Tirico and Gruden calling Outback Bowl

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GOOD! I like Gruden and Tirico.

As do I but luckily for me I'll be at the game so it wont matter.

Tirico, to me, is a Michigan fan at heart (I do know he calls Detroit home).

And Gruden is simply the most entertaining broadcaster in the biz.

I was really happy when I heard this news yesterday via Michigan's twitter.

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

As do I but luckily for me I'll be at the game so it wont matter.

How do you get to go to this game? I seem to remember that you were going to go to Bama and MSU. I believe you said you if Michigan ended up in RB you would go to that as well because you are already in Cali. I also remember something about getting your wife to go to another game but I forget which one. Anyway- How is it you get to go to the Outback Bowl?

Tirico was actually born in Ann Arbor...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tirico

WillieMfan wrote:

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

As do I but luckily for me I'll be at the game so it wont matter.

How do you get to go to this game? I seem to remember that you were going to go to Bama and MSU. I believe you said you if Michigan ended up in RB you would go to that as well because you are already in Cali. I also remember something about getting your wife to go to another game but I forget which one. Anyway- How is it you get to go to the Outback Bowl?

Yeah!

I remember you debating how you were going to fenagle (sp?) the last few weeks of the season in regards to attending the games....

looks like you've done a good job figuring it out!

Willie and I are jealous, obviously...

2ndComingOfBo wrote:

Tirico was actually born in Ann Arbor...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tirico

Oh, ok. I never knew that much.

Like I said, always knew he called Detroit home.

I didn't open your link....but where did he go to school?

Syracuse.

I love it when people answer their own questions. Makes my job so much easier...

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

As do I but luckily for me I'll be at the game so it wont matter.

Me too, Sandy!

Go Blue and see ya in Tampa!!

WillieMfan wrote:

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

As do I but luckily for me I'll be at the game so it wont matter.

How do you get to go to this game? I seem to remember that you were going to go to Bama and MSU. I believe you said you if Michigan ended up in RB you would go to that as well because you are already in Cali. I also remember something about getting your wife to go to another game but I forget which one. Anyway- How is it you get to go to the Outback Bowl?

So basically here is how it went down....

pre-season I chose the Bama game in lieu of a the bowl game this year. This actually turned out to be a well thought out, strategic choice on my part. It was a win-win for me in that I was going to see my first game Jerryland and I was going to keep new years open because my wife is a hockey fan and wanted to go to the NHL hockey game at the big house (remember this plan was hatched months ago before the NHL lockout).

A few things happened along the way that started to work in my favor.

1. My wife works at the SD Sheriff Crime Lab. She's a real life CSI, although here they are called FETs (field evidence technician). She was on call for the Northwestern game and I was supposed to go with my brother-in-law but I couldn't. So she felt like she owed me one.

2. after that Northwestern game I planted the rose bowl longshot theory in her head and convinced here that since the Rose Bowl is basically a couple hour drive that if the cards fell into place and Michigan ended up in the Rose Bowl that it wouldn't really be a big deal since it's so close and would only require a ticket and also her new years at the Big House plans were long gone.

3. The kicker came when her brother's wife got a new job just before Thanksgiving which meant they weren't going to Utica (his wife's parents) for the holidays because she wouldn't be able to take off the time having a new job and all. So her brother got it in his head to go to the outback bowl and asked me to go. My wife is a sucker for both of brothers and couldn't say no when he asked what she thought.

I still have to buy a flight but have the game tickets, hotel and car reserved.

GOBLUEJOE66 wrote:

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

As do I but luckily for me I'll be at the game so it wont matter.

Me too, Sandy!

Go Blue and see ya in Tampa!!

66 I'll send you a PM and maybe we'll set up a pre game meet up and beer.

Sweet. I thought you were going to say that she had some "breakfast" drinks and you asked while she was intoxicated. LOL

fishgoblue22 wrote:

Sweet. I thought you were going to say that she had some "breakfast" drinks and you asked while she was intoxicated. LOL

she has to remember agreeing or it's a no-go. Good strategy though.

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

she has to remember agreeing or it's a no-go. Good strategy though.

True.

Sandy- we have to meet up some time man. Our minds work so similar it is frightening.

fishgoblue22 wrote:

Sweet. I thought you were going to say that she had some "breakfast" drinks and you asked while she was intoxicated. LOL

This is the second time I have seen this reference but I do not know the original story. I feel like I have missed everything.

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

GOBLUEJOE66 wrote:

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

As do I but luckily for me I'll be at the game so it wont matter.

Me too, Sandy!

Go Blue and see ya in Tampa!!

66 I'll send you a PM and maybe we'll set up a pre game meet up and beer.

Works for me...where are you staying? I'm at the Tampa Merriott Westshore. I don't have my ticket yet as I ordered it through UM. Supposed to send it next Thursday.

Go Blue and see ya in Tampa!!

WillieMfan wrote:

Sandy- we have to meet up some time man. Our minds work so similar it is frightening.

fishgoblue22 wrote:

Sweet. I thought you were going to say that she had some "breakfast" drinks and you asked while she was intoxicated. LOL

This is the second time I have seen this reference but I do not know the original story. I feel like I have missed everything.

I think I made a comment sometime around the Minnesota game because my wife and I went to the bar to watch the game in the morning (9 a.m. our time) and Devin was starting because Denard got hurt the week before.

I remember Devin started out pretty bad. His first couple of series were less than impressive and of course I was glued to the T.V and meanwhile my wife probably had two bloody mary's and about 5 mimosas. So by the time the offense got rolling and I was breathing easy, I look over and notice my wife her friends and she was slurring her speech and getting loud and quickly becoming "that girl."

I had to babysit her the rest of the game and by the time we got home that afternoon she was done.

So that is the "breakfast drinks" reference.

Thanks for re-telling it. Sounds like the wife can party.

Refreshing this for Fish. Alzheimer's is starting to set in. Time get the mess increased.

I had tickets to the game too, but travel was wayyyy too damn expensive.

Speaking of which, does anybody know when the Badgers will be back on our schedule? How does that rotation work (although I'm sure it will all be changed when the 2 newbies join up).

2015 Hail-

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/big-ten/2015-michigan-wolverines-football-schedule.php

Interesting schedule really. The non-conference games are all descent. No one scares me necessarily but no real cupcakes either.

This sucks! I am at the Western end of the U.P. It is a 4 hour drive to Madison and a 4 hour drive to Minneapolis. It was nice to be able to go to one or the other every year. The trip to AA is 10 hours.

4 hours isn't bad. It's about 4 hours for me to get to AA. Usually make that trip once or twice a year.

Exactly. It was nice to be able to go to those games. Not able to anymore because they never play! lol