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That was exactly my experience, too. There was plenty of horns down, but it was never particularly confrontational. And the guys we were in line with to get into the stadium asked (after doing the requisite horns down) whether it pissed us off. For my part, I answered with a shrug; the Longhorn fan next to me indicated that it was more annoying to him. I relayed how we were in Omaha a few years ago with Mobilehoma, aggy, and the Domers and all three teams were doing horns down even when playing each other. And that's dumb. But it also reflects that Sark is right that some people hate us more than they love themselves. And that observation put a quick end to any horns down nonsense. Really, it just seems like it's something they see other teams' fans doing that's kind of fun and you might as well get in on it when you have the opportunity. Another guy I was chatting with while in line for a beer . . . and at this point you might get the correct impression that standing in lines is a central part of the gameday experience at Michigan Stadium . . . noted that they were going to Norman next year and they were "trying to decide who was the Michigan and who was the Ohio State in that rivalry." I just laughed. My dude--I'm going to poison that particular well. You'll find out in due course. Anyway--I had far more good chats with far more people than I ever have had at any away game.
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Huh. Interesting. Like maybe with ten schools? Maybe just eight. Or maybe even with 12. I could see that working.
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No, but the PA announcer helpfully told us to drive safely and remind us that State Street would run one way all the way to the interstate after the game. I somehow refrained from asking the Michigan fans around me whether it was customary to make that announcement with 8:30 left in the fourth quarter.
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For some reason, that didn't stand out to me at the game. But thinking on it now, I don't know why it didn't. It just seemed so natural that there shouldn't be any billboards. A few other observations on Michigan Stadium and the atmosphere: Michigan fans are unfailingly cool: Around both Detroit and Ann Arbor all weekend, we didn't have a single interaction with anybody that wasn't positive. Yeah--they're very proud of their school. I mean, people think we're arrogant; they've never met the Michigan fanbase. But even so, they were uniformly pleasant, gracious, and informed. Michigan Stadium isn't quiet: I had the expectation that it would be a pretty sedate atmosphere, both because of the fanbase and because of the stadium architecture. But at least through the first quarter, the crowd was really very loud. I'm not saying it was the loudest place I've ever been, but it was definitely louder than most. And the addition of the giant suite complexes on both sides really keeps the sound in. The Eyes of Texas was really loud after the game as the sound bounced between the suites. The hype video is great: I mean, you know it's going to be great when it starts with James Earl Jones (RIP) putting on his headphones. But it also includes a fair amount of academic hype. And that's something we ought to have a little more of. We have nine Nobel laureates and a couple Turing recipients on faculty and a bunch more as alumni. That's shit we ought to have on the jumbotron. On the game: Fuck deferring to the second half: We won the toss and elected to receive. That's really out of fashion these days, because it eliminates the chance of getting a late score in the first half and then getting the ball back in the second. And it puts you in a bad spot if you come out and go three-and-out to start the game, which frequently happens in a tough game on the road. It set a tone and conveyed a message, and we went out and marched right down the field and should have had a TD. There was real "it don't make a shit" energy about that. Our OL is huge: Television doesn't really convey how big and fast these guys are. But when you see it in person against another top team, it's kind of astonishing. Arch is a man: You just see him in warm-ups, and it's clear that he's a pro. Even the Michigan fans were noting it. And by halftime, the Michigan fans around me were hoping Arch would go in just so they could see the show. I told them that we don't put Arch in just to hand off; if he goes in, he's running the offense. But that's what they were hoping for--they wanted to see Arch sling some passes.
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I don't think there have ever been as many Stetsons at DTW at one time as there were this morning.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Ghost of LL replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Yesterday—I’m up here in Michigan with everyone else this weekend. -
Jesus—SMU’s offensive line is terrible.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
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Holy shit—I’m in a swing state. So many Kamala ads. Actually some good positive ads. -
Ann Arbor / Detroit (Y'all are coming for the UT-UM game, right?)
