Michigan Alumns. Pfft...They're EVERYWHERE!
Ok, ok. I just pulled out a quote from my Germany trip last year that no one gets (other than Maverick), but it's appropriate! :)
I didn't post my thoughts about the football game over the weekend, but I was thrilled to see Michigan play such a great game. First time that I wasn't irritated at any point during the game all season. I'm sure FlyingV appreciated my positiveness for the afternoon.
Since the game was exiled to the BTN once again, we made another trip to Buffalo Wild Wings. We were pleasantly surprised to see so many Michigan fans at the sports bar. There was a family of five near us where the three kids were all dressed up in Michigan gear. It was awesome. When Michigan scored a TD just before halftime, one of the kids came over to our table and lead us in a rousing chorus of The Victors. Once again, awesome.
There was also a couple recent Michigan grads at the table next to us that ended up joining our table for the second half. One of them apparently knew one of the new hires from Michigan that was with our group. This girl also was from Plymouth and grew up about 1-2 miles from where I grew up. I was going to ask her if she knew random people from Plymouth until she said she graduated high school in 2003. Holy crap I am old.
FlyingV invited the girls to his planned party for the Illinois game next week. The girls work at Pratt & Whitney and apparently work with another older Michigan alumnus that was in the band. After thinking about it for a second, I think I know who that person is. Mouse, go ahead and chuckle.
Since we were all in a good mood from the game, we did not heckle a guy wearing an OSU shirt that came into the sports bar around halftime and sat at a table right next to us. It probably helped that his daughter (~18 months old) was wearing an OSU cheerleader outfit. While we jokingly may have made a 'child abuse' reference, we couldn't help but smile when he was trying to get his daughter to say 'Go Bucks'.
In summary, watching the Michigan game at Buffalo Wild Wings was awesome. I can live with the occasional UM game on the BTN for a pro-Michigan atmosphere like that. If only it didn't take them ~30 minutes to get our game on the big screen (as opposed to one small TV). Seriously, why are 60% of the TVs on the South Florida game when about 25% of the place was filled with loud, obnoxious, hungry, and thirsty Michigan fans.
I didn't post my thoughts about the football game over the weekend, but I was thrilled to see Michigan play such a great game. First time that I wasn't irritated at any point during the game all season. I'm sure FlyingV appreciated my positiveness for the afternoon.
Since the game was exiled to the BTN once again, we made another trip to Buffalo Wild Wings. We were pleasantly surprised to see so many Michigan fans at the sports bar. There was a family of five near us where the three kids were all dressed up in Michigan gear. It was awesome. When Michigan scored a TD just before halftime, one of the kids came over to our table and lead us in a rousing chorus of The Victors. Once again, awesome.
There was also a couple recent Michigan grads at the table next to us that ended up joining our table for the second half. One of them apparently knew one of the new hires from Michigan that was with our group. This girl also was from Plymouth and grew up about 1-2 miles from where I grew up. I was going to ask her if she knew random people from Plymouth until she said she graduated high school in 2003. Holy crap I am old.
FlyingV invited the girls to his planned party for the Illinois game next week. The girls work at Pratt & Whitney and apparently work with another older Michigan alumnus that was in the band. After thinking about it for a second, I think I know who that person is. Mouse, go ahead and chuckle.
Since we were all in a good mood from the game, we did not heckle a guy wearing an OSU shirt that came into the sports bar around halftime and sat at a table right next to us. It probably helped that his daughter (~18 months old) was wearing an OSU cheerleader outfit. While we jokingly may have made a 'child abuse' reference, we couldn't help but smile when he was trying to get his daughter to say 'Go Bucks'.
In summary, watching the Michigan game at Buffalo Wild Wings was awesome. I can live with the occasional UM game on the BTN for a pro-Michigan atmosphere like that. If only it didn't take them ~30 minutes to get our game on the big screen (as opposed to one small TV). Seriously, why are 60% of the TVs on the South Florida game when about 25% of the place was filled with loud, obnoxious, hungry, and thirsty Michigan fans.
posted by GaryGinew at 10:03 PM
1 Comments:
Holy crap Ginew! You ARE freaking old! Time to break out the walker and start having your food pre-chewed! :)
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