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Our original ticket plans fell through a few days before my post about going to the Michigan vs. Ohio State game. She thought her Cousin (who goes to U of M) could get us student section seats but I guess she couldn't because this is such a big game. On Thursday night we were talking about the game and I said it's Henne, Hart, and Long's last game in Maze and Blue and probably Lloyd Carr's last game coaching the team. I expected Lloyd to be carried off the field if Michigan wins. Michigan vs. Ohio State is the largest rivalry in College Football by far. I learned at a young age to hate Ohio State.

Anyhow my girlfriend surprised me at about noon on the phone saying she got us tickets for the game as an early Christmas gift for me. I should note that these tickets were very expensive ($220 each). I awoke early after saying a prayer the night before regarding a Michigan win. 6:15 I got up on Saturday, picked her up at 9am and shot down I94 to Ann Arbor, we could pick up the tickets after 10, we picked them up at 10:30, parked, made the walk, picked up some hot chocolate, and sat down in our seats.

Michigan played horrible, the worst I have seen this team play. People say The Big House is the quietest Stadium in College Football. I can state through experience that the Stadium was deafening. It was so loud and people stomping on the cement made the body vibrate. 111,000 and some odd people were at the game, 2nd largest crowd in College Football history. I wanted to take a picture of this 4-6 year old kid wearing a shirt that said "Friends don't let friends root for Ohio State" the shirt was maze and blue and I thought was awesome. The kid has a good Dad. The weather was bad (37 degrees and rain). It rained the whole game and came down harder in the 4th Quarter. It's one thing to have your girlfriend purchase expensive tickets as a great early Christmas present but it's another to find a girl that will not complain about sitting in cold, raining weather for over 3 hours.

There was an inflatable Penis floating around in the student section that said "Tressel Loves Penis" Jim Tressel is the head coach for Ohio State. Very Very funny. (see pictures)

I went out for a fantastic brunch today in celebration of my Mom's Birthday and missed my picks for the N.F.L early games. I had a small winning day, shouldn't have bet the Pitt. game.

Aissa and myself booked our vacation to New York tonight. We had about 6 hotels we really liked and cut it down to one. We will be leaving Detroit at 3:30pm 12-13 and arriving in New York around 5:30 (LGA) and taking our reserved transportation (Lincoln Towncar) to 70 Park Avenue (our Hotel's name). We are staying in the King Deluxe Suite. We will be leaving 12-16 at 8:30. I'm not bragging about taking a Towncar although it's much nicer than a cab or van which are other options. We haven't planned times for our site seeing which will need to do some research on. I don't feel like posting a link but if you're curious to see the room go to www.70parkave.com and click on King Deluxe Suite, not very complicated.

Aissa isn't mad keen on having her picture posted on the blog. My blog is cross posted on a poker forum (which is full of virgins lol). In case you were wondering why there is no pic of us on my blog. We sadly forgot to take a picture at the game but we were seated in section 39 row 85 seats 24&25 in case anyone is wondering.

I'm exhausted so it's off to bed.