The 'Cubs' visit Michigan

The Lion and I left Pa. on Wednesday and arrived at our campground in Ypsilanti (outside of Ann Arbor) on Thursday afternoon. We will be here until Wednesday and then we will go onto the Chicago area for the Northwestern game. We have planned a few sightseeing trips here in Michigan so I plan to post a few extra blogs this week on our excursions.

Two of the cubs joined us for the game on Saturday and I think they had a good time especially since we won the game! I know it makes for a long trip home if we don't win. One cub who couldn't travel to the game was a bit jealous of her siblings so we bought a Halloween Witch to 'stand in' for her in all the pictures.

This picture was taken during our visit to campus on Friday. We usually visit campus the day before the game to check out game day parking and take a campus tour. However, it was raining again so most of our tour was a drive-by and we didn't see much. No one was that anxious to walk around soaked on Friday, especially since the forecast was for more rain on Saturday.

The Big Ten Network was getting ready for their game day broadcast.




We attended a Friday night alumni pep rally held at the University of Eastern Michigan. This was a nice function put on by the Penn State Alumni chapter of Michigan.

The Penn State Pep Band performed for us at the pep rally. Beyond the glass window was a great view of the football stadium.

The Blue Band practiced on the University of Eastern Michigan's Football field on Friday night. They are allowed to attend one away game a year.

On Saturday we were part of a large turnout for The Penn State Alumni pep rally at the University of Michigan.

After the pep rally we walked to the stadium for the game and we saw this monument that had a bit of prophecy for the Penn State Football Team.

This was the first time the 'cubs' were in The Big House.

They came to see their favorite player.

Good thing that was a practice pass.


We all agreed that The Big House was nice, it was loud, but it didn't compare to Beaver Stadium.

Even though the stadium didn't resemble ours, the sky looked familar. The clouds dumped rain on us as soon as the game started. Hopefully, soon we can retire our rain gear before it wears out!

In addition to rain, there was a fair amount of wind that could be seen as the flag was raised.

A little rain and wind didn't spoil the two F-18's 'fly over' after the National Anthem.


These guys entertained the Penn State fans before and during the game.


Everyone was all smiles after Penn State defeated Michigan for the first time since 1996 at The Big House.