Help me plan my day - I'm bringing the family to MSU for the Spring Game

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

gHost Spartan wrote:http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040516aab.html

Earlier today we booked our flights back to the Midwest and I'm going to bring the family to the spring game. It'll be my 3 year old daughter's first time seeing the Spartans in real life, she's watched most games with me and she absolutely loves the Spartans.

What time should I plan on getting to the game? I'd like to get really good seats near the 50 yard line and in the front row.

Best place to park? I'll have my 3 year old without a stroller.

Any other suggestions?

I saw that there's going to be a huge sale at the stadium all day on Saturday - are there good deals or just a bunch of shitty unwanted merchandise at 70% off?

Are the players and coaches around after the game? Can you meet and talk to them?

Thanks in advance

enjoy the time with your family on the most beautiful campus in America.

The coaches and fine scholar-athletes are sometimes more accessible than others. If they are occupied at the time, rest assured that they are working to make you and your family proud fans with regard to their academic and athletic endeavors.

Might I suggest a stroll down Grand River? Maybe your daughter (sorry For bin) can meet some cheerleaders, band members.. drunk kids.. jort-wearin', goatee bedazzled fans who make Game Day what it is on the banks of the Red Cedar. Be sure to have your camera ready in case Sparty happens to be in the vicinity.

No day Game Day in East Lansing will be complete with a visit to SBS - it is there that you will be able to buy the legendary MSU clothing that was carefully tailored by a 7 year old shackled to a machine in rural Cambodia.

I hear the HopCat is preparing a very special brew for this very special day. It's working title is the Spartan Spring Game Double-Hopped Split Fence Post Fly Fishing Triple Axle Blueberry Rainwater Up North IPA. You'll enjoy not only the drinks there but the deep-fried french fries that you can't get anywhere else but HopCat. They're basically deep-fried potatoes with seasoning on them. Just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Also, stop by the Broad Museum for family portraits. When you get back home, you can tell your friends that you were a passenger on a aluminum foil-wrapped cruise ship that ran aground across from an empty building that once housed a Taco Bell. Laughs of hysteria will ensue.

most of all, just enjoy the occasion. It's not every day you get to waltz the grounds where Legends attend class and represent the University that we all know and love on the field of athletics. Your heart will swell with pride as you describe to your young Spartan the experience that she is swimming around in while on campus and it's something that she'll carry with her forever.

The_Dude wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
enjoy the time with your family on the most beautiful campus in America.

The coaches and fine scholar-athletes are sometimes more accessible than others. If they are occupied at the time, rest assured that they are working to make you and your family proud fans with regard to their academic and athletic endeavors.

Might I suggest a stroll down Grand River? Maybe your daughter (sorry For bin) can meet some cheerleaders, band members.. drunk kids.. jort-wearin', goatee bedazzled fans who make Game Day what it is on the banks of the Red Cedar. Be sure to have your camera ready in case Sparty happens to be in the vicinity.

No day Game Day in East Lansing will be complete with a visit to SBS - it is there that you will be able to buy the legendary MSU clothing that was carefully tailored by a 7 year old shackled to a machine in rural Cambodia.

I hear the HopCat is preparing a very special brew for this very special day. It's working title is the Spartan Spring Game Double-Hopped Split Fence Post Fly Fishing Triple Axle Blueberry Rainwater Up North IPA. You'll enjoy not only the drinks there but the deep-fried french fries that you can't get anywhere else but HopCat. They're basically deep-fried potatoes with seasoning on them. Just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Also, stop by the Broad Museum for family portraits. When you get back home, you can tell your friends that you were a passenger on a aluminum foil-wrapped cruise ship that ran aground across from an empty building that once housed a Taco Bell. Laughs of hysteria will ensue.

most of all, just enjoy the occasion. It's not every day you get to waltz the grounds where Legends attend class and represent the University that we all know and love on the field of athletics. Your heart will swell with pride as you describe to your young Spartan the experience that she is swimming around in while on campus and it's something that she'll carry with her forever.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:It all depends on the weather, gHost. Prolly gonna snow.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

gHost Spartan wrote:http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040516aab.html

Earlier today we booked our flights back to the Midwest and I'm going to bring the family to the spring game. It'll be my 3 year old daughter's first time seeing the Spartans in real life, she's watched most games with me and she absolutely loves the Spartans.

What time should I plan on getting to the game? I'd like to get really good seats near the 50 yard line and in the front row.

