<p>My roommate and I are supposedly going to the football game together tomorrow and we are wondering what time we should get there. I don't know what goes on before if anything that we might like to participate in, or how early we should get there to get seats together. Can anyone educate me please? :)</p>
<p>Work backwards - kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. It is the 1st game with a whole new freshman class that doesn’t know how things work. The stadium is still under construction. It will be a bit slow loading the stadium with fans. You want to be inside the stadium gates at least by 3:00 p.m. if you want to see the kickoff.</p>
<p>The security can be ridiculous and it is usually the worst for the first game of the year. I never leave early enough for the games and almost always miss the kickoff. The freshmen usually don’t sit in the assigned seats so getting there early helps for that too. I would try to get there by 3:00 so you see the band and the team enter the stadium. You also need to allow enough time to walk there. It can take 40-45 minutes to get there from Markley; probably 20-25 minutes from South Quad. If you haven’t been to a game before, it is quite a spectacle to watch the crowd converge upon the stadium.</p>
<p>Not trying to jack this thread, but I’m a HS senoir and my friend is a college frosh (not going to UM). We are both going to the game. Is there a fraternity or somewhere else that we can hang with UM kids before the game?</p>
<p>We are leaving from East Quad. What would be the best way to get to the stadium?</p>
<p>jrt-Yes, there are numerous frats, as well as a bunch of houses on State Street and elsewhere where you can tailgate prior to the game.</p>
<p>Twisted-Take east university to hill, make a right, then hill to state, make a left, then right on hoover and follow the huge crowd of people wearing yellow.</p>
<p>You won’t have any trouble figuring out how to get there. All you have to do is follow everyone else. UMgoBlue’s directions are the best from East Quad.</p>
<p>So you can just walk up to a frat and start partying with them? But they don’t really “party” before the games do they? Isn’t it more just chilling and playing beer pong? I guess I’ve never been to a frat that has a sorority over. Will UM freshman be at these frats?</p>
<p>BTW, after home games, the band usually plays a short concert on the field and then marches out of the stadium while each section does its own dance.</p>