My first ever Michigan football game experience!
Tonight at the Buffalo Wild wings bowl will be my first ever Michigan Wolverines football game. I've been a huge fan for so long it seems weird to not have gone to a game before. There was always something in the way, money, distance or time. Tonight all the planets align. I don't care if we win or lose, if Taylor Lewan takes snaps back there. I'm excited to be enjoying the experience. See you guys at the game section 38 row 1, Go blue!
December 28th, 2013 at 3:46 PM ^
Have fun. Be enthusiastic.
I'll be elated if Michigan wins but I'm not expecting anything.
I just want to get it over with, this day.
December 28th, 2013 at 3:47 PM ^
Enjoy it! You'll never forget your first live game!
December 28th, 2013 at 3:48 PM ^
truly a joyous occasion!
December 28th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
Congrats and have a great time in the desert.
December 28th, 2013 at 3:50 PM ^
Hopefully, you have an excellent time and get to experience a win for your first live game. I know that many of us on this board have been to many, many games over varied stretches of time (a couple people on the board go back to the 50s and 60s with Michigan, I think), but there is definitely something special about the first time you get to see your team in person, no matter where you see them.
Have a blast, and Go Blue!
December 28th, 2013 at 3:53 PM ^
I was in row 96 for my first game. Have fun!
December 28th, 2013 at 3:58 PM ^
on your first game! Very exciting indeed....I would LOVE to be there for this or ANY bowl game, so I am properly envious also.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:02 PM ^
Your first M game is a meaningless bowl game? Ouch. Still though, M is M and I still want them to win.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:13 PM ^
Your 405th comment was this terrible? Ouch.
OP - enjoy the game. Hopefully you make it to campus one day, but the game day atmosphere is great no matter where you are.
December 28th, 2013 at 5:00 PM ^
That is not my 405th comment actually.
December 28th, 2013 at 5:10 PM ^
closer to 1000.
OP, go, enjoy, absorb the sights and sounds. Above all, do whatever is necessary to avoid becoming a Spock. May this be the first of many games for you, some are more important than others, but I have been to many games since my first game in 1968, and I can assure you none of them were meaningless.
December 28th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
Nah, with all accounts combined, I'm well over 6,000.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:15 PM ^
Win or lose it's meaningful. And from row one it'll be terrific. Actually being able to read the guys' names and numbers and dimples. (Implying smiles, of course.)
December 28th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^
it won't be like the last bowl game, when you couldn't read the names and numbers if you were standing right next to them!!!
December 28th, 2013 at 5:22 PM ^
I was hoping it was better in real life. It certainly was impossible on TV.
December 28th, 2013 at 5:41 PM ^
If you can believe this... when I watched the replay when I got home... it was much worse in person!
December 28th, 2013 at 4:16 PM ^
every Michigan game is meaningful. Not that I don't get frustrated with losses... but I go because... how could I not?
December 28th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
Every chance to watch Michigan in person is awesome and not to be missed.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^
Key words: bowl game. I'd love to go to a bowl game, no matter what one it is.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:19 PM ^
What a sourpuss
December 28th, 2013 at 4:25 PM ^
My first game was Appalachian State. Fuck me right?
December 28th, 2013 at 4:57 PM ^
Me too buddy. The only redemption is that I didn't quite grasp how monumental a loss it was at the time.
December 28th, 2013 at 5:22 PM ^
You pretty much suck.
December 28th, 2013 at 6:00 PM ^
Every game is meaningless in the grand scheme of the universe.
/s /emo
December 28th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
didnt anyone ever teach you the difference between snarky and shitty?
December 28th, 2013 at 4:07 PM ^
Nothing like seeing the winged helmets live. Enjoy.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:11 PM ^
Taylor Lewan taking snaps would be hilarious. I'm sort of rooting for that now (with the caveat that I don't want anything bad to happen to any of our real QBs to make it happen).
December 28th, 2013 at 4:13 PM ^
One of my best memories was attending my first Michigan game. It's something you'll always remember. I hope you enjoy it and you're able to see a good game tonight. Have fun!
