This Saturday will be my last game in the Big House as a student. It's shocking to write and even more shocking to think about. After four years of making the trek to the Big House, my journey as a student will end with a game against Iowa. It's been an interesting 4 years to say the least. When I arrived on campus, Michigan was trying to recover from a 3-9 season and accusations of NCAA violations. I can clearly remember being heckled by many people in the weeks prior to my freshman year about these facts.Things of course got better. Michigan limped to a 5-7 record in my freshman year, but they improved to 7-6 in 2010, won the Sugar Bowl in 2011, and still have the slight potential for a Big Ten Championship game this year. To say I've grown with the football program would be cliche but to an extent, it's probably true. With Senior Day this Saturday, one can't help but looking back at how this team has went from offseason disaster to legitimate conference and national contender.
What's been even better have been the incredible moments that have came along the way. My first game in the Big House was the Western Michigan game in 2009 when everybody got to see the first game of the high profile Tate Forcier and the incredible first play of Denard Robinson. The next week we got to see an exciting upset of Notre Dame. Sure, there were some depressing times later in the year, but I had the pleasure to come back for the re-dedication of the Big House for the opening game of 2010 along with the record-breaking performances of Denard in 2010. Add in the 2010 Illinois game and there was more than enough excitement from most fans.