Best place to park? I'll have my 3 year old without a stroller.

Any other suggestions?

I saw that there's going to be a huge sale at the stadium all day on Saturday - are there good deals or just a bunch of shitty unwanted merchandise at 70% off?

Are the players and coaches around after the game? Can you meet and talk to them?

Thanks in advance

enjoy the time with your family on the most beautiful campus in America.

The coaches and fine scholar-athletes are sometimes more accessible than others. If they are occupied at the time, rest assured that they are working to make you and your family proud fans with regard to their academic and athletic endeavors.

Might I suggest a stroll down Grand River? Maybe your daughter (sorry For bin) can meet some cheerleaders, band members.. drunk kids.. jort-wearin', goatee bedazzled fans who make Game Day what it is on the banks of the Red Cedar. Be sure to have your camera ready in case Sparty happens to be in the vicinity.

No day Game Day in East Lansing will be complete with a visit to SBS - it is there that you will be able to buy the legendary MSU clothing that was carefully tailored by a 7 year old shackled to a machine in rural Cambodia.

I hear the HopCat is preparing a very special brew for this very special day. It's working title is the Spartan Spring Game Double-Hopped Split Fence Post Fly Fishing Triple Axle Blueberry Rainwater Up North IPA. You'll enjoy not only the drinks there but the deep-fried french fries that you can't get anywhere else but HopCat. They're basically deep-fried potatoes with seasoning on them. Just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Also, stop by the Broad Museum for family portraits. When you get back home, you can tell your friends that you were a passenger on a aluminum foil-wrapped cruise ship that ran aground across from an empty building that once housed a Taco Bell. Laughs of hysteria will ensue.

most of all, just enjoy the occasion. It's not every day you get to waltz the grounds where Legends attend class and represent the University that we all know and love on the field of athletics. Your heart will swell with pride as you describe to your young Spartan the experience that she is swimming around in while on campus and it's something that she'll carry with her forever.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Don't mind xsan, either. He's just doing his role. He makes sure everyone stays bros here. The bromitor.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I have a question for Bob, why in the fuck would you choose to spend your day doing something like this when you don't seem to like or care about MSU sports and seem to have a general disdain for the people and/or atmosphere surrounding them?

Seems like you could probably go on a bike ride or go to a local watering hole and blast PBRs or just sit in your living room with your LP player and rock out with your cock out to music songs.

Seems like an odd choice to me. Not judging.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I have a question for Bob, why in the fuck would you choose to spend your day doing something like this when you don't seem to like or care about MSU sports and seem to have a general disdain for the people and/or atmosphere surrounding them?

Seems like you could probably go on a bike ride or go to a local watering hole and blast PBRs or just sit in your living room with your LP player and rock out with your cock out to music songs.

Seems like an odd choice to me. Not judging.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I didn't mean for that to sound aggressive or angry. Just curious. Totally legit question. But feel free to interpret as you will.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I didn't mean for that to sound aggressive or angry. Just curious. Totally legit question. But feel free to interpret as you will.

you're a great American and a damn fine Spartan.

the more sensitive cupcakes on here would move to have you banned for such a tone.

Blanch32 wrote:...Nigel...

gHost Spartan wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:'sup, G - I enjoy being outside.. and I'll ride my bike and probably run earlier in the morning. Yeah, tunes are always on at the house - so that's nothing unusual.

as I mentioned, the wife will be gone, the kid (sorry For bin) will be busy, so I'll just walk around downtown, campus and hit the game for a bit.. people watching is always interesting. Then home for a nap..

Bob where exactly is Hopcat in EL? Walking distance to the stadium? Also, should I bring a cheapie stroller for my 3 year old? I think walking around campus might be a little much for her.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:It's walking distance for sure - near el Az. You might want to check on the website, I'm not sure you can bring a stroller into the stadium. In fact I highly doubt it.

gHost Spartan wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:HopCat is at the corner of Albert and Grove.. right across from the 7/11 that looks like it was transported from Kabul just after the 3rd suicide bombing in a week.

I'd suggest the cheapie stroller. From what I recall, those things are light, not much to them - and the kid can hop in and out as she needs to.

I was going to buy a cheapie stroller and just ditch it in the bushes near the stadium and retrieve it later or bring a little bike lock and lock it up somewhere. Probably just ditch it.

