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Game #1: Penn State Vs. Michigan.

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On Saturday I drove to Ann Arbor to meet up with Luke and catch the Michigan – Penn State game. The morning got off to a great start when I woke at 5:40 am head to the shower and head out only to find there was no hot water. Perfect. Luke and I met up with his friend from college Danielle and her boyfriend Tobias.. We grabbed a couple beers and then began our march to the Stadium. As you can see by the pictures below it was interesting to say the least.

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Of course Michigan won the game. I’ve been to probably 7 Michigan games with the hope they would lose and I think it’s only happened twice. Considering their 0-2 record when I bought the tickets this game was a sure thing. Or so I believed. Michigan was able to run between the 20’s pretty effectively but the difference in the game was an early fumble by Penn State quarterback Anthony Morelli in the first quarter which lead to a touchdown. There were several shady calls (Instant Replay and Pass Interference) which only confirms my belief that playing at Michigan is nearly a certain defeat if it’s a close game.

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Other than that it was a good time. Our seats were great, the weather was perfect and the assholes who sat behind us left at Halftime. After the game we headed out with Luke’s friends for a couple drinks where we had Strongbow on draft. With those drinks and the two pints of Magic Hat #9 I had during dinner made it a successful trip.

Thanks to Tobias for driving me taking me to two different liquor stores in search of a case of Magic Hat. The search was unsuccessful but at least an attempt was made.

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Game #3: Michigan Vs. Penn State.

Michigan Vs. Penn State.Michigan going up 3-0 over Penn State.

Yesterday we went to Happy Valley to watch No. 4 Michigan take on Penn State in a night game.  Michigan shut down Penn State’s offense for the majority of the game holding then to minus 14 yards rushing.  Michigan managed to knock Penn State’s starting and backup quarterback out of the game.  At one point there was talk of drawing random seat numbers from the stadium with the winner playing quarterback for the lions for the remainder of the game.  The game had the second largest crowd in Beaver Stadium history with 110,007 in attendance.

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Michigan ended up shutting down Penn State’s late drive lead by their 3rd string quarterback.  Michigan won 17-10 and is on a collison coarse with No. 1 Ohio State on November 18th in what I will call the ‘Game of the Century‘.

2006 Game #1: Akron Vs. Penn State

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Yesterday the College Football season offically began across the country, I partook in the festivities in Happy Valley. After a 4 hour drive and a 2 mile hike through mud and rain we made it to the first bar we could find, Bill Pickle’s Tap Room. There we caught some early games on television and warmed our souls with a couple pitchers of beer before heading to the stadium.

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Besides the continous rain the game was good and oddly enough there was really no running game by either team. Penn State managed to pull away late in the third quarter for a 34-16 victory. Penn State’s Quarterback Athony Morelli made his collegiate debut yesterday against Akron going 16-of-32 206 yards with three touchdowns.

Penn State's Athony MorelliAkron Vs. Penn State: My View

The photograph above was my view from the game. As you can see it was pretty wet.