A Short Little Trip

If you didn't know already, I am a Minnesota Golden Gopher football season ticket holder. I enjoy watching football and especially the style of the game that Head Coach Jerry Kill preaches: tough, physical and disciplined football.   One thing that I have wanted to do since becoming a season ticket holder is attend Gopher road games to great stadiums in the Big Ten conference.  

So this season I decided I would change that and attend a road game.  I know some folks (you know who you are :) ) in Ann Arbor.  The Gophers were due to play Michigan at Michigan Stadium (aka the "Big House") on Saturday and I decided to go.  Now for your information, historical success of Gopher football at the Big House is a rare occurrence. But I was somewhat confident that the Gophers would play a competitive game.   Enough of that, on to the game...

Before the game I walked through the U of Michigan Golf Course to see some tailgating. Folks were lining the fairways.

Michigan Stadium is quite the site.  I just wanted to prove I made it to the stadium....

and the game.

The Big House seats well over 100K.  This game, which was far from a sellout, sold 102K tickets to the game.

The Gophers, surprising almost everyone in the stadium, crushed the Michigan Wolverines 30-14.  Not only did the Gophers win the game, they won the Little Brown Jug, a "trophy" presented to the winner of this game.  I was able to get on the side wall as the players paraded the "Jug" around the field.  I was able to touch the "Jug" as well as hi-five a few players.  I also lost my voice in the process.

The local press was certainly not sympathetic...

In summary, the game was great.  The company was fantastic.  The weekend was well worth it.