<p>Hi,
I'm going to be going to UofM in the fall and I was wondering if anyone could describe what Game day is like at Michigan. I have heard it is crazy, the tailgating, the games, the parties. So, what is the experience like and how would you say a typical football Saturday goes?
Thanks</p>
<p>I think some things you just have to experience for yourself. :)</p>
<p>My husband and I have attended a few games and even with no ties to the university (just local residents) and being an old married couple (well, in our 40s), it was still super fun and exciting.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine how much more fun it would be to be a student. Enjoy yourself and welcome to Ann Arbor!</p>
<p>Football saturdays in Ann Arbor are legendary. People wake up at 8 just to pregame. If you walk down State Street in the afternoon before the game, it is literally parties on parties on parties!</p>
<p>There is no better game-day experience than Michigan football. The only word I can think of is magical.</p>
<p>63 days to go</p>
<p>I’ve always found that explaining what game day feels like is an impossible task. There really is no way to describe it. It’s one of those “you have to be there to know what it feels like” experiences since no words will justify how amazing it is.</p>
<p>Wake up early (except for the Notre Dame game this year, it’s a night game), throw on as much Michigan attire as you fit on your body at one time, gather your friends, go out on the street, find a house or two, drink drink drink and party party party (though not as much as you would on a Friday night), head over to the stadium with the masses of people, enter the stadium, spend too much on food, cheer on the leaders and best (make sure you know Hail to the Victors because you’ll sing it no fewer than fifty times over the course of a game), go back to your dorm, pass out, wake up and go out and party all over again. It’s a damn good time, man. Come Sunday morning you won’t want to get out of your bed, haha.</p>
<p>If you’re a student then there isn’t much tailgating, perse. Though if you have family in town that might be a good idea. But some kids bring their parents to the pregame parties and no one minds as long as the parents are down with it, haha. This happens especially over homecoming and parents’ weekends.</p>
<p>Anyway, I just described what you typically do, but nothing can describe the feeling or experience. But you’ll see it for yourself soon enough.</p>
<p>I’ve never been to a UofM game. But I remember game day being the best parts of college. It’s whatever you want to make it. Some will wake up drinking, barbeque in the afternoon, drink in the parking lot, go to the game, and continue socializing well after the game is over. Some will show up at kickoff, watch the game and go home to study. Others, actually quite a few, could care less.</p>
<p>Notice that the immediately preceding post was by someone who has NEVER attended a UofM game. That person is actually fairly accurate in describing a normal D-I college game, but NOT accurate in describing UofM. I played at ASU 4000 years ago and game days are pretty much as described above. But D now attends Michigan and there is a whole other level of intensity that I never experienced as a Sun Devil (even as a player). It is pretty magical.</p>
<p>sosomenza- Michigan football is not normal college football. I’ve yet to meet anyone here who “could care less.” Ann Arbor in the fall is all about Wolverine football and it’s the only thing happening on Saturdays. The tailgating is a lot more than just drinking in a parking lot or having a barbeque and the town doubles in size on a home weekend. It’s definitely something you just have to experience.</p>
<p>Even the kids who don’t give a rat’s ass about football or even sports in general go nuts on game day.</p>