University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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A member of the Michigan Marching Band watches the Wolverines face off with the Fighting Irish before taking the field for their halftime performance. The band traveled to Notre Dame with the football team, where they performed The Saturday Morning Show, which consisted of songs from various video games. Tedjasukmana photo T housands of people filled the streets, tailgates started at eight in the morning, subdued people painted their entire bodies in the name of a sport: these moments described the passion, the near religion, that is Michigan football. Every home football Saturday, the city of Ann Arbor was overtaken by football and Michigan fanatics alike. It did not matter if the rules of the football game were clear to the fans, if the seats in the Big House were in row one or row 97, or if the game was against Miami of Ohio or Ohio State, football Saturday was about more than just the game. Just one football game at the Big House is enough to make you a Michigan fan for life, senior English major Mary Deyoe said. Despite the previous night ' s activities, students managed to wake up and start tailgating hours before the game even began. All Michigan fans were welcome to drink, eat, dance in the streets, and play beer pong on tables painted to resemble the Michigan football field. Rival fans also joined in the tailgating festivities, although under disgression. There ' s nothing better than beating Miami [of Ohio] kids at beer pong and then not being able to stand up straight during the game, senior psychology major Dave Hetterscheidt said. The Wolverine ' s went on to beat the Redhawks with a score of 43-10. Once the students and alumni managed to peel themselves away from the beer and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs, the game itself topped off every football Saturday. Having traversed their way through the crowded streets towards the Big House, fans finally got to sit or, more likely, stand during the three or four hours of snaps, passes, blocks, and, of course, Michigan touchdowns. At my first football game, I was so amazed. I screamed the whole time and lost my voice for a week, first-year pre-med student Scott Vizzi said. Even though Michigan did not always win, the love and excitement for the game remained strong. Fans not only lootball Saturdays