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My in-game experience wasn't too bad today. I can't complain about the people sitting around me. They were all nice, and only gave me a couple looks when we scored.

I WILL complain about the goddamn parking and travel time to that goddamned city. It is absolutely horrible and it reminded me why I've never been to that town. There's nothing like waiting in traffic for 2 hours after another blown game.

The stadium was shit, but what else is new. Getting into my section was a nightmare. People struggling to figure out which ambiguously labeled rows/sections are which, and needing 5x the time to get out of the row because of the lack of space. This is the 3rd time I've been there, and each time I go back thinking "all stadiums are like that, UM's probably isn't as bad as I remember it". Nope.

People around me were chill. Section 9R. A couple MSU fans near but not next to me. I chatted with a UM fan behind me for most of the game, turned out he had tickets there for 20 years or something like that. There was one total douche 2 rows in front of us, ended up getting confrontational in the 2nd quarter. His chick shut him up I guess, because she cut him off then, and all we heard from him the rest of the game was an apology. I know, cool story bro.

Even after the game, the banter was minimal. Every sober person on the street knew that was one of those games where even the winner shouldn't be that thrilled.

I found out Babcock (red wings coach) is a big time Michigan fan.

Michigan stadium seats 100k+ when it should only seat ~90k.

I was tailgating north of the stadium and he wandered through all decked out. Hat, sweatshirt, the works. Likely he's just repping the home team, but he was a maize and blue billboard. I'm sure I'm not the only one on here that saw him.

My experience was ok although I was surrounded by other State fans. The biggest problem I had was actually the line to get out once the game ended.

Cut my hand open, Michigan fans threatened to "throw me out of the stadium" for cheering, got my backpack stolen, bought macaroni salad on the walk home. Typical saturday. Also I got called ugly a lot. I'm like a 6 let's be real.

Edit: in retrospect, I probably swore around children a lot more than I should have

Sat next to some insufferable fans with all the usual refrains:

Snide remarks about Le'veon for heisman
Ag school
" I was the smart one, the rest of my friends went to State"
Yeah you're 4-0 against mich but still haven't been to rosé bowl

The only redeeming thing coming out of it was my 11 yr old son got a taste of "michigan fan". Of course I had come backs for everything stated above but needed to be a little muted with my little guy there. After the game I told him that if he winds up going to mich, he better never turn into that type of "fan"

Oh, and waiting 30 min in line to use a Porto John on the golf course made for great tailgating experience. But having been there in 2010, there is nothing, and I mean nothing sweeter than winning there' and as a previous poster said, that makes it worth the risk of going and losing.

Unrelated but there was a guy wearing maize and blue in the student section at Spartan Stadium in 2010 - during the Notre Dame game. It was unreal. I would have let it go but he stood right in front of me, crowding me with his back, and I asked him to move over because there was no space. He immediately got in my face and asked if I "wanted to go." I snapped and gave him lip back and it escalated to the point the ushers had to come in. That guy was unbelievable.

Like little brother will not show a similar video in about 50 years when you break 900. Like all of you MSU bro's were not arrogant the past four seasons.

Nice job showing class to those fans behind you. I bet your father was real proud. You are a visitor. When you visit someone's else's house, you don't talk shit about how crappy their house. Thus, you need to put up and shut up.

With that said. From my seats in section 40 around row 20, there were two great MSU fans behind me. I had some great conversations with them. If you two post here, I want to apologize for the two moronic old Michigan fans next to you, that gave you two shit at the end of the game. I sit next to those two idiots the entire season. I don't know if they are alums are not. Well if they are I want to apologize on behalf of the alumni base for them.

Let's kid ourselves, Michigan fans get worst at Spartan Stadium, Munn, and the Breslin Center. Last time I was at Munn for Michigan/MSU hockey, I had one of your "classy" fans get in my wife's face as we were walking out.

Yes, the traffic and parking in Ann Arbor sucks.

Nucky has another one mods, ban please.

Congrats on the win.

Congrats on having 400 wins before the invention of the forward pass.

Parking was a nightmare, though we got to town an hour before kickoff.
No fat people in our row, so seats were cramped but manageable.
Zero disrespect from the UM fans around me. Being able to joke a bit about MSU's flaws ("You can't break a huddle with 12 guys!" "No, but we can try!") probably helped a bit.

Likely won't go again unless the five-year streak is possible, though - too much money to justify.