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TOD - The Saturdays for which I wax most nostalgic are home game days in Ann Arbor, 1968-72. After a late breakfast/early lunch, I'd make my way by bus from North Campus, where I lived, to Central Campus, where most of my friends lived. From there, we'd join the throngs walking down State Street to Michigan Stadium (we never called it "The Big House" - I think ABC-TV made that up), arriving at Hoover Ave. in time to follow the marching band. A highlight of the pre-game show was the drum major who could do a back-bend and touch the top of his (now, sometimes, her) hat to the ground. My parents had season tickets to the games, too, so at half-time I'd go visit them and have a taste of whatever beverage they'd smuggled in. Of course, in my memory the sky was always blue and the temperature moderate. In reality, the weather was often miserable - UM/OSU 1969 it rained crushed ice!
After the game, I'd either go somewhere with my parents or back to my residence hall with my roommate, where we'd crash and watch the Saturday evening lineup that included The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Mannix.
