ND @ Michigan in 2013 will be night game

Not too surprising there. Nationally televised on ABC or ESPN, and they'll also be honoring Tom Harmon's #98. Any guesses on who wears #98 next year?

Dear Dave Brandon, No wretched throw back jerseys please.

To Brady Hoke, Let's try not to trail by 17 heading into the fourth quarter this time. Although it did make for a great ending.

ND loses a lot of players after this season. They also have one hell of a recruiting class coming in. Should be interesting.

WillieMfan wrote:

ND loses a lot of players after this season. They also have one hell of a recruiting class coming in. Should be interesting.

And not only is gholson getting better by the game, he's gaining confidence and poise. Hell he's going to start in a national championship game so I'm sure that will help some with any butterflies he may have walking into the big house.

on the flip side, Gardner is going to surprise a lot of people next year and Funchess is going to be a monster. Devin to Devin (garder to funchess) could be like Gholson to Eiffert for ND this year.

I know we've got a lot of talent heading out the door but I think we've got the depth (maybe not experience) to plug the holes and keep the ship moving forward.

Should be a good game.

Our defense should be VERY good. D-line may still need some help but LB and Secondary should be outstanding.

I'm already drinking whiskey as if the tailgate has started

wow! I'd be impressed if I drove by Pioneer or the golf course and actually saw you out there waiting for the game. That visual is classic.

funniest tailgate I ever did was for a road trip game, Michigan at Purdue 2004 (i think). My brother-in-law and I both took vacation and flew into Detroit on Thursday and stayed the night at a relative's house. Friday morning we drove to my other brother-in-law's work in Jackson and tailgated in the parking lot of his work to rub it in that he had to work and we didn't. We were sitting in the parking lot in our Michigan gear with our tailgate chairs and Michigan flags waving and broke out the grill and made some hot dogs. We made a make-shift MVE (most valuable employee) sign with his name on it. He worked at a cement company at the time. His coworkers were wondering what was going on and kept looking out the window at us. We thought they were going to call the cops. They found out what was really going on and a few of them actually came out and sat with us and had some food just to rub it in also. They were so impressed they let him leave early.

Anyway, we drove down to West Lafayette that night and the next day we watched Michigan officially put the nix on the "Vote Kyle" heisman campaign. Great weekend!