Bob any other recommendations? Remember, we're going to be out in the "zone" (no hotel or place to go for the entire day) with our parked car being our base until after the game, when we will drive to Niles, Michigan to visit my wife's friend.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

gHost Spartan wrote:http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040516aab.html

Earlier today we booked our flights back to the Midwest and I'm going to bring the family to the spring game. It'll be my 3 year old daughter's first time seeing the Spartans in real life, she's watched most games with me and she absolutely loves the Spartans.

What time should I plan on getting to the game? I'd like to get really good seats near the 50 yard line and in the front row.

Best place to park? I'll have my 3 year old without a stroller.

Any other suggestions?

I saw that there's going to be a huge sale at the stadium all day on Saturday - are there good deals or just a bunch of shitty unwanted merchandise at 70% off?

Are the players and coaches around after the game? Can you meet and talk to them?

Thanks in advance

enjoy the time with your family on the most beautiful campus in America.

The coaches and fine scholar-athletes are sometimes more accessible than others. If they are occupied at the time, rest assured that they are working to make you and your family proud fans with regard to their academic and athletic endeavors.

Might I suggest a stroll down Grand River? Maybe your daughter (sorry For bin) can meet some cheerleaders, band members.. drunk kids.. jort-wearin', goatee bedazzled fans who make Game Day what it is on the banks of the Red Cedar. Be sure to have your camera ready in case Sparty happens to be in the vicinity.

No day Game Day in East Lansing will be complete with a visit to SBS - it is there that you will be able to buy the legendary MSU clothing that was carefully tailored by a 7 year old shackled to a machine in rural Cambodia.

I hear the HopCat is preparing a very special brew for this very special day. It's working title is the Spartan Spring Game Double-Hopped Split Fence Post Fly Fishing Triple Axle Blueberry Rainwater Up North IPA. You'll enjoy not only the drinks there but the deep-fried french fries that you can't get anywhere else but HopCat. They're basically deep-fried potatoes with seasoning on them. Just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Also, stop by the Broad Museum for family portraits. When you get back home, you can tell your friends that you were a passenger on a aluminum foil-wrapped cruise ship that ran aground across from an empty building that once housed a Taco Bell. Laughs of hysteria will ensue.

most of all, just enjoy the occasion. It's not every day you get to waltz the grounds where Legends attend class and represent the University that we all know and love on the field of athletics. Your heart will swell with pride as you describe to your young Spartan the experience that she is swimming around in while on campus and it's something that she'll carry with her forever.

LooseGoose wrote:Jim Comparoni ‏@JimComparoni 26m26 minutes ago
Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops was here for the MSU draft. Seriously. He and Dantonio just walked out of the building together, talking.

Tim Wakefield wrote:Stop by the Rock between 9am-noon to donate a couple bucks to the Ecuador earthquake relief fund.

The_Dude wrote:

Tim Wakefield wrote:Stop by the Rock between 9am-noon to donate a couple bucks to the Ecuador earthquake relief fund.

People need help in Detroit and I should send money to South America?

LooseGoose wrote:Jim Comparoni ‏@JimComparoni 26m26 minutes ago
Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops was here for the MSU draft. Seriously. He and Dantonio just walked out of the building together, talking.

Tim Wakefield wrote:Stop by the Rock between 9am-noon to donate a couple bucks to the Ecuador earthquake relief fund.

The_Dude wrote:

Tim Wakefield wrote:Stop by the Rock between 9am-noon to donate a couple bucks to the Ecuador earthquake relief fund.

People need help in Detroit and I should send money to South America?

DWags wrote:

The_Dude wrote:

People need help in Detroit and I should send money to South America?

No, but do all you right wing hateful people have to bitch about those who are donating their own fucking money to a cause they want to donate to? WTF does it matter to you? Do we really need "People are in need of help here!". The fuck. Just be quiet if you don't want to donate.

gHost Spartan wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:HopCat is at the corner of Albert and Grove.. right across from the 7/11 that looks like it was transported from Kabul just after the 3rd suicide bombing in a week.

I'd suggest the cheapie stroller. From what I recall, those things are light, not much to them - and the kid can hop in and out as she needs to.

I was going to buy a cheapie stroller and just ditch it in the bushes near the stadium and retrieve it later or bring a little bike lock and lock it up somewhere. Probably just ditch it.

Bob any other recommendations? Remember, we're going to be out in the "zone" (no hotel or place to go for the entire day) with our parked car being our base until after the game, when we will drive to Niles, Michigan to visit my wife's friend.