Ghost of LL replied to choripan's topic in Food and Travel
Windsor Ballet, my man. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Ghost of LL replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
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Well, it brings one vote in Wyoming. Which I believe is something like 2% of the electorate in that state. -
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WTF has happened in Wisconsin? I have thought over the last eight years that it was the least secure of the Blue Wall states. But polling over the past six weeks has consistently had it as the most secure (occasionally showing it outside the MOE, as is the case here). What's up with that? Pennsylvania is always close, but it almost always comes home for the Dems. I suspect it'll be the same here--five points feels high. If Harris wins it by more than three points, I'd be surprised. Pennsylvania is not more Dem than Michigan. It's just not. And I don't want to hear any bullshit about Dearborn; Harris is not going to run three points in Pennsylvania ahead of where she is in Michigan. -
We’re all focusing on DJ, but that’s unfair. This entire team is awful. The WRs can’t catch for shit. The offensive line is opening no holes and getting absolutely no push for their mediocre running backs. The DL is getting blown off the ball; they’re giving up 8 ypc or so (by my guess). They’re just terrible in every phase.
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Let’s not sleep in the fact that DJU’s receivers aren’t doing him any favors. They’re every bit as bad as he is.
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DJU still has a higher QB rating than Conner Weigman
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It’s going to be wild when SMU wins the ACC, Utah wins the Big 12, Oregon wins the B1G, and Texas wins the SEC.
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I think I just found Florida’s fourth win of the season.
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The Florida State defense may kill DJU after this game.
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Notre Dame @ Texas A&M; Catholics vs Cultists
Ghost of LL replied to notre dame joe's topic in Football
People who aren't registered to vote in Arizona? -
Notre Dame @ Texas A&M; Catholics vs Cultists
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Notre Dame @ Texas A&M; Catholics vs Cultists
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My dude--do you think games are only lost on Saturday? Fuuuuuck no. It takes a whole week's worth of preparation to not coach. It starts on Sunday, when Jimbo doesn't look at any game film and doesn't start developing a gameplan. Then it continues on Monday when he doesn't meet with any coaches or players. It continues right on through the week when he doesn't attend any practices, evaluate any players, or provide any instruction. It culminates on Friday when he doesn't set the two-deep. It's a whole seven days of inaction, each of which earns $20,000. And that's just during the season. In the offseason, he spends every day not evaluating talent, not recruiting, not coordinating the NIL efforts, not chatting up alumni and fans, not being visible as the Head Football Coach of the third-best football program in Texas. That kind of nonfeasance doesn't come cheap, my friend.- 2274 replies
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The future of the Big XII was put into sharp and sad relief this past weekend for anybody who was uncertain what it was going to look like. It's pretty clear that ESPN views the SEC as its bell cow. And it's going to do whatever it needs to do to maximize the visibility of the SEC (and hence its own revenue). So this past weekend, that meant Texas at 2:30 and aggy at 6:00 with Oklahoma on Friday. And that's what you're going to see throughout the rest of the season--Texas and Oklahoma and the big SEC teams not overlapping on timeslots and competing for viewers. They're going to be lined up in a series so that football fans never have to change the channel. The result this past weekend was that Baylor, Tech, and Cougar High were all shunted off to streaming (probably to the benefit of all of them to reduce the visibility of those awful showings). The Arizona schools play into the early morning hours. And everyone else plays on Thursday or at 11:00. No fucking prime time for the Big XII. And that continues on September 14--Oklahoma v. Tulane at 2:30 on ESPN; aggy @ Florida (yuck) at 2:30 on ABC; Texas v. UTSA at 6:00 on ESPN; Georgia at Kentucky at 6:30 on ABC. That's not leaving just a whole lot of inventory for Big XII games. Arizona State plays on Thursday night; the Kansas schools play on Friday. Cougar High is streaming on ESPN+ again. Three teams play at 11:00. TCU/UCF and Colorado/Colorado State actually get Fox and CBS in primetime--that's good for them, I suppose. Colorado/Colorado State will actually get decent numbers. But apart from those two slots, that's a pretty wretched schedule for a conference. Regularly shunting teams off to weeknights or onto ESPN+ just isn't great for visibility, recruiting, or fundraising. It feels a lot more Mountain West than it does SEC.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Ghost of LL replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
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