This was Nikki’s first University of Michigan football game. Here’s us getting into the stadium:

While getting through the game is really exciting, getting into the actual stands was a little more mind-blowing.

If you’ve never been to a University of Michigan football game, you likely haven’t seen some of the cheers, so here’s a few:

M-I-C-H-I-G-A-N! Chant

Cheerleaders High Kick:

Game Kick Off:

Do you have videos or Photos from inside the stadium? Share your links. We’d love to see them!

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A number of my buddies were in town for this hugely-anticipated matchup ( ;p) between the Miami Red Hawks and the Wolverines.

Says Nikki upon their arrival: Why is there a Miami in Ohio!?!?! I think we all wonder that!

The day was beautiful, hitting a cool, temperate temperature. And we even attended the first half of the game where it looked like Michigan would run away with it in the first few minutes of the opening quarter.

Check out the photos from the Red Hawks Visit to Ann Arbor and the Michigan Football Parking Crew!

We were snapping pictures and the father of the man who created it invited us for a tour inside. Check it out!

And here’s the best part about this bus:

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Many fans were upset

But Wolverines fans weren’t just perturbed because Michigan dropped its second consecutive opening day game.

Nay.

Many Michigan footballers complained that the University of Michigan Football stadium charged high prices for bottled water ($4 per 25 oz. bottle) and provided no free water sources, su ch as drinking fountains.

Fans can be better prepared this week. Here’s some info reported by the Ann Arbor News regarding drinking water at Michigan Football Stadium:

• Drinking Fountains: 4 new public drinking fountains are located near Gate 9, on the Michigan Stadium’s North side.
• Free Water: 4 of 7 Absopure tents offer free 8-oz. cups of water, 2 located near the south end, 1 near the NW corner of the student section and the other on the east side by Crisler Arena.
• Bottled Water: Michigan fans CAN bring in their own sealed bottled water to the game. MGoBlue confirms the allowance of sealed clear plastic water bottles

This week, the Michigan-Football-Parking crew will offer two free bottled waters per vehicle that parks at our house.

If we have any left over, we’ll hand out bottled waters to other fans too! (wish we could help everyone).

See you on game day.

(p.s. We’re all filled up this week friends, see you at the end of the month)
(p.p.s. Bottled Water image by shrff14 http://www.flickr.com/photos/11147789@N00/128127862/)

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Here’s a quick look into some of the crowd near our house:

The hot Labor Day weekend sun didn’t keep too many fans away, as many flocked to the stadium to see the debut of Rich Rodriguez, U-M’s new football coach.

Wolverine football fans were also greeted by towering construction of the stadium’s new luxury boxes. The boxes should be completed by 2010, according to reports.

Here’s a look at the gate and fans on Saturday:

It was great to see many of our tailgating friends return and we’re all looking forward to seeing you in the coming weeks!

-Keech Street Crew

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