Better stadium experience
1) the biggest improvement for me was the NCAA scoreboard scrolling through the games across the country all game long on the scoreboards. I absolutely love this as now I can kind of keep in touch when I'm over at a game.
2) my cell service was pretty excellent all game. Was able to send and receive texts without the difficulty I had noticed in past
3) improvements at the concessions. I only got a pretzel but they were a lot bigger and way better than in years past.
What say you guys??
August 30th, 2014 at 5:57 PM ^
Did they run out of frozen lemonade? I stood in two lines last game I was at, just to have them run out right before I got to the front.
August 31st, 2014 at 9:36 AM ^
at stands near north end zone. My daughter and her BF were 3rd in line behind someone who bought the last four; they then checked two other stands only to find nothing.
Warm, humid, partly-sunny day---you'd think they would be better prepared with sufficient supplies.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
scoreboard with score updates.
I still find the lack of silence incredibly obnoxious. Just a few commercials I would like nothing going on where I can just talk to people around me. I don't need to be entertained every second I am there.
I also really would like the music to go away on kickoffs.
Students still can't do the wave right......
August 30th, 2014 at 7:00 PM ^
I'm a student who is right on the edge of the student section literally right where the wave started today and usually starts, so I feel I'll have some influence going forward this season on getting the wave done right. The big issue I think is that we did it on offense and not defense, thus we scored the touchdown and that kept us from being able to do to the split wave following the slow one. Otherwise I thought it worked well, only 1 or 2 failures before success (thanks to the pathetic alumni section next to us), we did it middle of the third quarter which is when it should be done, and of course in a blowout.
So was doing it on offense the only problem with the wave as it was done today?
August 30th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
Yeah, but that's a HUGE problem. I'm the "pathetic" section right next to you and am pretty into the wave if done right. If the team's on O, I am just completely disengaged.
August 30th, 2014 at 8:09 PM ^
You know, this seems to be a huge controversy around here. I agree with you, the wave should be done while Michigan is on defense, but when I posted that opinion here a year or two ago, there were many people who insisted that I was wrong and the wave should be done while Michigan has the ball.
I don't understand that point of view at all, but the last time this came up it seemed to be pretty evenly split.
August 30th, 2014 at 9:11 PM ^
My instinct is also that it should have been on defense, but I didn't realize that at the game so I didn't try to stop it when it started. For future games I'll try and get it to line up when we're on defense.
August 30th, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^
Today is the perfect reason why. Just as the slow wave was hitting the student section to reverse, we scored a TD, killing the wave.
How nice is it to be able to complain about that?
August 30th, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
Yep, today showed the main reason why we should be doing it when Michigan is on defense and not offense. I also kinda like the angle that by doing it when the other team is on offense (and of course we're in a blowout), it's kind of subtly disrespecting them by showing that the entire stadium cares more about doing the wave than paying attention to their drive. That's not as big a factor as the Michigan-TD-interrupts-the-wave issue, but it's another point in favor of doing it on defense and not offense.
So the matter is settled. Defense it is!
August 30th, 2014 at 10:35 PM ^
I think the Wave should be done when we're on offense. When we're on defense, that's when we should be most engaged as fans, ready to generate noise. The Wave makes it hard to do that. And in most games like this, our offense doesn't do much in the second half while the opposing team is frantically trying to move the ball on our defense.
August 31st, 2014 at 1:15 PM ^
But then we score a TD and kill the wave, which is awesome.
Defense it is, then. Glad we had this talk.
August 30th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
I like the scoreboard inprovements, I can actually see the down and distance now. Cell service was great, music has been changed, and concessions were fine--although a bit pricey. Overall, the experience was great. Most importantly though, the team looked much better.
August 30th, 2014 at 6:05 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 7:00 PM ^
Domino's, correct? enuf said
August 30th, 2014 at 7:49 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 8:35 PM ^
Well it's not delivery....