December 28th, 2013 at 4:38 PM ^
Thanks all, I'm unbelieveably excited right now. I'll post some pictures later on. As for it being a meaningless bowl, it's Taylor Lewans ( along with all the other seniors) last game in a winged helmet and Shane Morris's first career start. This could be historic lol, you never know. I'd love to see Devin play in person but as they say you get what you get and you dont throw a fit. Time to hit the road
December 28th, 2013 at 6:29 PM ^
I'd actually love to be in Arizona to see them play tonight. Also, I think it's pretty cool your first game is a bowl game, and the fact it's not a prestigious bowl shouldn't diminish the fun. Have a blast, man!!
December 28th, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
Have fun.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:38 PM ^
Have a great time. Next, your first game at the Big House. There is nothing else like it. And then, your first UTL at the Big House. Pure magic.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:45 PM ^
Its been 28 years since I set foot in Sun Devil Stadium to see Michigan beat Nebraska in my bowl trip. One of my favorites. Still feels like yesterday.
December 28th, 2013 at 5:07 PM ^
almost went, wish I did. That was a great Michigan team (1985) and one to be proud of coming of a horrible 6-6 season in '84.
December 28th, 2013 at 5:11 PM ^
and cheering enthusiastically with you. I don't care where or when this game is played. A varsity team of the University of Michigan is competing in an intercollegiate contest of American Football. I'll be there in full throat, supporting my alma mater. Go Blue!
December 28th, 2013 at 5:17 PM ^
1st games for any of us.
My first game was home opener 1974 vs. Iowa. Like this bowl game, we had a back-up QB start (Mark Elzinga) but still won easily.
Hopefully, Shane leaves the game tonight in one piece and a bowl winner!
December 28th, 2013 at 5:29 PM ^
I hope it is memorable and results in a win.
Go Blue!
December 28th, 2013 at 5:36 PM ^
My first game was in AA vs Texas A&M; 7-3 at the half, 41-3 final. They had a kicker who was hitting 60-yarders in practice, he never even got that close for most of the game.
Let's hope your first game becomes as good of a memory!
December 28th, 2013 at 5:57 PM ^
My first game was in 2002 against State. I think the final was 49-3 or so. Hopefully you get to see a similar outcome! Go blue
December 28th, 2013 at 6:12 PM ^
Enjoy, and welcome to the club. I have been to probably about 50 games, and each one was a blast, win or lose. My first game was a loss to friggin ND (1987) and the last one was the Iowa Funchess drop-fest this year :(
December 28th, 2013 at 6:40 PM ^
ND 2009...where I felt the full power of the then true frosh Force!! amazing day/weekend/experience...best day of my life (don't tell my wife)...also solidified my bro's alliance, who was visiting from the UK.
Have a good one...win or lose just remember to have fun!
December 28th, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
Penn St. 07 brought tears to my eyes. Can't wait to take my wife to a game. Mallet led Michigan to a 14-9 win with a Manningham worm at the end.
December 28th, 2013 at 7:17 PM ^
Lurking for a while but decided to create a profile for this thread. I have been watching games as long as I can remember,, since the mid 70's and it took me until my mid 30's to make it to a game. I teared up the first time I walked in to the Big House.
I am able to make a game a year usually now and mix in a family visit with a game at the Big House. This year hit UTLII and am sitting across the street from Sun Devil stadium getting ready to hit my 2nd game this year.
I am happy to be able to see a game so close to home for a change.
Go Blue!
December 28th, 2013 at 9:29 PM ^
hmmm... my wife and I named our first dog Bo... is that you, bo-bo?
December 28th, 2013 at 7:43 PM ^
app st. was the first game I took my wife to.
December 28th, 2013 at 8:29 PM ^
Are you guys still married?
December 28th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
she laughed when I showed her your question... after she rolled her eyes! the second game I took her to was against Indiana when Donavan Warren clinched the game with an interception & iu's coach was furious and threw his gum on national television.
December 28th, 2013 at 7:55 PM ^
was freshman year, 1985, vs Notre Dame.
I remember the first time entering the stadium, being overwhelmed, and thinking "the entire population of my hometown would fill 2 sections of this stadium..."
Game was a W, 20-12
December 28th, 2013 at 7:56 PM ^
Vs Florida and beat Urban and Tebow, awesome game
December 28th, 2013 at 8:05 PM ^
Hope you have a great time and they give you plenty to cheer about. I attended my first game this year against Nebraska. I was sorely disappointed at the time because of the result but it was a great experience, one that I'll never forget. Hopefully someday you'll get to cheer at the mecca of college football- The Big House