Ann Arbor, MI

We all had a chill morning before heading out to Ann Arbor for the opening game for Michigan. Kris and I had a couple beers while Allan had some more emails to deal with.

Just after lunchtime we left. It took about 2 hours to get there, and then it was time for the tailgate to begin! Walking along from where we parked, there were tons of tailgates everywhere and when we finally reached our tailgate, the location was superb. We were right across the street from the stadium!

Kris' friends welcomed us with open arms and everyone we talked to seemed pretty chill and cool. Also, we somehow managed to have the tailgate with the Scottish flag. They even played Flower or Scotland at one point, which Allan led and everybody joint in 😂.

Once it was game time, we made our way over to the Big House. The stadium looks much smaller on the outside than it is on the inside, mainly due to it being sunk into the ground, if that makes sense. Unfortunately, we had to turn back to drop my bag off. Apparently there are stricter rules this season on bags due to a recent shooting. A more positive new rule is that you can now buy alcohol inside the stadium.

We had great seats, about 15 rows from the sideline, and they were even better once the students shifted out of our seats. I could see Allan and Kris both getting annoyed at the students. Kris seemed like he wanted to fight them and probably would have had there not been some kids around. Allan wanted to take the easy option and get a steward to do the hard work, which other people seemed to be doing.

Michigan played well, but the game seemed a bit slow to start and Fresno was, unexpected, keeping pace with Michigan.

Allan said he struggled to comprehend that this crowd was for a student game. The he Big House is the third largest stadium in the world, with a capacity of over 100,000. It really is a sight to behold on game day/night.

We left at the start of the 4th quarter to avoid the massive human and car congestion that would occur at the end. Maybe we were bad luck, because as soon as we left Michigan about doubled their score, getting touchdowns left, right, and center! At least they won so I'm sure there would've been a fun atmosphere around Ann Arbor that night.

Once we got back to the house, we settled in and watched a couple episodes of Rings of Power that none of us could remember after our pub crawl before calling it a day (and what an exciting day it was!). 🏈

Allan’s deal of the day: free parking (and not getting a ticket) when parking lots next to us were charging $40.Baca lagi