How many people come to this year's spring game?
With the basketball team likely to not make the tourney, and the next big thing coming up being spring practice and 2016 recruiting I can't wait for the first Harbaugh game and April 4th. How many fellow Wolverines do you think will make the trek to Ann Arbor for the dawn of the Hardynasty? I think it depends heavily on the weather. With a 30-40 degree drizzle day, we get roughly 30,000. With a 40-55 degree cloudy day, we get 40K. With a 65-75 degree perfect sunny day we get upwards of 65,000. How many Michigan fans do you think will be there to witness Harbaugh's first time taking the field as a coach?
February 12th, 2015 at 1:36 PM ^
I think more than 65K. Harbaugh has us all wanting to see everything we can. We as fans are excited again.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
That seems like a good number, but I think it will be around 80,000.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
Bold prediction is that this spring game breaks the attendance record, almost 116k show up.
February 12th, 2015 at 7:44 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 1:36 PM ^
If the weather is good and Coach Harbaugh decides to have game. It should be a very good turn out I'll say over 50k
February 12th, 2015 at 1:36 PM ^
I'll go with 50,000
February 12th, 2015 at 2:02 PM ^
than the number of truck drivers OSU will have at their spring game.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
Fuck OSU. Why does their spring game attendance matter? They are the only people on Earth who brag about spring game attendance. To them, any other fan bases are full of bandwagon fans just because their spring game attendance numbers are not high.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
get their beets...
February 12th, 2015 at 7:20 PM ^
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February 12th, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^
Depends on the weather...if it's at all sunny and 45+, the people will be out in droves
February 12th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
I'll go with 45,000. Not a fan of the early April game that we seem to do every year. But I understand why we do it earlier than most programs (exam schedule, TV etc,.)
February 12th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
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February 12th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
Don't you mean
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February 12th, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
parabolas
February 12th, 2015 at 11:18 PM ^
1010111111001000 is 45K
February 12th, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^
Oh, you're going to go all base-16 on me, huh? :-)
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Back then it was all about preserving network, since that was an expensive resource. In today's world of "free" internet, few remember how much it used to cost to have a dedicated 56KB line from AT&T. In the thousands per month.
February 12th, 2015 at 8:16 PM ^
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February 12th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
I feel like a lot of people that can't normally afford tickets or people that have small children love going to this game because it's free. I think if we have a 70 degree day there will be 100,000 people there. If it's cold then we'll have around 50,000. There is just way too much excitement around the football program right now that would make me think there will be less than 50,000 people there. I haven't been to a spring game in years and I will definitely be there this year no matter what the temperature is.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
/buzzkillington
February 12th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
This is up there with the best gifs I've ever seen.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^
I don't know what is funnier - the dude in red or the guy pulling a hamstring.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^
If this really is Bando,did the golfer live? Looked like he was shot in the but-tocks as Forrest would say..
February 12th, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^
They said it was a million dollar wound, but the Army must keep that money because I haven't seen a nickel of that million dollars....
February 12th, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^
If this really is Bando,did the golfer live? Looked like he was shot in the but-tocks as Forrest would say..
February 12th, 2015 at 6:06 PM ^
I needed that.. I hereby announce this 12th day of February, 2015, TheFugitive wins the internet.
February 12th, 2015 at 7:31 PM ^
Looks like dude blew his ACL.
February 12th, 2015 at 11:28 PM ^
Looks like the golfer blew a hamstring
February 12th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
If only the OP's title wasn't so vague. You could have avoided clicking a topic you didn't care about.
Darn
February 12th, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
Maybe, but going from last year's 65,000 in Columbus to 15K in AA has got to be a downer in recruits' eyes who could be chosing between the two teams. That's the part the matters. The part that doesn't matter is that I hate losing to them in anything whrther it be checkers or underwater basket weaving.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
Sometimes I really do wonder if all of these trivial things fans swear matter to recruits actually do matter to recruits. Because it seems to me that to a kid making a choice about a school, the number of people in the stands for a practice is probably as low on the list as the firmness of the dorm room mattress.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
This is why you'd be a poor choice for MIchigan's football recruiting staff.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
Well, good thing we're not Rutgers, then.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
"I don't like this topic and I'm going to make a point of telling everyone how much I don't like this topic."
February 12th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
It'd be so damn cool to have over 100k. I hate the SEC but the way they treat their spring games I've always been jealous of (Yes I know the weather is much nicer)
February 12th, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
I just hope it's a game. Last year's spring stretchy and punting exhibition in sub-20 degree weather was the lowest of lows. I want to actually be entertained and have a good time.
Harbaugh did spring game drafts at Stanford. They could make such a big a fun event out of this. Stream the draft on MGoBlue.
Also: MBB will be in a postseason tournament. Their season will be done by April 4th if, say, they get to and win the NIT Championship on April 2nd.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
Harbaugh is going to invite former players and coaches (IMO) and people are going to want to be a part of the Homecoming! And they are actually going to play (game conditions) and not the other thing formerly known as the SPRING GAME . . .
February 12th, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^
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February 12th, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
But are there still open practices that fans can attend? I remember going to one in elementary school on a field trip (mid 80's) and it was pretty sweet. The Stadium was basically empty and we had the run of the place. Much fun for 9 year old boys.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
109,902.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:02 PM ^
never mind
February 12th, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
It's going to be televised live. I say maybe 25,000.
February 12th, 2015 at 7:11 PM ^