Michigan Stadium in-game changes - 2019 edition

I do like how they are trying to keep the energy up during the numerous breaks. Also, a shout out to the intense fans in the front row of my section, who know all the lyrics to all the songs and act/sing them passionately. It's awesome! I enjoyed the slide show with pictures from the trip to Africa and camp. There were some really excellent photos. There was also a question for the players about who is the best dancer on the team (Tarik Black, Cesar Ruiz and DPJ, as I recall). But, we need video of the best dancers if you're going to ask that question!

Well from my recliner afar, the crowd did seem more energetic and was happy to see that.

My wife was pissed because she waited in line for 20 minutes and there were no more pretzels.  

Surrounded by people who know nothing about football but think they do.  

All in all, a great night!

The chipmunk on the scoreboard was singing Freddie Mercury and was altered to look like a Michigan themed video 

I don't feel like trying to embed but here is the original 

https://youtu.be/uC1G0AEOxTo

I liked the Freddie Mercury chipmunk thing. Was little disappointed there was like no response from the crowd because it could have been cool. 

I hope the drone was legit. 

The chipmunk was Freddy Mercury of Queen fame. And yes, I am guessing that the crowd should sing along with it. 

I liked the punt catching.

The music guy needs to stop filling every silent moment with music. The world will not end if noise is not going on for 5 seconds. 

The most I have heard of the song Old Town Road and I don't know why it is a thing. I am not a rap/hip hop fan to begin with but that song sucks.

They don't need to play KISS anymore.

There seemed to be a lot more corporate advertising in the concourses. Every pillar was wrapped with a nice block M on 2 sides but advertising on the other 2. It may have been there last year but I think it is new. 

I am concerned about how long we can keep the corporate advertisers out it the seating and field area. Last year i went to games in South Bend, Evanston,  East Lansing , and the columbus.  Every one has corporate  advertising viewable  from the seats. The worse was full blown adds on the video boards  We need to keep the adds out of view from the seating area 

Additionally you damm kids better stay off my lawn. 

6 dollars for a bottle of water as opposed to 5.50 in years past. 

The gopher was supposed to be that improv thing Freddy Mercury did with his audiences. Nobody seemed to get it though. I got a chuckle out of it. 

1. The new tshirt cannon was insane, and unlike anything I've seen anywhere before. It was like a tshirt gatling gun that fired shirt after shirt into the crowd, must have been at least 30 shirts.

2. Wasn't a huge fan of "Party Up" by DMX playing during one of the media timeouts. I loved that song back in my middle school days, but it's pretty vulgar (even with the explicit words edited out), and didn't seem appropriate for any Michigan sporting event. I'd rather hear the band than a song about strippers and blowjobs. I think this will be my first official "old guy moment" where I email the athletic department about it.

Anyone else sitting in a cloud of old lady perfume smell from really cool guys that vape?

I kinda liked the idea of getting the crowd to sing along with Freddie Mercury, but I wish they had just put footage of Queen's Live Aid performance (pretty sure that's the audio they used) to encourage the crowd participation. That will likely catch on after a couple times playing. The t-shirt machine gun was insane (in a good way). The montage of pictures from the team trip and training camp was outstanding and the "spectator tries to catch punts" thing was cool too. All of their "direct your attention to the north endzone" moments are great. What a nice crowd experience...if only the parking weren't so difficult...LOL

I know I'm a curmudgeon, and it isn't that new, but holy god I hate the "you suck" chant

Delirium.  Fans going nuts, having great time, including the body language by the coaches and players. That'd be a good start. 

I know that opinions and expectations were mixed in the earlier thread about new food offerings at the stadium, but I had one of those new brisket burgers at Ignition Burger. A few things to say about it:

1. It was really delicious. And at $11 for a decent sized premium burger, with good brisket, cheese, and cole slaw on top, and fries, I did not feel ripped off. The Block M seared into the top bun was cute. I am a "but cheap hot dogs outside the stadium" kind of guy, but this has me rethinking that.

2. It was extremely messy. Good in that when I finished the burger so much stuff had fallen out onto my fries that it made the fries extra good. But I had to wash my hands afterwards; napkins wouldn't do. I was at the stadium an hour before game time, eating it sitting out on the concourse; I don't think carrying it to my seat and eating it there would have gone well. In fact, I saw that someone in my aisle dropped one and it made an unholy mess.

3. Service was very slow. Not sure if it's a learning curve thing or if it will always be slow, but it took forever.