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I’m a Vandy undergrad/Texas grad. My grandpa was a Texas grad; the family has always been Texas fans, and I’ve been a die hard. While I always pull for Vandy, I hope Texas stomps them this week. Hook ‘em. I’ll also never understand why a school that had a mascot that sounds like commode would choose a catch phrase, “Anchor Down”, that sounds like taking dump.

Just back from the game! Hell of a win, the stadium emptied and there was so much burnt orange. Hook ‘em!

Headed to Ann Arbor! Hook ‘em!

lol. Two of the “special” players on the Michigan Offense are a converted linebacker who’s a 5th year player with 345 career rushing yards and a senior tight end with seven catches, ever.

According to this guy: The Michigan offense has 4 special players, and the Texas offense has 3. The Michigan defense has 7 special players, the Texas defense 1. Also, Michigan apparently has 3 All-American players and Texas doesn't have any. Should we even show up, since Michigan so clearly has the talent advantage?

Yes. Very good, classic French. More authentic than elegant interior.

I was at the game last night. I don’t know how it read on TV, but Michigan basically played man/press man single high all night and dared Fresno to pass it and Fresno couldn’t. There wasn’t much to see, really. Offensively, Michigan’s lack of push was surprising. Also, their receivers couldn’t get open, and when they did Warren was not good. Orji’s one pass caused an audible reaction from the crowd. It was comical. The Big House is a cool place to watch a game. But it’s a very shallow bowl all the way around, hence not very loud. This is also the first year of beer sales there.

Is that Ving Rhames announcing at :45?

Yep. I’m a professor at Oakland and I live in LO with my wife, also a Texas graduate. 🤘🏻

Tbh, I don’t know. Casinos aren’t my thing. But Pontiac can be sketchy for sure. Did you leave MI?

As a note, the area between Orchestra Hall and SS is fine, but IME the other directions can get desolate and sketchy quick. Also, the area around the Shinola hotel is lots of fun, and I really enjoy Le Supreme, which is located in that area.

Seldon Standard is top notch, can confirm.

I'm a Vandy grad from the Dallas area, got a graduate degree from Texas. Some of the Vandy fandom is shitty, just like some of the student body, but there are plenty of good, dedicated fans. Even more so when considering the general nature of the product.

I've taken the Wolverine a few times, typically from Detroit to Chicago. The stop in Detroit is in a fine part of town, not far from the DIA and other cool things, but the station area is not a hopping place at night. It'll likely be pretty empty, YMMV on how you feel about that. I figure you will be with other fans who make the same transportation choice, so that's probably good for feeling safe in a city you don't know. If you hang out in the station till your ride appears, you'll be fine. I'd do uber instead of parking a rental there, personally. The A2 stop is close enough to the stadium, and if you are exploring the campus it's sort of on the way to the stadium. Depends on how much you like to walk. You will get to avoid the hassle of game day parking and the traffic headed into A2. There is a lot to do there after the game, so I wouldn't worry about filling time till your return train. The train itself was always fine. Clean, charging ports, etc. I found it to be reasonably on time as long as the weather isn't crazy.

This is what I did for the Michigan game this year. Hoping it works out. They haven’t announced the cost of the season tickets yet. Not sure what the secondary market is for Vandy games? When I went to college there, games always had lots of empty seats.

We could ask him, but I would be afraid of the length of the answer.

I live a little north of Detroit. Great place to live, lots of fun stuff to do. Some really cool architecture. Things have changed since I moved here in 2009. Some run down parts of town, but no worse than any of the other big cities I’ve lived in. Ann Arbor is a nice college town. I work there periodically, and it’s a fun place to visit. The big house is a great place to watch a game. I take my son to a game every year, and it’s always a good atmosphere. Detroit isn’t particularly close to AA, and the game day traffic can be bad. If you don’t plan to get there really early, 14 can be a tough slog. If you can make it work in AA, I would. If you’re just looking for a cheap place to stay, Ypsilanti is a drab town, but it has a state university, Eastern Michigan. I bet there will be hotels there, and it’s much closer than Detroit. Lansing is about equidistant to AA relative to Detroit. It’s not a town I enjoy visiting, though MSU has a beautiful campus. Another option.

The spots!

What do you mean? The point was that ISU plays down to teams worse than them every year. ISU was a 9 point favorite, was ranked 23 spots higher in SP+, and had a higher composite recruiting ranking. You stated Memphis had more talent than ISU and the players they have now are better, but all the above disagrees. Teams play up and beat more talented teams all the time.

5 year composite recruiting rankings don't agree.

Maybe if you build your culture around out-efforting more talented programs, it’s hard to find the effort against the schools with similar or worse talent. Seems like ISU plays shitty against a bad team every year.

Is this Wiltfong helping Elko by putting more pressure on smith, who is trying to keep his visit quiet? <tinfoil hat>

As the father of a 13 year old boy in Michigan, let me assure you that 35 is not the bottom of that outfits temperature limit.

That’s what I thought too. Back spasm.

ABC just said Texas is in with a win or a KSU win or a OSU loss. They also said KSU is eliminated. OU needs OSU to lose or Texas and KSU to lose.