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8 Things You'll Understand Too Well If You've Been To A Michigan Football Game

Every Michigan football Saturday should be considered a national holiday.

Rachel Mount

Oct 22, 2018

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8 Things You'll Understand Too Well If You've Been To A Michigan Football Game

Rachel Mount

No one loves Michigan more than Michigan students, fans and alum love Michigan. I'd say 70% of this draws directly from football. Game days are a weekly holiday during the fall, and students will do everything in their power to not have to miss a tailgate or game. Alum drive for hours or fly in to tailgate with thousands on the golf course (or join their kids on campus), and go absolutely nuts in the stands.

And the effort is always so worth it, because all Michigan game days are the best days.

1. The outfits are unmatched

I honestly get so much joy out of making my outfits as extra as possible. We tend to tape cereal to ourselves (a portable breakfast, obviously) or carry around giant inflatables during all of the tailgates.

2. No type of bad weather can stop the tailgates

It doesn't matter if it's 30 degrees and pouring rain. Obviously, we'll all complain about it, but we complain while we're bundling up in 18 layers getting hype to loud music at 8 a.m.

3. There's no such thing as tailgating too early

If it's a night game, I still expect all my friends to be ready to go by 9 a.m. No ifs ands or butts.

4. You high five and say "go blue" to everyone

That includes ice cream men too, of course.

5. Fans do some entertaining stuff

Whether it be chirping until their lungs burst, dying their entire bodies blue and maize, bringing megaphones and other obnoxious toys, or sporting funny signs...Michigan fans could have their own TV show.

6. Alum are just as crazy as students

The amount of parents I have seen shot gunning beers or taking vodka from an ice luge is unreal. Also, I swear most alum start tailgating before we do.

7. Chants and songs are ALWAYS screamed

As in you can absolutely hear cheers from the big house a mile away, no matter if it's the first or 15th time it's been chanted that game.

8. There's food everywhere, and it's too good to be true

Thank you Ann Arbor for not only blessing us with great restaurants, but with amazing street and stadium food as well. Only on game days will I (with no hesitation) spend $10 on a pretzel or bag or street nachos.

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8 Things You'll Understand Too Well If You've Been To A Michigan Football Game

Every Michigan football Saturday should be considered a national holiday.

1. The outfits are unmatched

2. No type of bad weather can stop the tailgates

3. There's no such thing as tailgating too early

4. You high five and say "go blue" to everyone

5. Fans do some entertaining stuff

6. Alum are just as crazy as students

7. Chants and songs are ALWAYS screamed

8. There's food everywhere, and it's too good to be true

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Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

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10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

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15. Blanket cocoons

16. Good hair days

17. Really good coffee

18. Days where you're in a good mood naturally and for no particular reason

19. Conquering a fear

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21. Being so comfortable with someone that you can literally talk about anything

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23. Tattoo stories

24. Leaves changing color in fall

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26. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

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Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

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7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

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15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

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18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

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