August 30th, 2014 at 10:55 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 6:10 PM ^
$4.50 for a bottle of water is unconscionable. Granted there are the free cups at the water station. The DiGiorno pizza tastes exactly like what it is, grocery frozen pizza and is also beyond overpriced. I understand about making profits but not happy about the blatant gouging. While many adults can easily last a game without eating, a lot of kids can't, and we can't bring food in for them.
August 30th, 2014 at 10:54 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 6:17 PM ^
Agree about the scoreboard updates. The other nice thing about the scoreboard was that they kept the stat board up pretty much all the time, whereas in years past they'd only show it at certain moments. The board is big enough that they don't need to go to full-screen mode that often.
My one complaint is reserving the entire northeast gate for students. That's the most popular gate by far and it's a pain for the rest of us to have to walk over by Crisler to get in.
August 30th, 2014 at 6:18 PM ^
Imagine what this thread would be like if we lost.
August 30th, 2014 at 6:24 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
same with me. In section 21 I was able to stream the Penn State game before kickoff and the Ohio state game during the 4th quarter.
August 30th, 2014 at 7:04 PM ^
Out of curiosity, who's your provider?
August 30th, 2014 at 8:42 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^
The game day experience in my living room was great too. The sun was brighter, the air a touch sweeter. Half a hundred tends to do that.
August 30th, 2014 at 6:38 PM ^
my last game, so maybe this has been around for a while.
The salute of the Vietnam veteran was a real nice touch. You could see how much he appreciated it.
August 30th, 2014 at 6:43 PM ^
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August 30th, 2014 at 7:04 PM ^
Really? I thought they were epic in their power, and they shot a bunch of them out.
Or are you another disgruntled alumni who is inexplicably upset that they pretty much only shot them at the student section, i.e. the most important part of the stadium?
August 30th, 2014 at 11:23 PM ^
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August 31st, 2014 at 1:15 PM ^
And I had crap service all game.
August 30th, 2014 at 7:08 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 7:32 PM ^
1. better music, no old 'favorites' that are past their prime. also way less of the ultra-loud music to make you think you are at a pistons/wings game and the sound guy is on meth.
2. cell coverage was fine. i use my old clam-shell phone as a watch and noted i had bars all game long. fyi, we are up in row 76 so maybe that helps.
3. scoreboard run better since we got replays almost all the time and right away. last year that was inexplicably but frequently missing. and as noted, they kept scrolling the relevant out of town games all during the game instead of one lame update at half-time. they even had a few highlights from those other games.
August 30th, 2014 at 7:44 PM ^
August 31st, 2014 at 7:07 AM ^
the crowd shots. I think it's fun when we are in time out to see who's there. Yesterday I even saw someone that I know. I think it's funny when people aren't paying any attention and don't know they are on the jumbotrons.
August 30th, 2014 at 8:03 PM ^
they have problem with not fitting all the students in the student section. The people working were great but there needs to be organization in the student section. I felt bad for some of the students that wanted to watch the game and were having trouble finding spots. Especially since a lot were seniors having problem finding a spots. The students deserve their time to shine and have as much stress free sports experience as possible.
August 30th, 2014 at 8:03 PM ^
August 30th, 2014 at 8:29 PM ^
- said the guy who works for a carrier.
August 30th, 2014 at 8:07 PM ^
Overall, it was a great day.
On the RAWK front, it wasn't too bad because there was actually some variety.
I sit in the West Side Chairbacks so we have very easy access to the upper concourse on the West side. The food service was abysmal today. I waited almost ten minutes and never advanced in line; I finally gave up so I wouldn't miss pre-game. My wife was with my daughters a couple of minutes behind my son and I. By the time she got to the front of the line, still before kickoff..., they had already run out of hot dogs. And I didn't like the new hot dogs at all. Too fat and not, well, hot.
A HUGE positive is that at either end of the upper concourse they had about a dozen push faucets. So once you bought one bottle of water, you could refill them at those stations. My wife and I were commenting that all 5 of us drank a lot more water because of it. Nice to not feel like you have to spend fifty dollars to keep the family hydrated.
Cell service seemed better. Still spotty at times, but I got on the WiFi and it was decent. Eventually. Still bad at busy times (like half time or between quarters).
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