GBMW: Let the rant begin!

Let the rant begin!

Upon returning home from the game I decided to get on many message boards and see all the people talking about what I had been thinking about the entire game.

It took no time whatsoever to determine posts about Ohio State fans having tickets started at 12:05, right when the game started.

Maybe all of the so called "Internet fans" could have or maybe should have gone on-site to many different Michigan message boards, went to stub-hub, went to e-bay, etc., and bought some game tickets. Then maybe tons of the OSU fans would not have gotten into the game.

Also I saw a ton of scalpers at the game and frankly not many Michigan fans wanted to buy from them, so who are they suppose to sell the tickets too? Yep, true Buckeye fans.

Right before leaving for the game Saturday morning, I was offered by a neighbor $225.00 for each ticket (2) I had and turned the offer down, even though I knew I could make a good chunk of change, and yes I knew, for the most part, that even though I wanted Michigan to win Ohio State would likely win. I am not sure I would ever sell my tickets, especially to the OSU game, but I understand completely why people do sell, especially in the economic times of today.

So for all those Michigan fans that were sitting at home complaining about Ohio State taking over the stadium, shame on you as well. Yes the ticket holders gave up their tickets, but not many Michigan fans stepped up and bought the available tickets.

Further, I know many Michigan fans will say "I would have loved to go, but did not see any tickets available" THAT IS CRAP! Those are probably the "All-In" fans I keep seeing all over the message boards, but do not put in the real effort to be "All-In," and that means opening up your wallet and spending a little "Jack" to see your team be supported.

I have seen game after game the same people posting on various message boards complaining about fans at the games. I saw a lot of Ohio State fans that came up just to tailgate and not even go to the game as well.

I even remember offering tickets to some of the "All In" message board before the season when I got my ticket renewal, and tickets were still available. Not one person offered to buy tickets. Also the university made it quite clear that tickets remained to many games this year, but throughout the year season ticket holders observed tons of opposing fans in the Big House.

There were two small packages for several games (3) I believe they split it up with a Penn State package and an Ohio State package and obviously not many people bought them. Probably Ohio State fans saw those tickets available and bought those packages and just sold the other tickets or ate them just to have the Ohio State tickets.

The sad part is they will probably be on the ticket renewal list next year as well, because I doubt with the performances we have seen the past two years that people will be lining up for the season ticket packages with how the economy is around Michigan, and also how the team has played.

Frankly, I cannot blame those fans for not wanting to put down a "personal seat donation" anywhere from $50.00 to $500.00 a seat, depending on where you sit, along with $400.00 a seat to watch the quality of football of the past two seasons.

Was I mad at all the Ohio State fans sitting in the Big House? Yes, but when I got home I was more upset with all the people that were posting about it while the game was going on. Where were these so called "All-In" fans? I guess your mouth is bigger than your desire and money to support your team.

I will tell you that the athletic department had tickets. The basketball team that Michigan played on Friday night, Houston Baptist, was sitting right in front of where my season tickets are located and they were all together in two rows. That tells me that a lot of tickets were never purchased, or were returned so that a large group of probably 15 people were able to get tickets and see the game all together.

The thing that bothered me more than anything else, and I have been saying it since they have moved the band over to the student section, is that most of the stadium cannot hear them while the visitors band which is spread out on the sidelines for 30-40 yards can be heard throughout the stadium, and they are right by their own fans and it seems visiting ands can be heard for miles.

I have never understood why Michigan allows these big groups so close to the field. They have better seats than I do for games such as Notre Dame, Penn State and Ohio State. Then they put some of them at the top of the stadium, but put them in a huge area in which they can take over half the stadium, if not more depending on what is going on during the game.

Like Ohio State, when their fans were chanting their O-H-I-O chant at the end of the third quarter when our little tiny band in the corner is playing "Sweet Caroline," and not many in the confines could hear them. The Ohio State fans took over the stadium and at that moment, if I were the "Music man" at the stadium, I would have been blasting some type of music to cover this up. Why did they allow this to go on? Finally, the Michigan fans did start to boo them to help drown them out.

The only good thing is they cannot spell "S-T-A-T-E" to follow Ohio because frankly I do not know whom they were chanting for, but maybe they like the Ohio University Bobcats? The last time I checked, Ohio didn't mean Ohio State.

UM needs to take charge and get a better selection of music and a person that knows when to play it. Whoever was in charge played Eminem’s "Lose yourself" at the wrong time, starting this song from the beginning and stopping it right when the fans get into it.

Whoever really needs to stop the Bob Segar song at the end of the 3rd quarter, or whenever it plays, and they played almost the whole song. The fans did not care and the only ones that were doing anything were the Ohio State fans that were making fun of the song and saying wow this sure does get the crowd going. The same can be said about almost any other time they tried to play something. They rarely did it at the right time. At almost every big critical third down you never heard anything, or when whoever did start playing something, the effect was short, about ten seconds, because the timing was late.

There needs to be staples at Michigan Stadium, and yes you can play the right song more than one time. It almost seems like whoever is doing this is playing too many songs or trying to excessively mix them up. Just play 4-5 songs and have them for certain times. Emeinm -- "Lose yourself", AC/DC -- "Thunder struck", "Hells Bells", and The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army".

My little rant is over, and back to Michigan sports.

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