September 3, 2005: Our first Luau themed tailgate, and the 100th consecutive game for Bubba and Stephen. Pictured are The Godfather, Rubley (sp?), and Dogan...with a double photo bomb by Stephy and Captain Michigan. Michigan defeated Northern Illinois 33-17.
Ugh.
Migrating the site to this new setup hasn't been easy. Sure, making the pictures native to the site is time consuming, and re-formatting old posts also sucks. But reliving 2010 has been absolutely brutal. It's like reading Three and Out all over again...and I am dreading the fact that I have 2009 and 2008 to get through next. And then the 2007 opener is looming large. Perhaps I should just erase those years from history? Nah...it must have made us better, stronger fans, right? Plus, perhaps the greatest tailgate of all-time occurred in 2010. It was UCONN, it was a victory, and we made food for the masses at an unmatchable level. Also, Jarrett Irons was there.
Here's a link to the game page....that's right, a game page...a not so new feature of the site that you might recognize if you've been coming here since the beginning. It seems to organize things better. I hope you enjoy it and the rest of the 2010 Season (now a clickable main link), at least from a tailgate perspective.
Be sure to click on the UMTailgate Tailgate Recap link on the page...it outlines the ridiculous amount of food that we turned out that day.
Saturday by the numbers...
10 lbs of corned beef hash
54 eggs
6 pounds of chicken apple sausage
100 lbs. of grilled Kraft Macaroni and Cheese...which was, by the way, really good
24 lbs. of marinated pork loin
10 lbs. of bacon and kimchee fried rice
...and that's just what came off of the grill.
For the christening of our new tailgate spot and a celebration of 10 years of tailgating these internets, I'd say things went pretty well. Couple that with the re-dedication of Michigan Stadium, Brock Mealer touching the banner, and Flash Dilithium re-introducing himself to the world...and I'd say the whole damn thing was pretty much perfect.
Thanks go out to Andrew Barnett for setting us up with the people of Kraft, and for all of his hard work making sure we had enough product to go around. Thanks to Brian and Kevin for turning that Mac and Cheese out by the ton. Thanks also to big #37 Jarrett Irons for being so accessible, so warm and welcoming, and for spending so much time talking to our group.
Here's the pictures from the Luau tailgate and Michigan's 30-10 victory over the UCONN Huskies:
