Underserved: Michigan 31 - Bowling Green 6

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I would have rather missed this Saturday’s performance than last, but alas, Godmother didn’t make me one drink, so I remained lucid and aware of the fact that Michigan gave us the kind of performance that would have resulted in a loss with any of the remaining teams on our schedule. Ah, but if I had gone full blackout, I would have missed that light show. I enjoyed the blue, especially the one with the Woodson interlude. Not so many things are directed at in-game fan experience these days, so I’ll take it. In the end an epic day of BBQ followed by Michigan playing that survive and advance card we’ve come to loathe yet appreciate from time to time, moving to 3-0 on the season, and 3-0 all time against the falcons, with all meetings falling within the UMTailgate timeline. So check out the game page here, and pop in on the photos from BGSU 2010 (The Bacon Tailgate!) and 2000 (Anthony Thomas AND Chris Perry had TDs, as did Ronald Bellamy and David Terrell)…gotta be a trivia question there somewhere.

Way Back When-sday Blanked the Irish

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September 13, 2003: 20 years ago today the group posed before a banner day where Chris Perry had 3 TDs, the defense got QB Carlyle Holiday benched for freshman Brady Quinn, and Michigan had a 19-play, 80 yard drive that took 10:25, still a school record. Michigan destroyed Notre Dame 38-0, and later that season would go on to beat Ohio State in the 100th edition of The Game en route to an outright Big Ten Championship. The rest of the pics from that day are on the game page here.

Who Overserved Me? The UNLV Photos: Michigan 35 - UNLV 7

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Poor Godfather was shut out of last week’s photos and he was very upset about it. Out of revenge, he had Pammy spike my drinks with extra alcohol. So I took a lot of pictures of the Godfather, and I took a lot of pics of myself because when I get drunk, I selfie more. The result is 100 photos, most of which either contain the Godfather or me. Long day of food and drinks and shotguns and bottle funnels and pushups. In the end, there was a game I don’t remember, and a lot of conversations that made little sense to anyone that was around to hear them. My sainted wife came through, somehow guiding this giant off-balance plodding beast of a man from the tailgate to the game and back without major incident, keeping the streak intact.

Photos From a Spirited Lowcountry Themed Opener

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Michigan wins 30-3. Tailgate wins 100-0. Huge and hungry crowd took down an aggressive 3-meal menu jammed in to the short noon-kick pre-game festivities. Great to see all of the regular tailgate family again, and share a shot ski or two with a new batch of idiots. Even had a small group of ECU fans join us. Bunch of sweethearts those Pirate fans are, even if a couple of them were secret Buckeyes. Enjoy the photos below and the recap roundup page here, which contains links to 27 (!) other season openers from UMTailgate history.

Let's Party, The 2023 UMTailgate Themes

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9.2.2023 East Carolina -

Noon kick 7am Tailgate,

Theme: The Lowcountry

Nice and easy noon kick to ease us back into our happy place.  Porch swings and seersucker suits. Gonna be blowing the budget on some nice Anson Mills shit and doing my best Sean Brock impression.  Music from the Deliverance soundtrack.  Keep Larry in front of you.

9.9.2023 UNLV -

3:30 kick, 7am Tailgate

Theme: The Street Food

Progressing.  3.5 more hours of tailgate than the previous week.  Plan accordingly.  Had this all planned out in my head and then I got some drunk texts from our old friend Fry Daddy and Jeff.  They made some requests that will probably be incorporated.  But I’m holding true to a little bit of a Night Market theme - think food trucks, carts, and stalls.  Some Thai stuff, some fried stuff, some Phily stuff, some other stuff.

9.16.2023 Bowling Green -

7:30pm kick, 11am Tailgate

Theme: The American Royal

Full smokehouse barbecue spread throughout the day.  Ribs, brisket, pork, sides.  Then an LED lightshow in the big house that would make Dave Brandon blush.

9.23.2023 Rutgers -

Noon kick, 7am Tailgate,

Theme: The Slumber Party

WEAR PAJAMAS.  WEAR PAJAMAS.  WEAR PAJAMAS.  WEAR PAJAMAS.  WEAR PAJAMAS.  WEAR PAJAMAS.  WEAR PAJAMAS.  WEAR PAJAMAS.  WEAR PAJAMAS. Pancakes and bacon and mimosas and things of that nature.  Let’s lounge around and open the Big Ten schedule with a victory over Rutgers.

9.30.2023 AWAY At Nebraska - TBD

10.7.2023 AWAY At Minnesota - TBD

10.14.2023 Indiana -

Kick TBD, 7am Tailgate

Theme: The Retro

Dust off those neon fanny packs and bust out the scrunchies for a 90’s theme with 90’s food and people longing for something that happened in the 90’s to happen again.  I’d tell you to wear 90’s stuff but as typical Michigan fans, we’ve been wearing it for 25 years.

10.21.2023 - AWAY At Michigan State, 7:30pm Kickoff, Tailgate TBD

10.28.2023 - BYE

11.04.2023 - Purdue -

7:30pm Kickoff, 11am Tailgate

Theme:  The Bacchanal

Oxford dictionary defines it as “an occasion of wild and drunken revelry”.  What we’re doing is an homage to Caesar’s -  all Italian, all day.  Sinatra, Tony Bennett, The Godfather Soundtrack, and someone tell Sister Kristen we can’t drink 10 gallons of negronis like last time.  Also, it’s not going to be cold, quit being a candy ass.

11.11.2023 - At Penn State - Noon Kick, Tailgate TBD

11.18.2023 - Ohio State - Noon Kick, Tailgate 6am

Theme: The Steakhouse

The typical finale. Surf, turf, and Michigan beats Ohio State. On to Indy.