A farewell, at least for now.
Just a few musings and memories from Salt Lake City. Unfortunately a battery problem on my phone screwed up taking many pictures but here are a few. Hopefully others will have some to share. Since this was a school day/work day the party took a while to get started but once it did I think we held our own as far as the tailgating goes.
First and foremost, I just want to say that the Michigan fans we met at the tailgates and at the game were everything that is good about college sports. Full of history, knowledge and fun. We were lucky to have long-time mgoblog lurkers Scott & Chuck with us for the day and since we had an extra ticket we were able to enjoy Scott's company at the game.
The Loonies were great and another group of friends that tailgate just west of where they were set up had an incredible time. It was no doubt one of the best tailgates we've had in the years we've been doing this.
One of your fans did a fantastic thing for a waitress at a downtown bar:
http://fox13now.com/2015/09/04/michigan-fans-in-utah-for-game-day-leave-slc-server-3000-as-part-of-tips-for-jesus/
And we had a little fun when a local feature reporter stopped by a couple of the tailgates really early in the morning.
http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/the-party-started-before-sunrise-for-utes-fans
I say "for now" because my hope is that we can do this again. However, since I never want to be visiting fan that stays well past game time, so long and best wishes from all of us at the Shasta crew in Salt Lake City,
Michael Henrie & Cris Schrauf
Albert and Marianna Gamboa
Brian Royce & Kathy Lemay
Dave & Annette Wigham
as well as from the crew of Porky, The Ute Pig Bus who asked me to pass on their best as well,
Welby Evangelista
Pit Master Ryan Lufkin
Brian McCombie
Ed Cable
and many others.
September 5th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
Good luck on your season. You proved a worthy opponent!
September 5th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
I would love for this series to continue, hopefully someday soon. I really want Michigan to even up that overall record vs Utah!
September 5th, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
Utah was more than a worthy adversary. I just wish your boys had played some vintage Michigan teams, but that's on us.
Good luck in the Pac 12, my friend.
September 5th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
Hopefully if we play again in Ann Arbor, our fans can return the favor. Glad to hear we behaved!
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Bryce, Zion, Canyonlands, and Arches are all fantastic.
September 5th, 2015 at 3:18 PM ^
Utah is a really beautiful state. I've been to Zion, but not the other 3 NP's.
September 5th, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
Nice post. Congrats on the win. Utah has been building a really solid base for years now and look close to the breakthrough. The d is rock solid and the o is steady and looks capable of blowing up anyone on your schedule. Hopefully UM and the U of U meet on the field again soon.
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September 5th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
Nice to have another team and fanbase we can respect and root for. What sports should be about.
Whatever the final score, as our new coach said, "That was a football game!"
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Hopefully the results will be in our favor next time, but I hope you guys do well this year.
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September 5th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
It was too much fun to just stop like that. Tell you what, let's go ahead and meet up again in the Rose Bowl.
September 5th, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
Thanks for your comments the past 2 years in the diaires re: Utah (and BYU this year). I believe we are 0-3 in the last 3 meetings with Utah so you certainly have had our # similar to hwo we seem to own Northwestern. You have IMO one of the most underrated coaches in CFB who takes a bunch of 3 stars and creates units that play better as a group then they might be individiaully and despite what your AD was doing this year, it's a positive you retained him and he will continue to steward you guys in the right direction. We had taken for granted what an upper echelon coach can do around here.
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Before and on the way to the game, the Ute fans were great fun. A bit of minor trash talk but the Blue return comments always made them smile and they knew Blue was Cool!
I have not seen that much red since a Sam Peckinpah movie!
We were walking back to the SLC University Marriott after the game and a female Ute fan came from behind and stated they beat Harbaugh and ESPN so take that since the Utes got no respect. My comment was the media built up the game and ESPN also mentioned repeatedly about Utah being a quality team. I then stated how Utah beat Stanford, USA, and UCLA last year because they were a good team. Then this UTE B sarcastically stated: Well who did you beat last year?
Ok time to rumble: Hey Toots: How many Football championships has Utah won? Who has won more football games? Obviously, I could go on and on and finally Miss Ute mouth hurried off into the crowd. Her BF did turn around said Bo is not coming back. I stated I hope not; but there is no worry since Bo's apprentice, Jim Harbaugh, has arrived!
September 5th, 2015 at 4:05 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^
Hey Ghost your ridiculous judgmental comment was not appreciated! Who in the hell do you think u r Roger Goodell!
I was only relating what happened. Did U read the first part of my comment?
Wherever we go whether it was Dallas and Alabama or Connecticut we had a great time with their fans. In addition, I had to stand up for visiting fans who were being bothered by drunken and obnoxious Michigan fans. Put a plug in it and keep your opinions to yourself.
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September 5th, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^
have a great season
September 5th, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
I especially loved the tip story. Without getting religious, it was just beyond wonderful that the Michigan fan gave Bre the $3,000 tip. Just wow!
September 5th, 2015 at 3:58 PM ^
Sincere thank you for the info and updates provided. Best of luck this season, and Go Blue!
September 5th, 2015 at 4:41 PM ^