in tow.
Check the Ann Arbor Observer's website to see if they have anything going on at Kerrytown or elsewhere.
I typically just head home after the game because traffic is so bad and my five year old isn't too thrilled with tailgating (what a bum).
You can watch the band practice the halftime show at Hill and Division about 8:00 a.m. for a noon game. They have bleachers to sit in, and is a great place to throw the football around when the band is done. It is a great place to park for tailgating, but a little pricey (was $40). A lot of families of the band hang out here.
Going towards Pioneer High at Main and Stadium is a kids zone. It has many activities for kids to try, and a radio show talking about the upcoming game is on site (I think it starts by 9:00 am).
The band halftime practice is a great idea.
I think Wisconsin will likely be a 3:30 game. So can I just do the math . . . if they practice at 8:00 for a noon game then they will practice at 11:30 for a 3:30 game? Or is it always at 8:00? We won't be there that early.
I can't remember what time they start for a 3:30 game, but I don't think it was 8:00. Maybe a band member will let you know or try calling the music school.
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My wife and daughter won't be at the game, but I'd like them to be able to see the band post-game show in the stadium if that is possible.
That means that they would have to come into the stadium after the game without tickets.
Is it definitely conclusive that you can't come in the stadium without a ticket after the game? I've never seen anybody "guarding the gates" at the end of the game, but I never paid that much attention.
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Sorry- wrong thread! I was trying to post this in the summary within the summary thread.
I also think there is a children's museum in Ann Arbor as well--if you're looking for just other random stuff to do that weekend if you're from out of town.
For the Hawaii game my family got us tickets & we will be taking our 2 year old daughter to her first Michigan game. A bit nervous about that, but we will have 5 adults and just one 2 year old kid. Plus my mother in law is one of the 5 adults and she isn't a big Michigan fan--she said that once the 2 year old gets bored of the stadium in the 1st or 2nd quarter she'll be happy to just take her back to the hotel. Plus the seats are pretty far away from the student/marching band section.
My hope is that my daughter mostly just likes hanging around the tailgates on the golf course & also the marching band step show w/ the cheerleaders. She's already got the "Let's Go Blue" cheer down and every time she sees the block M or the block letters "MICHIGAN" she pumps her fist and says 'Go Blue'. So hopefully rather than being intimidated by the large crowd, I'll see the "light bulb" turn on in her head when she sees that literally thousands of people--including her--are wearing Michigan gear. But mostly my expectation is just going to be her experiencing the ambiance generally, and then the game will be an afterthought for her.
I think that kid's lot at Pioneer High School may be geared towards older kids age 5+ and not true toddlers like my daughter--so you may have better luck tailgating at that area if you have school age kids.
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