Comments on The Blog That Yost Built: Wisconsin 3, Michigan 0

I'm sure most frequenters of this site have seen t...

2008-12-03T09:19:00.000-06:00

I'm sure most frequenters of this site have seen this, but a nice Daily article on Kampfer's progress:

http://www.michigandaily.com/content/2008-12-02/kampfer-continues-progress-practices-team

Well I was up in the upper deck last row.. Comple...

2008-12-02T05:52:00.000-06:00

Well I was up in the upper deck last row.. Completely blew chunks... The overhang blocked out every play along the penalty box side.

And yeah I know I'd have to go back to Kohl Center to really get if it is a good experience or not but frankly I cannot stand Wisconsin fans. They know nothing about sports, they just drink themselves stupid because frankly there is nothing else to do in Madison.

It just oozed of commercial-ism. The electronic halo that had tons of ads on it was gaudy and I hated it. The whole atmosphere reminded me of a pro arena. I don't like the pro's, I like the pageantry of college athletics and frankly I think that Wisconsin killed it

Meant to include this in the last comment.

2008-12-01T13:33:00.000-06:00
Meant to include this in the last comment.

I wouldn't trade Yost for anything, but I do think a big, modern arena is ok as long as you can keep it pretty packed.

OSU shouldn't be playing hockey in a stadium that big. Wiscy can probably get away with it.

There's a tradeoff between the intimacy of a place like Yost and the ability to put 13,000 fans in there for a big game. Benefits to both. I prefer places like Yost, but as long as there are butts in the seats, I don't have a problem with a big venue.

I dunno Bouje...I don't think the Kohl Center had ...

2008-12-01T13:30:00.000-06:00

I dunno Bouje...I don't think the Kohl Center had the kind of stale atmosphere that a lot of those arenas have (like the Schott in Columbus). You also have to keep in mind that it was over Thanksgiving, the student section was only half full, and there were lots of empty seats elsewhere. Yost isn't Yost when the students aren't there either. I was at a Senior Night vs. MSU game that had no atmosphere whatsoever since the students were on Spring Break. My seats were awesome, so I'm not sure how the view is in the upper bowl, but I felt like it was just intimate enough that it could get super loud in there....It didn't feel like a cavern like the Schott did.

Everyone seems to hate Wiscy fans. I've heard it from SO many people that I can't doubt the experience or write it off to a few meatheads. I've never had anything but good experiences myself--even before I lived here.

The power play "song" was different. I enjoyed it, but I can see how it might grate on the nerves...especially when we heard it as much as we did. The one thing I'd admit is that at times it'd probably be better to just get rowdy during the PP instead of quietly singing. I still thought it was very cool, especially with how the whistle would blow and everyone would immediately launch into singing louder.

We sat by some meathead wisco fans shocker and t...

2008-12-01T05:05:00.000-06:00

We sat by some meathead wisco fans *shocker* and they said things like

"go back to east lansing"

and my personal favorite "sparties suck"

Weak all around... and I really have to disagree with Tim's assessment of the Kohl Center.. yes it is really "beautiful" if you like new stadiums that look like pro stadiums. IMO it was too big for a hockey stadium.. There was no friendliness like at Yost..

This was my second game at a Wisconsin stadium and like going to the football game i walked away unimpressed by the wisconsin fans.

I wasn't impressed by Jump Around and I ABSOLUTELY HATED their power play cheer. There was nothing "magical" about it. It sucked...

Impressions of Wisconsin:

1. Meat-head retards

2. Basically like a stupider version of Staties

3. Not very creative

That is all

I made the trip from Ann Arbor up to the Showcase....

2008-11-30T21:42:00.000-06:00

I made the trip from Ann Arbor up to the Showcase... I agree that the officiating looked awful from where I was sitting at the Kohl Center. A lot of really weak and unnecessary calls, IMO. Obviously made it extremely difficult for Michigan to get into any kind of offensive rhythm.

I did not receive a single negative or mocking comment from any Minnesota or Wisconsin fans during the whole trip. Kind of disappointing, actually. I was prepared to be ragged for football (as you were) but nobody said anything. Weird.

There really wasn't a good shot of it. It looked l...

2008-11-30T15:47:00.000-06:00

There really wasn't a good shot of it. It looked like Lebler was going low kind of needlessly, but there wasn't a good clip of it.

Minnesota and Badger fans are railing Lebler on US...

2008-11-30T14:06:00.000-06:00

Minnesota and Badger fans are railing Lebler on USCHO for being dirty.

Give us the scoop, Tim, on the video since we couldn't see the game here.

I can't say Michigan is the cleanest team, but 9 penalties? Come on.