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I attended my first Michigan football game today, and it made me super nostalgic for Gator football. Yes, Michigan fans have fun and go all out, but their focus is more on tailgating than deafening the opponent’s offense every single play. In Ann Arbor, tailgating starts at 9am sharp, and eventually those individuals sober enough eventually find themsevles at the game in the early afternoon. The attendance numbers, upwards of 110,000, are astounding, but the shallow angle of the Big House means all that noise just sort of gets lost. The field is waaaaay over there, and it’s generally easy to find yourself distanced from the game by the distractions created in the stands. I miss my days of Gator football, where the crowd noise and the game are so in your face you can’t do anything but get just as worked up as the players. Gator football, where all it takes is 1 second of encouragement by one player on the field to suddenly have the entire student section roaring at their loudest, even between plays or during a TV timeout.

However, I’ll take Ann Arbor temperatures, and the Michigan Marching Band, over the Florida alternatives anyday. (No offense, UF band, but UM band kicks your ass.)

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