The Wave

Ditto. Those idiots in the right corner who started doing the wave early in the third quarter qhen we were up 14 on Purdue were directly responsible for our second half collapse. Could the lack of Wave opportunities be the reason that the Wave's proper order has been mixed up? I'm a senior and I remember that my freshman year, the wave was an exact science. You only did it if you were up BIG (insurmountable) in the third/fourth quarter, and it was done in the exact order as the OP said. No wave this week folks. Let's put all our energy into the play on the field!

To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: November 18, 2009 Subject: Please stop the insanity! Mr. Martin, As you know, those of us who comprise the Loyal Michigan Fanbase ("L-MFers") are in a crisis situation. No, we haven't also been denied uncredentialed access to the expansion during gametime--they let anyone in who gives them the ol' $5 handshake. It's what's happening in the stadium that's the issue, week after week, and it must change. Mr. Martin, the damn crowd isn't doing the wave properly. Seems that a different breed of fan has taken to this team--much like the Northwestern fanbase pre-2000, and the Columbia fanbase, and, of course, the mulleted cretins of E. Lansing. They just don't understand the important things about Michigan Football. Like doing the wave, man. Or. . .well, that's about it. Losing has changed this hallowed ground. Damn it, Bill, the Memorial Stadium Wave is broken, and we need a plan to fix it. You, as AD, must do something to "change the game", as they say. We have only one option: print the Wave Instructions on the back of all tickets henceforth. We, the L-MFers, have thoroughly debated this topic on the internets, and we demand the following formulation: The Wave For Dummies 1. Around twice at normal speed 2. Slow it down 3. Speed it up 4. Send it back 5. Split them and have two waves going in opposite directions. Mr. Martin, you must show leadership here; we Losing. . .er, Loyal MFers demand it. Realistically speaking, how can you expect us to continue to fill that stadium, paying YOUR salary, and giving you FREE ACCESS to the expansion suites (especially when we all have to palm the young dudes from Eastern 5 bucks to use the nice clean bathrooms)? I would caution you: if you don't fix this, and fix it now, people are going to notice that there's a football game being played at the bottom of this Awesome Wave Venue. At that point, all hell just might break loose--literally, man. Really. Because I'm pretty sure that our football team doesn't know the first thing about the wave either--after all, 80% of them are freshmen or sophmores, and we all know that that coach you hired from WVA doesn't give a crap about our traditions. Go Blue! Guttman P.S. you could post the instructions on the scoreboard for the OSU game! how cool would that be! TP would poop his pants! P.P.S. pleeeeeease do this for us, so that we can reclaim our message boards from former band geeks and north campus-dwellers who just can't handle the CHAOS of a disorderly wave!