{"id":3366,"date":"2020-09-16T20:24:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/cas\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:10:40","slug":"3366","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/2020\/09\/16\/3366\/","title":{"rendered":"My first experience inside the Big House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can feel the energy surge through you from your first step inside the stadium. You\u2019re one of 100,000 people in the crowd, together in a sea of Maize and Blue. It instantly feels like home stepping into The Big House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it was announced today that the Big Ten <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mgoblue.com\/news\/2020\/9\/16\/big-ten-football-returning-to-the-field-this-fall-season-to-start-oct-23-24.aspx\">would move forward with an eight game season<\/a> (without fans in the stadium) I thought it would be fun to remember my first time attending a game at Michigan Stadium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like any gameday, the excitement starts well before kickoff. A friend and I were staying in a friend&#8217;s dorm at UM-Ann Arbor. We got up, got ready, and headed for the door full of anticipation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cool, crisp air made for perfect football weather as we made the trek across campus. More and more people filled the streets until all you could see was a steady current of football fans. The warm smells of pizza and salty pretzels along with the shouts of prices swarmed in the mix of the parade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All that anticipation before the game was nothing compared to that first glance into the Big House. It\u2019s appropriately named; I couldn\u2019t take it all in with one look. I scanned the stadium in awe and suddenly felt like one tiny grain of sand on a beach. As the game started, I learned the chants of the student section and yelled at the top of my lungs. I felt so proud to be a Wolverine. The electricity around me was contagious; it didn\u2019t feel like the game would ever end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly though, all good things must come to an end. We won the game, as expected, and I left with a new sense of pride in my university.  I\u2019m so excited for the day when more Wolverines can feel that excitement inside the Big House! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can feel the energy surge through you from your first step inside the stadium. You\u2019re one of 100,000 people in the crowd, together in a sea of Maize and Blue. It instantly feels like home stepping into The Big House. 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