Senior MGoStudents

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Where y'all at?

I'm proud to say I stayed till the goddamn end.

As the clock ticked down to zero and fans headed in mass droves for the exits, not to return again till next year, I couldn't leave.

A friend and I took pictures till we were blue in the face. We went all the way down to the front row and took some more, chilling and mingling with the other seniors. Then went for a farewell lap around the Big house....

We also stayed and listened to the alma mater and watched the band seniors give a farewell performance of their own. By the time we left, the place was all but empty. A tear may have come to my eye...

 

I honestly don't know if and when I'll be able to return for a football game again (I'm applying like a fiend for jobs and it looks like I may get one that takes me overseas). Walking up the stairs to the exit, one final time, was emotionally crippling.

 

What about you guys? Did you tailgate extra hard? Make it to the game at all? Scream your lungs out? Cuss out Bret Bielma? Give Montee Ball the nickname "Sweaty"? I know I did all that.

Geaux Blue.

Syyk

November 20th, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^

All I can say is that you won't regret it.  I'm in DC now and I have no idea when I'll get a chance to leave for the weekend and catch a game.  Here's to hoping to a non-conference 2-1 against Maryland.

jcgold

November 20th, 2010 at 8:21 PM ^

I went through my emotional goodbye last year as a senior...before I realized I would be a grad student at UM for one additional year working on my Master's of Accounting.

I stayed until the end, but just wanted to get out of there.  Not only was I depressed about the game, I had to listen to three hours of racial and homopphobic slurs being slung at the two wisconsin girls sitting nearby. For those of you who sat around me in section 28, row 17, thanks:  you ensured that my final game as a student was the second worst game I ever attended.

ill be working in the D and sharing in my family season tickets, so for me its see you later.  But there's something about being a student there that gives me energy,and I will miss it.

Go Blue and beat the bucks!

BlueBarron

November 20th, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^

I guess it just kinda hit me that home-game football season is over... There's still the Big Chill, but it's not the same. I'm still a freshman, I have plenty of games left, but I feel ya. I thought the OSU game last year would be my last (but I got into UoM literally the day before) so I was preparing for an emotional game. Three more years, here's hoping they're good ones. Hope you guys can make it back!

mgoSk

November 20th, 2010 at 8:40 PM ^

I'm a Freshman too, and although this game was rough, I've had a blast at all the games. I can't wait to see Denard as a Junior and Senior, and then see DG's coming out party the year after (not to mention the Defense's improvement). It's crazy to think that I've already been to 25% of all the games at the Big House that I'll attend as a student, time flies.

wolverhorn

November 20th, 2010 at 8:37 PM ^

I feel you minus the job hopes for an overseas position (congrats/good luck).  Glad you stuck it out and realized how important it was for you.

My last home game was OSU '05 - I had my camera in hand ready to rush the field before we gave it up.  That was crippling.  i was so frustrated/disappointed/shocked about the game I didn't really understand that was my last home game.  

I do have to say that once you're an alum, going back for games is really awesome.  Especially as a recent alum.  You appreciate everything so much more - the tailgating, the actual game, the atmosphere...everything.  It's hard to describe.  But I can't wait to be back for the Big Chill.

a2bluefan

November 20th, 2010 at 8:47 PM ^

I am many years removed from my school days, but I have had the good fortune of living in Ann Arbor since then... Harbaugh's last year as QB.

I still get very emotional at the first and last home games.... and sometimes others along the way, too.  Today was no different. I was pretty much a mess at pregame. From the moment the drum major steps through the tunnel, to the band marching downfield playing the greatest fight song in history, to the team touching the banner..... it never, EVER, gets old. Win or lose, there is nothing in my life that I cherish more than gameday in Ann Arbor.

At least today, as I left and turned to say goodbye to the Big House for another year, I got to say, but wait! I'll be back in 3 weeks! Big Chill bonus visit! Yay for that!

Best of luck to all the seniors and others graduating this year. Come back often. And GO BLUE.

MGoShtoink

November 20th, 2010 at 8:48 PM ^

I have to say that you will make it back to a game. 

It might take some time, it might take some money, but you will make it back. 

Michigan Football will always be drawing you back to Ann Arbor.  It was a terrible feeling leaving the Big House for my last time as a senior, but it's also an exhilarating feeling to come back as an alumnus, knowing you are part of an elite community of passionately devoted fans.

Even if you only make it back for one game a season or one game a decade, for that day, it will feel like you're back as a student.  You'll tailgate, you'll be ridiculous, you'll watch Michigan Football and you'll have a great time.

Good luck to all the 2010 grads, I hope you all make it back to all the games you can.

Go Blue!

K2

November 20th, 2010 at 8:58 PM ^

As senior I guess you could say my football experience ended as badly as at started, loss to Wisconsin, loss to App State. But honestly I wouldn't trade these four years of football Saturdays for anything, rain, sun, sleet, and snow the students turned out to cheer on the team regardless of the record of the team. I stayed about 30 minutes after the game ended to listen with the marching band and take a few pictures with my friends but it didn't really hit me until later that this was the last time that I would attend a game as a student. Sure the on the field results during my four years here weren't good but the friends made and moments of sheer joy I experienced in Michigan Stadium during my four years here will last a lifetime and I wouldn't trade them for the world.

Tshimanga Cowabunga

November 20th, 2010 at 9:11 PM ^

was Northwestern 09 and I did the same thing you did. All my friends abandonded me at the end but I had to stay and watch the band and just soak it all in. Season ticket holder since birth but moved away this year and only got back for the State game so as much as the game and weather sucked it was well worth it to stick it out til through the end.

MGoHail

November 20th, 2010 at 9:32 PM ^

This was my last home football game as an underclassman.  I stayed till the very end, and cheered at the top of my lungs the whole game.  Obviously its been a rough four years, but I'll definitely be a life long fan. Go Blue.

dearbornpeds

November 20th, 2010 at 9:35 PM ^

     I am very fortunate because I live close enough to Ann Arbor to be able to attend the games.  There was a three year spell when I lived in New York City and I felt totally disconnected.  It was before the internet and this blog so I was starving for M football information.

 

     I feel badly for this year's senior students.  Their football experience began with The Horror and ended with today's beatdown.  They never experienced the good times that we all hope will return.

cheesheadwolverine

November 21st, 2010 at 1:03 AM ^

My last game as well.  I'll be in Phialdelphia next year and my parents live in Wisconsin so I'll be back probably once a year at most for the next few years, but it won't be the same. It never will be.  I kissed my hand and touched the seats and took pictures and made sure to touch as many things as I could one last time.

We may have had the worst four years in football history but I can't imagine not having had M football and not being able to share in it for the rest of my life. 

Forever, Go Blue.

MMBhorn

November 22nd, 2010 at 9:55 AM ^

I was on the field singing the alma mater and performing our senior "show" (always a debacle, always fun). It hasn't quite hit me yet, but it's very weird to think that I'll probably never be on that field again.