So we are a little behind on our blog posting including the blog a day from Ann Arbor. Below are some pictures from the trip to the Big House and The Shant.
We left Minneapolis on Friday afternoon. Dave, Tim, and Matt. Pledges were Dan and Omar. Tulane guys Stephen, Phil, and Robert. Crush Princess Lindsay too. Lindsay was driving the Tulane boys in her car the whole way.
We Stopped at Tim’s house in Madison for dinner and a switch of cars. We did not make to Ann Arbor until around 3 am Eastern Time. Between the 12-hour drive, too many stops along the way, dinner in Madison, we made the trip a lot longer than it needed to be.
To make the drive worse our Alumni, Paul and Jason, were calling us as they went on to each bar. Paul and Jason flew to Detroit on Friday morning. Heck, they landed before a couple of us even woke up that morning.
Anyway, they called at 2 pm on their way to lunch with DKE Staff member Andrew. Apparently they went to a bar every hour or so because we logged that many calls.
It sucked to know they were having that much fun and we had a long way yet to go.
We tried to get our revenge. We called them as we pulled into town. Unfortunately they had turned their phones off before going to sleep.
The Michigan Dekes were not so fortunate. We caught one guy on his way to bed and coerced him into staying up with us.
After all, we just got there and we were not going to bed. So we started tailgating right there in the front yard of the Michigan Deke house at a very early hour.
As the sun came up some of the Michigan guys woke up and came down to tip a few with us. At 8 am we were allowed to wake up the rest of the chapter house. Some of them were not yet pleased to see us but after a few beers they liked us a lot.
Dan our Pledge was given the phone list of the Michigan Pledges to call. Dan and Omar wanted some other “new” guys to hang out with them.
Dave, Matt, and Tim met Paul and Jason, our Alumni, at the Minnesota Alumni Association tailgating location at Pioneer High School. Paul and Jason looked very refreshed. Us, not so much.
Apparently Paul had a few beers for breakfast and he was more jacked up for a Gopher game than usual. We see Paul a lot and he usually acts old and mature. He is 35 after all. But this day he was getting ready for the game. He has been attending Gopher football games since he was 12, season ticket holder with his Dad, and was at the Michigan game two years ago in the Metrodome. Paul and Jason were at Ann Arbor last year too. Needless to say they were hoping for a big win.
We also met Al another Minnesota Deke Alum who is now living in Kalamazoo, MI. Paul and Jason bumped into Al last year accidentally at the Michigan game at the same place. They had not seen each other in 10+ years.
It was approaching game time so we made the walk to The Big House…
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